March 7. Seventy-seventh day of winter. Chilly again today with strong March winds, but sunny. First thing to do this morning was to cut Daddy’s hair. Then I cooked some veggies to have with amaranth for breakfast, printed out more copies of the newsletter, worked on a youth lesson, and made spaghetti for Daddy’s dinner. Daddy had to go to Gaffney this morning to get milk for C&C. Spent more time on the youth lesson this afternoon. Then did dishes so I’d be ready when it was time to leave for church. Picked up Cindie on the way to church. The Ogles were away at the Wilds, and Pastor Bru oversaw the meeting. Jeremiah C did the preaching, an excellent message from Exodus 33:7-11 on “A Healthy Relationship with God,” He talked about anticipation, verse 7—when you seek for something, you anticipate that you will find it. There is an expectation or eagerness that when I meet with God, God has something for me. We must also leave some things behind in order to meet with God—"without, afar off, went out.” He talked about attention, verse 8—I must direct my mind and concentration on listening to God; I must give whole, complete attention when God is talking. My mind must be stayed on Him, Isaiah 26:3. Thirdly there was adoration, verse 10—worship, reverence, humbling myself before God, singing praise. And lastly, affection, verse 11—God wants to speak to me as a man speaks to a friend, as God did with Moses; I need to stay in God’s presence, as Joshua did. There must be communication, warmth, closeness, togetherness when I meet with God. God created man to communicate with Him and to walk with Him. He concluded with Acts 17:24-28, “24God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; 27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: 28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.” My relationship with God is my whole life, a life with God, God in me. Also just as I anticipate spending time with God, He anticipates spending time with me. As I give attention to Him, He also gives attention to my prayers. As I adore and worship Him, He loves and adores me. And as I show Him affection, He shows affection to me—He is a friend that sticks closer than a brother, a friend of sinners, a friend who walks and talks with me, a friend above all friends. What a wonderful relationship! March 8. Seventy-eighth day of wintrer. Down to 31º this morning. Sun was shining, but icy wind was blowing. As soon as I had had quiet time and a small breakfast (a smoothie), Daddy and I bundled up warm and headed out to shop. We made a full morning of it, going first to Lidl’s to check on their sales on organic produce. Ended up buying quite a few things there, including other organic foods besides the produce, a set of scissors, an alarm clock, and a dual voltage hair trimmer set. Next we went to WalMart for a few groceries and then to Aldi. From Aldi we headed home across the side roads to Lafayette and decided, since we’d be going by the discount meat mart, that we’d stop there to see what they had on sale. Bought quite a few organic snack items for Christy and for ourselves. Around noon, we were done and headed home. Got all the groceries put away, had lunch, and then nap. This afternoon, I cut up a papaya before looking over Acts chapter 17. It was a blessing to look over that chapter and review the verses that were used last night in the conclusion of Jeremiah’s preaching. I was thankful for a second reminder to seek the Lord our Creator because He is very near and desires to have a relationship with the people He created.
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