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Saturday, February 15, 2025

Good morning, Lord

Father in Heaven, I seek You first-Your peace-Your knowledge

and discernment. Build my trust. I take up my cross and

follow...In Jesus' name...

Memory verse: Psalm 139:23–24 (ESV)

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my

thoughts! 24 And see if there be any grievous way in me, and

lead me in the way everlasting!

Verse of the Day: 1 John 4:10

10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved

us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Daily Reading: LEVITICUS 17-18 MATTHEW 27:27-50

Listening

As a grandparent, there is such great delight in spending time

with my grandchildren. Think about someone with whom you

really want to be around and don't get to spend much time with.

Then, you are afforded a little time with them and it is so good it

is gone in a flash and then you are in that place of wanting to be

there again.

I want us to think about how God must feel...desiring for us to

come to Him-not because He needs us but because He knows

how much we need Him. If we, with our finite understanding of

love, miss so much our loved ones, how much more must God

know our need for Him.

After all, He gave the life of His only son so we could be reunited

in the salvation that He has provided-the most costly provision-

the most painful price for us to be given the choice to either

meet with Him and glorify Him or ignore Him.

How joyful God must be when He hears us stop and be still and

say, Our Father who art in Heaven...our attention is all on Him

who loves us more than we will ever understand this side of

Heaven.

I have been on school outings with my children and grandson

and I have to admit feeling a little 'lonesome' when I am with

them and because of the activities and other children they

forget I am there.

How must God feel? The Holy Spirit is with us always. He never

leaves us for any reason-even when we forget He is here. He

sees our every move and feels our every emotion. He knows

when our attention is on everything else but Him-and what

percentage of our time do we really pay attention to Him?

I simply want us to think about God and His feelings. We are

created in His image-where do you think you got your feelings?

Whatever the emotion, God feels what we feel and He knows

how to perfectly deal with every single detail-if we just return

our focus to Him-return to Him.

How sad it is that many of us do not return to God until we are

in pain or trouble.

We welcome the little ones no matter what their condition-joyful

or sad-jumping up and down or sleepy-

God welcomes us no matter what...consider God's heart and

how He must feel for you...

...because He loves us so very perfectly...

Father in Heaven,

Forgive me for ignoring Your heart for me. What a perfect

blessing You are. You are really my everything.

Perfect Father,

In the name of Christ Jesus,

Amen

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