It's Friday Ladies! Whether you are feeling very TGIF today or ending an easy week, I hope you have a very relaxing and enjoyable weekend!
I get a "Verse of the Day" text from my dad every morning. (Yes, he is precious!) And I just love the one I got today, so I thought I'd share! It says: "He heals the heartbroken and bandages their wounds. He counts the stars and assigns each a name. Our Lord is great, with limitless strength; we'll never comprehend what he knows and does." Ps 137:3 (MSG)
Isn't that beautiful?? Sometimes I think it is so important to just STOP....and think about the greatness of our God. I am often so moved during praise and worship, or any time with the Lord, because I am overwhelmed by his love, his grace, and his strength, but mostly I am overwhelmed at trying to understand the BIG-ness (it's really the only word that can describe it!) of our God.
Have you stopped and appreciated God this week? Not just thanked him for your daily bread and your health, but really stopped to appreciate His goodness. Have you noticed the beautiful sunset He sent you? Have you recognized Him acting in your marriage? Have you seen His hand of favor on your children? Have you taken a minute to truly stand in awe of His love and of his "limitless strength?"
I know what you're thinking....who has time to stop?? But I challenge you (and myself), to try and take a moment each day to drink in the greatness of God! As this scripture says, "we'll never comprehend" everything about Him, but the more we stop and spend time with Him and admiring Him, the more we know OF Him.
Love you all!
Song Suggestion:
The Greatness of Our God by Hillsong
Give me grace to see more of who you.
May what I behold still my anxious heart.
Take what I have known and break it all apart.
For you my God, are greater still.
And no sky contains, no doubt restrains all you are,
The greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know, and I'm far from close to all you are,
The greatness of our God.
Give me eyes to see beyond this moment here.
To believe that there is nothing left to fear.
And that you alone are high above it all.
For you my God, are greater still.
And no sky contains, no doubt restrains all you are,
The greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know, and I'm far from close to all you are,
The greatness of our God.
There is nothing that could ever separate us,
There is nothing that could ever separate us from your love.
No life, no death
Of this I am convinced:
That you my God, are greater still.
And no words could say, or song convey all you are,
The greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know, and I'm far from close to all you are,
The greatness of our God.
And no sky contains, no doubt restrains all you are,
The greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know, and I'm far from close to all you are,
The greatness of our God.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Happy Monday!
Hello all! Here is another excerpt from my devotions on our women's website. Have a great day!!
Happy Monday Ladies! I am so excited to start these new testament readings! Who doesn't love Corinthians?? : )
Today I just want to look at a very small part of 1 Corinthians 2. Verse 2 to be exact. Paul says "For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified." I love that! I resolved to know nothing except Jesus Christ. How powerful! So many times we feel like we have to have all the answers. We try to explain away our lives, over-plan the future, over-analyze God's Word, etc. In short, we think too much! (Now, sometimes we don't think enough, but that is a different devotion, isn't it? ha)
I love Paul's "resolve" here to know nothing but Jesus. And I think that it's pretty amazing that by knowing only Jesus, we end up knowing and understanding alot more in life. By knowing only Jesus, we probably have more answers than we realize. By knowing only Jesus, life just gets simpler, easier, and yet more purposeful.
So as we start our busy weeks, let us resolve together to know nothing except Jesus Christ!! Praying for you!
In His Love!!
1 Corinthians 2 1 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.
Happy Monday Ladies! I am so excited to start these new testament readings! Who doesn't love Corinthians?? : )
Today I just want to look at a very small part of 1 Corinthians 2. Verse 2 to be exact. Paul says "For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified." I love that! I resolved to know nothing except Jesus Christ. How powerful! So many times we feel like we have to have all the answers. We try to explain away our lives, over-plan the future, over-analyze God's Word, etc. In short, we think too much! (Now, sometimes we don't think enough, but that is a different devotion, isn't it? ha)
I love Paul's "resolve" here to know nothing but Jesus. And I think that it's pretty amazing that by knowing only Jesus, we end up knowing and understanding alot more in life. By knowing only Jesus, we probably have more answers than we realize. By knowing only Jesus, life just gets simpler, easier, and yet more purposeful.
So as we start our busy weeks, let us resolve together to know nothing except Jesus Christ!! Praying for you!
In His Love!!
1 Corinthians 2 1 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Daily Devotion
Another Daily Devotion!
Good morning friends! Today is going to be a great day...I can feel it!
So today's reading comes from the book of Job chapter 28, where Job takes pause to contemplate a deep question. Let's look at these beautiful words.
12 But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?
13 No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
14 The deep says, “It is not in me”; the sea says, “It is not with me.”
15 It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
16 It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
17 Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels of gold.
18 Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
19 The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it; it cannot be bought with pure gold.
20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?
21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky.
22 Destruction and Death say, “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”
23 God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells,
24 for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters,
26 when he made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm,
27 then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it.
28 And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”
It's almost like reading a poem! I love this!! And how often to people ask these questions?? "What is wisdom anyway?" "What is the secret to life?" etc. Job points out here plain and simple: There is no "secret" way to find it. Seeing it on earth will not help you. You can't learn that kind of wisdom from books, or life experience, or the latest self help show. Job, in the midst of all his troubles, makes clear to us that it is much simpler than all of that....."The fear of the Lord--that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding."
When I stopped and thought about that it amazed me at how simple that really is. You know that saying "Oh what a web we weave when at first we do deceive?" It's like that. Oh what a web we weave....when we try to make things more complicated! To make wise decisions, make them by following God's word. To seek understanding, turn from evil things that cloud your mind.
Praying for you as you ponder this verse today! May God bless you!!
Good morning friends! Today is going to be a great day...I can feel it!
So today's reading comes from the book of Job chapter 28, where Job takes pause to contemplate a deep question. Let's look at these beautiful words.
12 But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?
13 No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
14 The deep says, “It is not in me”; the sea says, “It is not with me.”
15 It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
16 It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
17 Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels of gold.
18 Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
19 The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it; it cannot be bought with pure gold.
20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?
21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky.
22 Destruction and Death say, “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”
23 God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells,
24 for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters,
26 when he made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm,
27 then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it.
28 And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”
It's almost like reading a poem! I love this!! And how often to people ask these questions?? "What is wisdom anyway?" "What is the secret to life?" etc. Job points out here plain and simple: There is no "secret" way to find it. Seeing it on earth will not help you. You can't learn that kind of wisdom from books, or life experience, or the latest self help show. Job, in the midst of all his troubles, makes clear to us that it is much simpler than all of that....."The fear of the Lord--that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding."
When I stopped and thought about that it amazed me at how simple that really is. You know that saying "Oh what a web we weave when at first we do deceive?" It's like that. Oh what a web we weave....when we try to make things more complicated! To make wise decisions, make them by following God's word. To seek understanding, turn from evil things that cloud your mind.
Praying for you as you ponder this verse today! May God bless you!!
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