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June 9, 2014
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"For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to beconformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren." ( Romans 8:29)
TODAY'S WORD , I read about a traveler who was visiting a logging area in the Pacific Northwest. He watched with great curiosity as a logger, working alongside a mountain stream, would periodically jab his sharp hook into a log as it went past and separate it from the others. This visitor could not see any reason as to why the logger would grab certain logs and let others go by.
When the visitor asked the logger about it, he replied, "These logs may all look alike to you, but I can recognize that a few of them are quite different. The ones that I let pass by grew in a valley where they were always protected from the storms. Their grain is rather course. But the logs that I have pulled aside come from high up on the mountains. They were beaten by strong winds from the time they were quite small. This toughens the trees and gives them a fine grain. We save these logs for choice work. They are too good to be used for ordinary lumber."
Maybe God is saving you for a choice work. Maybe you have been going through hardships and have asked, "Why, Lord? What is the purpose?" Maybe He has made it known to you. Or maybe He has not. Know this: He is seeking to make you more like Jesus and create in you a family likeness. It's part of the Christian life.
It is also part of every life. Everyone goes through hardship. But for the child of God, whatever comes into our lives comes first through the grid of God's plan and purpose for us. A PRAYER FOR YOU TODAY Lord, let me begin this day in devout meditations, in joy unspeakable, and in blessing and praising You, who has given me such good hope and everlasting consolation. Lift up my mind above all these little things below, which are apt to distract my thoughts; and keep it above, until my heart is fully resolved to seek You every day, in the path where Jesus has trod before me. In Jesus Name, Amen. |
| , may your life be full of His blessings.
Pastor Eric & Rita
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