Greetings to you – redeemed, forgiven, restored, and empowered – in the beautiful, passionate, and powerful name of Jesus Christ – THE Risen Saviour! Wow! another beautiful morning in the Kingdom and as per usual it was created just for us by the Lord. It just makes you want to “rejoice and be glad in it!” I trust that have had a good week and are getting ready for a weekend of God-moments and opportunities to serve. This morning I will be praying for you, asking Father to fill your heart with expectation…to reveal His presence to you in ways that will make sense to you…to touch the areas in your body, mind, emotions, and spirit that need an infusion of good health.
Once again I want to share another reason to pray for someone going through difficult times…and ask God to accomplish His purpose. The Scriptural anchor is…to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” – 2 Corinthians 12:7b-9a NIV.
Strange as it may seem, for some people the purpose of living with the limitations and complications of life is to keep them humble and focused on God’s power. I know that sounds a little difficult to understand but God’s ways and God’s thoughts are not ours. In order to make a little more sense of this…Paul adds the comment…”My grace is sufficient” – not only are we kept from being conceited and self-reliant, we are being groomed to be more Christ-reliant.
Now, I am going to leave that for you to ponder so that I can tell you that there is a great selection of new Christmas music arriving and they are addressing the reality of a Christmas that is going to be very different. In one song we catch these words…Watch the snowflakes falling down-Like a blanket on this town-For a moment we can hardly see-The pain this year has brought us-May the sick find healing’s touch-May hatred’s fight be won with love-And may every heart make room for You-The One who came to save us—You’re still the hope of Christmas-You’re still the light when the world looks dark-You’re still the hope of Christmas-You’re still the hope of my heart. – Matthew West. And it has a good melody to go with the words. I don’t want to tell you but I now have three and a half new albums and…there is another new album coming next week! Be prepared!
Have a good weekend…be blessed!