99 Days of Summer: Remember friendship bracelets? We braided them
using embroidery floss and exchanged them with our friends Then we wore
them until the fell apart. A few weeks ago I had the kids in Sunday
School make a friendship bracelet and then choose a person to send it to
that they wanted to tell about their friend, Jesus. They included a
note asking if they had met Him.
Facebook and other social media has reunited us with so many friends
that we haven't talked to in years. Why not send a special note to one
of those friends today telling them how much you appreciate their
friendship. Have the kids make a bracelet and give it to someone that
is a friend, or they would like to be their friend. I am grateful for
all of you in my life, whether we have met in person, or only through
FB, my life is enriched because you are in it.
Word for Today, Iniquity: This is a word that is not used very often in
modern speech. Often it is translated in the Bible as sin. I decided
to look up the meaning of it since the verses in my devotion time this
morning centered on it. The meaning that really struck me was, the
twisting and bending of the truth. What a picture of man. This is not
new behavior, man has always tried to bend the
truth to fit his wants and desires. Whether the twisting is something
as simple as justifying using the company Fax machine for personal use
or taking home pens and paper clips or giving our own definition to a
word to justify our actions, according to God, it is sin. Sadly we see
Christians taking God's Word and twisting it to justify actions whether
it is people protesting at a fallen soldiers funeral or living with
someone when not married to them, in God's eyes it is all sin. We are
ALL guilty. We tell ourselves, "i am not as bad as ...", but God
doesn't measure our sin against another man, the standard is Jesus, and
none of us can measure up to Him. I am so grateful that by simply
asking, ALL of my failings, whether on purpose or inadvertently, are
forgiven by the one without spot or blemish and are remembered no more.
"If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But
there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared."
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