by Macy Johnson
“For we know, loved by God, that he has
chosen you.”
(1 Thessalonians 1:4 NIV)
My
granddaughter’s seventh birthday quickly approached. Walmart’s greeting cards’
display commandeered my attention longer than planned. Out of the midst of a
plethoric selection of birthday greetings for granddaughters, one special card leapt
off the shelf and into my cart.
by Macy Johnson
“If my people, who are called by my
name, will humble themselves
and pray and seek my face and turn from
their wicked ways,
then will I hear from heaven and will
forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
(2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV)
Most mornings you’ll find me on my Prayer Walk, one of God’s
gifts. For some time a GPS tracker visually proved my route. One morning I
looked at the display with squiggly red lines and noticed that it strangely resembled
Pi. What does that mean?
by Macy Johnson
“I have been crucified with Christ and
I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
The life I live in the body, I live by
faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave himself for me.”
(Galatians 2:20 NIV)
I drove to
the nearby town of Madison to shop for weekly household supplies. My husband
needed cash for his hairstylist, so I decided to cash a check at the bank’s
drive through. I placed on the check for $100 a post-it note which read, “Five
twenties, please.”
by Macy Johnson
“By the sweat of your brow you will eat
your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for
dust you are and to dust you will return.”
(Genesis 3:19 NIV)
We must
humbly admit we are made from the dust of the earth. We are hand-fashioned in
the womb out of flesh and blood and bound to this planet for a short season.
Dust has
many connotations. It is the substance of being, the offspring of destruction, and
dry and lifeless until the Holy Spirit pours nourishing life-giving water into
it.
“I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for
her husband.”
(Revelation 21:2 NIV)
There is
so much in life to look forward to. Whatever you are planning right now, if it
is God’s will you can bet it’s on its way!
Fear
paralyzed me as I unfolded our new tent from its packaging, laid it out on the
grass in front of me, and took a long, apprehensive look. I walked over to read
the instructions sewn into the carrying case. Words, few and jumbled, and drawings
not very clear, nevertheless stirred my husband and me to start with the first step.
