Dear Ones,
Hope you have a purpose-filled day! I am going to make meat loaf and go to Exercise class and then Al and I are going to the Lake to see Ann. Please pray for her as she has been ill for a couple of weeks with an autoimmune flare and is resting at home. We are going to stop on the way to see a friend in Assisted Living.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
We have all been given gifts that God deposited in us before we were born and they are meant to be used for His glory and His kingdom. We don’t need to get puffed up about those gifts as if we earned them, but we are to humbly receive them and put them to use as He directs us. It is so comforting to know that the Lord won’t call us to do things that He has not equipped us to do, but rather He has already deposited within us all that is needed to do whatever it is that He asks.

We have only one life to live, and we don’t want to waste it on things of this world that take up our time and attention while neglecting our true calling. Our happiness will be found as we thankfully accept the abilities He has put within us and use them to benefit others. We may find that sometimes the Lord interrupts our day and shows us needs that He wants us to minister to, and then we have a choice if we are going to obey. Jesus didn’t always tell His disciples what He was going to do each day but simply told them to follow. We are also to adjust our schedules for interruptions that the Spirit sends our way.

A couple weeks ago while I was beginning to write this devotion, I had to just pause and take time to stop and spend time in prayer that the Lord would direct my day. I don’t want to write to you anything that I am not willing to do myself. The Lord immediately brought something to mind that I am to do for a family that I hoped would bless them. We never know what God will have in store for us to do each day, but let us go with open hearts.
Challenge for today: Thank the Lord for His gifts and use them with a joyful heart as directed by the Holy Spirit.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy