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The Father’s Great Love Those days between Good Friday and Easter Sunday had to have been long, dreary, hopeless days for Jesus’ followers. Sometimes we go through days like that: someone we love is battling a terminal illness; we don’t get the promotion we had been promised; the kids are rebelling and having trouble at school; we don’t think anyone understands what we’re going through. Never, though, are we beyond hope, for those days between Good Friday and Easter Sunday have passed. We know that the victory has been won. We know our troubles are but “light and momentary” (2 Corinthians 4:17). When we focus on God through His Word, we get a different perspective. For example, meditate on these words from 1 John 3:1: “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” Examine the word “lavish.” Without limit, God has given His love; He gave His Son to show us the depth of His love and to take away the wall that we built between Him and us with our sin. And now He calls us His children! He doesn’t just call us children – He has made us His children! Easter brings us another promise – that, just as Christ has been resurrected from the dead, we, too, will be raised to spend eternity in His presence. And there “we shall be like Him” (1 John 3:2). In the meantime, let us keep focusing on Christ and use the gifts our Father has given us in order that more souls might join with us before His throne of grace. Taken from Stewardship Advisors 2225 East 14 Mile Road, Birmingham MI 48009 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Put the Glass Down A lecturer was giving a lecture to his student on stress management. He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?" The students' answers ranged from 20g to 500gm. "It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance. It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes." "If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier." "What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again." We have to put down the burden periodically, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on. So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can. Pick it up again later when you have rested... Rest and relax. Life is short, enjoy it! Forwarded in an Internet email, source unknown
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