Dear Ones,
Hope you wake to a day of willingness to do His will. It is good to be home again and we had a wonderful time in Michigan. Today Al has men’s group and will have a donut waiting for him when he comes home. I have food prep to do and an appointment before and after our Bible study today.
Devotions from Judys heart
While in Michigan, Al and I drove at daybreak to Presque Isle, the place where we have gone often throughout the years, especially to hear the Lord. It is a peninsula on Lake Superior that is beautiful, and we usually walk around it, but on that day, it was softly raining so we sat in the car as we watched the billowy clouds on the horizon. Al and I reminisced how God has spoken to us through the years, and we often came with questions on our hearts. One big one, was asking God if we were to move on to another church who was extending a call to Al or should we stay put. We didn’t always know the specific answer right then, but we left the Isle with peace and a willingness to say, “God, Your will not mine.”

That day I read from Ephesians 4 and 5 from the Message translation and the main verses that spoke to me, “Walk, better yet, run!—on the road God called you to travel…Mark what you do with humility and discipline…pouring yourselves out for each other in acts of love…You were called to travel the same road in the same direction, to stay together, both inwardly and outwardly.” In other, we are to be permeated in oneness and in step with one another and with gentleness and sensitivity. “Don’t waste your time on useless work; mere busywork…make sure you understand what the Master wants. “Learn a life of Love…figure out what will please the Lord and then do it.”

Perhaps these are not just words for me in relation to the Lord and to Al, but for all of us in the Body of Christ. May we understand what the Lord wants from us and how to treat others in the Body and do it.

Rain dampened our desire to walk Presque Isle but Al and sat in the car to listen and to observe His creative beauty over vast Lake Superior. May each of us listen to His instruction for our life and also for our life together.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy
Challenge for today: Dare ask the Lord how you might live a life of love for His glory!
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy