Greetings!
It matters. That's my thought for today. God is so awesome. He keeps blessing me over and over again and not because I do everything right or that I am so special, but I know I am special to Him. I'm not sure about a lot of things, but I am sure that God loves me. I know it because that's what His word says.
God says that...
- I have been redeemed
- I have been justified
- I have been changed
All of those things happened to me at the moment I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. The other thing that happened is that I realized that God cared for me. It matters to Him when someone hurts me. It matters to Him when I don't live up to my full potential. It matters to Him that sometimes I still get afraid. I am His creation and He takes great pride in my achievements. When I don't do what God has called me to do I am living out of order, because if He says I am...I am and if He says I can...I can.
God had a plan for all of us waaaaay before we were born. What we do matters to Him and it should matter to us, but we get so down on ourselves from comparing our lives to that of other people that we think we don't count and nothing we do matters. God doesn't feel that way about us and He doesn't want us to feel that way either. God needs us to help carry out His ministry on the earth. Don't get me wrong...God can do it without us, but He gave us specific gifts and His word says He wants us to use them. In Ephesians 2:10 it says, "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."
So, that's all I wanted to say today....you matter to God and what happens to you matters to Him...
Until next time...
Be blessed
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Sunday, February 11, 2018
Approved
Greetings!
How about I was at the store today, and I used one of those express lanes that you check your own groceries out, and I finished my purchase, paid for my items with my card and proceeded to my car. When I got to my car, one of the employees came out and told me that I hadn't paid for my items. I told her that the machine had said approved, but she said it still showed I owed money. I went back in and sure enough, it said approved, but there wasn't enough money on my card, so it bounced back. Who knew? I always thought that if there was no money, it would say so. I guess not.....sigh. I added the needed cash, paid again for real this time and left.
All of this made me think about how we are always "approved" with God. We can never run low with Him. Our bank is always full. We sometimes have to deal with a lot in our day to day, and our spirits can take a beating from trying so hard to do what is right. When we really don't have to do that. When we give our lives to Jesus Christ, God justifies us. That means that our relationship with Jesus makes us right with God. We don't ever have to worry about doing anything. It is already done. God loves us...just as we are warts and all.
We have to stop worrying about the things we can do nothing about...especially when it comes to other people. We sometimes worry so much about what others think of us that most of the time their opinion of us means more than God's opinion of us and nothinng should be that extreme. He has the only opinion that counts, right?
So, whenever that little credit card readers says approved...first make sure your transaction actually went through...lol...and then give God a little thank you.
Unitl next time...
Be blessed
How about I was at the store today, and I used one of those express lanes that you check your own groceries out, and I finished my purchase, paid for my items with my card and proceeded to my car. When I got to my car, one of the employees came out and told me that I hadn't paid for my items. I told her that the machine had said approved, but she said it still showed I owed money. I went back in and sure enough, it said approved, but there wasn't enough money on my card, so it bounced back. Who knew? I always thought that if there was no money, it would say so. I guess not.....sigh. I added the needed cash, paid again for real this time and left.
All of this made me think about how we are always "approved" with God. We can never run low with Him. Our bank is always full. We sometimes have to deal with a lot in our day to day, and our spirits can take a beating from trying so hard to do what is right. When we really don't have to do that. When we give our lives to Jesus Christ, God justifies us. That means that our relationship with Jesus makes us right with God. We don't ever have to worry about doing anything. It is already done. God loves us...just as we are warts and all.
We have to stop worrying about the things we can do nothing about...especially when it comes to other people. We sometimes worry so much about what others think of us that most of the time their opinion of us means more than God's opinion of us and nothinng should be that extreme. He has the only opinion that counts, right?
So, whenever that little credit card readers says approved...first make sure your transaction actually went through...lol...and then give God a little thank you.
Unitl next time...
Be blessed
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Joy of the Lord
Greetings!
Tonight, I went to visit some of the patients at a local rehabilitation center and for some reason tonight was different. It seemed like everyone we visited was so full of the love of the Lord. They couldn't wait to talk about how much they loved Him and trusted Him. They had such joy. It is so refreshing to talk to people who know that their current condition is not reflective of anything that they did wrong. They can still have the joy of the Lord because they just believe that God is in control and that what they are experiencing is His all-encompassing, all-consuming, all-powerful grace.
It brings me joy just thinking about God's goodness and how His grace is so amazing. And the really awesome part is that we can't do anything to deserve it or to get more of it. God just gives it to us brand new every morning. The word says that we are blessed in the city and in the country (Deut. 28:3). We are blessed going out and coming in (Deut. 28:6). God covers us no matter where we are and He never has or ever will turn His back on us. Amen.
The joy of the Lord says that even when you have a hard time feeling His presence, you can be assured that...He is always there. That's His promise. I love knowing that because you and I mess up sometimes...big time, but we can still have joy knowing that trouble won't last always and nothing we do will stop how He feels about us. We are still the apple of His eye. He delights in us and He looks forward to blessing us. Praise God!
Until next time...
Be blessed
Tonight, I went to visit some of the patients at a local rehabilitation center and for some reason tonight was different. It seemed like everyone we visited was so full of the love of the Lord. They couldn't wait to talk about how much they loved Him and trusted Him. They had such joy. It is so refreshing to talk to people who know that their current condition is not reflective of anything that they did wrong. They can still have the joy of the Lord because they just believe that God is in control and that what they are experiencing is His all-encompassing, all-consuming, all-powerful grace.
It brings me joy just thinking about God's goodness and how His grace is so amazing. And the really awesome part is that we can't do anything to deserve it or to get more of it. God just gives it to us brand new every morning. The word says that we are blessed in the city and in the country (Deut. 28:3). We are blessed going out and coming in (Deut. 28:6). God covers us no matter where we are and He never has or ever will turn His back on us. Amen.
The joy of the Lord says that even when you have a hard time feeling His presence, you can be assured that...He is always there. That's His promise. I love knowing that because you and I mess up sometimes...big time, but we can still have joy knowing that trouble won't last always and nothing we do will stop how He feels about us. We are still the apple of His eye. He delights in us and He looks forward to blessing us. Praise God!
Until next time...
Be blessed
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