Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

When you decide to be a disciple of Jesus there is a promise.  You will release control of outcomes and consequences of decisions based on following Him.  He promises you might lose somethings, but He will provide all that you need and much of what you want.  There is no promise that you will feel no pain, hurt and suffering.  In fact you will feel more joy and pain. But, His prediction is that you will not regret your decision to be a sincere disciple of Jesus. Mark 10. 17  As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18  “Why do you call me good?”  Jesus answered.  “No one is good—except God alone.   19  You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’ [ d ] ” 20  “Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.” 21  Jesus

If you have a hard working, loving spouse who is completely trustworthy, then you are very blessed. Never take it for granted.

There is moving up. Moving down. Moving on. Moving forward. Moving back. Moving forward. Moving home. Moving somewhere, not sure where. Eight years ago today we saw our house.   Precisely it was Beth's house.  My favorite thing about it was windows everywhere a window could be.   We had the perfect house for our situation in Aurora for thirty years.  Big, roomy and big group friendly. We commonly had 50 for our Christmas party. That house was a gift from God. Raising kids and grandkids we wore it out.    When we moved there we didn't know if we could get it or not.  We thought. We prayed. We got an excellent Christian realtor and it worked out.   Same thing happened 30 years later. Our realtor, Deborah Biggers, helped Beth's house become Larry and Sheila's  house.  Talked to her today and she is still helping people with needed house changes.  We believe that major moves happen one step at a time with God bringing in the right people at the right time. God told Abraham

He's out of His mind. If you decide to stay away from efforts to be a celebrity you might be in your right mind but the world could think you are out of your mind. If you break the local religious and political traditions in order to help heal broken people its possible that your family may say "He's out of his mind." If you believe that you are a child of God and that the creator of the universe hears your specific prayers and says "Yes" to all of your "needs" and many of your "wants" it could be that rich, powerful people of this world will make fun of your "Thoughts and Prayers."

5.16- Our attitude as we communicate is important. Two different buddies of mine needed to correct me on this and it helped me greatly.  I believe that we need to keep a "good news" frame of mind as we teach our family and friends. I have missed radiant smiles for 15 months. Now I'm seeing them all around me. A happy heart makes a radiant face.. Thank you God.  For the "Warp Speed" vacines.  For the first responders, the nurses and doctors. Serving the 2020 pandemic.     580,000 plus Americans moved on to their reward. I pray for God's comfort for them.  As for me I plan to enjoy each day more fully and spread happiness at each opportunity.