A Kruiser enKouragement
( October 31, 2006 )

A good excuse for not walking:  I’m bored with the same path.

Excuse buster:  Walk down a corn row!

The weather was so beautiful the other day that it gave me energy for a new adventure. I always wanted to walk down a row in a corn field, and Monday was the day. Fallen corn stalks blocked the path about three quarters of the way down a row, which told me it was time to get back on the gravel lane. I carefully slid between the rows, back to the gravel lane and finished my walk with a feeling of ecstasy. That feeling quickly vanished when I got back to the house and discovered my cell phone was lost during this great adventure. Trying to find a cell phone in a corn field is like trying to find a needle in a hay stack.  But after a 45-minute search, the phone was found. (If only the Kruisers were counting minutes. I clocked 75 that day.)

Cynthia Heald, an author of women’s Bible studies was asked how she keeps her time with God fresh.  Her reply: “I do enjoy reading different versions of the Bible, and I use two or three devotional books. I read the Scriptures with this question in mind; ‘Lord, what are you saying to me today?’” I took her comment a step further. I asked God what he wanted me to learn as I searched for my cell phone. I went from panic to peace with that simple question.

I John 2:5,6 says: But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.

The New Living Version reads: But those who obey God’s word really do love him. That is the way to know whether or not we live in him. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Christ did.

You can show God you love him by obeying his word.  Did you catch how special you are? God’s love is made complete in you as you obey his word.  Stop a moment and thank God for his word. Ask God to help you live your life as Christ did.

Diane

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