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Posted on 04/30/2021 10:23:24 PM PDT by JustAmy
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Room-Darkening Curtains and A/C! A Summer Bedroom’s best Friend! :-)
Bible in a Year:
They gave as much as they were able.
During the pandemic lockdown, Jerry was forced to close his fitness center and had no income for months. One day he received a text from a friend asking to meet him at his facility at 6:00 p.m. Jerry wasn’t sure why but made his way there. Soon cars started streaming into the parking lot. The driver in the first car placed a basket on the sidewalk near the building. Then car after car (maybe fifty of them) came by. Those inside waved at Jerry or hollered out a hello, stopped at the basket, and dropped in a card or cash. Some sacrificed their money; all gave their time to encourage him.
The true nature of love is sacrificial, according to the apostle Paul. He explained to the Corinthians that the Macedonians gave “even beyond their ability” so they could meet the needs of the apostles and others (2 Corinthians 8:3). They even “pleaded” with Paul for the opportunity to give to them and to God’s people. The basis for their giving was the sacrificial heart of Jesus Himself. He left the riches of heaven to come to earth to be a servant and to give His very life. “Though he was rich, yet for [our] sake he became poor” (v. 9).
May we too plead with God so that we might “excel in this grace of giving” (v. 7) in order to lovingly meet the needs of others.
Reflect & Pray
How might sacrificial service or giving fit into your life this week? Who needs your encouragement?
Loving God, You are so good. Please give me opportunities to bless others for You in Your power and wisdom.
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You, too! Our temp is actually a bit cooler than I’d expect in August. I’m NOT complaining! LOL!
Hi All!
Have a nice Caturday!
Got a nasty surprise when I got to work Friday. Employer is requiring face diaper, this time without a mandate from commie usuper governor Evers.
The company letter states that our workplace has no cases but they want to protect us. This is the same ploy Nazis used on germans.
BS, they want to protect their money, control us, and do what Evers wants which is for businesses to do mandates.
I am considering quitting.
I went right to a supervisor and cited The Nuremburg Code on medical devices(diapers on faces) and experimentation on humans (the not-vaccine poison shot), our 4th amendment right to be secure in our person, and Hippa Laws.
She suggested I go talk to HR.
I implemented work slow down, and figured on paper what my financial loss will be if I quit.
No time length of face diapering was stated.
I told her I am a free American and you can’t make me wear anything especially a medical device.
Also said These Things Don’t Work Anyway.
She agreed. Her diaper is sequined. Gold sequins. 🙄
posting and running off to garden job.
see ya later
Prayers up for you and your situation!
(((HUGS)))
Bible in a Year:
In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
“I don’t understand His plan. I turned my whole life over to Him. And this happens!” Such was the message of a son to his mother when his dream to succeed as a professional athlete was temporarily derailed. Who among us hasn’t had some kind of unexpected, disappointing experience that sends our minds into overdrive with exclamations and questions? A family member cuts off communication without explanation; health gains are reversed; a company relocates unexpectedly; a life-altering accident happens.
Job 1–2 records a series of tragedies and setbacks in Job’s life. Humanly speaking, if there was anyone who qualified for a life free from trouble, it was Job. “This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil” (Job 1:1). But life doesn’t always work out the way we’d like it to—it didn’t for Job, and it doesn’t for us. When his wife counseled him to “curse God and die!” (2:9), Job’s words to her were wise, instructive, and fitting for us as well when things happen—big or small—that we’d rather not face. “ ‘Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?’ In all this, Job did not sin in what he said” (v. 10).
By God’s strength, may our trust in and reverence for Him remain, even when we can’t understand how He’s at work during life’s difficult days.
Reflect & Pray
When has your faith in God been tested? What has He used during tough circumstances to help your reverence for Him to remain intact?
Father, help me to trust You and honor You when I can’t see Your hand or understand Your plan.
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Good for you using real arguments for your position. Maybe you can get them to back off. This is unbelievable! I hope you don’t have to quit, but wouldn’t blame you if you did. Just enjoy gardening today.
Sounds right to me!
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Bible in a Year:
God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them.
Our son spent the early years of his life in a children’s home prior to our adopting him. Before leaving the cinderblock building together to go home, we asked to collect his belongings. Sadly, he had none. We exchanged the clothes he was wearing for the new items we’d brought for him and also left some clothing for the other children. Even though I was grieved by how little he had, I rejoiced that we could now help meet his physical and emotional needs.
A few years later, we saw a person asking for donations for families in need. My son was eager to donate his stuffed animals and a few coins to help them. Given his background, he might have (understandably) been more inclined to hold tightly to his belongings.
I’d like to think the reason for his generous response was the same as that of the early church: “God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all” that nobody in their midst had need (Acts 4:33–34). The people willingly sold their own possessions to provide for one another’s needs.
When we become aware of the needs of others, whether material or intangible, may God’s grace be so powerfully at work in us that we respond as they did, willingly giving from our hearts to those in need. This makes us vessels of God’s grace as fellow believers in Jesus, “one in heart and mind” (v. 32).
Reflect & Pray
How’s God’s grace at work in you? What could you share with others as a manifestation of His grace?
Thank you, God, for all You’ve given to me, including Your grace. Help me to extend Your grace to others.
Learn more about grace at DiscoverySeries.org/Q0613.
Bible in a Year:
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress.
A believer in Jesus heard about the family’s troubles. Finding he had enough money to cover the medicine, he bought a supply and took it to them. The life-saving gift from a stranger had a profound impact. “This Sunday, we will go to this man’s church,” his mother declared. Sam’s anger began to subside. And eventually, one by one, each member of the family put their faith in Jesus.
When James wrote about the necessity of a lifestyle of integrity accompanying a profession of faith in Christ, he singled out the need to care for others. “Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food,” James wrote. “If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?” (2:15–16).
Our actions demonstrate the genuineness of our faith. Significantly, those actions can influence the faith-choices of others. In Sam’s case, he became a pastor and church-planter. Eventually he would call the man who helped his family “Papa Mapes.” He now knew him as his spiritual father—the one who showed them the love of Jesus.
Reflect & Pray
How have you experienced the love of Jesus extended to you? What can you do to help someone in need?
Faithful God, help me to live out my faith in You. I want the way I serve others to honor You.
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Happy Monday
Thank you....and to you, too! Are ya out of jail for the day? :)
No, got 7 days. I’m all over gab tho.
One of the worst days we’ve had since Saigon
We have all credibility shot around the world.
Total failure, I am disgusted and sick over it all
Ha, I wish Monday was gone. It is half over at least....am on my lunch break.
Have a good day !
😁
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