It's Bible Study Today in the Neighborhood!

 Hello everyone from sunny North Dakota,

  Today is Bible study day in the neighborhood.  My daughter-in-law is hosting at her house.  She and Andrew have a bin-zebo where we'll meet today.  YAY we can FINALLY gather outside again!  

  This email caught my attention as I prepare my heart for Bible study.  As in all groups, some people are easier to love than others.  We all love each other but sometimes we rub each other the wrong way.  I don't like that feeling in myself especially when we're meeting to study God's word together.  Leave it to God to speak to my heart about this before I meet with the ladies I love so much!!!  

  I don't have to fake it.  God loves them IMMENSELY.  All I have to do is get out of the way and let HIS love for them flow through me.  Sometimes just being aware of the need for change is enough to let God make the changes in me that are needed.  I don't have to fake being pleased to see them.  All I have to do is surrender my heart to God.  I love this line from this devotional.  "When you find yourself laboring to love those around you, it is a sign that you need to turn your heart toward me in surrender!"

  Here's to surrender.  You probably can guess what song came to my mind now.  I'll share it below.

  As always, I covet your prayers for me and my family.  With 2 babies and a wedding coming up, we sure can use prayers.  

  Lots of love,

  Dawn

   

I Hear His Whisper...

Be true in love.

Drink in the deep delight of my heart today. Fill up on my unending kindness. Feast on my compassion. Does it feel like I’m pushing you too hard to receive? It is only because the more you receive, the more you have to give. I don’t want the well of your heart to run dry because you feel as if you have to stir up love on your own. First drink from my living waters, and you will find that you have more than enough to offer others. When you find yourself laboring to love those around you, it is a sign that you need to turn your heart toward me in surrender. Let me water the garden of your heart with the showers of my mercy. There’s no need to strive to love. Your choices matter—of course they do. But you have the resource of unending love at hand. Let your soul come alive in the light of my kindness, and you will find that kindness flows freely from you. There’s no need to pretend. Just be true in love by allowing me to refill you constantly. Keep coming back to me and drinking up every chance you get.

Adapted from I Hear His Whisper for Women written by Brian Simmons

Romans 12:9 TPT

Let the inner movement of your heart always be to love one another, and never play the role of an actor wearing a mask. Despise evil and embrace everything that is good and virtuous.