Showing posts with label A Call to Die. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A Call to Die. Show all posts

Monday, March 1

Today...

...is one of those days when, as Beth Moore would say, I just love my Jesus. I am happy. It's March - only 31 days until I see my handsome soldier and get to experience lovely spring weather in Arizona. I think my students thought I had a little too much caffeine this morning.. I was peppy!

I found an awesome new artist - Enter the Worship Circle. Maybe not new to the world, but new to my appreciative ears. The album I bought on Rhapsody (like WMP or iTunes) is called Chair and Microphone. It's acoustic piano and guitar and it's a female on lead vocals. I'm in heaven.

Random "praise report", if you will.. I have to have some work done on my car, nothing drastic but maintenance that needs to be done when a car as 131,000 miles on it. My dad's been searching around the Pekin/Peoria area for quotes and the lowest was only $845. That is exciting considering some of them were $1600 from the dealer and $1200 from somewhere else. The best part is that we have that right now because we have our emergency fund.

So.. it's a great day here in Illinois. The sky is cloudy and it's still chilly, but this month will be bright.

The verse for today from A Call to Die is Psalm 56:3-4:

"When I am afraid, I will put my trust in Thee.
In God, those word I praise,
in God I have put my trust;
I shall not be afraid. 
What can mere man do to me?"

Thursday, February 18

He satisfies

This has been the theme of my time of study today. Psalm 103:2-5 states:
     2 Praise the LORD, O my soul,
       and forget not all his benefits-
     3 who forgives all your sins
       and heals all your diseases,
     4 who redeems your life from the pit
       and crowns you with love and compassion,
     5 who satisfies your desires with good things
       so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

He satisfies our desires with good things! Why is it we think that by denying ourselves and picking up our crosses we are losing? People, this is a win-win situation! Maybe it's hard for the world to see our riches since the majority of them are spiritual when in Christ.

Good (Hebrew Strong's #2896): beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, fine, glad... and the list goes on and on.

Interestingly enough, A Call to Die today had us read from John 6. Verse 35 states, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall not hunger, and who believes in Me shall never thirst." We can be satisfied in Him. It does not matter what the world holds or taunts us with.. He is all we need... the will of God is for us to know and believe Him! (John 6:40).