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PIRATES!!! in the Upper Room #XLIV
15 years ago
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Treasured Possessions
Read Deuteronmy 7:6-11
The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.
-Deuteronomy 7:6 (NIV)
JUST above my kitchen sink is a ledge that holds an interesting collection of treasured possessions. Over the years, my sons, now teenagers, have given me gifts I deeply treasure -- a homemade birthday card, a painted flowerpot, a sculpture molded by hand from clay. These gifts are set apart from other things because they remind me of the special, loving relationship I share with my sons.
Whenever I read the verse quoted above, I think of my kitchen ledge and those treasured gifts and remember that I, like the Israelites long ago, have been set apart as God's treasured possession. Within each of us is a deep longing to be loved and cherished. God loves us not because of who we are or anything we might do. God loves us because love is the nature of God, in whose sight we are of unsurpassable value. No matter where we journey in life, God holds us close and loves us much more than all the earthly treasures we will ever cherish.
Sandi Marr (Ontario, Canada)
Prayer
Dear God, help us as your dearly loved children to receive all the love and goodness you offer this day. Amen.
Thought for the Day
We are God's cherished possessions, set apart for God's pleasure.
Prayer Focus
Those who have not discovered God's love
Read Deuteronmy 7:6-11
The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.
-Deuteronomy 7:6 (NIV)
JUST above my kitchen sink is a ledge that holds an interesting collection of treasured possessions. Over the years, my sons, now teenagers, have given me gifts I deeply treasure -- a homemade birthday card, a painted flowerpot, a sculpture molded by hand from clay. These gifts are set apart from other things because they remind me of the special, loving relationship I share with my sons.
Whenever I read the verse quoted above, I think of my kitchen ledge and those treasured gifts and remember that I, like the Israelites long ago, have been set apart as God's treasured possession. Within each of us is a deep longing to be loved and cherished. God loves us not because of who we are or anything we might do. God loves us because love is the nature of God, in whose sight we are of unsurpassable value. No matter where we journey in life, God holds us close and loves us much more than all the earthly treasures we will ever cherish.
Sandi Marr (Ontario, Canada)
Prayer
Dear God, help us as your dearly loved children to receive all the love and goodness you offer this day. Amen.
Thought for the Day
We are God's cherished possessions, set apart for God's pleasure.
Prayer Focus
Those who have not discovered God's love
Seriously though i don't get the pirates title other than us being treasured by god, and where there is treasure there are oft pirates.
Are you going to bury us on the beach under an X shaped tree Wally bear?