A Day of Delight

Psalm 16
David is this Psalm is delighting in the Lord. It is great to know of this scripture cause each day we can delight in the Lord in whatever circumstances.
David delights also in the Lord's people(v.3); delights in God's providence(vv. 5,6);and in God's pleasures.
Live on God's path, live in His presence and live for His pleasures. The key to delighting in the things of God is to delight in God Himself.

Know Why You Believe

I choice this topic today because it has been on my heart since yesterday. With the topic that is being discussed in the sunday school class my husband and I are attending is quite interesting and a friend of mine mentioned about raising our children to know why we believe. The subject matter in this sunday school class does not completely comply to this comment, but it got me thinking that yes we need to teach our children early enough that they will know why we believe that God's Word is the truth. The reason being is that once they are in College or University that they will be able to defend their faith and explain why. This is important for me as a parent even if my children are young. I want them to know that what the Bible teaches is what we should be living and why. There are teachings in the Bible that are strait forward. The book of Ephesians is a good example. It is very practical. May all Jesus Followers stand up for Jesus and be soliders of the Cross.

Reading

Here is a cute story about my daughter. This week my daughter got tested by her teacher with the reading and has now been moved ahead in the batch of books she is to read. Well with that move my daughter brought home a Franklin story book which was kind of lengthy in my view. When it came time to read the book to me she asked if she had to read it all and I said yes. Well her comment was "my lips will get tired". She did not want to read the whole book cause it was kind of long for her, but she did get through it and at the end I asked her, "well did your lips fall off" and I got a answer "no!". My daughter has really progressed in her reading with being in grade one. If she is going to read lots I would not be surprised, seeing that her own parents read a lot. May we all encourage our children to read and even become book worms, and may The Bible be one book that they will always continue reading throughout their lives.

Cooperation and Soverignty

Yesterday evening my son asked me if I was going to come and watch the kids at school in the morning, but he could not remember the word that he was referring to. So I asked him do you mean assembly and yes that was the word. Well I did not know nothing about this assembly because no note came home about it, so of course I had to rethink of how to work out the things I had planned for today. This assembly at school included my son's grade 2 class performing a skit with the grade 5 class on the social goal cooperation. They did an excellent job on explaining how cooperation should be shown. One boy in particular was so cute after his little group did their skit and bowed and blew kisses to the audience.

In todays devotion reading I read Psalm 8 and the first verse is a faviorte of mine because it is part of a song that I like. But what struck me the most about this devotion today that I would never have thought of was that this Psalm deals with sovereignty. " When God saved you, He made you a King. You may not look like one or act like one, but you are one. Your day of salvation was a day of coronation. God put you on the throne through Jesus Christ. Believers have a responsibility to live like Kings. Our kingship securely rests on the authority and character of God. Determine to live like a King." This is from the devotion by Waren Wiersbe.
What I was amazed about was that I am a King through Jesus Christ and I sure do not feel worthy of this position. I do not deserve the position because of being a sinner, but Jesus died on the cross for me and only because of His shed blood do I deserve His grace.

May you be blessed with God's word today in your devotions with Him.

What is Wealth?

Today as we went shopping for just little things and knowing we had to stay within the amount that we had on us I thought of a verse I kept always true to myself. This verse is from Hebrews 13:5. Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, "I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you." Since I had my first job, which was when I was still in high school, till now money has never been an issue that I have to have it to be wealthy. God has always looked after my needs and He has always provided no matter how tight I/we have been financially. I believe it builds character when you have to trust in the Lord in everything. I am thankful the Lord looks after our needs. Plus it also makes me more content in what I do have. We are to build our riches up in the Lord not on earthly things. Set your mind on things above, not on the things that are on earth. Colossians 3:2

Blessings in Trials

This morning I read a devotion that I received through my email and was blessed on how God blesses us in our trials. The title of the devotion was Rest in the Midst of Trials. Scripture reference is Psalm 4. I will give some points on what I read.
God cares for us and gives us several blessings in the midst of our trials.
1. He gives us the blessings of enlargement vr. 1.
2. God gives us the blessing of encouragement vr.2,3.
3. God gives us the blessing of enablement vr.4,5.
4. God gives us the blessings of enlightenment and enjoyment vr.6-8.
God's blessings are designed to do more than simply confort us in our difficulties; they are to help us grow. Take strength from knowing that God is weaving His purposes into your life and that He will reward your trust in Him.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 NIV

From this I know that some of my difficulties in life that God is helping me to grow from them and to trust in Him in everything. May you be blessed as well from this passage.

Friday - Skating

Todays post will be a memory from my childhood. As I thought of having taken my children skating yesterday, I remembered my memories of when I went skating as a child. I went skating every Friday evening(if it worked for my parents), but I do remember spending a lot of time at the ice rink on a Friday. Living close to a small town with an indoor ice rink that had pleasure skating every Friday and Sunday; plus having the chance to be with some friends I took the chose to go skating. I still enjoy skating which is a healthy thing. I had to pay to get in to skate, which sometimes I believe was hard for me if there was not the money for it. I remember skating with friends from town or anyone that did come into town for skating. Once I tried to do some sort of flip and I hit my head on the ice which hurt a lot. I was ok. Then there was doing the crack the whip with a scarf, which can be dangerous, which I am glad no one ever got hurt. With enjoying skating there was even a skate-a-thon, where you had to be on the ice for 12 or 24 hours. I did one skate-a-thon and stayed on the ice for 12 hours, which I have prof for, cause I got a trophy for it. My brother who was 9 years older then me did the skate-a-thong four different years, which got him four trophies. Now that my brother is with the Lord (which has been 28 years ago), I still have one of those trophies to remember him by. Now as an adult and still enjoying skating I have even gotten into watching every figure skating program that I can possible watch. Plus now as a mother I can also watch my children skate and enjoy the sport. Fridays in my mind will always be one of memories skating or spending time with friends in the winter. May you have a sport or event that will hold a lot of memories for you and may you be blessed from them, as I am with this memory. God Bless.

Meditation

Be still, and know that I am God;... Psalm 46:10

When I was contemplating just a while ago what to blog I thought of Meditation, cause that is what I want to do this year is to meditate on how Jesus spent His time with His Heavenly Father. I plan of studying different portions of the Bible and just compile what ways one can meditate and how one can walk closer with Jesus Chirst. This was before I read Darlene's blog and realized oh, my thoughts were the same as hers, how interesting. Part of this study for me has been on some of the devotions I have been readhing lately and I figured that yes, I need to get closer with Jesus and walk with Him. I have always had a Love for God's word and to walk with my personal savior Jesus Christ. With having children I have found that one just does not have all the time in the world to seat and to study, and that now my children are a little older and I have time during the day while they are at school I now can use some of that time to study and to become maybe a better person in Christ. May I not lose sight in keeping this up throughout the year, cause it can be a very much growing process in my walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. May those of us that what to improve things in our lives not to drop them, but to work at it throughout the year. We can start any time. God Bless.