Today I read a thought that I wanted to share with you all.
"So often we miss life's beauty because we are preoccupied by its flaws. Instead of taking off our shoes to feel the feathery soft grass beneath our feet, we complain that it's growing so fast we don't have time to mow it. Rather than enjoying the gregarious woman behind the supermarket counter, we blame her friendly chatter for delaying the checkout line. And what about us? Who stares back from the mirror each morning? A child of God who is growing daily in his image or someone whose nose is too big or too small, whose hair is in a state of perpetual rebellion, or whose skin is aged and worn?" Ann Spangler
As women, we tend to details of life every day from our faces to our lists of things to do.
Do we see them all as flaws or busywork or as something that will help us grow into the image of Jesus Christ as we live the day out? This is a challenge for me.... to see life through the Lord's eyes and sensibly go about what needs to be accomplished.....how are you doing with your daily attitude?
Monday, February 16, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Valentine Love
Happy Valentine's Day! Feb. 14th will be upon us soon and let me be the first to let you know that married, engaged or single....you are loved! With "everlasting love" Jeremiah 31:3 It's a love that is deeper than any human love imaginable. Rejoice in this love!
Recently my husband gave me an article by Ruth Bell Graham called, "Ever-deepening Love."
Ruth started by saying that she pities the couple who expects too much from each other. She said it is foolish if a woman expects her husband to be to her what only Jesus Christ Himself can be.
"Jesus is always ready to forgive, totally understanding, unendingly patient, invariably tender and loving, unfailing in every area, anticipating every need and making more than adequate provision."
Her thoughts were that if we expect our imperfect husbands to be what the Lord Jesus is, perfect, it puts great pressure on him.
What woman could be all these things to her husband? I'm know that I fall short in many of these areas. What if our husbands put pressure on us to be perfect at all times? I think I'd be a wreck!
Perhaps this Valentine's day, if we are married, we might look for the ways our husband is loving to us rather than expecting him to be. Perhaps when we look for the good, we will find it?
Recently my husband gave me an article by Ruth Bell Graham called, "Ever-deepening Love."
Ruth started by saying that she pities the couple who expects too much from each other. She said it is foolish if a woman expects her husband to be to her what only Jesus Christ Himself can be.
"Jesus is always ready to forgive, totally understanding, unendingly patient, invariably tender and loving, unfailing in every area, anticipating every need and making more than adequate provision."
Her thoughts were that if we expect our imperfect husbands to be what the Lord Jesus is, perfect, it puts great pressure on him.
What woman could be all these things to her husband? I'm know that I fall short in many of these areas. What if our husbands put pressure on us to be perfect at all times? I think I'd be a wreck!
Perhaps this Valentine's day, if we are married, we might look for the ways our husband is loving to us rather than expecting him to be. Perhaps when we look for the good, we will find it?
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