sleepy girl...

OK, so I'm barely awake. Spent most of the night up because I couldn't get to sleep. Couldn't shut my brain off! That's the 2nd time this week that I've been up all night.

And I couldn't sleep in because Brett was due at 9am at Aunt Toni's for a hair cut. Then after that it was a costco shopping trip. Home now, groceries put away, should nap but now I have to clean.

At 4pm is my Twilight Club and today we need the much abused dining room table. We're gonna make get well cards for one of our elderly ladies from church who is in the hospital. The girls enjoyed making thank you cards so much that I figure why not send some homemade cheer to Sarah Mackey.
I think the next time we make cards it will be for our serving men & women. And Jonathan Gogue, one of our youngest service men in boot camp. He also attends our church frequently.

Have a great day!!

Shelly


What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Romans 6:1–2



Sadly, there are many believers today who live with the misconception that they must do something to earn God’s approval.



When they have had a good week and have been reading their Bibles or doing certain good deeds for the Lord, they feel that God will be pleased. But when they have had a hard week, when they have fallen, when they have sinned, they think God is not pleased with them.



Sometimes they believe they shouldn’t even go to church or read the Bible. “Why bother?” they think. “God is not pleased with me. I don’t have His favor. It would be hypocritical for me to do that.”



All the while, they don’t realize they have God’s unconditional favor and love regardless of what they do. But that is not a license to sin. It is an incentive to respond to Him in love.



If, as believers, we can truly get hold of what this means, if we can understand that it is not a license to live as we please, then it should be an incentive for us to serve the Lord, love Him, and show gratitude toward the One who loves us unconditionally, knowing us for what we are. An understanding of this truth can revolutionize our lives.



In some people’s estimation, holy living—which is keeping rules and regulations—will bring salvation. But holy living—which we are not capable of, to start with—will not bring salvation. However, salvation will produce holy living. If you are truly saved, it will result in changes in our lifestyle.



Pastor Hersch