I'm so grateful that you've given me a heart to delight in your word. Yesterday I was reading a book that my big sister Melanie gave me last year. I still enjoy discovering who you are and all that you have in store for those that love you. I want all the spiritual blessings promised me. I am not looking for material possessions, I just want to be greatly blessed by knowing your truth, promises and plans for my life.
I was reading about the amazing way that you revealed yourself to Abram and how you kept your word to bless his life. And then, the verse for yesterday was exactly the verse that I'd read in my book on The Names of God by Lester Sumrall.
And today, I got the below devotion in my e-mail. I just love the Women of Faith:
I want so desperately to freeze this moment. To drink in every sound, every sight, every delightful evidence of life. So many things to be thankful for.
I’ve had thousands of these everyday life minutes, but tonight is different. I remembered to pause. To acknowledge what I’ve been blessed with. . . . I sat and soaked in the moment. And with every tear that spilled out, I felt more and more full.
Maybe this is the true secret to being fulfilled and content. Living in the moment with God, defined by His truth, and with no unrealistic expectations for others or things to fill me up. Not reaching back for what was lost in my yesterdays. And not reaching for what I hope will be in my tomorrow. But living fully with what is right in front of me. And truly seeing the gift of this moment.
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness.
—Isaiah 61:10
“I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.”
—John 10:10–11
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above.
—James 1:17
Thank you for being my faithful God!
Eternally yours
