" Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he
has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. After two days he will revive us; on the
third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence. Let us acknowledge the
LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he
will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth."
Hosea 6:1-3 (NIV)
You who truly love the LORD have experienced His power to deliver, so your fears are gone.
You could sing your own song of praise. Your fears have been taken away. Perfect love
casts out fear, doesn't it?
Charles Swindoll
Daily Meditations by Pat Nordman ©
June 18
"There is so much you could do if you would:
Evil to turn into channels of good;
Lives to brighten and hearts to be warmed;
Neighborhood services to be performed;
Old folks to visit, and young folks to guide;
Somebody somewhere for whom to provide. Wide is the field if you're willing to do
Something for others less favored than you.
Lamps of affection to trim and delight.
Wherever you look there are wrongs to put right,
People and problems to be understood.
There is so much you could do if only you would!"
Anonymous.
Enough enough only when there is no one left who needs our services.
Pat Nordman ©
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- Isaiah 54:5 |
"I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse." - Song of Solomon 5:1 |
Jesus, the Redeemer, is altogether ours and ours for ever. All the offices of Christ are held on our behalf. He is king for us, priest for us, and prophet for us |
The heart of the believer is Christ's garden. He bought it with his precious blood, and he enters it and claims it as his own. |
June 18 Job 38:1 - 40:24 |
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...and by his light I walked through darkness! JOB 29:3 NIV
Steps to Insanity by Pat Nordman
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I sometimes wonder if we have not lost our sanity and common sense when I read the daily papers. My husband and I long ago gave up watching the news on TV. It's too gory and slanted. Recently I came across this gem on Internet: The 12 Steps to Total and Complete Insanity: 1. We admitted we were powerless over nothing. We could manage our lives perfectly and we could manage those of anyone else that would allow it. 2. Came to believe that there was no power greater than ourselves, and the rest of the world was insane. 3. Made a decision to have our loved ones and friends turn their wills and their lives over to our care. 4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of everyone we knew. 5. Admitted to the whole world at large the exact nature of their wrongs. 6. Were entirely ready to make others straighten up and do right. 7. Demanded others to either "shape up or ship out". 8. Made a list of anyone who had ever harmed us and became willing to go to any lengths to get even with them all. 9. Got direct revenge on such people whenever possible except when to do so would cost us our own lives, or at the very least, a jail sentence. 10. Continued to take inventory of others, and when they were wrong promptly and repeatedly told them about it. 11. Sought through nagging to improve our relations with others as we couldn't understand them at all, asking only that they knuckle under and do things our way. 12. Having had a complete physical, emotional and spiritual breakdown as a result of these steps, we tried to blame it on others and to get sympathy and pity in all our affairs. From The ACA Communicator - March 1990 - Omaha, Council Bluffs Area Intergroup. Send a note to © Pat Nordman , the writer of this devotion. |
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