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EXACTLY

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I’m very busy this morning, but I did pause to read Jesus Calling today… SPOT ON!

EXACTLY!!!

Don’t try to solve the mysteries – just WORSHIP the LORD, as Lord God AND Master!

Lord, help us to not sweat what we don’t understand – just go with You – and go with Grace.

 Amen!!!

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Jesus Calling, 07AUG From Sarah Young’s writing about Jesus talking directly to us!

“Understanding will never bring you Peace. That’s why I have instructed you to trust in Me, not in your understanding. Human beings have a voracious appetite for trying to figure things out, in order to gain a sense of mastery over their lives. But the world presents you with an endless series of problems. As soon as you master one set, another pops up to challenge you. The relief you had anticipated is short-lived. Soon your mind is gearing up again; searching for understanding (mastery), instead of seeking Me (your Master).

“The wisest of all men, Solomon, could never think his way through to Peace. His vast understanding resulted in feelings of futility, rather than in fulfillment. Finally, he lost his way and succumbed to the will of his wives by worshiping idols.

“My Peace is not an elusive goal, hidden at the center of some complicated maze. Actually, you are always enveloped in Peace, which is inherent in My Presence.

“As you look to Me, you gain awareness of this precious Peace.”

Proverbs 3:5-6 English Standard Version

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Romans 5:1 English Standard Version  

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 3:16 English Standard Version 

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.

Your Time

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Each Wednesday, I gather with church friends to go through this devotional book based on the scriptures of Jesus’s speaking directly to us. Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. April 11th has like my favorite devotional, it is TIMELESS talking about time… One day at a time!!!

Timeless advice remembering Jesus did not shy back nor go boldly into each day, but stayed humble at the approach to a day that He KNEW what would happen. Jesus was not just recruited into being Jesus, He fully God was before time. So yeah, the Lord knew how to approach the time humbly, living within that days boundaries. The Lord lived in earthly boundaries but with a spirit of forever. We could too. 

We should too. We need to forgive the past, realizing we are here in the present by God’s Mercy, and in His Forever by His Grace. So many times we must remind ourselves to stay in the present, as praying for tomorrow is fine, but worrying about it is not.

A poem:

We are human and complained yesterday, worried, wallowed, and whined. 

But fresh today prayerfully leaves that all behind. 

Jesus please give us today’s rhythm and today’s rhyme.

“This IS the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.”

For today Lord, we live in and for YOUR TIME. 

Amen

Amen – and may you continue to feel the peace and pace of Jesus this Holy Week.

Jesus Calling: April 11 by Sarah Young:

     “This is the day that I have made. Rejoice and be glad in it. Begin the day with open hands of faith, ready to receive all that I am pouring into this brief portion of your life. BE CAREFUL NOT TO COMPLAIN about anything, even the weather, since I am the Author of your circumstances. The way to handle unwanted situations is to THANK ME FOR THEM. This act of faith frees you from resentment and frees Me to work My ways into the situation, so that good emerges from it. 

     “To find Joy in this day, you must live within its boundaries. I knew what I was doing when I divided time into twenty-four-hour segments. I understand human frailty, and I KNOW THAT YOU CAN BEAR THE WEIGHT OF ONLY ONE DAY AT A TIME. Do not worry about tomorrow or get stuck in the past. There is abundant Life in My Presence today. “

Psalm 118:24 This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Hebrews 3:7- 15 Be Faithful
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness, Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years. Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.’ So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”