LIFE IN BLOOM

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Favor Ain’t Fair

I’ve always heard people say “favor ain’t fair” when talking about how God bestows his blessings. While I have always agreed, I would say that I haven’t always felt that I have found favor with God. However, lately I have really been getting a better understanding of how true it is that favor isn’t fair.

As I have grown and as I look back over the years, I can honestly say that I am SO grateful for the favor of God in my life. It’s not anything that I can explain, but when I look at some people in my family; situations they’ve been through, obstacles they’ve had to overcome…it really amounts to the tremendous favor of God. There’s not much that separates me from my family members. We grew up in the same area. Went to the same schools. Made some of the same bad decisions. Yet, I’m in Georgia, with a Master’s degree; a job, making it in the world…with no kids or anything like that. And it’s not to say anything negative about my family or other people, but I can definitely recognize the favor of God in my life.

I came to the conclusion that it must now be my responsibility to act on that- to uphold my end of the bargain with God. Favor isn’t fair…but it’s not free, either. As Luke 12:48 says, “… From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.”

Wishing you the best of God’s blessings and his favor! Be encouraged!


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OUCH! The Feeling of Conviction…

So, I have always maintained that being convicted is a good thing. To me, it lets me know where I can improve as a Christian, and it’s a reminder of being in the will of God. Though life has been overwhelming me, I have realized that one of the challenges that I am facing is to STILL praise God and be in communion with God as I was BEFORE I received these recent blessings. Note Deuteromony 6:10-12:

“When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.”

But, today’s devotional was also an EXCELLENT reminder for me of the importance of being a bold, and living witness of the power of Christ in my life. The devotional was based of 2 Corinthians 2:15 which says,

“For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.”

Then, there was the following statement:

When I enter a room, do my words and deeds give testimony of a life changed by Christ or evidence of an inconsistent walk with God? Am I a pleasing fragrance to God? The spiritual influence we have on others is the fragrance that God senses. What impression of Christ do I leave with those I meet each day?

So yeah, I was convicted…cause I KNOW how I can be from day to day; even on my “good” days. But the real truth is that even on our “bad” days, every day is a good day to exhibit the love of Christ and his power in our lives.

Be encouraged all…