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Posted on 06/22/2020 5:46:16 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
Stand strong and stay safe!
Bible in a Year:
Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.”
The young man became his team’s captain. The professional sports squad was now led by a mild-mannered kid who barely needed to shave. His first press conference was underwhelming. He kept deferring to the coach and to his teammates, and mumbled clichés about just trying to do his job. The team performed poorly that season, and by the end of it the young captain had been traded. He didn’t grasp that he’d been entrusted with the authority to lead, or maybe he never believed he could.
Due to his failures, Saul was “small in [his] own eyes” (1 Samuel 15:17)—which is a funny thing to say about a guy who’s described as being tall. He was literally head and shoulders above the rest (9:2). And yet that wasn’t how he saw himself. In fact, his actions in the chapter show him trying to win the approval of the people. He hadn’t fully grasped that God—not people—had chosen him and given him a mission.
But Saul’s mistake is a picture of every human being’s failure: we can miss that we were made in God’s image to reflect His rule, and end up misusing our authority—spreading destruction in the world. To undo this, we need to return to God: to let the Father define us by His love, to let Him fill us with the Spirit, and to let Jesus send us out into the world.
What assignment has God given you that you don’t think you have the power to do? Why is it vital to have your identity based in what God says is true?
Dear Father, give me eyes to see myself as You see me, and grant me the grace to faithfully carry out the calling You’ve entrusted to me.
Girl at work just saw her sister off to the Coast Guard.
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Good evening real saxophonist!
Howdy howdy radu!
*HUGS*
Hi MA!
*HUGS*
Good evening PROCON!
Howdy, lauren! *HUGZ*
How’s it going your way? Haven’t been blown away by any of the storms, apparently, since you’re here. LOL
~ Road Trip: United States Coast Guard Base Alameda, California ~
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Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...did you and Penny get to walk today? Thunder all gone?
We might get some rain later this week. I sure hope so.
Howdy, PRO.
Still roasting like we are? It was a sauna this afternoon until a batch of heavy rain came through around suppertime. I know the beans are grateful for a good drink.
I was in boot camp there in 1966. Fond memories: cussing, screaming, yelling, running, running seabags, running and then the chest thumping by Boatswains Mate 1st class Bragg while yelling sir yes sir. Biggest meanest S.O.B. on two wheels.
sigh! those were the days.
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