Somewhere in the night....
Every now and again, I misplace something. Not as often as I used to because I make a deliberate effort these days to put things back where I found them. What I misplaced is a little booklet of daily devotions called Our Daily Bread. Occasionally, I share them with you. Today will be one of those occasions.
I found my booklet this morning. I suppose I should have realized it fell behind the nightstand next to my bed. I honestly thought I looked there for it. I'd actually grabbed a replacement copy a couple of weeks ago at church but gave that away last week. There's a story behind that but as always, I'm not gonna share it yet. I meant to pick up an additional copy the other day at church, but forgot.
The title of the post is "somewhere in the night''. Somewhere in the night last night, as I slept, my glasses fell off the nightstand and hit the carpeted floor. As a result of the impact of falling a mere three feet at the max and hitting the carpet, the right lens popped out of my glasses and landed about five feet away, right next to the baseboard.
It took me about a half-hour to find it. But I did find a few things behind the nightstand; among them, my Our Daily Bread. Honestly, I was going to pick up another one at church today. I enjoy that daily reading and a lot of times it'll touch on something in my life.
Today's devotional, which you can read here is about taking the path God puts you on. I'd really encourage my friends to read it because it kind of explains things. I've had my bouts of "surely not", believe me, I have. If I hadn't then you could rightfully call me crazy. But as I've explained before which is more foolish, following the path you believe in your heart God laid before you to follow, or not following it because your own understanding makes more sense?
It's not a question you can answer for me any more than I could answer this very important question for you. But maybe, just maybe it'll make the person who left the not-so-Christian comments the other day that I deleted come into focus.
Along my path, I've learned that if God can forgive me for my sins, I can forgive others. If Jesus loves me and I was very unlovable at the time I found Him, I can show that love to others. If God showed me grace and mercy, shouldn't I show that to others?
Take the time and read the passage, and equally important, read Psalm 142. It's linked to the devotional.
God bless all y'all and thanks for reading the blog!
I found my booklet this morning. I suppose I should have realized it fell behind the nightstand next to my bed. I honestly thought I looked there for it. I'd actually grabbed a replacement copy a couple of weeks ago at church but gave that away last week. There's a story behind that but as always, I'm not gonna share it yet. I meant to pick up an additional copy the other day at church, but forgot.
The title of the post is "somewhere in the night''. Somewhere in the night last night, as I slept, my glasses fell off the nightstand and hit the carpeted floor. As a result of the impact of falling a mere three feet at the max and hitting the carpet, the right lens popped out of my glasses and landed about five feet away, right next to the baseboard.
It took me about a half-hour to find it. But I did find a few things behind the nightstand; among them, my Our Daily Bread. Honestly, I was going to pick up another one at church today. I enjoy that daily reading and a lot of times it'll touch on something in my life.
Today's devotional, which you can read here is about taking the path God puts you on. I'd really encourage my friends to read it because it kind of explains things. I've had my bouts of "surely not", believe me, I have. If I hadn't then you could rightfully call me crazy. But as I've explained before which is more foolish, following the path you believe in your heart God laid before you to follow, or not following it because your own understanding makes more sense?
It's not a question you can answer for me any more than I could answer this very important question for you. But maybe, just maybe it'll make the person who left the not-so-Christian comments the other day that I deleted come into focus.
Along my path, I've learned that if God can forgive me for my sins, I can forgive others. If Jesus loves me and I was very unlovable at the time I found Him, I can show that love to others. If God showed me grace and mercy, shouldn't I show that to others?
Take the time and read the passage, and equally important, read Psalm 142. It's linked to the devotional.
God bless all y'all and thanks for reading the blog!
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