Dear Ones, Hope you have a wonderful day! What a surprise out our window as there are several inches of fresh snow! I plan to do some food prep and touch up painting in the apartment and later we are going to friends for dessert, fellowship and prayer!
Devotions from Judy’s heart,
Have you noticed how the Lord often doesn’t show us His whole plan but only a partial picture? I wonder sometimes if we saw the bigger, long-range picture, if we might get discouraged and think the task is too difficult, or that we can’t possibly do something so complex.  But He gives us just enough so that we will trust Him for the rest. We only need to take the first step.

I found that true recently when I was doing some spring cleaning and I realized all there was to do, but thought I could just start in one of the bathrooms by washing the doors, woodwork, walls, cabinet and shower. It didn’t take that long so I decided to do the other bathroom, and then why not do the woodwork in the hall, living room and dining area? I knew our bedroom blinds needed dusting and the windows to be washed so I decided to hit that next. The hardest part was just getting close and high enough, so I used a ladder and also stood on my desk. As long as I had the ladder out, I decided to do the living room windows, door and blinds as well. When Al went for a walk, it was the perfect time to do his study, which only had three long windows and then attack his bookcases that I knew were dusty. I was finishing with a smile on my face at just the very moment he came back from his walk. I had gotten far more done than I had anticipated and it started with only one small step of doing the bathroom.

I don’t know about you, but sometimes we say “yes” to something that seems rather small and it turns out to be much more than we had imagined. If the Lord had told us in the beginning, I want you to be the head of this organization, we might have said “No!” But instead, we started out just helping in one small project. Or what if you consented to go on a short-term mission trip where you were needed because of your language ability? A couple years later, you may be commissioned as a full-time missionary to that country, all because the Lord put those people into your heart during that short visit.
When we are obedient in the little things, the Lord can trust us with more. Let us take the first step in faith and trust Him to give us all that we need to complete His call.

Challenge for today: Meditate on Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; He’s the One who will keep you on track.”
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy