Dear Ones,
Happy weekend to you! Today is party day! Grandson Paul is coming for dinner and to celebrate his birthday that was actually the beginning of February, but we weren’t able to celebrate then. Emoji
Devotions from Judy’s heart
We all want to be healthy, and we might do many things to make sure we are physically healthy by eating nutritional food, exercising, taking supplements, having yearly checkups etc. and yet we may miss the main ingredient to a radiant life which is love. I am reading Dr. Don Colbert’s book, Health Zone, and he has written of how we can add years to our lives by adding the main ingredient of God’s love. He shares how he has treated over 50,000 patients and sold more than 10 million books, but he had a sudden revelation one morning while listening to a sermon. Although he had helped patients find health, he had missed what was most important and that was the cleansing, strengthening, empowering of God’s love which is the key to all physical, emotional and mental health.

What a change happened in his heart as he walks out God’s love in his life. He realized he had found the key to divine health and now shares with others, prays for patients and staff and sees their lives changed. Around him and all of us are disillusioned people who admit they don’t know if God exists. They love the things of the world and love for God is choked out. Someone must tell them and show them that Jesus exists, He loves them and so do we, for as we abide in Him, His love will pour out on those around us. John 13:34 tells us we are to love one another as He loves us.

When Jesus is Lord of our lives and we are walking in His love, it also means forgiving other in our lives that have hurt us. It was heart wrenching to read of what Colbert’s wife went through in her early years as her father came back from Vietnam a broken angry violent man and tried to sexually abuse her. Upon hearing a pastor preach on forgiveness, she went forward to receive ministry. She had an experience of the Lord’s presence and telling her to let go of all of the hurt and pain and betrayal for He died for it. She did and she was changed and even went to her father to tell him she had forgiven him. She shared that it takes full surrender to let God forgive through you and it is for your benefit as well and brings peace of mind. Let us all choose to forgive and love well!

Challenge for today: Ask the Lord to show you more of His love walk for your life and let Him humbly teach you.
Blessings on your weekend and prayers and love, Judy