Monday Morning Manna

Our pastor has been challenging our church the last two Sundays on reaching out to those in our cmmunity who are in need of a "good Samaritan."  People all around us are hurting and in need of someone to come alongside to help. I was reminded of this once again by a blog post that I read last evening.  The writer wrote about the book, Sarah's Key.  It is a work of fiction, but it is based on the rounding up of Jews in France in 1942.  They were rounded up by policemen who worked in their neighborhoods and knew them.  To this day there is denial of any knowledge of this happening.

All around us are people in need.  I have to ask myself, "What am I doing to be a good Samaritan?" What am I going to do today to get out of my comfort zone and minister to someone who might be hurting?

Monday Morning Manna

The Parable of the Lost Sheep
¹ Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. ² But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
³ Then Jesus told them this parable: ⁴ “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? ⁵ And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders ⁶ and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ ⁷ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

Jesus often spoke in parables to the groups of people that he met  This chapter, Luke 15, has three parables: the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son.  We have often heard that parables are earthly stories with heavenly meanings.  I was the lost sheep, found by my Savior, and I am in the fold instead of being lost outside.  I'm so glad He found me.

Look Who's in School

 Wednesday was Ella's first day in kindergarten.

 Some of her friends from her pre-K are in her class.

 It's hard to believe that time has passed so quickly.

Here's hoping the year is a great one for Ella.

Monday Morning Manna

 Guess who's 5 now!  Ella the Bella.  August 4 was her birthday.  The night before her mommy and daddy told her that when she woke up in the morning, she would be five.  She thought and said, "In the morning I'll be all growned up."  The next morning she said to them, "Look, my legs are longer."  These five years have flown by.  Some of you have been with us from the start.

When I look at David and his love for his child, I am awed.  What a wonderful love it is.  And I am reminded of the heavenly Father's love for us

1 John 3

¹Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
²Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
³And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Monday Morning Manna

When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.      

Micah 7:8

As I cross on life's tumultuous seas,
sailing from earth to Heaven's bright shore.
Christ is like a mighty lighthouse,
Helping me to navigate my course.

He guides me safely through tides of temptation,
Over dangerous reefs of sin.
Lighting my way through dark troubled waters,
'til the glorious port of Heaven I win.

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For thou art my lamp, O Lord; and the Lord will lighten my darkness. 2 Samuel 22:29