Dear Ones,
Hope you have a creative day! I have a meat delivery at 6 a.m. today! We are both morning people! I plan to bake cookies and do food prep and later we have Bible study.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
We all know foods that are healthy for us to eat, but do we eat them or turn to junk food? We also know that exercise is good for our body, but do we take time to work out each day or put it off for another day? Doctors say that often people don’t recover well or quickly because they don’t follow doctors’ orders. We pay them, but then don’t take their advice! Spiritually speaking, we may also know certain things are good for us to do each day, but we can neglect doing them and say, “Maybe tomorrow.”

Jesus’ way always works, but why do we cling to our own way so often and experience failure and frustration? God’s way is one of faith, and it always works if we are willing to follow through. Every single day we need His help, but we must surrender our way for His. That doesn’t mean that we do the mechanics of it the same way every day, for we can vary how we do things. Our son could stay in his office each morning and have devotions there, but instead he stops at Starbucks about 7 a.m. on his way to the gym to work out. Only before he gets to the gym he parks in a parking lot and watches the sunrise as he has His devotions and prayer time. He says it is his favorite time of the day. Then on to the gym and a work day!

Maybe we feel stuck as we methodically work out our devotional life, but why not try some new things? Some days we could go on a walk as we commune with the Lord or sit out in the woods. I used to occasionally have my quiet time with the Lord in a deer stand when we lived in Brunswick. Things looked so much different up in the tree when my eye was level with the birds. Be creative, and let each day be a fresh experience with the Lord. “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!” (Psalm 118:24)

Challenge for today: Explore a new way to spend some time with the Lord today.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy