If you want kids to keep their feet on the ground put some responsibility on their shoulders. – Abigail Van Buren
Lesson Taught
“Let man once look upon the glory of the heavens in the night season and mark the work of God’s power in the hosts thereof, and he is taught a lesson of the greatness of the Creator in contrast with his own littleness… One hour of God’s blessing in the sunshine and rain upon the earth will do more to change the face of nature than man with all his boasted knowledge and persevering efforts can accomplish during a lifetime… How blind and senseless is human pride! – The Sanctified Life pg. 73.
Help me today, Lord, to see You in the plain and the mundane with eyes of humility.
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#Quotes 22.1
You must have some idea of the way things ought to be before you can protest the way they are. – Jason Lee Steorts
No reception
John 1:10-11. I am sitting at the departure terminal at the airport in Havana, Cuba. I have been out of the country for 12 days. Came down on a unique opportunity to peach the gospel in a county that has been closed for years. The work was hard, and the effort was successful, leading to over 130 people coming to Christ, it has been a wonderful thing to be a tool in the hands of the Father. But my mind is turning toward home now. I can’t wait to see Melissa, and my boys.
My boys, they are who are on my mind, especially. What will happen when I get home? How will they feel about me when they see me after such a long time apart?
My dad (aka Pappy) and Grandma came to visit before I left. Note: my boys talk constantly about thief grandparents, but when they were right in front of them they acted like they had never seen them, or ever wanted to see them. It’s that scene that is haunting me.
In the passage of scripture Jesus comes to earth, the long anticipated arrival, this should have been an occasion of great joy, but the Bible paints a different picture.
He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.” – John 1:11.
Now I can’t compare to the experience of Christ, but I can begin to appreciate what he may have felt when he came to this earth even if it’s in the slightest. The rejection, the unrequited love, the disappointment, the pain. That pain continues today, in every instance that we don’t run to the embrace of the Creator.
Lord, I received you today. Lets catch up. I’d love to be a part of what you got planned today.
Lest I Forget…
And he said to the people of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’
– Joshua 4:21,22 ESV
Again and again I have been shown that the past experiences of God’s people are not to be counted as dead facts. We are not to treat the record of these experiences as we would treat a last year’s almanac. The record is to be kept in mind, for history will repeat itself.
– Ellen White, Letter 238, 1903 (PM, p. 175)
Take the time this month to remember; how God has moved in your life, the difficulties that you have faced and how He has shown himself strong through it all, bad decisions that you made and God protected you in spite of yourself. And if you can’t remember don’t take it lightly, that is an attack of Satan, choose now to keep a journal or a record, do something creative so that you can remember all the things God has done and is doing in your life. After all – “We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.” – Last Day Events pg. 72.