Monday, February 24, 2020

THEY SHALL SPEND THEIR DAYS IN PROSPERITY, AND THEIR YEARS IN PLEASURES

I was especially blessed this morning as my daily Bible reading brought me to and old favorite, Job 36:8-11: “And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.”

The reason I was so blessed as I read this passage was (believe it or not) because it reminded me of one of the really low points in my life. Yes; you read it correctly, a low point. That’s because as I read those precious words, I knew God was promising me that after all the tragedy that I had been through, if I truly repented and started living for Him, he would restore the life to me that I had destroyed. But the best feeling of all is now after looking back now over the 30 years since I first read those words and realizing God came through on every word of His promise. Oh the love of God!

The Love of God

"Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade;
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky."


Monday, February 10, 2020

OUR EVERY DAY PRAYER

I like taking a simple approach to life. One page instructions, coffee with one Splenda, you know. . . I was actually disappointed when Twitter allowed more than 140 characters! That’s one of the reasons why my favorite verse in Exodus is Moses’ prayer found in chapter 33 and verse 13. “Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight:” It doesn’t get any simpler than that! Oh God give us the grace to make our every day prayer “Lord show me Your way so I can know you more completely.” Read, Heed and Lead!

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