gets too tuckered out. It gives her a little reprieve and makes her feel loved and protected.
I also love watching my man give piggyback rides to his girls to give them a rest and boost right when they need it. It also offers them that reminder that they don’t have to do it all. It lovingly reassures them that they aren’t alone and that he will willingly carry and protect them. It puts him in front taking the brunt of what lies ahead while she is safely and knowingly trusting wherever He goes.
Isn’t this such a picture of our Heavenly Daddy?
Again, don’t take my word for it, His word confirms all of this in these beautiful reminders.
SCRIPTURES FOR THE DAY
DEUTERONOMY 31:8 beautifully depicts God being out in front, “THE LORD is the one WHO GOES AHEAD OF YOU. HE WILL BE WITH YOU. He wil not fail or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed."
Do you see how my man has got her hemmed in front and back by his arms being behind him holding onto her tightly?
Well how about PSALM 139:5 tells us, “YOU HEM ME IN BEHIND AND BEFORE, you have laid your hand upon me.”
JOSHUA 1:9 reminds us we are never alone! “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God WILL BE WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.”
Can’t you just PICTURE that?
PSALM 68:19 reminds us He is carrying us AND our struggles, “Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily BEARS OUR BURDENS.”
Thankful Thursday #10
I am humbly thankful for FREEDOM!
I am beyond blessed to get to live where we know that FREEDOM is and was IN NO WAY free. It was and continues to be bought and paid for with the blood of brave men and women who boldly stand to protect what they love.
We love our country BUT, there is another FREEDOM so much bigger than this or any country's FREEDOM.
None of us are more special than any other human just because we happen to be born where we were born.
There are people of every land (including ours) that suffer and experience the feeling of not being free whether that’s in an abusive relationship, having no money to buy food or pay the bills, and so many other ways, or even actually being imprisoned.
So, today I am obviously thankful for the beautiful blessings of living in the land of the FREE. I tell every soldier every chance I get, "Thank You for Your Service!”, as should we all!
But even that points to something even bigger...
It paints a beautiful picture that points to an even greater FREEDOM we are all given and it also WAS NOT FREE!
It was bought and paid for with the precious blood of Christ!
It’s FREEDOM IN CHRIST my beautiful friend!
It has been paid for ONE time with ONE perfect Savior!
It’s a ONCE and DONE extraordinary miraculous unfathomable FREEDOM that nothing else can compare to!
It's a deep abiding gift of acceptance, peace, contentment and even joy that is YOURS for the taking.
The chains and shackles are GONE!
SCRIPTURES FOR THE DAY
GALATIANS 5:1 tells us we have been set FREE,
“It is FREEDOM that CHRIST HAS SET US FREE.
Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”
GALATIANS 5:13 tell us what to do with this freedom,
“You my brothers and sisters were
CALLED TO BE FREE.
But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, SERVE ONE ANOTHER HUMBLY IN LOVE.”
2 CORINTHIANS 3:17 reminds us our freedom is not confined to circumstances or physical location,
“Now The Lord is the Spirit, and
WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS,
THERE IS FREEDOM.”
ROMANS 8:2 reminds us we have been redeemed! "For the law of the Spirit of Life has SET YOU FREE IN CHRIST JESUS from the law of sin and death.”
Thankful Thursday #11
Today I am thankful for the beautiful gift of IMAGINATION!
It gets me a little giddy like a kid thinking about imagination, especially when combined with creativity and ingenuity!
I just love that my girls see a great big ocean to cross, in their minds, and need the paddles and a life raft to cross when my stuffy adult mind only saw a pool!
Do we forget how absolutely incredible God's imagination must be?
First off, THE WORLD! I mean really?
He imagined all this and then created it from nothing!
If you want more proof that God has a wild imagination...look up some of these creatures..the Anglerfish, Yeti Crab, the Superb Bird of Paradise, and the Zebra Duiker just to name a few.
God made them all! All of that was a part of His imagination!!
And then He formed it into being! GENESIS 2:19-20
Imagination is a beautiful
