I am sitting in a waiting room, having just dealt with a stressful situation, and I’ve decided to “knock out” my BLOG for the week rather than pay $10 (the financial penalty we all agreed to in the beginning of the 99 days to hold ourselves accountable to blog on time.) Bottom line---I’m compliant and cheap! So, I pulled out my list and I realized I got...Ephesians chapter one. Holy Guacamole! God continues to amaze me, and I’m ashamed of it. Just when I needed it most-God reminds me that, “He chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love, he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.” Ephesians 1.
Why is this sooooo significant for me today? Well, Ephesians chapter one has been my “go to” passage for a long time. I’m an adopted kid that is proud to be twice adopted; once by fantastic earthly parents and once by the living God. When I was younger I stumbled across this scripture from Paul and it helped me see that being “adopted” is not strange or different or weird. Well, maybe it is---but at least WE’RE ALL strange and different and weird together...and loved and saved and filled by GOD! Hallelujah! Just for that---I might just pay the $10 for grins!
Jim Bales
April 29
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