Dear Ones,
Happy weekend to you! We are preparing for a retreatant to come today and that it would be a time of refreshment and a time of hearing the Lord. It’s a good way for all of us to experience Advent, to just quiet down and spend time with the Lord. 
Devotions from Judy’s heart
   How much room has the Lord in our lives? Do we squeeze Him into the periphery among the many things pressing in on us, especially at Christmas; or do we prioritize our time to be with Him and to let Him fill our hearts to overflowing?
  I was struck by something my cousin put on Facebook recently, “Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus.” How true that is and we have to make a decision each day, if our life is going to revolve around Him or if He is going to just have the left-over pieces.
    Perhaps you know the old song that asks that question that is good for us to ask ourselves:
          “ Haveyou any room for Jesus,
            He who bore your load of sin?
            As He knocks and asks admission
            Sinner, will you let Him in?

      Refrain:
        Room for Jesus, King of Glory!
        Hasten now His Word obey;
        Swing the heart’s door widely open,
        Bid Him enter while you may.”

  Then song goes on to say that we have room for pleasure and business, but do we have room for the one who died for us. Today is a time of grace as He calls us but if we keep ignoring Him, our heart gets cold and the time of grace will pass. Jesus warned his disciples that in the last days, most people’s love will grow cold. (Matt. 24:12)
   Every day we are to open our hearts to Him and as David prayed, let it be our prayer from Psalm 27:8 (God’s Word), “When you said, ‘Seek my face,’ my heart said to you, ‘O Lord, I will seek your face.’” David goes on to ask the Lord to teach him His ways and to lead him, as he waits in hope.
  Let us swing open our heart door to the Lord who wants to be the center or our lives and fills us with so much love and joy that other things fade away.
  Challenge for today: Put the Lord first in your life and let everything else revolve around Him.
Blessings on our weekend and prayers and love, Judy