Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud, it is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails...
Yes, it is only August 19th. We still have four more weeks of summer, but as every year....I am getting anxious for the fall season. I LOVE fall!
Tomorrow is the first day of school. Our curriculum is in order, the schedule book sitting patient on the Hoosier cabinet....waiting....full of the first weeks activities. The sky overcast tonight is reminscent of cooler evenings. The smoker outside fills the air with the wonderful aroma of mesquite....its wafting into the windows. Jerky in the making and Hunting Season is soon around the corner.
The wood pile is starting to grow outside in anticipation...and smells so good. Fresh cut wood and mesquite....I like this.
Some red zinnias....all that's needed to make this "night before school" evening complete; a canning jar full of flowers. Feeling blessed tonight. I know its the middle of August.....but a girl can close her eyes and count her "Fall Blessings" a little early.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in
Christ. Ephesians 1:3
It's been said life's like a toilet paper roll, the closer you get to the end the fast you roll. My life seems to go quicker and quicker. Sometimes I feel like I am standing at the epicenter of life spinning in circles. One revolution and my kids are infants. Another, they're toddlers, and yet another, and now we're school-aged. I used to believe the phrase "Time is short" was so cliche. Now, I am asking God to relieve me of my spinning dizziness. I am dizzy from spinning.
It's funny how death makes you look closer at life. I attended another funeral today. My friend lost her little boy, her heart broken. Her little "Joel", born too early, went to be with Jesus. His life ended as soon as it began.
I open Facebook and am over-whelmed by distraction. Chick-fil-a, Planned Parenthood, animal rights, political campaigns, he said...she said.....lifestyles.....demands....rights...arguments: "I am right.. you're wrong". Friending....Unfriending....Aggghhh!!!. My brain can't take it. Distractions. All distractions: things to take our vision off the imperative. Distractions to take our eyes off the important....
Life is short. Unbelievably short. The next revolution may be our last. What then? My life will one day cease from this earth. Yours will too. Its funny how distracted we get....allow ourselves to get. If we distract ourselves, maybe the inevitable will go away? Do you not believe preparation for the future is important? Do you wear a coat in the winter?
There is a Savior that's prepared you're way for the future. The catch...you have to accept His gift of salvation. He's handing it out, but you have to grab hold....accept it. The Bible says there is a hell....a serious hell. A terrible place, so terrible I can't fathom. God doesn't want anyone there, but He's given us freewill....we get to choose. He can't make you love Him....He can't make you accept Him. It's your choice. He loves you, but forced love isn't real love. He desires your presence...you are precious to Him. He longs to hold you....He allowed to His Son to die on Calvary's cross in your place. He loves you that much. YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
Tell Him you accept His offer....that you want Him.
We are given a set amount of time on earth. We don't know how long. You don't know how long you have. Don't waste your time on distractions. Distractions are only that....distractions....to keep your eyes off what's important.
Questions? Leave feedback with your email address and I'd love to share what the Bible says about God's love for you!
"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."
Matthew 24:36
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
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