Monday... It is good to remember our befores and afters.

Monday... It good to remember our befores and afters.

Birthdays are a good time to think of that. Our son Brett who is our first child had a birthday over the weekend. It is a good thing to remember what it was like before he came into our life and the positive changes after. Even going back to when Margaret and I got married. That is a great before and after. Our moving to Vegas the first time and then this time was a tremendous before and after.

David in Psalm 40 has a tremendous before and after. In verses 1-3 (NLT) he writes, "I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire." That was his before. Maybe the same is or was true of you before you turned to the Lord. And we need to remember what it was like before God was in our life.

He goes on to his after. "He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along." We need to stop and remember what it was like before and what it is like after.

He keeps going, "He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what he has done and be amazed. They will put their trust in the Lord." People will notice and have noticed the after in your life. Coming to God, having Christ in your life really does make a difference.

Our life has so many before and afters and we need to stop and remember especially the before Christ was in our life and then the after. He really does make a difference and we need to remember and share it. We really do. Yes, yes!, #todaysbeginning

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Tuesday... It is so worth it. It really is!

Tuesday... It is so worth it. It really is! Look at this, Proverbs 5:21-23 (CEV) says, "The Lord sees everything, and he watches us closely. Sinners are trapped and caught by their own evil deeds. They get lost and die because of their foolishness and lack of self-control." That is true of so many. Now look at this, Luke 15:1-7 says, "Tax collectors and sinners were all crowding around to listen to Jesus. So the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses started grumbling, 'This man is friendly with sinners. He even eats with them.' Then Jesus told them this story: If any of you has 100 sheep, and one of them gets lost, what will you do? Won't you leave the 99 in the field and go look for the lost sheep until you find it? And when you find it, you will put it on your shoulder and carry it home. Then you will call in your friends and neighbors and say, 'Let's celebrate! I've found my lost sheep.' Jesus said, 'In the same way there is mo

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Friday... But, can be such a beautiful word.

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