November 12, 2010

It was a special day to get to see more of our family.  Jack and I drove to see Alicia and her girls and then ate with Jacqui, Tessa and a friend.  

VERSE:
  Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves
the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in
the world - the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and
the boasting of what he has and does - comes not from the Father
but from the world.
   -- 1 John 2:15-16
THOUGHT:
  Love for things, especially temporary ones, can sure get us into
trouble. Even worse, we can begin to think they will make us happy
or fill the empty places in our hearts. But if we really sink our
hopes and dreams in our Abba Father, we are attached to eternity
and what we need most is always with us!

PRAYER:
  Give me wisdom, Holy God, to invest in you and things that
matter. I confess to you that my eyes and my heart are often
distracted by the glitzy stuff that is temporary. By your Spirit, O
Father, stir my heart to yearn for you. In the precious name of
Jesus I pray. Amen.

After a day in Grand forks where there are people and shopping, this is a good devotion, it is so easy to get side tracked by the things about us when our relationship with God is really the most important and all the rest will fall into place.

Jesus bless your day.