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Nearby Treasures, by Kelly Breece


Could you be looking for something that is already right next to you?

On a beautiful May afternoon, my daughter and I decided to visit my
nearly 91 year old grandmother. She has lived in a retirement home for
quite some time now, and has done remarkably well. She still plays the
occasional card game with friends and shares meals with some of the
ladies. As time has gone by, however, she spends less time with others
and more time alone in her room. She assures us all that she really
doesn't mind. After all, she explained to me once, naps are good.

During our visits, I try to think of interesting things to talk about.
I get an update on my uncle and cousins who live out of state so she
can keep up with them. My daughter is learning to "speak up" when she's
telling Memaw all about her baby dolls and her friends because Memaw
can't hear well. We also look at a lot of pictures. We've looked at the
same photo albums over and over; I don't think she ever gets tired of
looking at images of her family and talking about each one as if it
were the first time we'd seen it.

As I was putting some pictures back on her antique secretary desk on
the other side of the room, I noticed the handmade notebook lying on
the table. It was the gift that my Mom had given her for her 90th
birthday. For a person who doesn't hear well, written words are
invaluable. Mom wanted my Grandmother to know just how much she had
touched all of our lives. Mom had asked my grandmother's close friends
and family to write a birthday wish for her. These best wishes were all
included in this wonderful notebook.

As we looked through this homemade treasure, she was reading every word
of every page. Then, about halfway through the book, she said, "I
haven't seen this in forever. I completely forgot about it."

Along with the birthday wishes, friends and family had fondly recalled
memories of life through the years with my Grandmother. Grandmother had
led a Brownie Troop in the fifties. She took cross-country trips and
traveled to Ireland. She had even appeared on television commercials at
the local TV station back in her younger days. Everyone mentioned the
amazing meals she prepared throughout the years. Grandmother had
touched so many lives, and in this notebook, people were given a chance
to share their thoughts and love. She was moved by what people said
about her.

Have you checked your tables lately?

As I watched her reading the book, I thought to myself, "Wow! This
amazing little treasure has been sitting on the table about two feet
away from where she sits every day and she didn't realize that it was
there. I wonder how many powerful reminders go unseen and not
experienced simply because I don't realize they are there."

What about you? Have you checked your tables lately? Has God placed
something in your life as a reminder of how much you're loved and
valued? Are you seeking validation that quite possibly has been there
all along, perhaps tucked under something much less significant?

The psalmist said:

"He knows us inside and out ... God's love ... is ever and always,
eternally present" (Psalm 103:14-17 MSG).

All we have to do is look for it.

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http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200403/20040309_homeplace.html
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Monday, May 11, 2009

MORNING:

"I am with you alway."
-- Matthew 28:20

It is well there is One who is ever the same, and who is ever with us.
It is well there is one stable rock amidst the billows of the sea of
life. O my soul, set not thine affections upon rusting, moth-eaten,
decaying treasures, but set thine heart upon him who abides for ever
faithful to thee. Build not thine house upon the moving quicksands of a
deceitful world, but found thy hopes upon this rock, which, amid
descending rain and roaring floods, shall stand immovably secure. My
soul, I charge thee, lay up thy treasure in the only secure cabinet;
store thy jewels where thou canst never lose them. Put thine all in
Christ; set all thine affections on his person, all thy hope in his
merit, all thy trust in his efficacious blood, all thy joy in his
presence, and so thou mayest laugh at loss, and defy destruction.
Remember that all the flowers in the world's garden fade by turns, and
the day cometh when nothing will be left but the black, cold earth.
Death's black extinguisher must soon put out thy candle. Oh! how sweet
to have sunlight when the candle is gone! The dark flood must soon roll
between thee and all thou hast; then wed thine heart to him who will
never leave thee; trust thyself with him who will go with thee through
the black and surging current of death's stream, and who will land thee
safely on the celestial shore, and make thee sit with him in heavenly
places for ever. Go, sorrowing son of affliction, tell thy secrets to
the Friend who sticketh closer than a brother. Trust all thy concerns
with him who never can be taken from thee, who will never leave thee,
and who will never let thee leave him, even "Jesus Christ, the same
yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." "Lo, I am with you alway," is
enough for my soul to live upon, let who will forsake me.

EVENING:

"Only be thou strong and very courageous."
-- Joshua 1:7

Our God's tender love for his servants makes him concerned for the
state of their inward feelings. He desires them to be of good courage.
Some esteem it a small thing for a believer to be vexed with doubts and
fears, but God thinks not so. From this text it is plain that our
Master would not have us entangled with fears. He would have us without
carefulness, without doubt, without cowardice. Our Master does not
think so lightly of our unbelief as we do. When we are desponding we
are subject to a grievous malady, not to be trifled with, but to be
carried at once to the beloved Physician. Our Lord loveth not to see
our countenance sad. It was a law of Ahasuerus that no one should come
into the king's court dressed in mourning: this is not the law of the
King of kings, for we may come mourning as we are; but still he would
have us put off the spirit of heaviness, and put on the garment of
praise, for there is much reason to rejoice. The Christian man ought to
be of a courageous spirit, in order that he may glorify the Lord by
enduring trials in an heroic manner. If he be fearful and fainthearted,
it will dishonour his God. Besides, what a bad example it is. This
disease of doubtfulness and discouragement is an epidemic which soon
spreads amongst the Lord's flock. One downcast believer makes twenty
souls sad. Moreover, unless your courage is kept up Satan will be too
much for you. Let your spirit be joyful in God your Saviour, the joy of
the Lord shall be your strength, and no fiend of hell shall make
headway against you: but cowardice throws down the banner. Moreover,
labour is light to a man of cheerful spirit; and success waits upon
cheerfulness. The man who toils, rejoicing in his God, believing with
all his heart, has success guaranteed. He who sows in hope shall reap
in joy; therefore, dear reader, "be thou strong, and very courageous."


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My Utmost For His Highest : "You Won't Reach It On Tiptoe"

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YOU WON'T REACH IT ON TIPTOE

Add to your brotherliness ... love.

2&nbsp;Peter 1:7
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Love is indefinite to most of us, we do not know what we mean when we
talk about love. Love is the sovereign preference of one person for
another, and spiritually Jesus demands that that preference be for
Himself (cf. Luke 14:26). When the love of God is shed abroad in our
hearts by the Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ is easily first; then we must
practise the working out of these things mentioned by Peter.

The first thing God does is to knock pretence and the pious pose
right out of me. The Holy Spirit reveals that God loved me not
because I was lovable, but because it was His nature to do so. Now,
He says to me, show the same love to others - "Love as I have loved
you." "I will bring any number of people about you whom you can not
respect, and you must exhibit My love to them as I have exhibited it
to you." You won't reach it on tiptoe. Some of us have tried to, but
we were soon tired.

"The Lord suffereth long. . . ." Let me look within and see His
dealings with me. The knowledge that God has loved me to the
uttermost, to the end of all my sin and meanness and selfishness and
wrong, will send me forth into the world to love in the same way.
God's love to me is inexhaustible, and I must love others from the
bedrock of God's love to me. Growth in grace stops the moment I get
huffed. I get huffed because I have a peculiar person to live with.
Just think how disagreeable I have been to God! Am I prepared to be
so identified with the Lord Jesus that His life and His sweetness are
being poured out all the time? Neither natural love nor Divine love
will remain unless it is cultivated. Love is spontaneous, but it has
to be maintained by discipline.

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ANTICIPATION OF VICTORY

1 Corinthians 15:47-50
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Dear Father, keeper of every promise,

Thank you for making the first man, Adam, a living soul. Thank you
even more that by your power the last man, Jesus Christ, has become
for us a life-giving spirit.

May I anticipate with hope the fact that, just as we have borne
the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the
man of heaven.

Give me patience as I reside in a body of flesh and blood, knowing
that flesh and blood does not inherit the kingdom of heaven, nor
the perishable the imperishable, but the physical has to precede
the spiritual.

In the name of Jesus I lift my voice to you on high. Amen.


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Monday, May 11, 2009

Take Up the Cross


"If a person will not accept the cross (suffering) that will
be given to him when he follows me, then that person is not
good enough for me. Any person that loves his life {more than
he loves me} will lose true life. Any person that gives up
his life for me will find true life."

-- Matthew 10:38-39 (ERV)


KEY THOUGHT:
Far from being a decorative piece of jewelry, the cross in Jesus' day
was something hideous and shameful. Roman citizens weren't crucified.
Decent citizens weren't executed on a cross. Only the scum, riffraff,
and hideous were humiliated and tortured by crucifixion. In fact, the
words crucify and cross were considered to be very crude words not
allowed in polite Greek society. The Jews even had Scripture that
suggested that anyone who was placed on a cross was cursed by God. So
for Jesus to say "Take up your cross" were shocking words to hear. Why
a cross? Can't you think of something better? Nope! Nothing can
symbolize God's love, man's inhumanity, sin's ugly putrefying power in
the world, Satan's hatred, and God's forgiveness quite like a cross, if
that cross is where Jesus paid for our sins and absorbed Satan's worst
deadly blow. Yet in that cross, God's righteous demands were satisfied
and our sins forgiven.


TODAY'S PRAYER:
Oh gracious and sacrificial Father, may I never boast in my deeds, but
always look to the cross as my source of righteousness. Through your
cleansing and empowering Spirit, please help me to surrender my life,
my heart, my sin, and my dreams to you. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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Today's Verse : Luke 6:27

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May 11, 2009


VERSE:
"But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those
who hate you."
-- Luke 6:27
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=Luke+6:27

THOUGHT:
Jesus was the perfect example of this command in his life and
death. Love has such redemptive, life-changing power. While not
everyone responds, many do. While being kind in our deeds and
loving in our hearts to our enemies is not easy, God's Spirit can
fill us with Jesus' love and help us live powerful lives of grace
even in the presence of those who hate us.

PRAYER:
Dear God, I confess that I have trouble with a few people in my
life. They seem determined to criticize, undermine, belittle, and
defeat me. Please give me the character to resist their attacks and
help me respond to their actions in a way that is redemptive and
righteous. In the redeeming and mighty name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

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Today's KJV Verse : Luke 6:27

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May 11, 2009

VERSE:
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to
them which hate you...
-- Luke 6:27
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=Luke+6:27&translation=kjv

THOUGHT:
Jesus was the perfect example of this command in his life and
death. Love has such redemptive, life-changing power. While not
everyone responds, many do. While being kind in our deeds and
loving in our hearts to our enemies is not easy, God's Spirit can
fill us with Jesus' love and help us live powerful lives of grace
even in the presence of those who hate us.

PRAYER:
Dear God, I confess that I have trouble with a few people in my
life. They seem determined to criticize, undermine, belittle, and
defeat me. Please give me the character to resist their attacks and
help me respond to their actions in a way that is redemptive and
righteous. In the redeeming and mighty name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

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