Hi Ladies!
I hope you are having a fun summer so far. Enjoy every second of it, because it is going fast, at least it is for me.
The highlights of last week for me were getting to go to Ruidoso for a few days and then attending church with our daughter, Patti and her family last Sunday, to see April and Oliver baptized together. Patti and Rodrick had led each one to the Lord a while back at different times and then they went to a class that teaches all about baptism at their church. So, last Sunday was the day they got to be baptized together. It was so cute and exciting to watch. As I was standing there by the baptism pool, I had flashes of when Patti was baptized at a young age. She asked Jesus in her heart at 4 and her daddy had the privilege of baptizing her. Nathan was 6 and it seems like just yesterday. Now, I'm watching my grandbabies, how can that be?
Did you enjoy your study of Miriam last week? I know I did! Makes you think twice about any murmuring and complaining, doesn't it? God has been so good to us, how can we complain and think we deserve so much more than we have already?
This week we are reading all about Rahab. I like this story as it shows how God is a forgiving God and will use any of us where we are when we put our faith and trust in Him. We don't have to be anyone special or be raised in a certain type of home, or even have a long line of Christians in our family. He uses us as we are and if you will always notice, he changes us, we don't keep living in the same lifestyle, He radically changes our hearts and our desires. I've seen that first hand in my life. My mother did not have a godly heritage to look back on and to view, she stepped out in total faith by herself and believed in a life changing God and from there, our legacy began. I asked Christ into my heart at 14 and I have never looked back. God has blessed beyond my comprehension. My husband, Jim, had a godly grandfather, who taught him the things of God and Jim has many remembrances of hearing the things of God. Jim accepted Christ as his Savior at 15. Together, we are now watching our grandbabies put their faith in Christ.
On today's reading (Wednesday) is a question that I think is really important. "What brave actions can you take to spare your loved ones from future difficulties and harm?" I would love to hear what you wrote in on that or are thinking. Just send me a note if you can and share that with me.
I also am a little stumped on a question the author's have for us. I would love to hear your input on that as well, if you have time. "Why would the house of a prostitute be a good place for the spies to go when they entered the city?" If anyone would like to share their insight, I would much appreciate it. :)
Have a blessed week and I pray that we all learn from Rahab and what God has for our life, right now, where we are, as we are, in the future and for our families.
His Heart, My Desire,
Beverly Dillow
"Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4
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