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Posted on 12/31/2018 8:06:30 PM PST by JustAmy
It’s so good to see you here. Big hug!
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Bible in a Year: Deuteronomy 11–13; Mark 12:1–27
The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. Luke 19:10 Today's Scripture & Insight:
On February 18, 1952, a massive storm split the SS Pendleton, a tanker ship, into two pieces about ten miles off the Massachusetts coast. More than forty sailors were trapped inside the ship’s sinking stern in the midst of fierce winds and violent waves.
When word of the disaster reached the Coast Guard station in Chatham, Massachusetts, Boatswain’s Mate First Class Bernie Webber took three men on a lifeboat to try to save the stranded crew against nearly impossible odds—and brought thirty-two of the seemingly doomed sailors to safety. Their courageous feat was deemed one of the greatest rescues in United States Coast Guard history and was the subject of the 2016 film The Finest Hours.
In Luke 19:10, Jesus declared His own rescue mission: “The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” The cross and the resurrection became the ultimate expression of that rescue, as Jesus took on Himself our sins and restored to the Father all who trust Him. For 2,000 years, people have embraced His offer of abundant life now and eternal life with Him. Rescued!
As followers of Jesus we have the privilege, with the Holy Spirit’s help, to join our Savior in the greatest rescue mission of all. Who in your life needs His rescuing love?
How have God’s rescuing ways affected you? What will help you effectively share His rescue plan with others?
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
- Seneca
Happy Sunday at Amy's Place, all!
Got rain, slushy snow and snow Saturday . Hasn’t amounted to much, thankfully. No shoveling.
Tonight the Moody Bible Institute chorus is performing at church. I am sure it will be wonderful.
Sounds like a great concert! :-)
What a little cutie! :)
Puppies are awesome! :-)
Very awesome! :)
(((((Hugs & Blessings)))))
Bible in a Year: Deuteronomy 14–16; Mark 12:28–44
I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Isaiah 44:22 Today's Scripture & Insight:
When he invented the pencil eraser, British engineer Edward Nairne was reaching instead for a piece of bread. Crusts of bread were used then, in 1770, to erase marks on paper. Picking up a piece of latex rubber by mistake, Nairne found it erased his error, leaving rubberized “crumbs” easily swept away by hand.
With us too the worst errors of our lives can be swept away. It’s the Lord—the Bread of Life—who cleans them with His own life, promising never to remember our sins. “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake,” says Isaiah 43:25, “and remembers your sins no more.”
This can seem to be a remarkable fix—and not deserved. For many, it’s hard to believe our past sins can be swept away by God “like the morning mist.” Does God, who knows everything, forget them so easily?
That’s exactly what God does when we accept Jesus as our Savior. Choosing to forgive our sins and to “[remember them] no more,” our heavenly Father frees us to move forward. No longer dragged down by past wrongs, we’re free of debris and cleaned up to serve, now and forever.
Yes, consequences may remain. But God sweeps sin itself away, inviting us to return to Him for our clean new life. There’s no better way to be swept away.
What things from your past do you have trouble forgetting? Ask God to help you take Him at His word.
Amen.
Welcome back, Mayor. Thank you for our Daily Bread.
We missed you.
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Great pic LUV W! :)
Thanks! They were being so silly! LOL!
:) We laugh at the antics of our pups every day.
So good to be back, thank God!
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