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Glory Story: WHY, God?

God answers “Why” questions. He is not angry when we ask them; in fact, I think He likes them. God wants to reveal Himself to us, and He is always the answer to ‘Why?’ There are special people in the world who help us see the magnificence of the ways of God. Mary Daly is one such person. Born with Cerebral Palsy caused by a traumatic brain injury, God provided her with an inheritance of faith. The precious gift of a loving family and a faith-filled mom and grandmother built a solid foundation for Mary. She understood from her earliest days that God had a great plan for her life; Mary knew that the promise of Jeremiah 29:11 did not exclude those with different abilities!

But that did not mean life was easy. Multiple surgeries and excruciating physical therapy assaulted her body. Doctors said she would never walk. Life in a self-absorbed world cut Mary in different ways. When her physical limitations inconvenienced others, she found herself tossed aside. “I was the friend who was always disposable, biodegradable and recyclable.”

Mary shares that she questioned why God chose her to bear such burdens. She wondered why God healed others and not her. She questioned if the CP was a punishment of some sort…was God mad? Did she deserve this? Did He really love her?

Those griefs tore into Mary’s soul; ‘deep depression and crippling anxiety worse than the debilitating orthopedic pain’ blocked her view of the goodness of God. In that darkness, He continued to work and give gifts that helped her through. A love for horses became the key that unlocked the mystery of the love of God!Therapeutic horseback riding had been one of the best parts of Mary’s physical therapy. She developed a love for horses from those experiences. A family trip to Yellowstone National Park that included horseback riding built on that love.

“I was free to soak up every ounce of God’s great beauty with each beat of the horses’ hooves,” Mary enthuses.

A desire for more of that freedom—and formal riding lessons–began building in Mary. Questions plagued her mind: Could she balance well enough to ride? Would her walker frighten the horses? Would others accept her? Would there be a stable willing to work with her?

Complicating (one might think) the whole idea, Mary had just moved 350 miles to a tiny, rural county to attend college. In God’s inimitable way, she found in her tiny town a stable owned by a physical therapist—with a trainer who welcomed the challenges presented by a rider with cerebral palsy. God began to reveal His loving watch-care.

At the stable, the trainer chose a quiet, thoughtful mare named Annabelle as Mary’s mount. The clouds of doubt about the love of God began to roll away. The very first day of riding lessons, the trainer invited Mary to try a trot just ‘like every other student!” Amazed and overjoyed, Mary soared around the ring. Annabelle helped Mary gain core strength, balance and stamina. Practicing the post strengthened her leg muscles and soon Mary joyfully proved doctors wrong by walking a few steps on her own!

Before long, Mary began to desire a horse that could offer more challenge. She loved Annabelle but wished for a bit more pep. The trainer suggested a beautiful black named Jett. Though Mary promised not to lose that special bond with Annabelle, she soon became a fond memory. God gently pressed on Mary: ‘remember those friends who left you? It was not you; it was part of life.’ Understanding eased the losses of the past and increased her ability to accept her own worth and value. It also helped Mary to see life from a fuller perspective, and relationships became easier.

The stable itself helped Mary began to develop a network of friends. The common bond of love for horses, the camaraderie of sore muscles, opportunities to encourage and be encouraged: all worked together, allowing Mary to be a participant instead of a spectator. All of life began to make more sense. For the first time, she understood her brother’s love of sports. In the midst of life, Mary understood: God wanted to be in the middle of her life too. God did not want to be outside looking in either! He wanted to be the center of her life, the answer to every Why?!

In the context of life, God began revealing Himself! Mary began to see beautiful answers to her questions; the answers had never been far from her. They had been waiting for Mary to work them out in the midst of the things she loved. The foundation gifts of faith, hope and love that she always possessed helped her move into the answers as she followed her dreams. The adventure had only just begun.

Just like the love of God that has no end, her dreams grew. First, it was a saddle. “Just having my own tack seemed like the greatest thing in the world,” thought Mary. Indeed, she did enjoy that, but a bigger dream kept nudging in: she really wanted a horse of her own. After much prayer—and plenty of research, Mary approached her mom:

“God shows me little glimpses of heaven on the back of a horse,” she pleaded.

Before long the search for a horse began. Visit after visit to farms with horses for sale produced no horse that matched Mary. She began to wonder if God was telling her to move on and find a new dream. As they looked, Mary continued with riding lessons and grew in confidence. Finally, her mom found a horse she felt was perfect! Mary and the trainer were not so sure.

Since there was one more visit already scheduled, they went to see the horse. He was a large, 15.2 hand black beauty named Eclipse. Mary fell in love with his looks and his personality, and the trainer agreed, but Mom struggled with the height—and her affinity for the previous horse. Mary won her over, and Eclipse became her new partner in the grand adventure of life.

Eclipse intuitively seemed to understand both Mary’s needs and her desires to take on new challenges. Pole patterns, dressage work and doing diagonals kept them busy. Mary, deeply desiring as much independence as possible needed Eclipse to have some additional training. Mary used a mounting block at the stable but had no option for trail rides. Her trainer suggested finding someone to teach Eclipse to lie down for her to mount. Excited by the possibilities that would open up, Mary and her mother began searching for the right trainer.

The loving watch-care of God soon became evident with another miraculous provision. In a chance meeting at a local family restaurant, the Daly’s learned there was a world-renowned trainer right in their community. Despite a typically packed schedule, Mary’s story moved him, and he made room for Eclipse. The question of God’s love continued to be answered as Mary realized: “Everything I had prayed God would bless with me was mine. God has sent ‘angels to watch over me along this beautiful journey. I really do have a wonderful life!”

Mary’s story is one of extreme challenge and extreme blessing; yet it contains truth we all can see. God works in our lives in whatever way will draw us closest to Him. Nothing is too hard for Him to transform. Nothing is beyond His love and care for us. His ways are not ours; they are better. His love in the midst of life gives the answer to Why.

Mary and Grandma — Mary’s beloved Gams, Elizabeth Barron Auld “Bep” McElwee, moved to heaven this past week. This story–and all future adventures–are lovingly dedicated to her.

We cannot give what we will not receive.

Every good and perfect gift comes from our Father in heaven. Those who long to serve the Father must receive from Him. That doesn’t sound like a difficult aspect of servanthood, does it? In reality, it is very difficult and demands great faith!

By this time in Moses’ life, he already had learned some high-level truths. Evil and injustice happens. Good—even ‘right’—desires not submitted to God bring disaster. Serving God requires leaving your comfort zone and entering holy ground. Appreciating your design (with its limitations) and putting it all in God’s hands creates wild results. Learning to receive from God expands servant training!

Let’s look at how this instruction in growth came to Moses:

And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. (Exodus 4:6-7)

Leprosy in Bible times meant shame, ostracization and ultimately death. While God had not yet given the Law, the reality of the disease surely struck fear in Moses’ heart when he saw his hand. Highly contagious, leprosy literally eats away at the flesh. Then, as now, no cure existed. Pause with Moses and look at his hand. Feel the emotions of deep dread, hopelessness and grief. That is the place of healing servants must be willing to face.

Ah, but JOY comes with obedience. ‘Put your hand near your heart again…’ and feel the blessed wholeness of healing. That which is close to the heart of the servant belongs to God as well. Our health, our reputations, our loved ones…everything is His to work with—to afflict, and glory to Him, to heal! He is trustworthy. Hear Jesus’ words in John 6:

And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

The Father and the Son will take care of all the servant entrusts to them…far better care than we take on our own. It is a servant lesson we need not rush; as the Loved One often says in the Song of Solomon, ‘Awaken not love before its time.’ We need not make sacrifices to prove our love; we only need to receive the gift of faith that fills us with courage.

The emphasis cannot be overstated: we receive faith. We neither earn nor create faith. Furthermore, the necessity of faith cannot be overstated. Without faith there is no pleasing God; working from our flesh never pleases Him! Faith received is ours to exercise. Servants learn to allow God to work in heart-rending ways. Where is God calling you to receive greater faith? Will you trust Him to bring healing and wholeness?

Growing as a Servant: Appreciate unique design

God created each soul in a design perfect for their time and place in history. Let me say that another way: God loves the way He made you. You are fearfully and wonderfully made! The servant of God learns to appreciate the unique design of God–in himself and in others. There is no perfect human being; there is no pathway to perfection. As children of God, we are on a journey together and together, we reveal the beauty of God.

Moses is a wonderful role model for those of us growing as servants. The first lesson Moses learned was his inadequacy. Choosing his own plan and timing brought disastrous consequences. Serving God is holy ground! When Moses grasped that concept, he was undone. His inadequacy choked him, and he tried to excuse himself from service. God gently helped him understand his unique design–and the power available when he placed his strengths into the hand of God.

Exodus 3:2 Then the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?”

“A staff,” he replied.

3 The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.”

Releasing the rod to the Lord produced a ‘snake’ that Moses feared, yet picked up again. Our strengths in the hand

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of God may look unfamiliar; they may give us a bit of fear…but the servant picks them back up. Our strength in our hand brings death; our strength in the hand of God sets captives free!

When we learn to value our design–stop wishing we were like others–we learn to value others as well. Growing as a servant gives space to others to grow as well. C.S. Lewis put it this way in his masterpiece, The Screwtape Letters:

“[God] wants to bring the man to a state of mind in which he could design the best cathedral in the world, and know it to be the best, and rejoice in the fact, without being any more (or less) or otherwise glad at having done it than he would be if it had been done by another. [God] wants him, in the end, to be so free from any bias in his own favour that he can rejoice in his own talents as frankly and gratefully as in his neighbor’s talents–or in a sunrise, an elephant, or a waterfall. He wants each man, in the long run, to be able to recognise all creatures (even himself) as glorious and excellent things.”

How has God designed you? Do you like your design–He does! What can you place in the hands of God for Him to use?

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Spending time in the presence of God

The presence of God transforms! Do you drink it in or wonder where it is? Is the presence of God a moment-by-moment awareness for you—or an illusionary concept? Would you be surprised to know His presence is not always in a Church…or that the Living Word can be void of vitality? In Acts 17, Paul spoke to those who worshiped without life:

“…so that they might look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. Of course, he is never far from any one of us. For we live, move, and exist because of him, as some of your own poets have said: ‘For we are his children, too.’” (verses 27 and 28)

It is not the heartbeat of God to have lifeless worship. He longs for you to enjoy His presence because He wants to enjoy yours. Are you weary of life? If you are, spend time with LIFE and enjoy the abundance. Without His presence, life drains the strongest. That is right and good, for God never intended that we would live this life on our own!

His Word and the Church are tools the Spirit uses to help us know what God is like…so that we can recognize His

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presence. Like those in Athens, though, sometimes we mistake the tools for the Truth. Time in the Word and time with believers are necessities in the life of a Christian…but they are not Life itself.

The echo of hearts crying, “Is this all there is?” beats at the doors of heaven. “There is so much more!” calls the Father. “Come, walk in the light.” And to those of us who walk in His light, the great commission still stands: “Go, make disciples.” Our grand purpose in life is to live in the Light of the love of the Father and help others do the same. He longs for us to bring his light to a world covered in shadows so others may know He lives!

Those shadows conceal treasures…treasures of darkness only children of the Light can unearth. Without the Light, the shadows terrify. The shadows cause those in the dark to trip and fall prey to the lies of the enemy. Jesus, the Light of the World, reveals the snares and the beauties shrouded in darkness. When we spend time in the light, we absorb light and can be a lamp for others. We are called to be servants! Let’s take light into the shadows, light that exposes the pits, expels the evil and unearths precious gems!

What shadows will you illuminate today? Can we stand with you in prayer?

If you struggle to enter the presence of God, some thoughts and tips can be found here.

Finding your way into the presence of God

My heart aches to understand that there are those who seldom enjoy time with God; those who feel puzzled when others speak of ‘feeling His touch’ or ‘hearing His voice.’ God is a personal God, desperately desiring to connect with us. My greatest sadness is not for those who reject God but for those striving to “DO” something to get closer to Him. Just as Paul said to the crowds in Rome, “He is never far from you.” Entering into His presence is a possibility any time!

Made in the image of God–body, soul and spirit–seeking Him involves all aspects of us. Frankly, we are the barrier to enjoying God. On the physical level, busy-ness is the biggest blockade. Even if the activities are God-oriented, busyness prevents real interaction the Father. Vigilance that prioritizes private God-time is critical. Fellowship with Christians, “church,” is part of the plan of God as well. We must enjoy His presence individually and corporately. If your church orchestrates details of every service, make it your personal ambition to enter the presence of God in those details. He is still there; help others find Him by letting His light flood you!

Other physical world things that can keep from God are seeking pleasures from the world instead of him. Over-eating is an easy example for many of us. Stress and fatigue drive me to comfort foods on a regular basis. God asks to be my Bread of Life. Each of us will have areas of weakness the Spirit can reveal. Ask God what in the physical world separates you from Him. Any physical sin (any sin for that matter) will separate us from God. They are idolatry; things we prefer to the presence of God. Refuse to let your body keep you from the Creator!

Then there is that soul part of us: our mind, will and emotions. Much of the battle of life takes place in the mind. We are to renew our minds with the Word. That is not a dry, wearisome task—even if you never liked reading anything! Technology gives you amazing options to listen or watch the Word. Find a way to get Truth from the Word into your mind because that changes everything! Emotions flow from our thoughts, and actions come out of our emotions. Spending time in the Word is not optional, nor is it an item to check off from a ‘to do’ list.

Engage your heart and your mind with His words and you will feel His presence—and He will empower you to exercise your will and obey Him. It is different than just ‘spending time in the Word’; it must be time with God! For

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We are all children!

me, an avid ‘student’—and self-professed geek, enjoying God through reading and writing is easy—it is my design. Thoughts serve as propulsion jets shooting me toward the Father. I may pause to gaze in awe at His beauty; I may ask a question for clarification from Him or dig into a word study for more thought jets. Seek His heart as you read and even if it is not your default design, He will meet you!

Don’t stop there! Keep seeking. Find new ways to enter His glory, unique ways based on how He created you! Find a mentor who can listen to your heart and help you hear the things God is speaking into your life.

Consider using music. Scripture-based music helps me lay down the ‘soulish’ parts of self and enjoy Him. It quiets my busy mind and lets me focus on feeling God. On the other hand, some find their soul so engaged in music, they fail to connect with God. Make Him the priority. Continually seek His presence. Be attentive for Him. He promises to be found. Do not give up. God is not distant but imminently, impressively real!

I’ll leave you with one final tool that works for me when the press of life feels too weighty. I go for a walk. It helps me synchronize my overused mind and underused body. The magnitude of creation, the details and activity of nature quietly working mostly unnoticed by busting humanity resets my spirit. To my harm and shame, the stuff of life, the cares of this world, easily stifle the still, small voice of my humble, majestic God. He is ever-present, yet I am blind to Him. A walk—whether on a street or in the windows—engages me with a world bigger than my own. It reminds me of my smallness and floods me with thanksgiving for His love and wisdom.

What works for you to enter the presence of God. Share here, share with others: has there been a song, a book or a worship experience that stands out?

We are to live this life of faith together. God blesses that we can in turn bless another.

If you struggle to find or feel God, zap a note. Let’s talk it through. He loves you beyond measure. He is waiting for you to enjoy being with Him. There is nothing more you need to do to be loved by Him…

Giving the wounds away

Have you ever been wounded by the words or actions of another? Of course, you have. It is a part of life. There is an old adage that is heart-breakingly true: “Hurt people hurt people.” Those wounds we receive from others are passed on…sometimes with intention, often without our even noticing. It does not have to be.

Every sinful action has already been paid for…my actions and those done by others to me. I do not need to bear the cost–nor do you! Jesus was made sin for us…that we might be His righteousness. It is the most unfair trade in eternity and our power source. When we give the wounds we receive to Him, He transforms them.

The wounds that slice open our soul–even our spirit–became vessels of healing for others when we hand the wound to him and receive the payment he made. In my deepest hurts, I have needed a visual reminder. I may meditate upon the Cross of Christ–picturing myself under it as His blood covers me. I may write out my pain and even burn the written words as a sacrifice of thanksgiving. Jesus paid it all…don’t pay a debt that has been paid.

For a deeper look at this subject, I invite you to visit read Is here any hope for healing?

There is a glory story in your hurt! Can you see it? Will you share it that Jesus will get the glory?

When his desires are not yours…my journey to the Promised Land

It wasn’t my dream. It wasn’t my desire. There were sound reasons not to do it. Yet, one Sunday morning before church began, I felt the conviction of the Holy Spirit.

“You are not allowing God to answer your prayers. You pray for your husband to be the leader of your home, but you want to control his leadership.”

I knew immediately why the Lord was rebuking me. My husband wanted a job transfer to the Carolinas. I had resisted and refused the open doors God gave him, preferring my own plans. I repented and within three months, we were setting up a home in the Carolinas–600 miles away from family and friends of a lifetime. For me, it became a journey to the Promised Land because God uses obedience to transform lives. He uses it to work in us and through us making all of life a mission field when we go forth in obedience to Him.

Throughout the heartache of saying good-bye and the challenges of selling a home in one state and buying in another, God put one special song in my heart:

“Freely, freely, you have received.
Freely, freely give.
Go in my name
and because you believe,
others will know that I live.”

I liked the ‘Freely Give’ part of the song…the ’Freely Receive’ part was an affront to my do-it-yourself nature. I preferred to keep a tight control on the details of life to limit needs to those “I” could manage. Raised by parents who grew up in the depression, the ethic of hard work surges through every fiber of my being. It is a good value; hard work pleases the Lord and is necessary. Work, though, is limited to the earthly realm. The work of the Lord has no such limits. God used to move to teach me about the glories of receiving His will!

Every journey to the Promised Land — to the land where Christ rules and reigns — demands faith in the goodness and power of God. Over and over again, God proved Himself willing and able to meet earthly needs with divine precision. Selling a home in the midst of a New York winter is about as ideal as planning to drive through the mountains in late January. Our ‘go’ included such lovely timing! In God’s inimitable way, our home sold within weeks at a higher price than we listed it. Our moving day was sunny and the roads were dry for the entire twelve hours! We found and purchased a home in a quaint, quiet country town outside of Charlotte for less than our sale price. God provided exactly the people we needed to help us adjust: a caring realtor who planned a birthday party for our teen the week we arrived, a contractor that took care of necessary repairs and a Christian family to love us. And He did it all with exquisite timing and attention to needs we never anticipated and did not have the resources to resolve if we had known of them!

As God provided blessings I could not produce through any amount of hard work, I began to see the beauty of receiving Him! He revealed Himself in ways that brought to life the principles I studied in His Word. Giving is contingent on receiving. Without an open-ness to the magnificence of God, all we can give is ourselves. The sorrow of saying good-bye to loved ones is an on-going grief. Yet it is a grief with glorious results. The common, eternal need we all share is receiving the knowledge that Jesus is alive! Going through life believing that God can and will provide all we need brings the presence of God into every life. The essence of ‘Go in my name’ requires us to receive Him, to live in Him and to share Him. “Go in my name…” is a concept usually tied to missionary service. Our move has taught me to live the broader reality that each life is lived on the mission field. Our obedience and faith are tools in the lives of others! My prayer is that our story will inspire you to trust Him more, to truly receive HIM–to go in His name and show others, He is alive!

For more thoughts on moving, you may enjoy this piece: Are you thinking of moving on?

Enjoying All God Has Given!

Did you know that billions of dollars sit in ‘unclaimed funds’ accounts across the United States? Deposits have been made to the legal, rightful owners of monies (i.e. inheritances, refunds, settlements), but they never actually ‘get’ those monies because they don’t know it’s there! In the spiritual sense, ‘unclaimed funds’ accounts litter the ‘Church’ and impoverish the world! As Christians, we all have more than we are using: let’s resolve to get more of our spiritual inheritance in the coming year.

God loves to give! In fact, II Peter 1:3 tells us we have everything we need already! But receiving is passive; getting requires awareness and action!

Think about it: salvation is the start of life itself. That Gift requires belief to activate it. Every other spiritual gift requires active faith as well.

As the gift of a New Year languishes on our doorstep, ponder this:

“What has God given to me that I am not actively enjoying?”

Obviously, having everything we need doesn’t mean life will be perfect. Unfairness, rejection, and evil littered the life of our Lord; it will ours as well. Like Christ, though, we can enjoy abundant life with eternal purposes! None of the wrong, ugly things of life can separate us from the love and power of God, though. Emotional woundings, destructive addictions and ungodly lusts are no match for the resources we possess—when we know we have—and use it!

Knowing is the key concept. We received all things at salvation but we ‘get’ them as we gain more knowledge about God Himself. Answering our call to glory…to eternal significance, virtue and holy right-ness demands that we know the Truth about those things…and then do our best to live them out. We must ‘get’ it so we can pass it on to all we encounter in our journeys of life!

The very power of God delivered us from sin—and delivered all things to us for His grand purposes! This life of faith comes with the power we need to walk out His godliness in the day-to-day—blessing others as we go. We are saved for a purpose! Let’s not leave unclaimed resources in our spiritual banks this coming year. We need all we have…and so does this world.

Taking Responsibility

Deposits are made into our lives moment by moment. What we do with those deposits is our decision…our responsibility. Every aspect of life has the potential to produce life and blessing. It also has equal opportunity to produce death and curses. God assigned humanity the job of caretaker of creation–and that job remains. We are to steward all that comes into our lives with faith that God is good and has good plans and purposes for us. Plans and purposes that conclude in victory.

This reality is especially vital to grasp when you reflect on your life and prepare a life story. Perspective IS everything. The legacies we inherit from our family–good and bad–are opportunities to reveal God. We do not need to sugar-coat every hard thing in life; in fact, that is counter-productive. However, God can be found gleaming out of the darkest points. Determine to find His glory and your story will blaze with hope. It will change your present and prepare the way to the future for yourself and others.

Accepting ownership of sin has power in reflection and in daily life. Indeed, it is the key to solving all the problems in our world, but responsibility must begin with ‘me.’ Taking responsibility does not ignore the sin of others; in fact, it seeks God on behalf of that sin as well. It is broken-hearted awareness for the natural rebellion of all–and whole-hearted passion for the rightness of God. God told Cain to rule over sin; we do that by accepting responsibility for the problem of sin in our own lives and living to give God glory for His work. The curse has been set aside by Jesus, for Jesus. We are to work out what God has put into us through Christ.

When we take responsibility for that work in our own lives, the residual effect brings life into others’ hard stuff. If God entrusts tough realities and harsh legacies to us, we can consider them invitations to seek Him for fuller revelation. Those situations become windows for us to see and reveal the glory of God. When we revere Him above the hard stuff, we unpack treasures for all around us! Embrace the privilege.

For a fuller look at this topic, consider reading Whose Problem Is It?

To gain a deeper understanding of how God completes the picture beautifully, visit Glory Glimpse: Knowing God By Name – Omega

Me…an expression of God?

Our story begins as a creative work of God…and unfolds in the same way. Just like the first humans, we are made in the image of God. Pause and think on that just for a moment: YOU are created in the image of God. Every morning as you awake, let that truth settle into your heart and mind before you bound into the day. Everyone you encounter has an opportunity to glimpse God in you! Are you ready for that privilege…for that responsibility?! Only in Christ can we ever embrace our divine purpose.

The image of God in man was marred in Paradise…and each one of us, every day, mars it more. We are frail, fallible folks–clay jars indeed. We make muddy messes; we have cracks and jagged edges. God knew all that and took care of our lacks before He ever uttered the first word of creation! (1 Peter 1:20) So, as you prepare to go into your day as an expression of God, remember to celebrate the love that saw every sin that would mess up His plans–and made a Way in spite of the sin! That is the God we are called to be the image of!

Finally, before you enter into your day, remember the ‘Work’ is complete. God does not ask us to do what we can never do. Our ‘ability’ rests on this: believing in the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus stated our daily work very clearly:

Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” (John 6:29)

It is His work that restores us to our intended divine purpose: being an expression of God. God began that work–and His Spirit continues it. Knowing God is key to knowing the image we are made in. Studying His Names is one great way to know Him more. The Prayer Today website has many resources for studying His Names; here is one. Glory Glimpses on this blog offer you some devotions on the same topic; click here to consider God as the Morning Star. Simply know that God loves you and wants you to know Him personally and share Him with the world around us gives great cause for rejoicing!

Are you hungry for more on the subject of ‘your job?’ Numerous scriptures encourage us to know we can be fully equipped for the good work God plans for us to do: 2 Corinthians 9:8; Ephesians 1:3; Philippians 1:6 and 2 Timothy 3:16-17 are some good starting points.

So: spend some time knowing this great God you are created in the image of…and let someone see Him in you!

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