I am a Christian, a retired teacher, a mother and a grandmother. I love to read and I love the Lord Jesus Christ! Unless otherwise specified ,all visual illustrations are from the YOU VERSION APP of the Bible.
This theme has been recurring in my mind this week, that Jesus doesn’t start something and then walk away and forget about it. The Bible says he finishes what he starts.
This morning in my email I got Grant Fishbook’s devotional from Jesus.net and here is the link:
I like what he says about replacing the old patterns with something new. That reverberated with my spirit and also reminded me that God wants to make all things new.
I hope that you are having a great weekend and taking time to replace old patterns with something new and God-glorifying. God bless you and your family and loved ones!
Many of us have raised children and we well remember the days of making sure that special stuffed animal is with us when we travelled and planned to stay overnight. Not too long ago, one of our beloved granddaughters lost her stuffed tiger. She looked everywhere, even at school before she returned home disconsolate because Tigey was nowhere to be found. That night, her mom was looking through recent photos and saw one of Evie holding Tigey at the play place in the mall. That was the last place they saw him, so the next day she went to the mall, checked the Lost and Found desk and there was Tigey. Evie’s face when she got her tiger back was precious.
Some of us as adults have items similar to Evie’s tiger that we turn to for comfort. Maybe a ring, a bracelet, a necklace or something that we can hold on to when we face difficult situations. I have a wooden cross, not on a necklace, just solo and made out of olive wood. A friend who visited Israel brought it back for me and it stays in my purse where I can just touch it if I think I need to. It’s not magical or anything like that, but to me it reminds me that my faith is in Jesus, not the doctors or the other drivers on the highway or even in myself and my own abilities.
Tomorrow, I go to have a lumbar MRI, a test that requires that I lie on my back (ouch!) for up to an hour. (I actually hope it’s faster, but that remains to be seen.) Am I concerned? Yes, but I am resting in the One who is always with me and comforts me. My faith is in the One who hung on the cross for me and who walks with me daily through the hard things. I cannot take anything with me into the MRI thumping machine, but I know who will be with me the entire time. I just had an MRI on my shoulder less than two months ago and I sang praises to myself, recited scriptures and just talked to God. So, I have an appointment with God tomorrow at 6 p.m. It will take place at the hospital in the radiology department, but I am happy to have the time set aside to be with my Father who loves me and cares about all the stuff I have been going through.
Here is a devotional that I got today from Grant Fishbook. Check it out as it is the basis for my own meanderings today on this page.
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