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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

Giving Thanks, Salvation

A Giggle

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Day 18 – Subtitle: Rebirth Birthdays

And today is mine – November the 18th,1975 at about 9:00 PM in Axis, Alabama.
Not all of us remember the date and time and place as vividly as I do. And that’s okay. HE knew I would need that moment to be indelibly etched on the walls of my mind and my heart for all the days of my life to follow.

On that remarkable Tuesday evening I was 23, soon to be 24.  I had a 6:00 PM appointment with a Teacher/Preacher that promised me by evening’s end I would KNOW if I was saved or not.  I did not believe him. But I kept the appointment anyway. You see I had been doubting my religious experiences all my life. I expected to live in doubt the rest of my life. I was WRONG. Praise GOD I was wrong!! I’ve never been so glad to be wrong in my life!!

So I arrived at his office and he shared Scripture with me. Much Scripture. Familiar Scripture. But it was different that time. And I did what I said I would not do. I poured out all the pain, hurt, sins committed, and unbelief that had kept me a dead woman. And in a moment of faith I believed. I believed the Gospel for myself. For myself, I believed that I was bad enough to go to hell (even deserved it and God was just in saying so), but I  was NOT so bad that I could not be saved (I had been afraid of that for so long)! That night I saw it! That JESUS’ BLOOD was sufficient. Sufficient enough to save even me!! And HE did!

My first act was to breathe. I remember taking that first breath without the load of sin and guilt and doubt that had been crushing me. And then I simply said ‘Thank You’. And JESUS smiled and said ‘You are welcome.’

For this I am more thankful than ANYTHING!!   All the wonderful people and abundant things in my life, NONE of it or them compares to HIM. NOTHING compares to KNOWING I am HIS and HE is mine.

And right about 9:00 o’clock, He also gifted me with a silly giggle. I still have it. And some day I will gladly bow at His feet and we both will giggle. Yes I do believe it. Don’t you?

So do you have ‘a giggle’?  Yes? Then you too have the greatest of all reasons to give Thanks.
If you don’t, do you want one?
HE has one for you.
For more information, just ask.

Romans 3:10 King James Version (KJV)
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
via Romans 3:10 KJV – As it is written There is none – Bible Gateway.

Isaiah 53:6 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
via Isaiah 53:6 KJ21 – All we like sheep have gone astray; we – Bible Gateway.

Romans 6:23 King James Version (KJV)
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
via Romans 6:23 KJV – For the wages of sin is death; but the – Bible Gateway.

Romans 10:13 King James Version (KJV)
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
via Romans 10:13 KJV – For whosoever shall call upon the name – Bible Gateway.

Romans 5: 8 But God commendeth His love toward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
11 And not only that, but we shall also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
12 Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed onto all men, for all have sinned.

15 But not as the offense, so also is the free gift. For if through the offense of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one Man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

17 For if by one man’s offense death reigned by one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by One, Jesus Christ.
via Romans 5 KJ21 – Therefore being justified by faith we – Bible Gateway.

Revelation 21: 2 And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of Heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away.”
via Revelation 21 KJ21 – And I saw a new heaven and a new earth – Bible Gateway.

8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers,and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” via Revelation 21 KJ21 – And I saw a new heaven and a new earth – Bible Gateway.

27 And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie, but only they that are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
via Revelation 21 KJ21 – And I saw a new heaven and a new earth – Bible Gateway.

A blessed weekend to you all. Click HERE for days 1 – 17. Click HERE to pray for people who need you to pray.

Brave the Dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie

 

Giving Thanks, World Evangelism places

Rabbits (Svalbard, Norway)

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Day 17 – Rabbits

1 Corinthians 2: New American Standard Bible (NASB)
14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.
via 1 Corinthians 2:13-15 NASB – which things we also speak not in words – Bible Gateway.

I could have titled this differently as it is not technically rabbits for which I am thankful. Not that I have anything against rabbits, you understand.

I suppose it has been close to half an hour now that I had a chest-heaving case of hiccups. You know the kind, so strong that your chest hurts every time you hiccup. I admit it, it sounds foolish but thus far it has worked every time. My hubby counts rabbits with me and my hiccups go away.

It works like this: One rabbit. Two rabbits. Three rabbits. But there is a catch – you have to say rabbits like Elmer Fudd. One wabbit. Two wabbits. Three wabbits. It did not take many wabbits and it was bye-bye hiccups.

Wabbits and hiccups – foolishness? Perhaps. But my hiccups are gone.

The Gospel foolish to the natural man? Perhaps. But my sins are gone and Heaven is my home. Sometimes it pays to look foolish.

One wabbit. Two wabbits. Three wabbits.

For days 1 -16, click HERE.

For prayer, click HERE.  Today is World Evangelism Prayer day for me. Click HERE to see/hear/read a little about Svalbard, Norway.

Keep Braving the Dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie