WRONG DIRECTIONS

Have you ever been given the wrong directions? You know your destination but the map is confusing to you so you call ahead to clarify before you even set out. The directions given to you on the phone seem more confusing than the map. You try it but find you must call again. You end up talking with another person whose directions seem clear and to the point, easy to follow. When you get back in your car to proceed, however, you discover that these directions take you nowhere. Your frustration level continues to rise. You wish someone would just tell you simply how to proceed.

How good it is that the Lord is always willing to give us clear, workable directions for any situation in which we find ourselves. He doesn’t want us to become lost, either!

A man’s mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. Proverbs 16:9

Heavenly Father, thank You for being so faithful to me, Your child. In Jesus’ name. Amen

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I used to hate how I made the capital D in my first name...until I met Jan who made the greatest looking Ds. Suddenly my Ds were transformed into things perky and upbeat.

That is such a simple thing. Yet I wonder how many others have touched my life and influenced it in over the years. There was Charlotte Brown with her gentle ways, pleasantly wrinkled face and all of the nursing knowledge I could absorb. Clare was the no-nonsense landlady who cleaned like a pro. Aunt Jo was a first rate domestic engineer, teaching me laundry tricks, how to defrost a freezer, how to cook fried potatoes and how to hang laundry on the clothesline. My mother taught me excellent organizational skills. Aunt Edith’s love for plants and animals rubbed off on me. On and on the list goes - all of the people who have touched my life, influenced me for good, to the love of God, for the benefit of my family.

I wonder whose life you are touching and influencing? May we each allow God to use us as blessings to others.

and the older women . . . train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be sensible, chaste, domestic, kind . . . . Titus 2:3&4

Heavenly Father, please open my eyes so that I can see the lives I am to touch. May my influence be that of Your loving touch. In Jesus’ name. Amen.