Let strong faith humbly challenge the power of Almighty God and see what He will do.

TH

BSM 1942

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I have loved thee with an everlasting love Jer.31.3

Marvellous and transforming is the sweet love of God. It dispels the darkness. It lightens the gloom. It straightens the crooked. It sweetens the bitter. It smoothes the rough. It calms the commotion. It breaks the bondage. It sets the fettered free.

B.McCall Barbour

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We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2.10

"When I was young, my dad had a zip-up cardigan that I liked to wear. It was way too big for me, but when I put it on it was like being wrapped in his arms. Dad died a few years ago, and now the sweater is mine. It fits me better now, and I still feel as if my dad's arms are wrapped around me when I wear it.

"The sweater is a lot like my Christian walk. Along the way I have been asked to do things that didn't seem the 'right fit' but I did them anyway. Some were straightforward simple tasks such as learning to read the Bible. Others were more challenging, such as leading a new ministry at church.

"But God uses us in in the way God needs us. I find that the more I journey into the tasks God has for me, the more comfortable I become with trying on new roles in serving the Lord. When God speaks to us about doing some good work, we can go ahead and put on that sweater. It may be the perfect fit. And even if it is not, we may grow into it over time."

Trish Krider, from The Upper Room