Our Daily Bread
Some friends visited the Old Spaghetti Warehouse restaurant recently for a special meal deal that included all the bread they could eat. I teased them "You ate so much bread, they had to hire Jesus in the kitchen to make it fast enough to bring to your tables!" hehehe Yes, this old bear has a silly sense of humor!
I love the last line of the devotional:
"When God says do it, He’s already planned the resources we need to accomplish the task."
Wow! How many times have I seen this in my own life? A recent example is when our church asked for pledges for our new mission. God told me immediately to give a certain amount, which I thought was a stretch for me financially. Yes, money was tight for a month or two, but God provided everything I needed and more! He will do the same for you and for anyone who calls upon his name when he leads you to "stretch"!
Lord, thank you for helping me trust and obey. Thank you for the honor of serving you!
Teaching Tuesday
If you have been reading the past few months, I have written about wholeness a few times as God has been teaching me about it. God wants us to be whole. That means something different for each person. Personally, I think wholeness for me deals in part with the desires of my heart. There are several of them that he met in the past few years.
He is making me whole to help me get ready for my long term relationship. One of the coolest things I heard in the past few months is:
"God doesn't lead us to our partner/spouse to make us whole, rather to make us holy."
Wow! God has been teaching me about the importance of a relationship being made up of two "whole" people. The miracle of him bringing two people together is making two whole people "one". I am still learning about the "one" part. I will write more about that as I learn more about it. I bounced some ideas off of some friends and one of ministers. I got some interesting responses. Yikes! Apparently, I have some different ideas about some scripture passages that many Christians think are antiquated. ;-/
Other Stuff
I had a quick supper at O'Charley's last night. Their combo meals are usually two meals for me now. I can't eat all of the food they bring me! I also had a $5 off coupon I received in my email.Woohooo! I miss my favorite server, Chaz. He left for graduate school recently. I wish him the best.
I mowed the lawn and finished laundry. I also washed the dishes from the cooking on Sunday night. The house is sort of clean, but I need to go over it some more.
I have a busy social schedule this week. It should be fun. I am struggling with what to do about Thursday night. I told a friend of mine that I didn't want him to do anything for me for my birthday if he felt like he "had" to do it since I went out of my way to make his birthday special last year. He was going through a tough time. It meant a lot to me to ensure he didn't spend his birthday alone. I was excited when he first asked me to supper on Thursday. That excitement quickly faded when we started talking about the evening. I told him before that I could tell when he did something out of duty or feeling guilty instead of truly caring for me as a friend. I admit that I have feelings for this man. These feelings have gotten in the way of our close friendship several times. He is being cautions, at least I thought that to give him the benefit of the doubt. He basically wants a friendship where I do stuff for him and he doesn't feel any expectations from me for anything in return. The last time I checked, true friendships didn't work that way. I have lots of close friends. He does not. Hmmmmmm. I will pray for him. I will talk to him about Thursday.
On the bright side, I have some other friends taking me out for a birthday dinner or lunch or drink. I am so very thankful for them all!
Hang in there, my friends! I will be upbeat and steady. That is what I do...
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