Dear Ones, Hope you have a renewing day. Al is doing to Men’s group and I will have donuts waiting when he comes home. I am going to make him his favorite cookies and later we have Bible Study. Beautiful weather and just in time for this holiday weekend.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
I’m sure all of us have felt depleted at times, feeling tired, empty and weak. Often because we have failed to fuel our souls, we are on empty and we need the Holy Spirit to fill us anew. Why don’t we pay more attention before we become depleted? We have only to think of Jesus’ story of the five foolish bridesmaids who were waiting for the bridegroom to come. They became drowsy and slept, running out of oil and missing the Bridegroom. (Matt. 25:1-8) Let that not be us!

We were made to be fueled with the Holy Spirit, but sadly we have become a weak nation, living in a Comfort Culture. Instead of being full of the Holy Spirit, we get busy and neglect our soul’s hunger, filling it with worldly things that seem to evaporate quickly. We rather have need to take time for the Lord, pausing to pray, feed on the scriptures and be quiet so He can fill us again and again. We can tell Him exactly how we feel and what is happening around us, and then just give it to Him. Over and over again, I read of King David doing this, as in Psalm 13. He asks God why He has forgotten him and how long will he have to endure his enemies. But then closes the Psalm by saying, “But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me.” It is good to be able to bare our soul to the Lord, express what is going on in our hearts and then just release it all to Him. As we do this, it makes room for Him to move and replenish us.

The most amazing thing is that when we feel dry and empty, we can hold our cup up to the Lord and ask Him to fill it. Like the song goes, “Fill my cup Lord; I lift it up Lord; Come and quench this thirsting of my soul. Bread of Heaven, feed me till I want no more. Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole.”  Sometimes we may feel like the woman at the well who was seeking for things that would never satisfy. She heard Jesus say, “Draw from my well that never shall run dry.” Let us not try to fill our emptiness with worldly things, but let the Lord fill our cups.

Challenge for today: Lift your cup up to the Lord and let Him fuel your soul.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy