Another Day... Thank God for His Goodness and His Love!

The words of my last posting have meant so much more to me this week than I would have imagined. On Tuesday my Dad's cousin's wife Dorothy passed away (her husband died in 2002). On Thursday I found out the father of my best friend when I was growing up passed away the previous Friday. Then I received an email that an older friend that I haven't seen in about 20 years passed away on Thursday.

While attempting to let my aunt know about Dorothy, she told me that my uncle who just celebrated his 80th birthday has kidney failure and has refused dialysis. The doctor doesn't recommend dialysis because he said he is not sure my uncle's body is strong enough. We visited Uncle Del today. He knew who we are, but he was very tired. Please keep him and the family in your prayers.

I have been trying to be diligent to read first thing in the morning for about 5 months now. Before that, sometimes days would go by before I remembered to read. Then in May I went to a Christian Women's Day in Indianapolis. I got so blessed by the teachings - it was incredible!

One reason I read the Bible every morning is so that the Word is fresh in my mind every day. Recently I failed to read my bible the first thing in the morning. Later in the day things started bothering me. Then I remembered that I hadn't read. I stopped what I was doing, went to my room, and read. What a difference it made!

Tomorrow is a new day wherein we can praise God for His loving-kindness and tender mercies. Let's endeavor to keep God first in our hearts and in our minds and live the kind of life that God desires for us.

Remember to be thankful for God's goodness and God's love! God Bless You :)

June 25, 2009

Today is a new day. I have been reading in 2 Kings this week. I started reading in Judges as a result of my wanting to study women of the Bible. Then I read Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, and then 1 Kings. It has been an interesting ride.

I am amazed at how many times God delivers Israel. Deuteronomy 28 plainly spells it out that Israel was to follow God and if they failed to "hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statues which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee." (Deut. 28:15). In the next 52 verses, the Bible lists the many plagues that would come upon the children of Israel for their disobedience.

Many times the Bible says that "Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord" and served Baalim or were delivered into the hands of a foreign king. Then "Israel cried unto the LORD" and God would hear their cry and deliver them. What a merciful God they had, and they weren't even sons!

Today we have the privilege of being Sons Of God With All Power (SOGWAP). God is the same God today that He was during the times that the Bible was recorded (Malachi 3:6). How much more we have than they! Our God gives mercy which means that He withholds due punishment. Our God gives grace which means that He gives us what we do not deserve.

Praise God for His goodness and His love.