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Celebrations, Forgiveness, Prayer Requests

Second Thursday in December 2011

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First I ask that you pray for the Family of Carol Johnson.  Carol fought a good fight and she finished her course yesterday.  Her family will miss her and they need your prayers at this time. Carol is sister to Leslie Walker, a faithful IDOK.

For me, today is pray for the people of Solomon Islands day.

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6 KJV
via BibleGateway.com: A searchable online Bible in over 100 versions and 50 languages.

Sweet blessing to each of you today; keep braving the Dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie

Forgiveness, Giving Thanks

Nineveh

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Day 27 — That God loves Jonah

Philippians 1:6 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)
6 being confident of this very thing, that He who hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the Day of Jesus Christ.
via Phil 1:6 KJ21 – being confident of this very thing that – Bible Gateway.

A little before 8:00 AM Monday, November 28, 2011, I will be in Nineveh and I will be there as Jonah was in his Nineveh. This may not sit well with all my readers but it is what it is.

My Nineveh is Federal Court Jury Selection. I am Jonah. To the degree I am Jonah I will spare you.  Albeit I have spent more than 3 days in the belly of the whale over this.

My sojourn into Nineveh – by the way I got a chuckle this morning when I realized that ancient Nineveh is in now-days Iraq – how àpropos! In ancient Nineveh there was great repentance — I don’t expect that in the Nineveh to which I am going.  However if there were I would rejoice!

I am grateful that ABBA loves this Jonah. And I am grateful for the work He has done in this Jonah – for you see I just deleted a paragraph that I personally wanted to leave in. I removed it because it would not be honoring to HIM (truthful about Nineveh but not honoring to my ABBA) so I hit the delete key — that is to HIS credit, not mine.

I am Jonah. And to Nineveh I will go. (I have already been to Tarshish.)  Don’t you pity the folks in Nineveh? :)

If you would like to read again Jonah’s journey, click HERE and you will be directed to a place to read the entire account.

For days 1 – 26, click HERE. To bless others, please click HERE and pray.

Taking The LIGHT to the Dark,
Kathie

Christian Living, Forgiveness, Giving Thanks

Ruthie

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Day 19  — Ruthie

I had a heavy case of the warm fuzzies about Ruthie and was eager to write about her today. To sing her praises, to gush about my thankfulness for her.  You see Ruthie came quietly to us. It seems she made her presence known right around the time Jerry’s Mother, Ruth, (hence the name Ruthie) passed away. Ruthie was rib-counting thin when she rubbed her soft grey head on the legs of my jeans. Instantly I was in deep like. And the man who has professed for 65 years that he does not like cats, well …. you should see how much he does not like her. She’s not rib-counting thin any more.

So even before slipping out of bed to start my Fly Lady routine, I was thinking about how to begin Today’s Giving Thanks devotion.  It would be entitled Ruthie. I thought about how blessed we are to have her companionship. Hubby now has a cat and a Kat to walk the driveway with him in the mornings as he is leaving for work. And one of them even meets him on the drive all cuddly and purring in the evening when he comes home. (Need I tell you which one?) We marvel over how she understands ‘no’ and obeys rather than darting into the house as she so longs to do. How she stretches in the sunshine; how patting a pile of soft towels just once was enough for her to return to them each evening.

Ruthie. Sweet Ruthie. My friend, my outside trusted companion. Until — this morning.

What did I do? What did I say? How could she have hissed and slapped at me that way? She’s never done it before.  Why now?

I instantly drew back. My heart so wounded. My feelings were hurt. How can I trust you now, Ruthie?

Oh the things we learn if we are teachable.

Forgiveness.

Do you have a Ruthie who has hissed at you? Perhaps you don’t know what you said to cause her to react the way she did. Perhaps you can pray and ABBA will lead you in approaching her again.

Good companions like Ruthie don’t come along everyday.

Ephesians 4:32 New International Version (NIV)
32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. via Eph 4:32 NIV – Be kind and compassionate to one – Bible Gateway.

ABBA, thank you for Ruthie. Please help me forgive her and throw not away the gift of friendship. Thank You for this day; for each precious IDOK and Reader. I ask HOLY SPIRIT that You use this post to bless and mend and love on people everywhere. Amen and amen in JESUS name.

Days 1 – 18 click HERE. And HERE for praying for others.

Worship corporately tomorrow!

Keep Braving the Dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie