Foster Kitties and the Gospel

🌿My alarm for today is set for 6:23am. Yet I have been up for the past few hours with the kitty we are fostering. She had somehow escaped the pampered room I created for her, and has been going up and down the bamboo-floored hallways yowling in angst for her owner. Between the claw marks in my shoulders as I tempted to cuddle her into calm, and the beginning growls in my ear as she tried desperately to escape and continue terrorizing our two house cats, my peace was seriously frazzled.

Indy the foster kitty. Super sweet, absolutely beautiful, but not convenient.

🌿How precious it was, then, to watch Kathy Howard’s devo on the launch page for her new book, Deep Rooted, saturated in the gospel.

🌿Oh, the gospel- the BEST GOOD NEWS you’ll ever find. It’s the reason I am able to show love to anyone, including my family members as I sacrifice my sleep to let them keep theirs, this feisty kitty missing her owner, and her owner by extension. It all comes down to the gospel.

🌿My peace is back intact though my brain and body are tired, and I’m already looking forward the nap I have scheduled with my girlies (as we’re all sick). But Jesus is sweeter, and the GOOD NEWS of His love and it’s transformative power keeps me going through the hardest times and the most bitter sovereignty. In the grand scheme of things a yowling kitty is but a blip of inconvenience. But even a foster cat can be used to showcase Christ.

🌿May I ever #KnowHimMore, that I might remember the gospel in every moment, and steward it well.

You can find Kathy’s book via the link- I recommend it! https://amzn.to/36zowjQ #DeepRootedDevo

Creating a Proper Heart Attitude When Times Are Hard

100 days. Oh my goodness. *sigh* Tomorrow will mark 100 days of our family being in quarantine. The stresses and constraints have tightened and laxed and tightened so many times, and our day-to-day routine has reached a stagnant loping.

Gratitude is less practiced, and our thankful hearts are tired.

You see, our world is in obvious turmoil these days. The broken state of this planet and the broken state of its inhabitants is clearly on display, and the ramification of sin is easier to identify.

On account of these challenging times it can be hard to cultivate an attitude of gratitude-- that heart-position of trust which results in a deeper settling of our faith and beautiful mental and physical changes.  (Consider picking up What's So Great About Practicing Gratitude from the freebie page for insights regarding the benefits of a biblical thankful heart.)

In light of both the difficulty of practicing gratitude and the wonderful blessings derived in cultivating thankfulness I have made this little ebook available for free. I hope it blesses your heart, and breathes a new joy in knowing God through practicing gratitude. 

May we all continue to purposefully pursue a deeper knowledge of God and invest our time and hearts in a greater appreciation of all He has called us to be.

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The Aim of the Christian

🌿As Christians this life on earth is not about freedoms and opportunities and equality. It is about laying down our comforts, our ambitions, and even our lives for the sake of others, for the glory of Christ and the furtherance of the gospel.

When justice is realized in our lifetime it is a beautiful grace, yet that is not our ultimate aim.

Our aim is to love with Jesus’s love. When His love permeates the hearts of those around us they will be transformed into people that will also instinctively and supernaturally love others. And THAT is where the change will occur. It is in the individual’s heart that we will see the birth of hope and justice.

American Christians have been afforded beautiful comfort, and we are blessed to enjoy and support our country. Yet patriotism is not eternal. And freedom is not the marker of our resolve. We must not confuse patriotism with the gospel, nor liberty with our heavenly hope. We are promised trials as Christians, yet our purpose to serve remains.

Do not be surprised when you have trouble, but love all the more, do good to those who persecute you, carry the cloak of your enemy an extra mile, and they will know us by our love.