good morning y'all!!!!! guess what? if you guessed more rain, you win!!!! we had another 2 or 3 inches yesterday, making about 8 and a half or 9 inches so far. I think I noticed I'm starting to grow gills. I don't know what that means, but it may mean I'm turning aquatic or something. hahahaha just wells to laugh as to cry. and I am so thankful that God's hand of protection has been on us. I continue to pray for His safety during this bad weather that we've been having. I did get some breakfast patties in the freezer for my husband yesterday, so that's not a total loss. I'm thrilled to have gotten done. I need to get my breakfast jars made for me too, this morning is the last breakfast jar I have, so I may need to whip up some of those today. also, I got all my garden seedling starts taken back to the garage and put in the sprout house. we're going to have 3 or 4 nights below freezing, so I needed to get them back in the garage. I also noticed that my hydroponic unit with strawberry seeds in it has 3 or 4 that has actually sprouted. I'm so thrilled, I hope and pray that others sprout also. I was just looking on friday to see how long it took for strawberry seeds to sprout and it said between 12 and 48 days. so mine was started on March 28th and I'm thinking that's pretty good for mine to be sprouting already. woohoo!!! I'm looking forward to getting some of my garden going. what are you doing in your garden?
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giggle for the day:
Q - What did one snowman say to the other snowman?
A - It smells like carrots over here!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
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picking up with Ezekiel Chapter 21, even during the toughest times, God's purpose prevails. what may look like chaos to us, is the divine purpose of God. we must trust God's plan even when we don't understand it. is that easy to do? absolutely not, but we pray and give our fears and any unbelief to God. God is impartial and asks us to live holy lives and to seek His mercy. again, continue to seek after the heart of God in every thing we do. God's message is hard to share but that's we're called to do, with compassion. live a life that honors Christ and live a life that is awaiting His return. God is in control of everything, regardless of what it looks like with our eyes, His purpose will come out on top every time.
Ezekiel 22, sin carries a heavy consequence and sinful nations will face God's judgement. we need to stand in the gap where we see need, injustice and unrighteousness. God will judge any nation that focuses on corruption, idolatry and moral decay. I think we are living in these times for sure. when perversion of all kinds is accepted in main stream life as normal, something is very wrong. all these perverted ways of life, God has called an abomination and if we support this perversion, we are NOT Christians and we count on being judged just like the nation that Ezekiel was speaking Gods words to. wicked leaders are responsible for what they expect from the community at large. if they support perversion, then that's what they push. no matter what is forced upon us, we as Christians have to live lives of integrity and we must pray for our leaders. we need to be interceders through prayer and our actions for those around us. work for a society that reflects the love of God and justice.
Ezekiel 23, we have a relationship with God and we must keep that pure. some were committing spiritual adultery. we have to keep our commitment to God pure and make sure our actions reflects that purity. we must be vigilant in our modern day influences of idols that can take us away from our relationship with God. we are set apart, to live holy lives for God. if the way we live looks like the rest of the world, then there is nothing holy about us and we are living a fools life. repentance is the first step towards reconciliation and renewal.
Ezekiel 24, to serve God calls for personal sacrifice. sometimes that personal sacrifice is hard to bare, but we have to be willing to serve God. personal sacrifice will be something that we are all familiar with at some point in time. during times of loss we have to realize that Gods purposes are for our good and His glory. God will be glorified. God's discipline is an expression of His love. even in discipline, He offers hope of reconciliation thru repentance.
Ezekiel 25, God's justice is impartial, even thru His love for us. those who harm God's people will face divine judgement. we can count on that. when people take pride and joy over the suffering of God's people, you can trust that they will be dealing with God's divine judgement. trust that God sees all injustice that's taking place and He will deal with it. people had taken great pleasure in the downfall of Israel. make sure that we are not taking pleasure in the downfall of others. pray for nations and leaders asking God to guide them in making the right decisions. God is in control of all of history, past present and future, find peace in knowing that God has it all worked out already.
next time we pick up at Ezekiel Chapter 26.
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well, I think this is just about it for the day. may we all be blessed and know that God is in control of absolutely everything. I pray that we all have a great day today. pray for those that you know are hurting and in pain. please pray for a friend of mine who's husband has been put in hospice home care because there's no way they can help him. he actually opted out of them trying to help him. just pray for him and his wife as they go thru this journey together. pray for God's mercy on both of them. blessings of peace and mercy be ours today.
hugs and love, patty
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