Dear Ones,
Hope you had a lovely weekend!  As you will read in today’s devotion, we enjoyed time with our former Board and felt the presence of the Holy Spirit with us. Today I am going to my exercise class, and then my cousin is coming from the Lake, and we are going to the Assisted Living to see our dear friend who is in the Alzheimer’s unit and bring chocolate chip cookies on a stick and have coffee with her.  Emoji
Devotions from Judy’s heart
  Our lives are forever changed by love. When we open our hearts to the Lord and others to let them in, something beautiful happens. We grow, we change, we become more of who we really are. Both Al and I felt so blessed as we came home from our annual gathering of our former Board of Canaan’s Rest. Eight of us gathered to share together from the Word and then from our lives over the past year. It is our favorite time for these couples have known us for many years. The youngest member has known us for over 40 years as he was in college at the time and later on our Board. 

  This particular day we felt a special touch by the Holy Spirit as we remembered seeing the Lord at work in our past days together. There were tears as we shared different actions by others who helped us know we were standing together when going through some hard times. There was praise and thanksgiving as we saw the Lord shining through in the giving to others who were at times in need. But we also felt free to share what we were experiencing now in our lives and questions we might have. Prayer followed as we could commit it all to the Lord, knowing His answers will be on the way in His timing.
  There is strength and power to be united in Spirit and the enemy will do all he can to keep believers separated. We must not let him win but strive for unity and openness and vulnerability. We are one in Spirit and that means we are to help each other along the way and stand together in oneness. Then as we all shared from Isaiah 26;1-21, we read how He will keep in perfect peace all who trust in Him, all whose thoughts are fixed on Him! We can trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is our eternal rock and our hearts desire is to glorify His name.

Challenge for today: Ask the Lord for trusted people who love Him and that you can share with.
Blessings on your week and prayers and love, Judy