As I sit to write it is the end of a satisfying day at home. Lots of necessary work done, a visit from family, and the electric blanket put back on our bed ready for the very cold nights coming up.
There's nothing better than getting your home back in order is there?
However,
there's a problem... I can't find the switch to my side of the blanket! Please don't ask me how I manage to lose one switch, while still having the other - I don't know. It's one of the mysteries of being me. It'll turn up I'm sure.
Never mind, one has to look on the bright side and let me tell you there is a VERY BRIGHT SIDE to this. Remember my last post about my jewelery? Remember that I had some lost pieces? Well there was one piece I had in mind when I wrote that. It was a very treasured piece and I felt it's loss very keenly. I inherited it from my grandmother. It has been missing for a number of years. The last time I remember seeing it was at a district ladies camp, I think around four years ago. I have scoured my home, rang the camp site, and eventually gave up on ever finding it.
I was looking for the electric blanket switch and of course you know... I found it tonight!!!
At the front of the Bible I had written something which has something about how the Lord feels about people who are lost ... By the handwriting I imagine it was written very early on. Probably 17 years old at the time....
"Jesus Came to Set Men Free...
He didn't come to make you fit into a religous mould. He came that you could be who you are and not be ashamed or frightened. He came so that we could have fellowship with God. He loves us and doesn't want to send us to hell or punish us. He wants to bring us close to His heart so He can bless us with peace, joy and plenty of love.
He wants to restore all that you ever lost through sin. Sin is like cancer. It spreads and eventually kills you.
Jesus can break that and give back life abundantly. You would live life to the fullest knowing that you are forgiven, loved, accepted. God doesn't want to punish us. Jesus took all that on the cross for us.. .........But just like any gift this is not yours until you take it."
There are many things I have had and lost. Thankfully Jesus has a hold of me. How do I know?
Decades later I know not just because I wrote this, but because I have experienced it and continue to. I know these words are absolutely true and haven't lost the delight of being His.
John 1:11-12 "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name"
Why not talk to Jesus today .... Receive Him ..... And believe (trust) in Him.
My prayer is that you know how loved you are ... and that you might have the sheer delight of finding something you have lost!
With love,
Lynda
