HAPPY SPRING! I have missed you so much...I was out of town for 3 weeks and I'm just getting back in the sewing room. I'll have new pillows starting next week, but today I just want to share a word from today's message in "Our Daily Bread".
We all seem very interested in the stock market, portfolios, 401ks, etc. But Peter warns us to invest wisely in our "spiritual accounts" as well:
"...make every effort to add to your faith goodness...
knowledge...self-control...perseverance...godliness...
kindness...love..."
Do you know why? Verse 8 says "...to keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ". Ugh...I often feel ineffective and unproductive and now I know why!!! The word for "add" is epichoregeo - to contribute or fully supply. Think about the things we work so hard to "fully supply":
--our bank accounts
--our bodies
--our closets
--our children
--our resumes
--our gardens
Anne Cetas says: "Investing money in retirement funds can be profitable, but investing in our spiritual lives offers the best kind of return for our future".
For further study: Psalm 1:3, Proverbs 11:30, Ecc. 2:10-11, Ezekiel 47:1-12, Jonah 2:8, Matthew 7:16-20, John 15:8, 16, Galatians 5:22-23, Colossians 1:10-12.
A special "shout out" to a new friend of HSP, Giovanni S. in Naples, Italy! How fun to meet brothers and sisters in Christ all around the world!
May you be blessed in your understanding of God's word!
Love,
Holly
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