Isaiah 43:16-21
Phillipians 3:(4b-7) 8-14
Luke 20:9-20
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It's official - We have a toddler on the loose - no more baby in the house. Today baby Ben turned 1 year old! The grown-ups are marveling at how this is possible and thinking back to what this time was like a year ago. For Ben today is probably like most other days, with the exception, of some cake later; that'll be messy! For Leah and Josh this day is huge! Leah was so distraught going to school this morning because she's convinced we're going to party all day long and she is going to miss out. She's sad I have to work but that still didn't sway her. God bless Alicia - she is taking Josh and Ben to her school so they can have lunch together. I'll miss out, but that was always the plan - that's Dad life. Now all the kids will get something extra, and hopefully their day will be better for it.
This brought Romans 14 to mind, especially verses 5-8: "One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's".
God's law declares to us what is right and wrong, and yet we have freedom in Christ over many things and how we observe them or participate in them - or not, as the case may be. However, we use our Christian freedom, let us live for the Lord. We are his. Life and death can't separate us from Christ or his love and forgiveness for us. In Christ we are joined together as brothers and sisters in him, so we shouldn't let differing "opinions" separate us. We are never alone - God is with us always. So let us rejoice and be glad, let us celebrate and rejoice. We don't live to ourselves, we are the Lord's.
Blessings on your week!
