August 22, 2012
Still pondering what book to be focusing on next.
Today, two devotionals were very encouraging this morning and I would like to share both. The first is about hiding in God during the storms of life and the second is seeing the fingerprints of God in life. I experience both today.
The enemy had me this morning. I went to sleep around 11:00 and woke up at 1:00, not able to fall back to sleep at all until after 3:00. Woke up again just before 5:30. I was so super tired and felt a cold coming on. I prayed a bit, took some vitamin C, and some Chinese anti-bacterial. It slowly decreased in symptoms over the next couple of hours.
Today was important. It was my first interview with a ministry leader heading up a disability ministry. I showed up half an hour late because of traffic. I was still feeling a cold coming on. I was super tired from lack of sleep. I felt so discouraged. Yet, God today is still good.
The meeting went well and we learned a lot about each other's heart and passion for the Lord and serving those with disabilities. This man has a big heart. I was truly edified after spending less than an hour with him. Those are rare times in my life when I feel so edified during hangouts. There are a lot of needs within the ministry and he thinks starting out with the special needs teen ministry is a good fit for me. I was just totally excited that my passion and heart and life calling had been furthered just a little bit today. When men and women lack purpose, meaning, and direction, the will to exist begins to fade. I made a meaningful connection with this ministry leader and he is giving me a chance to serve.
I think also hope stimulates immunity and healing in the body. During my meeting and after, my cold symptoms lessened and were soon gone. My joy went up big time. It was like all of a sudden I found my life calling and the opportunity and context for it. Now, there is still the application form to fill out, but even having this opportunity to interview was huge for me.
I prayed that today, Wednesday would be my life resurrection day. It felt like some hope was given just a little today. It is not to say that the entire day went well as I was still really tired, but God had been so good today and His fingerprints so evident.
Prayer:
Father, thank You for being my shelter and protector in the difficulties and storms. Thank You for Your presence and goodness in my life. When You reveal Your plan and purpose for me, hope begins to fill the darkness of my life. For many weeks, I wonder about my life direction. Thank You for the opportunity to serve and to be simply given a chance. I desire that today is only the start of my life ressurection. I am still believing for my healing, career, and life partner. I thank You that You hear me when I call and care enough to help.
Peace, Be Still
BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Keep me as the apple of the eye…hide me under the shadow of Thy wings.” Psalm 17:8
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Charles Wesley was walking through the woods on a stormy day when a lightening storm broke out and the rain began to come down in torrents. A bolt of lightening flashed, and a little bird was so frightened that it flew down to Wesley and it tried to hide in his coat.
He was so moved by the scene that he wrote a song we often sing: “Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to Thy bosom fly, while the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high. Hide me, O my Savior, hide, ‘til the storm of life is past; safe unto the haven guide me, O receive my soul at last.” That’s what our Lord does. He hides us, sustains us, and keeps us.
ACTION POINT:
Are the storms of life raging around you? Hide yourself in the dark clouds—they are just the shadow of His wing.
Theory Of Everything August 22, 2012
Our Daily Bread is hosted by Les Lamborn
READ: John 1:1-13
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible. —Colossians 1:16
Scientists have been looking for the “Theory of Everything.” One person who thinks he found it is physicist Brian Greene, who wrote The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory. Greene’s “string theory” is a complicated concept suggesting that at its tiniest level everything consists of combinations of vibrating strands, or strings. He has described his theory as “a framework with the capacity to explain every fundamental feature upon which the world is constructed.”
Over the years, thinkers from Newton to Einstein to Hawking to Greene have spent the greater portion of their lives trying to figure out how the universe works—and they have proposed fascinating theories.
In reality, for any theory to explain everything in the universe adequately it must begin and end with God. “All things . . . visible and invisible” (Col. 1:16) have their origin in Him and exist for His glory (Ps. 72:19). The first few verses of John’s gospel tell us that our Lord created the universe—and that without His hand of creation nothing would exist.
That’s why when we consider the world and everything in it, we can exclaim with Isaiah: “The whole earth is full of His glory!” (6:3). Praise His holy name! —David Egner
Our God has fashioned earth and sky,
Sun, moon, and stars beyond compare;
His workmanship we can’t deny—
His fingerprints are everywhere. —Seals
All creation is an outstretched finger pointing toward God.
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