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Wednesday... I didn't realize I needed it but I really appreciated it.


Wednesday... I didn't realize I needed it but I really appreciated it.

I came into my daily coffee shop this morning and  I was given a gift by one of the lead baristas. She had made it. That really meant a lot to me. I'm not usually good at getting gifts but this was so very meaningful to me. I didn't realize that I needed that today but I sure appreciated it. 

Now there are so many different gifts given to us but we don't notice them or appreciate them. Proverbs 20:12 (NLT) says, "Ears to hear and eyes to see - both are gifts from the Lord." I love each morning to go out and sit on my couch and look up at the sky. I am right now looking out the window of my coffee shop and I'm looking at some awesome mountains. A gift from God. Some Christmas music is playing. It helps to set the tone of a good morning. "Ears to hear and eyes to see - both are gifts from the Lord."

Proverbs 20:24 (MSG) says, "The very steps we take come from God; otherwise how would we know where we are going?" Both eyes and ears help in this but there is more to it. God is looking down on us and he sees what is ahead and he is involved in where we are headed. 

Verse 27 says, "God is in charge of human life, watching and examining us inside and out." We take God for granted. For many they don't even realize there is a God, that he is involved in their life. He is the giver of life.

Verse 22 (NLT) says, "Don't say, 'I'll get even for this wrong.' Wait for the Lord to handle the matter." But we think that we have to handle the wrongs in our life, to get even. But it's not up to us.

And then the last verse in Matthew 3 says, "And a voice from heaven said, 'This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy." Jesus is the greatest gift that has ever been given. God really, really loves him. The Message Paraphrase  says, "This is my Son, chosen and marked by my love, delight of my life."  God gave us the greatest gift that he could ever give us. He showed by this gift how much he loves us. And too many don't even realize this fact and realize that they really need this gift and even really appreciate it. 

Jesus is truly the greatest gift to have ever been given. We each one really do need him. And thanks God for giving him and showing us how much you really, really love us! Yes yes! #todaysbeginning

 

 


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