Saturday, March 12, 2005

Try this!

Something to Bookmark: Our Daily Bread, Daily Devotional (online)

This brings you to "Our Daily Bread" reading, which I find very helpful each day.
Years ago I found it very difficult to pick up the Bible and start reading. Where could I start. Until I discovered that if I had something to read which would include a Bible verse I found that much easier. Thus began my "daily early before anybody was up morning" time with the Lord.

I remember when Yvonne started dating Jason, and he slept in the recroom he heard me singing and commented to Yvonne:"do you know your Mom is singing early in the morning?" "Yep", Yvonne said: "that's my Mom doing her "daily early before anybody is up morning" time with the Lord!".

I discovered this site, because I had given my booklet that RBC sends to me every month, to Debbie at work. For some reason they discontinued sending it to her. She requested to be on the mailing list again, but she still did not have it for March.
I felt she needed it more than me!

Just to give you a bit of info on Debbie. She lost her husband Gerald 42 year old suddenly September 27th, barely 6 months ago. Imagine the loss for her and her two children 12 and 9. I have know Debbie for many years and she has always had a desire to know more about the Lord. During her time of grieving she has told me many times how the Lord sustained her. I am amazed at how she is an example of God's grace in times like hers. She inspires me and we have a beautiful relationship.

She is the one taking over my job while I am recuperating. Needles to say, we have spent a lot of time on the phone, me on the laptop, coaching her. As I plan to slowly retire, she is working more and taking on more responsibilities!

Please take a minute and pray for her, she does not have the spiritual support from her family. She does read a lot. One of her favorite books are: Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peal, which I recommended to her a few years ago. (I highly recommend it to anyone, because it changed my life!). She also loves books by Dr Robert Schuller.

As good these books are, they should never take the place of the Bible. After all, books are written by people.

Getting back to the site I mentioned above, you will find links to other Bible translations, I even found one in Dutch, by the click of my finger! How amazing!
Today's reading is very good! Sometimes it may not be relevant to me, but it still point to the Bible reading and from there, well I never know where it takes me!
You may go to church and the sermon may not be for you, but a song may be.

Like a garage sale, which I don't like but Ted does, you pick up what you like and the rest might be good for somebody else!

Love Trudy

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