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Posted on 01/01/2024 3:15:48 PM PST by luvie
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Good afternoon Mayor. WOW... did I need to read this today. I sometimes feel like I am waiting FOREVER for God to answer my hearts cry. I need more patience.....
Thank you for daily adding these devotionals.
A thaw is always a good thing!
I’m glad you are thawing out! lol... we are getting another good rain here in Southern California.
Still patches of ice around, so it’s wise to be cautious.
LOL!
Looks like he is trying out the “cactus pose”
Too cute!
She had a good teacher....the cactus beside her. LOL!
Good evening to Amy’s Place!
While the pup is sleeping....checking in to say Hello and thanks for the lovely posts. Puppy is so cute when napping and sooooo active when awake. Trying to be patient as he slowly becomes civilized like Moose. 😅
At times I feel the same. I just realized I don’t feel worthy of His Grace and forgiveness.
Bible in a Year :
See, I have placed before you an open door.
At my new school near a large city, the guidance counselor took one look at me and placed me in the lowest performing English composition class. I’d arrived from my inner-city school with outstanding test scores, excellent grades, and even a principal’s award for my writing. The door to the “best” writing class in my new school was closed to me, however, when the counselor decided I wasn’t right or ready.
The church in ancient Philadelphia would’ve understood such arbitrary setbacks. A small and humble church, its city had suffered earthquakes in recent years that left lasting damage. Additionally, they faced satanic opposition (Revelation 3:9). Such a disregarded church had “little strength, yet,” as the risen Jesus noted, “you have kept my word and have not denied my name” (v. 8). Therefore, God placed before them “an open door that no one can shut” (v. 8). Indeed, “what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open” (v. 7).
That’s true for our ministry efforts. Some doors don’t open. With my writing for God, however, He has indeed opened doors, allowing it to reach a global audience, regardless of one counselor’s closed attitudes. Closed doors won’t hinder you either. “I am the door,” Jesus said (John 10:9 kjv). Let’s enter the doors He opens and follow Him. .
Reflect & Pray
What doors has God opened for you? How does your ministry and life flourish when you wait for His openings?
When doors close to me, dear God, may I turn to You, the Holy Door, and walk where and how You say to go.
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It is warm here.
Puppy is fuzzy.
It is Wednesday!
Woot!
🥳
It’s a three-fer! WooHoo...especially for the “warm” part for you!
It’s an art!
Bible in a Year :
Clothe yourselves with compassion.
What would it be like to walk in the shoes of royalty? Angela Kelly, the daughter of a dockworker and nurse, knows. She was also the official dresser for the late Queen Elizabeth for the last two decades of the monarch’s life. One of her responsibilities was to break-in the aging Queen’s new shoes by walking in them around the palace grounds. There was a reason for it: compassion for an elderly woman who sometimes was required to stand for extended periods at ceremonies. Because they wore the same shoe size, Kelly was able to save her some discomfort.
Kelly’s personal touch in her care for Queen Elizabeth makes me think of Paul’s warm encouragement to the church in Colossae (an area in modern Turkey): “clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience” (Colossians 3:12). When our lives are “built on” Jesus (2:7 nlt), we become “God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved” (3:12). He helps us take off our “old self” and “put on the new self” (vv. 9–10)—living out the identity of those who love and forgive others because God has loved and forgiven us (vv. 13–14).
All around us are those who need us to “walk in their shoes” and have compassion for them in the day-to-day challenges of life. When we do, we walk in the shoes (or the sandals) of a humble king—Jesus—who always has compassion for us. .
Reflect & Pray
How has God had compassion for you? Who can you show His love to today?
Thank You, Jesus, for Your forgiveness and love. Help me to receive it, and also to give it away.
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And I have always been a " Winter" person up until these past few years...
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