My Companion,
We all travel through life in a very hurried pace. Sometimes we can
attend religious services, sometimes, we cannot. However, we can
always take a few minutes to thank God for allowing us to be here, and
to serve our respective Grand Bodies.
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Scripture Lesson
Read Zephaniah 3:14-20
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Thought
It is difficult for many to remember that God loves them. We say it with our lips and know it in our heads, but we keep forgetting it in our hearts. We work hard at being a good person, someone God would be proud of, but like many people, in the midst of our hard work, we forget that God loves us just as we are. As I was searching for a theme for my personal Advent preparations, this idea kept presenting itself to me.
In conversations, music, and words I read, the Holy Spirit kept trying to give me the message that I am loved. It wasn't until I was home sick one day, lazily reading through my Bible, that this message finally got through to me.
When I read Zephaniah 3:17, I pictured God looking down and singing about me. God was singing about the joy of creating me, not about all the things I have done. God's joy comes from loving the creation -- me! This is my work for Advent: to enjoy God's love and to remember that God takes delight in me.
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