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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.Eph 2:9 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for collecting daily manna), make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Friday, January 26, 2018
Today's Passage : Today's Passage: Subjecta:Faith, Hope, and Charity [2] Bible Verse:1 Corinthians 13:4-6 (ESV) "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." Message:
There is something that resonates deeply within us when we read or hear this passage. It stirs an emotion hidden in our souls. It feels like a long lost desire from some time early in our life, before we had suffered the hard lessons of the world and were brimming with the hope that life on earth could be something wonderful.
But when we do not find God, when we look to the world to fulfill this fundamental instinct for goodness, kindness, thoughtful and sympathetic sacrifice for others, we become disillusioned and, ultimately, cynical and wounded. We can be bitter when our love is taken and we are kicked in the face for our trouble. Paul's reminder of what love could be then becomes bittersweet, for we always remember our dream.
Looking for redemption in the things of earth is a dead-end. Life is an insoluble maze; whichever way we turn, we eventually find a wall, until we give up, or run out of time.
There is only one path by which we can find our way out; it is narrow, and we are constantly tempted away from it. By a quirk of human nature, sometimes our bitterness at taking a wrong turn makes the temptation even more irresistible. Sometimes people get on the wrong path and out of some misguided streak of determination, or pride, insist on continuing along the same way.
The feeling that wells up within us, when we read something as profound and beautiful as 1 Corinthians 13, is a wonderful opportunity to accept change in our lives, change that we really know we should make. Habits are hard to change, and old lines of thought dig deep grooves in our minds; we slip back into them easily. But our longing for love has the power to bring us out of a sinful habit and into a new way of life, for ultimately, we can only find love in giving it to Christ.
Meditation : Prayer : God of mercy, swift to help: as my lips pour forth your praise, fill my heart with the peace you give to those who wait for your salvation in Jesus Christ our Lord.....Amen. |
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