A Feast

How many of you just spent a few days feasting on delicious dishes that danced with your taste buds as you savored every bite?  I know I enjoyed some sweet time with my family and my in-laws and more than enjoyed a sweet piece of chocolate pie.  The pumpkin pie was ok. Not worth the calories a whole piece of it, so I took a couple of bites! No worries, I didn't just offend anyone by saying their pie wasn't great...well I guess I probably was offensive to Baker's Square.😃😃😃

So today, as I opened my bible to have my first quiet time of the day, I literally feasted on God's word.  There are few things I truly delight in. God. His Word. My hubby.  The kids.  My sisters and their families.  That is about it.  I mean really.  I really delight in these things.  God's Word is so precious to me sometimes, like now, I wanna just gobble it up like I did that Thanksgiving meal. I have a regular bible reading schedule and today's psalm was Psalm 19.

The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.

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The precepts of the Lord are right,
making the heart glad;
the command of the Lord is radiant,
making the eyes light up.

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The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever;
the ordinances of the Lord are reliable
and altogether righteous.

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They are more desirable than gold—
than an abundance of pure gold;
and sweeter than honey,
which comes from the honeycomb.

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In addition, Your servant is warned by them;
there is great reward in keeping them.

Just take it in.  Savor. Every. Syllable....it renews our life.  It is trustworthy. It makes my heart glad.  Who doesn't wanna be glad??!!...it makes my eyes light up...ummm. I am aging, so radiance sounds pretyy good! It endures forever.  I am not much for instant gratification. Reliable.  More desirable than abundance of gold. I live in abundance. I have the Word of God. Sweeter than Honey. YUM! My reward, my rich and most desirous reward is keeping His Word.  Well, let me say I do fail at this, but the more I read, the more I treasure and store up His Word the more I understand His Sovereign grace.  Do you know that grace?  He says, "Come and feast!"  He says, "Find grace at my table." He invites us to sup with Him and to be found in His mercy. He wants us to seek Him and His Word and be satisfied in Him.  Just Him....a feast is laid out for you and I to delight in.  Would you join me?

Mine

Well, I am probably the most spor.ad.ic blogger known to mankind! I probably wouldn’t be blogging now had it not been pressing in on me like a heavy blanket. That sounds awesome doesn’t it?! Well, sometimes situations feel insurmountable like that. I can’t really say “life” feels like that , for me that would not be reality. But really. Situations arise in my imperfect life that cause me to think “now what”? I won’t get into deep, dramatic detail because it’s not necessary. What i want to do is praise my God, my Lord and Savior for always coming through for me. I am learning more and more of His goodness almost daily.  I am thankful He has not said, “ok, no more goodness for her!”  Being a Christian for 20 years has a way of humbly reminding me that I have so much yet to learn and so many ways for sanctification to yet occur.  Here is one thing I have learned though: God. Is.Good. Yesterday He chose to remind me of who He is and that He still in fact is Lord of all, Lord of my life and my days. It took a bracelet I was gifted with a couple of years ago, to speak Truth to me. It reads, “Love Never Fails”.  I just happened to glance over at the bracelet in a heartfelt conversation with my oldest sister, and it couldn’t have been more plain, God was telling me once agin what I needed to live out...love never fails. Some days, as in recently, I felt my heart pang because of a situation that seems to be reoccurring, and I said, “ what now God, what do I do with this?” This is what He spoke to my heart...”I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to Me, says the Lord Almighty.”
Sometimes even at 40, I feel like I don’t belong, that I am not worth loving, and the list could continue. But ladies (and possibly any gents who are forced by their ladies to read this), why would we choose to believe this lie when we have a loving Father who says, “No! You are mine!” His love never fails and because it is so, I will keep loving. Love. Never. Fails. Believe Him at His Word! Be thankful for Hus gift of unfailing, life changing love! Rest in His love and Abide in His presence. He walks among us, dwells in our hearts and loves us unconditionally. Be blessed!