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We’re reaching new heights of having a hard time getting around this morning. We’re supposed to get a couple of inches of snow tonight…probably not enough for a snow day tomorrow but I think we could use one at my house and it’s not as if we’re staying up way late…We just seemed to be wiped out.
Read my devotional this morning about Saul and David. David could’ve chosen to kill Saul easily but didn’t because he acknowledged him as God’s anointed even though Saul was repeatedly trying to kill David. If anybody had a right to act, a reason to want to end the torture so to speak David did…But He trusted in God’s timing instead. And basically scolded the person who was with him for thinking anything different. Got me thinking…about the word “justification”. I think most of us can justify anything we want to justify. I do it all the time…Justify why I buy something, justify how I spend my time, justify how I eat, justify my actions at work, justify how I interact with my kids, justify my lack of giving, justify my calendar of activities, I can justify just about anything. And if I had been in the same situation as David I can almost guarantee that I could’ve justified Saul’s death…I can just imagine the three bullet points I would’ve focused on if anybody asked me about why I had done it:). And yet justification doesn’t seem to be how God wants me to live…He seems to want me to let Him be sovereign and to follow Him. I have a feeling whenever I start that process…justifying, that pretty much I’m a cooked goose…if you have to justify, if you have to hide it, if you have to give three points why you did something…pretty much I have a feeling you and I shouldn’t be doing it.
I was challenged to think this morning about my “enemies”…if I’m too quick I can easily say…oh I have no enemies, I guess I picture some great feud between two families, or some great fight on the battle field. But my devo this morning suggested thinking of big and small enemies…ok…well I might have a few, a few people that I wouldn’t mind if they crashed and burned (Figuratively speaking of course:), the devo encouraged me to honor them instead. Well if that isn’t crazy I don’t know what is:)…I think I might just try it.
My back hurts this morning…maybe I’m getting old and can tell the weather by my creaks and groans:)…I just want to stay in bed, or at least stay in my pj’s and be at home…but soon I will be going to school for another day. Dentist appointments after school and then my Hearts at Home 30’s group tonight where I’m supposed to speak about tea cups (it’s a speech I’ve done before…). In reality I kind of just want to go and say…my life is basically a mess…if your’s is too…maybe we can sit and talk about how God is working through the mess…how God is making us holy through the holes. I’ll stick to the script…that’s what I’ve been asked to do…but the other is what’s really on my mind.
Have a great day!
Love,
Ruth