Dear KKIM family,
I consider it a HUGE blessing to be able to share with you each day from the CUP!
I also consider it such a HUGE blessing when others share from their heart!
I just got done emptying my heart out in a newspaper column for the Windom Newspaper www.windomnews.com
I just pray it is good enough for Dave, Rahn and Folks. I consider it such a blessing to be able to share in their Pastor’s column. My first venture into newspaper! Dave and Rahn have been so patient with me…. as being an old radio guy…..sometimes I don’t know when to stop talking or writing!
It just hit me…..I don’t know if Dave or Rahn will remember this..but my Dad used to write Sports for the Citizen back in the 60’s. So thank you Dave and Rahn for this Christmas present.the opportunity to give back to my hometown and follow in the footsteps of my Dad and Mom.
I continue to be blown away by the blessing of the LORD!!!
It’s like I see EXPLOSIONS OF BLESSINGS happening all over! WOW!
I am just trying not do anything stupid……came close yesterday!
Here is another blessing.from Karen Rowe……as she goes about her days…..she shares this with us……How many of you can relate to Karen and what she is going through?
Dewey, If you sense that this will encourage someone, please post this. God is so good to us and quite frankly, this world is hard to live in sometimes. We need to know that we are not alone in our struggles! So I share in mine. I just thank God that I know HIM well enough to patiently endure and that I trust HIM enough to obey! CUZ I know how beautiful life can be when we just trust and obey! So I share hoping to encourage someone to read the Bible, talk to God and allow Jesus to shine God’s light on the very things that we can’t see that hinder our ability to live the VERY life that Jesus died to give us!
Last night I told my husband that God never tires of fixing us, BUT I DO. So once again, God is teaching me about me and what I need to improve on IN me…This time I feel like a tube of toothpaste being squeezed almost empty…to me not sure that last little bit in the tube is worth bothering, BUT apparently God wants a pure heart in all areas…
I share because it’s tough and we all go through these things. When we feel like we are spiritually/emotionally/physically struggling…remember Jesus…”remain in me and I will remain in you” by remaining in LOVE we are remaining in Jesus…”Patient, Kind, NOT envy or boast, or proud or rude or self-seeking…it is not easily angered…it keeps no record of wrongs. …does not delight in evil but REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH. It always protects, trusts hopes and always perseveres. And when we remain in ALL OF these qualifications…LOVE never fails!
Perhaps someone is feeling distance to God…kind of like I experienced yesterday??? God hadn’t gone anywhere…I had something that I was allowing to grow in my heart that was creating distance between me and God. Last night, I ran through the qualifications that meet God’s standard of love and with one particular person, I fell short on a few of them. So now I need to deal with allowing Jesus to perfect my heart because alone we are powerless against things that come against us…BUT with Christ, I can remember that I CAN do all things through Christ who gives me strength and wisdom! I can be better! I can change!
Have a blessed day…may it be good and if not; may we experience the day with God’s grace!
Love In Christ,
Karen Rowe
PS…I feel God’s Spirit grow in me just by admitting this defect in my heart. When we admit that we have an issue, that admission opens the door for God.
When we try to run from or hide an issue, that opens the door for Satan! Satan will encourage the very thing that keeps us down…with half truths…we may be justified, but not the judge;
Satan may even convince us that we have truly forgiven, but in looking deep down…Are we keeping a record of wrongs toward another? We may think that we are not proud, but is pride standing in the way of opening our heart…?
God is not only great…God is good!
Let us pray…….
Lord, Thank you for all those who open up for YOU! Who share You with others! Let us be bold in our faith! In the name of Jesus, AMEN!
In the Love of Christ, Dewey Sharon and family
www.deweysdailycup.com
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