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Uggs & Chocolate

03 Wednesday Feb 2016

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My friend gave me and my husband some special chocolate with crushed pretzels in it. She gave it to us in December and I saved it.  But when my husband started eating it, I wasn’t about to let him get ahead of me.  So we ate it last week and it was delightful!

My husband bought me a pair of Uggs for my birthday early in December.  They make me feel rich.  I still have yet to wear them outside.

I don’t save ordinary every day things.

But special things are another story. I saved our chocolate because I knew that once we ate it, it would be gone.  I haven’t worn my Uggs because I don’t want to get them dirty. I want them to stay like new.

But the best thing being saved for me is not what I am saving!  It is what God is saving for me!

It is my inheritance in Christ! It can never be depleted. It will never be ruined. It will never get dirty. It will never fade. It will always be like new, full of God’s glory!  I Peter 1 :4

And perhaps even more importantly, God is protecting me by His power until I reach heaven.  He will see to it that I receive my inheritance in Him!  I Peter 1:5

And that is just one reason why I love Him, believe in Him and rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory! I Peter 1:8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weeping in God’s Ears

02 Friday Jan 2015

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I was laughing my head off this morning while reading Numbers 11.

Those poor weeping whining Israelites!  Weeping in their doorways.  Weeping throughout their families.

“WAWAWA!  Who will give us meat to eat?  We remember that yummy fish we used to eat. Not to mention the fresh crisp cucumbers, sweet melons, and those savory leeks, onions and garlic!  But now, our appetite is gone.  WAWAWA! There is nothing at all to look at except this stupid manna.” (paraphrased)

Moses heard the people weeping but he wasn’t the only one.

The Lord said, ” You have wept in my ears.”

He took it personally.  “You have rejected the Lord who is among you.”

Paul says in Philippians 4:11, “I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.  I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry.”

Am I content or do I want more? I’ve started quoting Hebrews 13:5 to myself whenever I want more.  I’m surprised at how often I quote it.  I am learning.

“Be content with what you have; for He Himself has said, ‘I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you.'”  Hebrews 13:5

I have the Lord.  He is more than enough.