Verse of the Day 5/10
2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers, grandmothers and mothers to be that will read this!
This is the first Mother's Day since my wife Jean passed away late last May. I know that she is in the presence of the Lord today and though my heart is heavy, I praise the Lord for her, the mom and wife that she was and whose legacy leaves and indelible mark on anyone that truly knew her.
This morning as I was preparing the final Bible Study of trhe year for my men's Bible study I read through Malachi, the last word from God through His prophets for 400 years until John the Baptist came followed by Jesus. His address, his message from God to his readers began with "I have loved you." (Malachi 1:2) That hit me like a ton of bricks. When Jean passed her cancer robber her ofd the opportunity of uttering final words, but if she would have been able to, I'm sure that they would have been something similar. She loved me, our kids, grandkids, family friends and strangers.
In today's verse God said, "for you who fear my name,the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in it's wings". True healing comes only from One place, only God can truly heal. For those ofthers of you who have recently lost someone close. Turn to God, not from Him, for healing and life.
Charles Spurgeon writes:
Jesus, like the sun, is . . .
the center and soul of all things,
the fullness of all good,
the lamp that lights us,
the fire that warms us,
the magnet that guides and controls us.
Jesus is the source and fountain of all . . .
life,
beauty,
fruitfulness,
and strength.
As you say goodbye this afternoon to mom's, family and friends. Let them know that you love them. Let God know that you love Him. He said it first "I have loved you."
Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace. NIV
The Great Day of the Lord
4 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.
4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”
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