notes from the week

Lets take a simple journey together. It has been a good week in so many ways, but what I don’t do in these e-devotion is simply share some of the things that happen or are shared during the days of the week. Here we go.

As I shared yesterday was our anniversary. I am grateful for Julie, but what I am most grateful for is a local restaurant that wasn’t too full where we could sit over in the corner to eat and talk. It was so good, and I am so blessed.

On Wednesday I drove a good ways to a men’s Bible study. It happens each week at a fast food restaurant in North Carolina (Dario has locations where they give men a free breakfast who come to the weekly study). It was awesome walking in the room where more than 60 men gathered to study the Bible, and Stu opened Daniel 4 in awesome ways. Read that chapter. God is so good.

So on with the journey. Here are just a few of the things that came across my reading this week:

Proverbs 31:8-9 NLT

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed. 9 Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice.

I read Proverbs every day and according to the day of the month that chapter. These verses are part of my life calling and a great reminder.

Hosea 4:6 NLT

My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me. Since you priests refuse to know me, I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.

That’s good. The book of Hosea is tough.

“This is the one great business of human life - to know the Lord.” Quote from C.H. Spurgeon

Hosea 12:6 NLT

So now, come back to your God. Act with love and justice, and always depend on him.

Another great one from the book of Hosea.

“Grace becomes a platform on which all perfections of Deity exhibit themselves, and grace becomes a light which shines on all the rest; and they albeit bright enough in themselves, seem to be doubly bright when they grow in His brilliance.” Quote from C.H. Spurgeon.

Ephesians 4:15 NLT

Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.

That is enough, but there is so much more. Praise God for the journey He calls us to be on with Him.

Have a great weekend and plan to spend time praising our great and gracious God!

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Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her. Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved. Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith said, "Well, what do you ...

wash feet, sharing hope

John 13:4-5,14 NLT So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow. He served. He valued and gave value to others. That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet. It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives. Jesus said we should do this. See the verse above. Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

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