Amy Carmichael is one of my most favorite writers. A thought from Amy:
"We follow in procession behind a triumphant Christ! And if all our reliance is placed upon Him, we need never be defeated in spirit. Today, from hour to hour, He can and will lead us on to triumph-if we look to Him".
also my Daily Walk Bible this thought:
All the nations of the earth WILL KNOW and FEAR YOUR NAME" 1Kings 8:43 Living Bible.
English clergyman, J.B.Phillips wrote a book entitled Your God Is Too Small, in which he accuses Christians of cutting the infinite God revealed in Scripture down to puny human dimensions. What size is your God? Does he match the infinte dimensions of the God of the Bible? Great thoughts. Have a great day , all.
My dear precious FRiend, thank you!
Here is my devotion for today:
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TODAY Devotional
1 Peter 2:9-12
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
NO-NAME PEOPLE
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. 1 Peter 2:10
A long time ago I made a promise to myself that I would, from time to time, repeat the names of some “nobodies.” Today I’m keeping that promise.
For example, let me mention the (nick)names of Slim, Low Down, Dog Man, and Lazarus. The people who went by these names were nobodies in the eyes of the world; they were homeless and mostly friendless.
Dog Man, for instance, used to walk around the neighborhood with a pack of stray dogs he had befriended. People avoided him, but the dogs hung out with him.
I am impressed with the Bible. I believe the Bible is God’s Word to us. And I am humbled that God puts names in the Bible that are mentioned nowhere else in literature or history.
The world might say those are the names of nobodies, but God makes them somebodies. The world might say, “Forget about them.” But God says, “They are mine forever.”
I don’t know, of course, if you are famous, infamous, or not famous at all. But isn’t it quite something that our names may be written in the Lamb’s book of life? (See Revelation 20:15.)
You don’t have to be famous—only faithful, and you will always be remembered by God! Dog Man died a dozen years ago. Not many people remember him anymore. But God does.
PRAYER
Father, we pray for the nobodies of this world; we pray for ourselves. Make us faithful. We ask not to be famous but to have our names in the Lamb’s book of life.
Amen.
This is very comforting to my heart!
Thank you for you prayers and thoughts, and much love to you Polly!