The female of focus for July in my, "Women Of The Bible" series is the incredible lady called Ruth. Ruth has a whole book in the Old Testament so it proved to be a deep and fascinating study.
I pray the nuggets of gold that I sifted out can be a blessing to you. Love Lucy x
One afternoon in July 2023, I was listening to a sermon by my Pastor, Alwyn Wall as part of my research for a poetry series I was writing at the time. He was teaching on Matthew 9:18-26 where we hear about the woman with the issue of blood as well as a man called Jairus, whose young daughter had died.
In the middle of the sermon, Alwyn explained that he often has people asking him what happens to the soul of a baby or a young child when they die. Before he went on to answer this heartbreaking question, I heard myself respond with the words, “They go straight into the arms of Jesus.”
I suddenly felt the Holy Spirit place the weight of these words into my heart and with tears in my eyes, I soon found myself writing my little poem. I pray these words can offer even a flicker of comfort and peace to anyone who may be going through the terrible sorrow of losing a little one. May the God of all comfort guard your heart as we await the glorious reunion that’s promised to us in Heaven one day.
To show love to someone who doesn't love you back can be a very hard thing indeed, yet Jesus calls us to love our enemies in Matthew 5:43-45. This would seem like a ridiculous expectation if our Saviour hadn't already shown us that it's possible.
July's "But God" verses take a look at Romans 5:6-8 where we're shown the ultimate example of loving the unlovable. Praises to our wonderful Saviour who leads the way!
But God...Showed His Love While We Were Still Sinners
Romans 5:6-8
“For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
For the start of July we return to my "Jesus Is..." series. So far this year we've looked at just some of the incredible things that Jesus is to us. We've seen that Jesus is our Creator, Father, Friend, Saviour, Warrior and Advocate. What a list!
This month, we focus on the fact that Jesus is our Righteousness. Praises to Jehovah Tsidkenu! The Lord my Righteousness!
