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Posted on 04/30/2021 10:23:24 PM PDT by JustAmy
We need rain. No chances until next week Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday.
Really gonna be hot for a few days. I got a 91 reading on my thermometer in the shade today. 🔥 Hot for Wisconsin, not hot for a lot of other places.😊
I may be from the desert, but anything over 90 is too hot for me anymore. I don’t have the tolerance for it any longer. Our summers, with temps up to the 100s+ last till late October which wears us out. LOL! 🥵
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Good Night Kitty Mittens
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91 sure wore me out today. 😅
Since I will be gone at work Friday, I watered all my flowers late tonight just before dark. Also had to water this morning before leaving for a few hours. Was windy, my dephiniums were waving in the breeze. I was too tired to stake them tonight. Maybe it will not be windy Friday. 🙂
Sounds like your garden got lots of love from you today. Must give you a lot of satisfaction even as it wears you out. Have a good work day tomorrow!
No A.C. at work except in the break room. Should be a 6 hour sauna.🙄
I have chosen my lightest sleeveless shirt and pants to wear. Should be fun. Not.😅
Off to sleepy land for me!
See ya tomorrow!
Bible in a Year:
All [God’s] ways are just.
In 1983, three teens were arrested for the murder of a fourteen-year-old. According to news reports, the younger teen was “shot . . . because of his [athletic] jacket.” Sentenced to life in prison, the three spent thirty-six years behind bars before evidence surfaced that revealed their innocence. Another man had committed the crime. Before the judge released them as free men, he issued an apology.
No matter how hard we try (and no matter how much good is done by our officials), human justice is often flawed. We never have all the information. Sometimes dishonest people manipulate the facts. Sometimes we’re just wrong. And often, evils may take years to be righted, if they ever are in our lifetime. Thankfully, unlike fickle humans, God wields perfect justice. “His works are perfect,” says Moses, “and all his ways are just” (Deuteronomy 32:4). God sees things as they truly are. In time, after we’ve done our worst, God will bring about final, ultimate justice. Though uncertain of the timing, we have confidence because we serve a “faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he” (v. 4).
We may be dogged by uncertainty regarding what’s right or wrong. We may fear that the injustices done to us or those we love will never be made right. But we can trust the God of justice to one day—either in this life or the next—enact justice for us.
Reflect & Pray
Where have you seen justice abused or misrepresented? Where does your heart cry out for God to bring justice?
God, I see injustice all around me: in the news, in my relationships, on social media. Thank You for the hope I can have in You and Your just ways.
Hello! Checking in while on my break at work. Will be glad to go home at 4.
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LOL...I am LEAVING for work at 4:00!
Don’t work too hard. And enjoy your weekend!
Have a lovely weekend!
You Too!
Bible in a Year:
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Rogelio served as our waiter during our weeklong vacation. In one conversation, he credited Jesus for blessing him with Kaly, a compassionate wife with strong faith. After they had their first baby, God gave them the opportunity to help care for their niece who had Down syndrome. Soon after, Rogelio’s mother-in-law needed live-in care.
Rogelio works with joy, often taking on double shifts to ensure his wife can stay home to care for the people God entrusted to them. When I shared how the couple inspired me to love better because of the way they opened their hearts and home to serve their family members, he said, “It is my pleasure to serve them . . . and you.”
Rogelio’s life affirms the power of living with generosity and trusting God to provide as we serve one another selflessly. The apostle Paul urged God’s people to be “devoted to one another in love . . . joyful in hope, patient in affliction, [and] faithful in prayer” as we “share with the Lord’s people who are in need [and] practice hospitality” (Romans 12:10–13).
Our life can change in an instant, leaving us or those we love in circumstances that feel impossible to bear. But when we’re willing to share all God has given us while we wait on Him, we can cling to His enduring love . . . together.
Reflect & Pray
How can you prayerfully and physically support someone in need today? How has God used someone to offer you tangible support while you waited for Him?
God, please help me love others while I wait for You to work in and through my circumstances.
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