Verse of the Day - weekend 4/25

Good morning,

I mentioned earlier this week that our grandson Tyler came into the world this week and this weekend is the first opportunity to see him and hold him in my arms.

Today's verse is from Proverbs 17 one that we can relate to as grandparents and all of us as Christians as being children of our heavenly Father.

Proverbs 17:6  Children's children are the crown of old men,
      And the glory of children is their father.  NIV
I don't feel like an old man (at least not most of the time), but being called gramps or papa probably puts me into that category.  The birth of a child or a grandchild comes with great expectation.  What will they look like, who will they resemble, what will they enjoy, what will they come to be?

I'm reminded of a song by Steven Curtis Chapman, "With Great Expectation" that tells us that we should approach God with the same attitude.  He sees beyond our wildest expectations, we need to believe.

 

Believe the unbelievable
Receive the inconceivable
And see beyond my wildest imagination
Lord I come with great expectations

So wake the hope that slumbers in my soul
Stir the fire inside and make it glow
I'm trusting in a love that has no end
The savior of this world has called me friend
And I I've been invited with the son
We've been invited with the son
And we've been invited to come and

Believe the unbelievable
Receive the inconceivable
And see beyond our wildest imagination
Lord we come with great expectations

Read the passage below which tells us that we are a "new creation" in Christ.  Think of what it means to you today.

Blessings,
Mike
mikevw@bellsouth.net
mikesvotd.blogspot.com

 

2 Corintians 5: ¹⁷Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!

    ¹⁸But all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him].

    ¹⁹It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).

    ²⁰So we are Christ's ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ's personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.