How appropriate since I'm writing yesterday's devotion and reading yesterday's scripture readings at 6:46 in the morning. It just means it's Friday and a ponytail and jeans day...I thank God for that. Jeremiah 17:10 the verse following what was listed today says "I, the Lord, alone probe the mind and test the heart." It's true, the Lord God is in control of our lives especially when we talk to Him and open up. So this is my flaw....not being on time with this blog, as I set out to do this Lenten season.
I had a conversation with a friend who is in her 40s and having her first child (she got married a little later than normal and it was her first marriage). Just wanted to check on this sweet woman to see how things were going, I can't wait to see this baby! Any way she mentioned whether or not we were preparing for our own, as everyone seems to do these days and I happily exclaimed, that we are, in our own way of course and then very clearly she reminded me (as if I needed reminding) "Well girl, God's time is not always our time." True words, and I am proof that this is true. I've seen it happen in my own life with jobs, boyfriends, Carey, this house...the list is endless. The end result has always been what is best for me and God knows what that is. I just keep trusting in him. Just as I know he'll take care of all my pregnant friends and give them safe pregnancies and easy smooth deliveries. That is only one of the many things on my prayer list. I pray for the conversion of a few hearts (many hearts really) and the continued health and wealth of my family and friends. I have to add that Danielle and Doni find a house soon, I know Doni is stressed with the new baby and a new mortgage to come, but I know they'll be fine. Danielle and I have had numerous conversations about "things just working out" because we both know the Lord protects and cares for us. Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is the Lord. That Jeremiah was one smart cookie, don't you think?
When you open my Bible to the first book of Psalms (first reading for today) and it's covered in stars and text is underlined, I have to be honest in saying that I can't remember the last time I did this, but. There are little markings to the verses that really touch me. I do know that I made these marks a long time ago. Psalm 1:1-4 "Happy those who do not follow the counsel of the wicked, Nor go the way of sinners, nor sit in the company with scoffers. Rather, the law of the Lord is their joy; God's law they study day and night,. They are like a tree planted near streams of water, the yields its fruit in season; It leaves never wither; whatever they do prospers. But not the wicked, they are like chaff driven by the wind." IDK what chaff is, gonna look that one up - now. It's the protected covering of the seeds. duh. ha.
The gospel today was the story of Lazarus and the rich man, one I think most Christians know well. It's the simplest idea really, if we don't do our best and our Godly works here on earth, do we really think we'll get the same in return from others and from God in the afterlife?
I had lunch with a friend yesterday and he mentioned something similar in saying that what makes us think that if we don't do God's will here on earth, God will be generous when we're before him in heaven. We've got to think of that when we act...we have to think before we act always. It's just so easy to be negative and bad isn't it?
It's why I thank God every morning for all the many blessings and ask for help to get through the day as well as be diligent in my work. I can't do it without you Lord, I say. The good news is even when I don't say it to him, he hears me, b/c he knows my heart. I just have to hope and trust that my wishes are His wishes for me, but then again, do the birds worry that they will be fed? NOPE.
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