I realize that 27 degrees in some parts of the Country would be a warming trend, but here in Lower Alabama 27 degrees is C O L D. Freezing!

And we’ve been covering up our tender vegetation, and for some that was not enough to save them — they died. But my Rosemary. Well, she’s doing fine.  And she ministered a lesson to me this week.

Rosemary. I want to be like the Rosemary in my herb garden. Cold, harsh weather has not robbed her of life. She’s still green, still showing full life and when I brushed up against her, her aroma made we want to linger near.

Rosemary Christians.

Christians that do not wither away, get dry and brittle when things don’t pan out to their liking. Christians that do not need the limelight to keep on shining for JESUS. Christians who choose to reach deeper when dry spells come. Christians that give off the fragrance of Christ especially when adversity comes close, brushing, bruising and breaking their gentle hearts.

Yes, this world needs an ‘army’ of Rosemary Christians.

And on this Friday morning, even if every other day this week we did not choose to be a practicing Rosemary Christian, in JESUS name we can be today.

2 Corinthians 2:  (New Living Translation)¹⁴ But thank God! He has made us His captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now He uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume. ¹⁵ Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing. ¹⁶ To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom. But to those who are being saved, we are a life-giving perfume. And who is adequate for such a task as this?

Praying for These

I can only say Thank You. Why You love us so is an amazing mystery, but since You do, Thank You, Thank You, ABBA. I pray for strength and wisdom to practice Rosemary Christianity today and I ask this for each precious soul who comes to this screen to read and pray. Thank You for the privilege of praying for others and there are many on our collective hearts – we entrust each to You now in JESUS Name for Your Divine and Holy Will to be accomplished in each life. Amen and amen.

With holy hugs … till Monday,

Kathie

I am still thinking about some notes I made last week, so may I share them with you for our Wednesday post?

2 Samuel 9:³The king said, “Is there not yet anyone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the kindness of God?” And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet.”

And now for the way I  applied this to myself and perhaps even the way you will apply it to you.

And I said, “Is there . . . anyone . . . to whom I may show the kindness of God?”

In what place will I find them? And how far will I have to go to find such people to whom I may (should) show the kindness of God?

And the answer?

Acts 1: (New American Standard Bible)⁸but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”

Why! This will ‘kill two birds with one stone’ (you know I am not ‘speaking’ literally, don’t you?). What better way to witness (evangelize, which we have been commissioned to do) than to show the kindness of God?

Could we say that Jerusalem is home?

So for me the first one I should be showing the kindness of God to is my hubby.  And believe it or not, there’s room for improvement in me there. And then how about my children and my Grands, my siblings and their families?

And I could I  say Judea is my street, community, the Gulf Coast?

And who would that be for you?

And how about Samaria? Oh, that would be above the Mason Dixie line, wouldn’t it?  :)

And remotest part of the earth?

Well, that gets every place else, doesn’t it?

Ephesians 4: (New American Standard Bible) ³²Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

A last-minute note for pondering.  Saul hated David. He set himself to kill David. Yet David went looking to find someone of Saul’s descendants to whom he could show kindness.

Two. The remaining heir of the House of Saul was lame, cripple in both feet. There wasn’t much he could do to ‘repay’ David for any kindnesses David bestowed upon him.

As I said pondering material.

Love and hugs!!

Praying for These

Thank You, ABBA, for another day of life and living; thank You for another day of fellowship with You.  I ask that You, HOLY SPIRIT, minister Your Word to the hearts of our Readers; to encourage them and inspire them to seek and set themselves to show Your kindness to every soul in their lives… me too, ABBA. Me too in JESUS name. Amen and amen.

Until Thursday!

Kathie

As I begin our Tuesday post, I’m multitasking – Bible study, laundry and football.   You think I’m kidding.

Perhaps I really will be brief with this one.   :)

Joshua 2.

Rahab.

Usually referred to as Rahab the harlot.  But oh I like Rahab. She’s one of my favorite Old Testament Saints. She did become a Saint, you know? From women of red to a woman in RED. By faith she was washed in the blood of the LAMB as surely as you and I.

Joshua sent spies to Jericho. They came to Rahab’s house. The king sent his assassins to her house looking for them. She concealed them. And when the henchmen (as Leah Adams called them in our work book) went on their way, Rahab had a word with Joshua’s men.

9. And said to the men, “I know that the LORD has given you the land,

and I made a note in my margin: “how did she know?”

and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before you.  10. For we have heard

And there’s my answer!

Romans 10: (King James Version) ¹⁷So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

It’s always been that way — faith comes when we hear the truth and believe.

(10) how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.  11. When we heard it, our hearts melted and no courage remained in any man any longer because of you; for the LORD your God, He is GOD in heaven above and on earth beneath.

And when she heard and believed their GOD, He became her GOD, and she found much courage.

So will we!

Praying for These

ABBA, You are awesome! Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. For giving us Your Word and for making It live for us and in us! I pray to love Your Scriptures more and more. And I pray that for our Readers too.  We bring our Prayer for These People and our IDOK Troops, collectively, and ask that You individually meet each need in JESUS name. Amen and amen.

Until Wednesday —

Kathie