The kids and I are on our way to Killarney, Manitoba for the weekend!! A couple from Churchill that both teach in the school there spend their summers in Killarney and we are going to go visit them. The kids are VERY excited, to put it mildly. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
I just wanted to share this article with all of you by Max Lucado, it is really inspiring!
Nevertheless
by Max Lucado
And the king and his men… spoke to David, saying, "You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you," …Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David).
- 2 Sam. 5:6–7
Did you see it? Most hurry past it. Let’s not. Pull out a pen and underline this twelve-letter masterpiece.
Nevertheless.
"Nevertheless David took the stronghold…"
Wouldn’t you love God to write a nevertheless in your biography? Born to alcoholics, nevertheless she led a sober life. Never went to college, nevertheless he mastered a trade. Didn’t read the Bible until retirement age, nevertheless he came to a deep and abiding faith.
We all need a nevertheless. And God has plenty to go around. Strongholds mean nothing to him. Remember Paul’s words? "We use God’s mighty weapons, not mere worldly weapons, to knock down the Devil’s strongholds" (2 Cor. 10:4 NLT).
You and I fight with toothpicks; God comes with battering rams and cannons. What he did for David, he can do for us. The question is, will we do what David did? The king models much here.
Two types of thoughts continually vie for your attention. One proclaims God’s strengths; the other lists your failures. One longs to build you up; the other seeks to tear you down. And here’s the great news: you select the voice you hear. Why listen to the mockers? Why heed their voices? Why give ear to pea-brains and scoffers when you can, with the same ear, listen to the voice of God?
Do what David did.
Turn a deaf ear to the old voices.
Open a wide eye to the new choices.
Who knows, you may be a prayer away from a nevertheless. God loves to give them.
Peter stuck his foot in his mouth.
Joseph was imprisoned in Egypt.
The Samaritan woman had been married five times.
Jesus was dead in the grave …
Nevertheless, Peter preached, Joseph ruled, the woman shared, Jesus rose ??? and you?
You fill in the blank. Your nevertheless awaits you.
From Facing Your Giants
I hope you all find your nevertheless today!!! Have a GREAT weekend!
Can you ever go home? It's a good question, but now that I've been back here for a little more than four years, I thought it was time to change my title and in the process maybe actually get back into blogging assuming I'm not lost forever in this place we call the world wide web.
About Me
- Bonnie
- I am a mother of one tween and two teens and the wife of a man who I love. I am the follower of a Lord and Savior that is living, real and my everything. I love to spend time with friends, even though I don't do it very often, I love my job and I love going to my kids sports events. I golf with my husband, even though I don't do it well, he is always very patient with me. My life is good, not perfect, but good. I am happy.
...but the greatest of these is LOVE
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Thanks for sharing this encouragement, Bonnie! I'm glad you had a great weekend.
Hope you had a good weekend : ) I tagged you to do a meme. Just go to my blog and copy and paste the instructions into a new post. Then follow the instructions and tell me when you've done it. If you want to do it, that is : )
:) thanks for sharing this bonnie.
how was your weekend? how are you?
Hey, that's good. Unfortunately, I have so much fun making fun of my nasty voices. Am I still allowed to do that even if I decide not to be controlled by them?
Nevertheless. Good word.
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