Burning Question:
What is clearly a scam but is so normalized that people don’t notice?
Morning Devotional:
My parents recently informed me they want to paint their living room and they asked me if I would help. It definitely needs a fresh coat and I told them I would be more than happy to do it. What delights me to no end about their request was that the color they want to paint the living room is not white.
For nearly my entire life, my parents have had white walls in their homes. Not beige, not cream, but white. One of the first things I did when I bought my first home was paint my walls a variety of different colors. To me, a white wall is a blank canvas and as I tend to be more artistic than my folks, my instinct is to fill a white space with color.
I am confident I can get a new color on Mom and Dad’s living room walls and make that room look good. If we were to consider our spiritual lives as a blank canvas, we could try the same thing, but I don’t think we could produce the same effect on our own. No one can paint a masterpiece like the Lord.
God is a pro when it comes to landing paint on a canvas. He can take every trial, every hurt, every heartbreak and brush it on it in every variety of brush stroke – a wide swath for the longsuffering prayer of trust, short strokes for every fiery dart that comes our way. Blues line the canvas for the still water He provided and reds symbolize the blood Jesus bled for us at Calvary. Every color and every brush stroke tells a story. It may not look cohesive up close, but step back and the picture emerging from the blank white canvas becomes clear. God has been and always will be faithful.
– Beth
Bible Quiz:
Question: According to Jesus, who would teach His followers all they needed to know?
Answer: The Holy Spirit (John 14:26)
Storytime: I had disappeared!