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Posted on 04/30/2021 10:23:24 PM PDT by JustAmy
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Aw! They are adorable!
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Good Night FRiends
😴⭐️🌙
Wednesday morning I am driving 2 1/2 hours to see my dear aunt who turns 90 soon.
I made her a vase of zinnias from my garden, got a gift bag of fancy chocolates, and made her a lunch/dinner of BBQ baked chicken,german potato salad and chocolate cake with frosting. Was a busy girl tonight making all the food and the flower arrangement. Mostly concerned about keeping the vase of flowers from sloshing all over my truck. Found a box the vase fits in and will secure it for the ride.😅
See ya later Wednesday night after get back home.
Have a Warm Fuzzy Wednesday!
Have a lovely time with your aunt and wish her a very happy birthday from us. Be safe on your drive! The food sounds yummy!
Thank you!
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Sounds Great!
Have a great day!
Looks like a warm (90) Wednesday here.
Cheers
Bible in a Year:
Love is as strong as death.
In 2020, Alyssa Mendoza received a surprising email from her father in the middle of the night. The message had instructions about what to do for her mother on her parents’ twenty-fifth anniversary. Why was this shocking? Alyssa’s father had passed away ten months earlier. She discovered that he’d written and scheduled the email while he was sick, knowing he might not be there. He’d also arranged and paid for flowers to be sent to his wife for upcoming years on her birthday, future anniversaries, and Valentine’s Day.
This story could stand as an example of the kind of love that’s described in detail in Song of Songs. “Love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave” (8:6). Comparing graves and death to love seems odd, but they’re strong because they don’t give up their captives. However, neither will true love give up the loved one. The book reaches its peak in verses 6–7, describing marital love as one so strong that “many waters cannot quench [it]” (v. 7).
Throughout the Bible, the love of a husband and wife is compared to God’s love (Isaiah 54:5; Ephesians 5:25; Revelation 21:2). Jesus is the groom and the church is His bride. God showed His love for us by sending Christ to face death so we wouldn’t have to die for our sins (John 3:16). Whether we’re married or single, we can remember that God’s love is stronger than anything we could imagine.
Reflect & Pray
How do you feel knowing how much God loves you? What reminds you of His love for you?
Dear Jesus, thank You for loving me so much! Remind me of Your love each day and give me glimpses of it.
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Good Night!
Back home after a long day traveling to see my aunt.
Was great to visit with her.
⭐️🌙🌟✨
Bible in a Year:
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility.
A monk named Telemachus lived a quiet life, but his death at the end of the fourth century changed the world. Visiting Rome from the East, Telemachus intervened in the blood sport of the gladiatorial arena. He jumped over the stadium wall and tried to stop the gladiators from killing each other. But the outraged crowd stoned the monk to death. The emperor Honorius, however, was moved by Telemachus’ act and decreed the end of the 500-year practice of gladiator games.
When Paul calls Jesus “our peace,” he refers to the end of hostility between Jews and gentiles (Ephesians 2:14). God’s chosen people Israel were distinct from the nations and enjoyed certain privileges. For instance, while gentiles were allowed to worship at the Jerusalem temple, a dividing wall restricted them to the outer court—on punishment of death. Jews regarded gentiles unclean, and they experienced mutual hostility. But now, because of Jesus’ death and resurrection for all, both Jew and gentile can worship God freely through faith in Him (vv. 18–22). There’s no dividing wall. There’s no privilege of one group over the other. Both are equal in their standing before God.
Just as Telemachus brought peace to warriors through his death, so Jesus makes peace and reconciliation possible for all who believe in Him through His death and resurrection. So, if Jesus is our peace, let’s not let our differences divide us. He’s made us one by His blood.
Reflect & Pray
How do you reveal you’re at peace with all people? What issues—such as race, status, or privilege—sometimes get in the way? Why?
Dear God of peace, You’ve made us one in Jesus. Help me to know it and live it.
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Hi there, Bad storms in Wisconsin last night. It weakened by the time it got this far south. Only broken flowers in my gardens. No trees down here. Was up until 3 watching the radar. 🙃
Grateful we were spared major damage.
Have great day!
I am thankful that you weren’t in those storms...except for maybe the edge. They were nightmarish! Have a great day yourself! 🦋
Thank goodness you didn’t get a lot of damage.
Storms can be so destructive.
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