#For-goodness-sake
For-goodness-sake! We’ve all either heard this or said this before. It is an adverb used to express frustration. Deborah and I always share that we feel more attacked by Satan on our posting weeks than ever before. There have been a few days this week where For-goodness-sake may have been in my vocabulary. I really didn’t’ think I had anything good to share with you all today and then I went for a much needed 5 mile run on Thursday.
#encounteringjesus
-A new day can turn disappointment into reappointment for finding Joy-
We read about the Disciples encountering Jesus after his death and resurrection in John, chapter 21. When the Disciples went out to fish that first night on the sea of Galilee, they caught nothing. Early the next morning is when Jesus appeared and stood on the shore. We read in John 21: 5-6; He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t; you any fish?” “No,” they answered. He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, there were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
#blessingsinthestorm
Together as a community we have been on what seems to be on a long journey with no end in sight. So many are working long hours and risking their lives to keep us educated, safe, fed, and healthy while others are unable to work and struggling to stay afloat. I encourage the weary to give your burdens to God. In Matt 11:28 – 30 we read; “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light”.
#genuinedevotionÂ
Maybe this time of Social Distancing is a time to find genuine devotion. In the 58th chapter of Isaiah, the New English Translation it is titled, “The Lord Desires Genuine Devotion”. He really doesn’t ask much in return for Jesus’s death on the cross for our sins. Fasting for lent is an opportunity to give God our genuine devotion.
#Inadequatetoabundant
Daily I practice journaling my 5 gratitude’s and my 10 dreams. Since October 2019, one of my journaled dreams was to become a 240 position at GCSD. I couldn’t fathom how quickly God was working behind the scenes, making a way for me. Isa 43:19 NIV “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland”.
#aseasontohydrate
Lent, a time of fasting, a time of self-denial, a time of renewal, a time for your soul to become hydrated, a time to draw closer to God.
#flourishwithgrace
If Jesus surrendered His life for our sins, we must learn to give ourselves grace. We read in Rom 3:23-24; “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus”.
