Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Bad Day Creates Opportunities

Like the title? Sounds like a newspaper headline? :)
Well, yesterday was just, well, rough for me. I don't know. Old anxieties and fears crept in to steal my joy. I was really in a bad place, when I remembered the new testament in my purse....it's Grayson's baby one. So I closed my office door and pulled it out and opened it up, desperate to hear a calming word from the Lord. I randomly opened the Bible up, and when I opened it I sensed that what God was going to share with me was what I needed to hear.
As opposed to what I thought I needed ( calming word).

John Chapter 21:
15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah,[b] do you love Me more than these?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.”
He said to him, “Feed My lambs.”
16 He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah,[c] do you love Me?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.”
He said to him, “Tend My sheep.”
17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah,[d] do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?”
And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.

Let us deeply and sincerely pray for each other as we work together to care for and love those that need it most.