September 9 ~ John 3:27-30
John answered, “It’s not possible
for a person to succeed—I’m talking about eternal success—without
heaven’s help. You yourselves were there when I made it public that I
was not the Messiah but simply the one sent ahead of him to get things
ready. The one who gets the bride is, by definition, the bridegroom. And
the bridegroom’s friend, his ‘best man’—that’s me—in place at his side
where he can hear every word, is genuinely happy. How could he be
jealous when he knows that the wedding is finished and the marriage is
off to a good start?
“That’s why my cup is running over. This is
the assigned moment for him to move into the center, while I slip off to
the sidelines.
Scripture
quotations from The Message. © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002
by Eugene Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress, Colorado Springs,
CO. All rights reserved.
During the Sunday
school lesson last week for second and third graders, I mentioned my
brother Tim, who died almost 18 years ago. It was like a light bulb
went on in Timothy’s head, and he said, “OH! So Uncle Tim was named for
ME?” I smiled and explained that it was the other way around…that
Uncle Tim was here first. This was logical thinking for a
seven-year-old. Little children tend to believe that the world revolves
around them. And I will have to say that most of the time, Timothy is
unusually empathetic for his age. Still…every child has his/her moments.
You
and I are no longer children. We cannot afford the “luxury” of selfish
thinking…much less the assumption that “we’ve got this” by ourselves.
There is no way that we can navigate “life” on our own for even the
shortest amount of time. And if you believe differently, you are in for
some pretty big heartaches and disappointments.
A friend shared a
post on Facebook that started off, “Imagine getting to heaven and
hearing God say”…and then “God” described how thought of us before we
were born…laid out plans for us and prepared the way. “God” noted how He
gave us time to accomplish these goals and supplied us with the Holy
Spirit to guide and protect us…and provided us with missions and
opportunities to fulfill them. And then it ends with “Let’s talk about
how that all went.”
Too many of us want to have Jesus and the
Holy Spirit in our hip pocket…but we still want the spotlight. We want
it to be all about us…about our needs and desires. We spend our lives
asking, “Is it fun? Will I enjoy this? Will it make me happy? What
about ME?” And the truth is…it’s not about us at all. There’s an old
hymn – “Have Thine Own Way, Lord” - that says, “Thou are the potter, I
am the clay.” Jesus is the bridegroom…you and I are just the
“bridesmaids and groomsmen.” Our job is to support Him…to fulfill His
plans and missions…to step aside and bask in the rays of His limelight.
A
little self-absorption is cute when you are a child…but it is in no way
an attractive quality in adults…especially people who are supposed to
represent Jesus. Humility, servitude, and the desire to keep Christ
front and center are hallmarks of a faithful Christian disciple. It may
never be “your turn” or “about you”…and that’s okay. When Jesus is
given top priority, all other things fall into place as He designed.
THIS is what truly matters!
When God has the talk with you
about “how things went,” what will you have to say for yourself? Have
you stepped aside and given Jesus the spotlight? Or are you still
fighting to get off the sidelines and take center stage? How you answer
makes all the difference…both now and for all eternity. Where are you standing today?
©2016 Debbie Robus
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Daily Devotional for October 18, 2014
Matthew 15:29-31
After Jesus returned, he walked along Lake Galilee and then climbed a mountain and took his place, ready to receive visitors. They came, tons of them, bringing along the paraplegic, the blind, the maimed, the mute—all sorts of people in need—and more or less threw them down at Jesus’ feet to see what he would do with them. He healed them. When the people saw the mutes speaking, the maimed healthy, the paraplegics walking around, the blind looking around, they were astonished and let everyone know that God was blazingly alive among them.
Scripture quotations from The Message. © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress, Colorado Springs, CO. All rights reserved.
This week, we received a new picture of our “son”...Timothy Kodjo Owusu Frim. “Kodjo” will be 14 next week, and we “adopted” him via Compassion International* when he was only five. We send money each month to support Kodjo, who lives most of the time with his grandmother near the African city of Accra in the country of Ghana. Kodjo attends the Mt. Zion Methodist Child Development Center. His family engages in “petty trading” – information we are provided indicates that they make about $58 per month. Our “sponsorship” costs $38 a month.
We pay an additional $8 for HIV/AIDS response and another $8 in Compassion International partnership to help sponsor other children – both of these donations are optional. Just as importantly, we send frequent letters and photos to Kodjo. You can write to your child as often as you like...and there is even an online form to do this and send up to three photos, which makes this more convenient. We offer him encouragement, ask questions about him and the culture and life of Ghana, and we share the love of Christ with him via Bible verses. Kodjo writes us in return with the assistance of a worker at the Child Development Center.
We also send monetary “gifts” for Kodjo’s birthday and at Christmas. And there is an option to provide a “family gift” each year to help siblings (if there are any) and other family members. Compassion decides what the child/family should do with the money, and Kodjo has used his gifts for clothing, food, and a soccer ball. If you follow soccer, you know that this game (referred to as “football” in other countries) is incredibly important in other cultures, including that of Ghana. When the USA beat Ghana in the 2014 World Cup games, Kodjo told us that he was so upset that he was unable to eat or sleep! So the chance to own his own soccer ball was very special to him.
Why am I telling you this...and what does it have to do with this scripture passage in Matthew 15? I believe that when Jesus performed healings and other miracles, He knew that someday, people like Greg and I would “heal” others in His name by sponsoring children via such organizations as Compassion, International. I believe that Jesus fully understood that His demonstrations were not necessarily to be taken so literally by people who lived thousands of years later...but rather, that we were to look for situations in which “miracles” and “healings” were needed – and we were to accomplish these in His name.
There are hundreds of children just like Kodjo – all around the world – who need a sponsor. There are countless charitable organizations that need a few bucks – or a helping hand. It’s not just about money. But many of us plunk down more than $38 a WEEK for mindless purchases...totally oblivious to the impact this amount could have on someone living in a Third World country or even the hungry child in your local elementary school's third grade classroom. We fail to recognize how many lives could be touched if we gave an hour a week to deliver Meals on Wheels or to volunteer in a classroom at school or church. We don’t think about the lifelong impact of mentoring a child...or how precious our visits might be to an elderly person who is housebound. We totally underestimate the power of a simple note of encouragement...or a smile.
Notice that this passage says, “They came...tons of them.” It was no accident that Jesus ministered to these people...that He assessed their needs and met them – in droves. He did this in large part as a demonstration for us of how we are to live. He was showing us what to do to serve and honor Him – and the exponential impact of such ministries. Now it is our turn. The people may not come to us...we may have to seek out the opportunities to “heal” and “perform miracles”. But they exist, nonetheless. Our job is to look for them – and to get busy! Are you ready to do your part? Will this be the day that you begin?
©2014 Debbie Robus
* For more information on Compassion, International, visit http://compassion.com
After Jesus returned, he walked along Lake Galilee and then climbed a mountain and took his place, ready to receive visitors. They came, tons of them, bringing along the paraplegic, the blind, the maimed, the mute—all sorts of people in need—and more or less threw them down at Jesus’ feet to see what he would do with them. He healed them. When the people saw the mutes speaking, the maimed healthy, the paraplegics walking around, the blind looking around, they were astonished and let everyone know that God was blazingly alive among them.
Scripture quotations from The Message. © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress, Colorado Springs, CO. All rights reserved.
This week, we received a new picture of our “son”...Timothy Kodjo Owusu Frim. “Kodjo” will be 14 next week, and we “adopted” him via Compassion International* when he was only five. We send money each month to support Kodjo, who lives most of the time with his grandmother near the African city of Accra in the country of Ghana. Kodjo attends the Mt. Zion Methodist Child Development Center. His family engages in “petty trading” – information we are provided indicates that they make about $58 per month. Our “sponsorship” costs $38 a month.
We pay an additional $8 for HIV/AIDS response and another $8 in Compassion International partnership to help sponsor other children – both of these donations are optional. Just as importantly, we send frequent letters and photos to Kodjo. You can write to your child as often as you like...and there is even an online form to do this and send up to three photos, which makes this more convenient. We offer him encouragement, ask questions about him and the culture and life of Ghana, and we share the love of Christ with him via Bible verses. Kodjo writes us in return with the assistance of a worker at the Child Development Center.
We also send monetary “gifts” for Kodjo’s birthday and at Christmas. And there is an option to provide a “family gift” each year to help siblings (if there are any) and other family members. Compassion decides what the child/family should do with the money, and Kodjo has used his gifts for clothing, food, and a soccer ball. If you follow soccer, you know that this game (referred to as “football” in other countries) is incredibly important in other cultures, including that of Ghana. When the USA beat Ghana in the 2014 World Cup games, Kodjo told us that he was so upset that he was unable to eat or sleep! So the chance to own his own soccer ball was very special to him.
Why am I telling you this...and what does it have to do with this scripture passage in Matthew 15? I believe that when Jesus performed healings and other miracles, He knew that someday, people like Greg and I would “heal” others in His name by sponsoring children via such organizations as Compassion, International. I believe that Jesus fully understood that His demonstrations were not necessarily to be taken so literally by people who lived thousands of years later...but rather, that we were to look for situations in which “miracles” and “healings” were needed – and we were to accomplish these in His name.
There are hundreds of children just like Kodjo – all around the world – who need a sponsor. There are countless charitable organizations that need a few bucks – or a helping hand. It’s not just about money. But many of us plunk down more than $38 a WEEK for mindless purchases...totally oblivious to the impact this amount could have on someone living in a Third World country or even the hungry child in your local elementary school's third grade classroom. We fail to recognize how many lives could be touched if we gave an hour a week to deliver Meals on Wheels or to volunteer in a classroom at school or church. We don’t think about the lifelong impact of mentoring a child...or how precious our visits might be to an elderly person who is housebound. We totally underestimate the power of a simple note of encouragement...or a smile.
Notice that this passage says, “They came...tons of them.” It was no accident that Jesus ministered to these people...that He assessed their needs and met them – in droves. He did this in large part as a demonstration for us of how we are to live. He was showing us what to do to serve and honor Him – and the exponential impact of such ministries. Now it is our turn. The people may not come to us...we may have to seek out the opportunities to “heal” and “perform miracles”. But they exist, nonetheless. Our job is to look for them – and to get busy! Are you ready to do your part? Will this be the day that you begin?
©2014 Debbie Robus
* For more information on Compassion, International, visit http://compassion.com
Daily Devotional for September 18, 2014
Acts 4:20-30
We cannot stop telling about the wonderful things we saw Jesus do and heard him say.”
The Council then threatened them further and finally let them go because they didn’t know how to punish them without starting a riot. For everyone was praising God for this wonderful miracle - the healing of a man who had been lame for forty years.
As soon as they were freed, Peter and John found the other disciples and told them what the Council had said.
Then all the believers united in this prayer:
“O Lord, Creator of heaven and earth and of the sea and everything in them - you spoke long ago by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor King David, your servant, saying, ‘Why do the heathen rage against the Lord, and the foolish nations plan their little plots against Almighty God? The kings of the earth unite to fight against him and against the anointed Son of God!’
“That is what is happening here in this city today! For Herod the king, and Pontius Pilate the governor, and all the Romans—as well as the people of Israel—are united against Jesus, your anointed Son, your holy servant. They won’t stop at anything that you in your wise power will let them do. And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and grant to your servants great boldness in their preaching, and send your healing power, and may miracles and wonders be done by the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
On the September 17th episode of her new talk show, journalist Meredith Vieira disclosed that she was involved in an abusive relationship more than 30 years ago. She provided details of this abuse on her program and explained why she stayed in such a situation for so long. She talked of fear...and yes, guilt...and how her abuser was usually quite remorseful afterward. I don’t know for sure why Vieira shared this on her program. Perhaps she felt it would garner ratings, since abuse and neglect are currently hot-button issues in the news. Or maybe she felt God telling her, “Someone needs to hear this information. Your words can be the rescue vehicle...the healing balm for those who are hurting and in trouble.”
We’ve all been in situations where we may have felt an urge to say or do something...and then we thought, “That is none of my business,” or “I can’t say or do THAT!” And often, we kept silent...or held back. As we observed what happened next, we sometimes regretted our hesitation. Other times, we boldly forged ahead, even though we might not have known the person well. We offered suggestions, shared our own personal experiences, or simply said, “I’m praying for you,” and faithfully trusted God to do the rest...and the results were amazing.
Understand that I am not suggesting that we all start getting up in each other’s business! This must always be done prayerfully and responsibly. But when you get that nagging feeling that you need to share a scripture or a prayer with someone...to pick up the phone...to drop by for a visit...to reach out to another person in a particular manner...or to step up and offer your assistance...ask God what to do with these urges. Then listen for His answer...and when you feel that He is telling you to proceed, do not hesitate.
I will not deal in specifics, but in recent weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to reach out to more than one person in situations where I really did not know him/her all that well...they were more what I would consider “acquaintances” than close friends. Yet I saw that they had needs and struggles, and I sensed strongly that I needed to send them a message in some way. Trust me when I say that in more than one instance, I hesitated...I procrastinated – delayed hitting the “send” button or making a call. But to a person, every time I trusted that God was leading me and took a leap of faith, that person responded and said, essentially...”Your timing was perfect! Your care and concern meant so much...and I am better for it.”
We don’t fully comprehend how vital we “disciples” are to the mission and ministry of Jesus Christ. Every day, He reaches out to us and gives us “assignments”...ways great and small that we are to minister and heal others in His name. Too often, we are so caught up in the busyness of OUR day...our own selfish desires and agendas...that we miss these opportunities. We are fearful and timid...embarrassed and insecure. For whatever reason, we don’t really want to get involved. Surely God can’t mean for US to do these things! Surely He doesn’t think we are the right vehicle for reaching others in His name! Doesn’t God know who – and what – we are?!
God has equipped us with everything we will need to accomplish His plans. If we are confident that He is powering and endorsing our efforts, we truly have nothing to fear...and everything to gain! He knows exactly who is the right person for every task...and that includes each of us!
Where has God been gently nudging you toward discipleship? Where are you being shown opportunities for “healing” in Jesus’ name? Are you paying attention? Are you “show and tell Disciples” for the amazing love, grace, mercy, forgiveness – and healing power – of Jesus Christ? Are you ready to truly serve Him obediently and confidently? Are you “all in” for Jesus? Isn’t it time you were?
©2014 Debbie Robus
We cannot stop telling about the wonderful things we saw Jesus do and heard him say.”
The Council then threatened them further and finally let them go because they didn’t know how to punish them without starting a riot. For everyone was praising God for this wonderful miracle - the healing of a man who had been lame for forty years.
As soon as they were freed, Peter and John found the other disciples and told them what the Council had said.
Then all the believers united in this prayer:
“O Lord, Creator of heaven and earth and of the sea and everything in them - you spoke long ago by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor King David, your servant, saying, ‘Why do the heathen rage against the Lord, and the foolish nations plan their little plots against Almighty God? The kings of the earth unite to fight against him and against the anointed Son of God!’
“That is what is happening here in this city today! For Herod the king, and Pontius Pilate the governor, and all the Romans—as well as the people of Israel—are united against Jesus, your anointed Son, your holy servant. They won’t stop at anything that you in your wise power will let them do. And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and grant to your servants great boldness in their preaching, and send your healing power, and may miracles and wonders be done by the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
On the September 17th episode of her new talk show, journalist Meredith Vieira disclosed that she was involved in an abusive relationship more than 30 years ago. She provided details of this abuse on her program and explained why she stayed in such a situation for so long. She talked of fear...and yes, guilt...and how her abuser was usually quite remorseful afterward. I don’t know for sure why Vieira shared this on her program. Perhaps she felt it would garner ratings, since abuse and neglect are currently hot-button issues in the news. Or maybe she felt God telling her, “Someone needs to hear this information. Your words can be the rescue vehicle...the healing balm for those who are hurting and in trouble.”
We’ve all been in situations where we may have felt an urge to say or do something...and then we thought, “That is none of my business,” or “I can’t say or do THAT!” And often, we kept silent...or held back. As we observed what happened next, we sometimes regretted our hesitation. Other times, we boldly forged ahead, even though we might not have known the person well. We offered suggestions, shared our own personal experiences, or simply said, “I’m praying for you,” and faithfully trusted God to do the rest...and the results were amazing.
Understand that I am not suggesting that we all start getting up in each other’s business! This must always be done prayerfully and responsibly. But when you get that nagging feeling that you need to share a scripture or a prayer with someone...to pick up the phone...to drop by for a visit...to reach out to another person in a particular manner...or to step up and offer your assistance...ask God what to do with these urges. Then listen for His answer...and when you feel that He is telling you to proceed, do not hesitate.
I will not deal in specifics, but in recent weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to reach out to more than one person in situations where I really did not know him/her all that well...they were more what I would consider “acquaintances” than close friends. Yet I saw that they had needs and struggles, and I sensed strongly that I needed to send them a message in some way. Trust me when I say that in more than one instance, I hesitated...I procrastinated – delayed hitting the “send” button or making a call. But to a person, every time I trusted that God was leading me and took a leap of faith, that person responded and said, essentially...”Your timing was perfect! Your care and concern meant so much...and I am better for it.”
We don’t fully comprehend how vital we “disciples” are to the mission and ministry of Jesus Christ. Every day, He reaches out to us and gives us “assignments”...ways great and small that we are to minister and heal others in His name. Too often, we are so caught up in the busyness of OUR day...our own selfish desires and agendas...that we miss these opportunities. We are fearful and timid...embarrassed and insecure. For whatever reason, we don’t really want to get involved. Surely God can’t mean for US to do these things! Surely He doesn’t think we are the right vehicle for reaching others in His name! Doesn’t God know who – and what – we are?!
God has equipped us with everything we will need to accomplish His plans. If we are confident that He is powering and endorsing our efforts, we truly have nothing to fear...and everything to gain! He knows exactly who is the right person for every task...and that includes each of us!
Where has God been gently nudging you toward discipleship? Where are you being shown opportunities for “healing” in Jesus’ name? Are you paying attention? Are you “show and tell Disciples” for the amazing love, grace, mercy, forgiveness – and healing power – of Jesus Christ? Are you ready to truly serve Him obediently and confidently? Are you “all in” for Jesus? Isn’t it time you were?
©2014 Debbie Robus
Daily Devotional for September 16, 2014
Acts 3:12-16
Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. “Men of Israel,” he said, “what is so surprising about this? And why look at us as though we by our own power and godliness had made this man walk? For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and of all our ancestors who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. I refer to the Jesus whom you rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate’s determination to release him. You didn’t want him freed—this holy, righteous one. Instead you demanded the release of a murderer. And you killed the Author of Life; but God brought him back to life again. And John and I are witnesses of this fact, for after you killed him we saw him alive!
“Jesus’ name has healed this man—and you know how lame he was before. Faith in Jesus’ name—faith given us from God—has caused this perfect healing.
The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Some of you may be watching the resurrected version of the television series “Dallas”. Back in the 70s and 80s when this show first aired, one of the main characters, “Bobby Ewing”, played by Patrick Duffy, was killed when the sister of his brother’s wife ran over him with a car...or so we thought. We learned in a subsequent season that this “death” had all been the “bad dream” of Bobby’s ex-wife Pamela. Still with me? I know this is crazy, and even writing it all down made me wonder, “What were we thinking?!”
I share this to tell you that we are no strangers to modern-day “resurrection” stories. They happen all the time in television series, movies...and even our favorite novels. Someone appears to be dead, but we discover that they really aren’t. Children watch cartoons in which the characters come back to life over and again. All of this combines to create a sort of “numbness” and indifference in each of us...and on certain levels, it causes us to detach from reality.
It is no surprise that we are somewhat numb to the profound significance of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection...that we are not as cognizant of Jesus’ healing power as we should be. It isn’t even that big of a stretch to see how we could give ourselves and the “healers” in our midst more credit than we deserve for our health and well-being in every area of life. Although it’s a “slippery slope”, one can see how easy it might be to give too much credit to physicians, therapists, coaches, teachers, parents, friends, and even clergy for enabling us to put one foot in front of the other.
While these people may play a significant role in our overall health and well-being...their true power comes from Jesus. We may benefit from their wisdom, expertise, kindness, compassion, mercy, and life experiences, but none of this would be available to us without our Savior. Jesus knows what we need...when we need it...and how to get it to us. He uses human beings as the vehicle for our healing...but ultimately, He is the Great Healer.
Unlike the original “Dallas” series and its 2012 revival, Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection were no television soap opera. Jesus is as real as it gets...and His power to heal and restore us – and meet our every need – is unsurpassed. His use of ordinary people like you and me to carry out His missions is equally real.
Maybe it’s time for us to open our eyes and re-align our focus a bit. Maybe we need to be more aware of Who is really running the show...and give Him the appropriate measure of gratitude. Maybe we need to stop thinking so highly of ourselves and stop to recognize Who fuels our every breath! Perhaps we need to start looking a little more closely at Who is truly the Author of our lives...and give credit where it is due. Isn’t this the perfect time to begin?
©2014 Debbie Robus
Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. “Men of Israel,” he said, “what is so surprising about this? And why look at us as though we by our own power and godliness had made this man walk? For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and of all our ancestors who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. I refer to the Jesus whom you rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate’s determination to release him. You didn’t want him freed—this holy, righteous one. Instead you demanded the release of a murderer. And you killed the Author of Life; but God brought him back to life again. And John and I are witnesses of this fact, for after you killed him we saw him alive!
“Jesus’ name has healed this man—and you know how lame he was before. Faith in Jesus’ name—faith given us from God—has caused this perfect healing.
The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Some of you may be watching the resurrected version of the television series “Dallas”. Back in the 70s and 80s when this show first aired, one of the main characters, “Bobby Ewing”, played by Patrick Duffy, was killed when the sister of his brother’s wife ran over him with a car...or so we thought. We learned in a subsequent season that this “death” had all been the “bad dream” of Bobby’s ex-wife Pamela. Still with me? I know this is crazy, and even writing it all down made me wonder, “What were we thinking?!”
I share this to tell you that we are no strangers to modern-day “resurrection” stories. They happen all the time in television series, movies...and even our favorite novels. Someone appears to be dead, but we discover that they really aren’t. Children watch cartoons in which the characters come back to life over and again. All of this combines to create a sort of “numbness” and indifference in each of us...and on certain levels, it causes us to detach from reality.
It is no surprise that we are somewhat numb to the profound significance of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection...that we are not as cognizant of Jesus’ healing power as we should be. It isn’t even that big of a stretch to see how we could give ourselves and the “healers” in our midst more credit than we deserve for our health and well-being in every area of life. Although it’s a “slippery slope”, one can see how easy it might be to give too much credit to physicians, therapists, coaches, teachers, parents, friends, and even clergy for enabling us to put one foot in front of the other.
While these people may play a significant role in our overall health and well-being...their true power comes from Jesus. We may benefit from their wisdom, expertise, kindness, compassion, mercy, and life experiences, but none of this would be available to us without our Savior. Jesus knows what we need...when we need it...and how to get it to us. He uses human beings as the vehicle for our healing...but ultimately, He is the Great Healer.
Unlike the original “Dallas” series and its 2012 revival, Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection were no television soap opera. Jesus is as real as it gets...and His power to heal and restore us – and meet our every need – is unsurpassed. His use of ordinary people like you and me to carry out His missions is equally real.
Maybe it’s time for us to open our eyes and re-align our focus a bit. Maybe we need to be more aware of Who is really running the show...and give Him the appropriate measure of gratitude. Maybe we need to stop thinking so highly of ourselves and stop to recognize Who fuels our every breath! Perhaps we need to start looking a little more closely at Who is truly the Author of our lives...and give credit where it is due. Isn’t this the perfect time to begin?
©2014 Debbie Robus
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