Dear Ones, Hope you express your faith in new ways today. Our daughter came yesterday for an early lunch and we all said yes to the new recipe I tried! Emoji
Devotions from Judy’s heart
My eyes of faith are being opened more while reading Professor Justin Bailey’s book as he shares how we filter our lives through the gospel when we know the Lord. We learn also from those who have gone before us, reading of their victories but also their sins and God’s grace that is greater. So many witnesses and saints to learn from! How do we carry that forward?

As I read, I wonder what I will leave behind for those after me as I am getting along in years. Al and I pray daily for many, including our family and their families, that each one will embrace the faith and live their lives for the Lord. Will they see how faithful God has been to us, how He has never failed us and always provided for us? But it is also important that they carry the past forward to the next generation.

Of course, we will not all express our faith alike. I pray those after us will live their lives for His kingdom in the way the Lord desires. There are the times we come together in shared faith as we recite the Apostle’s Creed or the Lord’s Prayer, etc. and our prayers are shaped by scripture. When we pray and fellowship with others, we see what we would not see if we kept to ourselves. The Bible study at Northern Lakes is one made of people from different walks of life, denominations, experiences, and we all grow more as we mingle together each day. We miss so much when we fail to share our lives together, but we can learn and grow as we pray for one another, repent, face trials, and stand with one another.

Challenge for today: Reflect on Paul’s word to the Corinthians in I Cor. 16:3, “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all you do be done in love.”
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy