Forgiveness

I have started a new weekly get-together on Wednesday mornings with my dear friend, Kati.  She asked if I would like to have a weekly bible reading/study at our local donut shop before our day starts.  I was a little hesitant because I knew I would have to get up twice as early, but I told her yes knowing it would be a total blessing.

This conversation was on a Sunday and the first time to meet up would be the next morning at 6:15.  Well little did I realize then how hard it is to get up on a Monday morning, especially after traveling across the state of Oklahoma all weekend, would be?

I totally stood her up!

But by accident, of course!

I slept thru, or snoozed I’m not sure, my alarm and woke up at 6:26a with a text from Kati that read, ‘Girlfriend’.

Isn’t that the sweetest thing?  She could have totally been rude, because you know that’s the way of the world when you get stood up.

So I replied, ‘I am so so sorry!’

When she replied, ‘That’s ok! I’ll take a quiet devotion in the parking lot of the donut shop any day.’

I was so relieved.

I could tell that she forgave me willingly and without hesitation.

What a great example of how our Almighty God does for us…all of us.

‘But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong.’  1 John 1:9

So fellow sinner, don’t hesitate.  Let him show his grace to you.  It will lift a huge burden off of your shoulders, to make it easier to move forward with your relationship with Christ, family member(s), friend(s) or whoever it may be.

‘But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.’ Mark 11:25

Who is God putting on your heart to forgive?  He’s eager for you to forgive that person, so he can forgive you of your sins, in return.

Much Love,

Lindsey

Building 429's 'Listen to the Sound' Giveaway

I posted on Twitter this morning that I would like to give 5 people that contact me the latest album by Building 429.

Their music has become a new addiction for me.  The words are so full of life's difficulties but also of how great our Heavenly Father deserves our praise.

Please feel free to contact me, even if you think someone else deserves it because more than likely I've wanted to gift it to you anyways.  ;)

Much Love,

Lindsey

I love His unique ways

It has hit us pretty hard for some reason.  It’s hard having to be so careful.

We know that at the first of the month things are pretty tight, but we usually have something to work with.

This time we have nothing.

I sat down to pay the bills and soon realized the ‘something to work with’ was ate up somewhere along the way.

I didn’t panic knowing things would get taken care of somehow, but was nervous to share this news with my husband.  Once I explained where I think our ‘something to work with’ went, he understood and realized we’d be tight for a couple of weeks.  Phew!  That’s a relief.

But then God started showing up.

We remembered there was money stashed in the house but we weren’t sure how much.  I also found another spot where I had put money back months ago.

And best of all, I remembered that I hadn’t spent the $50 I got for my birthday 2 weeks ago.

That money had good and bad intentions.  I went back and forth on whether to be responsible or irresponsible what that money.  But decided, without really knowing I had decided, to be responsible.

And do you want to know something?  I know He provided for us because we tithe.

When we are faithful to give a part of what He has given us, He’ll be faithful to supply your every need.

When researching online for a good scripture to use for this post, {no I don’t have the Bible memorized} I ran across an article written by Dr. Dale A. Robbins, “The Tithe Belongs to The Lord.”

In it I found this:

Tithing is a test of our stewardship over the property of God, a test of our honesty to return to God what is rightfully His, a test of our obedience to do what He told us to do, and a test of our love and desire to please Him with our lives.

Tithing is a demonstration that we believe in God, and that we acknowledge that He is the provider of all material blessings.  If you haven’t the faith to believe that the tithe belongs to the Lord, neither can you have faith in Him to meet your financial needs.  After all, if you don’t believe that the tenth is His, you must not believe that the whole earth is His either.

What a perfect reason for what we encountered ourselves this week.  I am so gracious to not have the stress of what will happen in the weeks until our next payday, for my God has made a plan for me and my family to get by with what he gave us.

Thank you Jesus for knowing what was going to happen months down the road, that we prepared for without even knowing, but your knowing.

Much Love,

Lindsey

P.S.  If you’re not currently tithing, I hope your heart gets a little tug from The Man above. J