Above Rubies Daily Encouragement Blogs

Through the weekly and daily devotionals you can be constantly encouraged in your great role of parenting, the highest career in the nation. You can also stay updated on what's happening with the Above Rubies ministry.

Strengthening Families Across the World through the encouragement of women in their high calling from God as wives, mothers and homemakers.

IT’S PERSONAL FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN

PersonalForYouI love the words of God to Abram in Genesis 17:7: “And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, TO BE GOD TO YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS AFTER YOU.” God wanted to be God to Abram. God also wants to be God to you. He is the One who seeks us out. He wants to have a personal relationship with us--every day and all through the day. As John the disciple confessed, “We loved him, because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19).

When David prayed to God, he prayed to One who was so personal to Him. Over and over again he addresses God as “MY God.” David understood God as the God of creation and King over all, but he daily experienced God personally in his life. He not only addresses God as “MY God,” but also as . . .
MY rock,
MY fortress,
MY deliverer,
MY buckler,
MY Savior,
MY high tower,
MY refuge,
MY shepherd,
MY exceeding joy,
MY strength,
MY defense and more.
David experienced God personally ministering to him in all these ways. And this is how God wants you to experience Him too.

But not only you. This promise is for your children. He wants to be God to your children. He wants them to know Him personally and to experience Him personally in every part of their lives. This is more important than all the education you give your children. They can be the most educated children in the world, but if they don’t KNOW GOD, the One who created them, died for them, and who planned their destiny before the foundation of the world, they are deprived of their destiny.

In John 17:3 Jesus said: “And this is life eternal, that they might KNOW THEE the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” Amen.

When Peter preached on the day of Pentecost, he proclaimed the words: “For the promise is unto YOU, AND TO YOUR CHILDREN.”

Claim the wonderful promise in Isaiah 44:3 (NET): “I will pour my Spirit on ;your offspring and my blessing on your children.”

Let’s seek to know God personally and pray earnestly that our children will also experience God personally in their lives.

Blessings to you today,

NANCY CAMPBELL

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THANKSGIVING MEMORIES

ThanksMemoriesHow blessed we are in this nation to have a day to celebrate together as families and give thanks for God’s goodness throughout the year. It’s one of my favorite days in the year and along the way we have gathered many traditions.

We began at midday with a big family sit-down meal with name places for 82 people! And even then, 21 of our immediate family were not able to be with us. And there will be more next year as the family keeps enlarging.

Because we originate from New Zealand we love to celebrate with not only turkey, but lamb. I cooked a huge turkey and a big leg of lamb (well actually mutton). Our son, Stephen, also brought two pieces of lamb. We have a competition every Thanksgiving and Christmas to see who cooks it the best. And forgive me saying it, but you have to be a New Zealander to really know how to cook lamb. Although once again, I rarely cook lamb. I prefer hogget (which is a one year old sheep) or even mutton (which is two years or older).

But, we actually had a lamb feast this Thanksgiving. Our grandson, Zadok, recently led an Islamic guy to the Lord, who now loves His Savior with all his heart. We asked him to join us for Thanksgiving. The night before he arrived with not a piece of lamb, but a whole, live sheep! Can you believe it? All the guys killed and dressed it at about midnight and began cooking it in an outside oven ready for our Thanksgiving.

We also had many extra dishes and after our wonderful meal and fellowship we began toasting which we love to do. It was a rich time of sharing God’s goodness and giving thanks to Him.

After this we moved outside. We were certainly blessed this year in Tennessee. It was such a warm glorious day. We usually have to put on coats and are often shivering, although we still never give up our traditions, no matter how cold. We were just spoilt this year. We began with our egg-throwing competition. Each person has a partner to whom they throw the egg. Those whose eggs broke go out of the game. The others move back so they have to throw it further, and so it continues until the last couple are left throwing quite a long distance!

We then have tug of war with the adults against the children--always fun. The children then have their running races, three-legged races, and sack races and so on which they love.

Now it’s getting later and time for dessert. Back inside for a table full of desserts and more great fellowship. After this the children like to gather around and share poems and Scriptures they have learned, etc. Toward the end of this time last night, one of our Above Rubies girls received a call from their family in Montana to say that her 15 year old brother was lost out in the wild. He and his sisters had been out hunting elk. They shot two elk, and he went off to find his but the tracks were covered and they couldn’t find him. He had been out for many hours and it was now getting late. We all gathered round and cried out to God that he would be found. Praise the Lord, before we went to bed, we got the news that they had found him. We were all praising the Lord.

We thank the Lord for another Thanksgiving and we’re already looking forward to next year’s celebration. And of course, wondering who else God will have brought into our family in another year. We already know of one as Rashida and Jack are expecting a precious little baby. They rejoiced to receive a honeymoon conception after their wedding in August.

~ Blessings from Nancy

P.S. This picture is from last year--our son, Stephen and someone else on the father’s side. These days the children are getting so big and strong that they are winning. I’ll try and post some up-to-date pictures for you this coming week.

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I AM THANKFUL TODAY!

GiveThanksHAPPY THANKSGIVING to you and your precious family. May you be filled with thankfulness, today, and every day of the year.

Some good Scriptures to read today are Colossians 2.7 and 1 Thessalonians 5:18. And say out loud, “I am thankful today.” Thank God for specific things for which you are thankful. Here are some things for which I am grateful.

T I thank God for TEACHING me His ways
H I thank God for giving me my HUSBAND
A I thank God for ANOINTING me to be a mother
N I thank God for creating me to be a NURTURER and NOURISHER to my family
K I thank God for His KINDNESS to me
F I thank God for my FAMILY and His daily FAITHFULNESS to me
U I thank God for giving me UNDERSTANDING of His truth
L I thank God for LOVING me enough to die for me and shed His precious blood for my sins

Today, let’s take positive action to thank God for each little thing—the joys of our children, their unconditional love, food on our table, or a smile or kind word someone says to us.

Let’s choose to be thankful.

~ Nancy Campbell

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FILL OUR HEARTS WITH THANKFULNESS

FillHeartsAlmighty God, You have given us this good land for our heritage. We humbly ask You that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Your favor and glad to do Your will. Bless our land with honorable endeavor, sound learning and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitude brought here out of many nations and tongues. Endow with the Spirit of wisdom those to whom in Your Name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that through obedience to Your law we may show forth Your praise among the nations on earth. In time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble do not allow our trust in You to fail. Amen.

~ President Thomas Jefferson, Washington D.C. (March 4, 1801).

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A THANKFUL ATTITUDE

ThankfulAttitudeWe’ll all be enjoying Thanksgiving tomorrow with our families. What a blessed time. I absolutely love Thanksgiving, don’t you? It is always another opportunity to be thankful for all God’s wonderful goodness and blessings to us through this last year. Of course, we should never limit giving our thanks to the Lord and one another for Thanksgiving. It should be a daily habit.

The Bible tells us it is a GOOD thing to do. Psalm 92:1-2: "IT IS A GOOD THING to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: to show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night." And Psalm 147:1: "IT IS GOOD to sing praises unto our God."

To cultivate an attitude of thanks toward the Lord is so much better than an attitude of negativity and complaining, isn't it? Don't wait to thank God for the big things, but instead get into the habit of thanking the Lord for each little thing that happens throughout the day. Encourage your children in this habit, too.

Although a thanking heart should be our attitude all the day long, this Scripture specifically states that we should thank the Lord EVERY MORNING AND EVERY EVENING. Gathering our family together each morning and each evening for Family Devotions provides a foundation for us to do this faithfully.

What a wonderful time we enjoyed as we prayed and gave thanks this morning. I am so grateful for these very precious times in our home each day. I know that without these specified and committed times, we would not take this time to thank the Lord and sing praises to His name. God knows that we need specific times to remind us.

Be blessed today as fill your home with thankfulness.

~ Nancy Campbell

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DO YOUR CHILDREN LOVE TO READ?

LoveReadingDo your children need to be encouraged with a love for reading? Why not gather your children around and show them these wonderful pictures of children reading? Here’s the link:
https://www.pinterest.com/aboverub…/i-love-reading-children/

Inspire their interest for reading as you ask them some of the following questions. There’s nothing like questions to get children thinking:
1. Which picture do you like best, and why?
2. As you look at these pictures, what reading position do you think is the most interesting? What position do you like best when you are reading?
3. Which child looks the most interested?
4. Which child looks to be having the most fun?
5. Why do you think these children enjoy reading?
6. What do you love best about reading?
6. Can you find two different painters who love to paint children reading books?

Have fun together.

~ Nancy

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THE DEVIL SCOFFS AT THE CEREMONIAL SWORD, No. 4.

DevilScoffs4(God loves to reveal Himself through a manger mentality).

Isaiah 57:15: “For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.”

The ceremonial sword contradicts God’s way for man. Christianity is misrepresented by all our glamorous buildings and programs. It should be characterized by the humble manger. The flesh is not attracted to it but those who have humble hearts will seek it and find it.

Simple, raw, down-to-earth humility and meekness are the materials with which God loves to build. We best represent Christianity by a rugged cross, a crucified yet living Messiah, and crucified yet living disciples. Why does the church have to make it flashy, pretentious, showy, and grandiose?

Past, present, and future, God looks for “humble mangers” through which to reveal His Son to the world. Much of the present-day church, while giving approval for the humble manger because it sounds so enchanting, would never think of endorsing such humility if it was their own child being born to the King of kings. As always, God confounds the wisdom and pride of man. God’s only begotten Son, who in His pre-existence created all the worlds, was planned before the world began to be born in an animal manger. This is how God confronts the pride of man.

Jesus was rejected by the religious leaders because He never fitted into their idea of how a Messiah should be born, live, or die. Is it not still our pride that causes us to present to the world a glamorous Christianity that still shuns the cross, as well as the manger?

God on earth still loves to reveal Himself through a manger mentality.

Be encouraged.

Colin Campbell

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ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE

DaysOfLifeYou will remember these words written in Psalm 23:6, but we also read them in Proverbs 31:12 where it reminds us that the virtuous wife will do her husband good and not evil ALL THE DAYS OF HER LIFE! That's not just the days that we feel like it, or when he's being nice, but it's also on the days we don't feel like it, and when maybe he's not being so nice! It's thinking of something GOOD to do to your husband each new day. May this be our testimony all the days of our life.

Have a blessed day,

Nancy Campbell

 
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UNIQUELY DESIGNED BY GOD

UniquelyEvery child that is conceived is uniquely designed by God. There has never been another person like this one in the history of the world and there will never yet be another one to come.

Each child is very special--eternally loved and planned by God. We should welcome every child with awe!

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IT’S A MIRACLE!

MiracleIt’s a pink line! You’re pregnant! Wow!

Maybe you’ve been longing for this day. Or maybe it’s a surprise! Maybe it wasn’t the news you wanted to hear! Whatever the reason, I want to remind you that it is a MIRACLE FROM GOD. God is the author of this life. He destined this child. He has plans and purposes for this precious one. Let’s contemplate on the MIRACLE.

M God chose you to be the MOTHER of His child.

I God is INTERESTED in every minute detail of your baby, from creating every part of his/her body in the womb to His plans for his/her life in the future.

R God will REVEAL more of His character and His ways to you as you embrace and nurture your precious baby.

A God will give you His ANOINTING and ABILITY to train this child. He knows you cannot do it in your own strength. And He will AMAZINGLY provide every need for this coming baby. He doesn’t necessarily provide before the baby comes, but when your baby arrives, you will see His daily provision.

C God has CALLED and COMMISSIONED you for this great task.

L God will LAVISH you with His LOVE for this sweet baby. You will not only be overcome with love for your baby, but if you have other children, you will fall in love with them all over again too. And what about all the negative gainsayers and family members? When the baby is born, they will all fall in love with the baby too.

E God is creating within you an ETERNAL soul that will live forever. You are embarking on an ETERNAL mission.

Praise God for your miracle.

Love from Nancy Campbell

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WHAT’S YOUR CONFESSION?

PassingPilgrimsWe reminded each other yesterday that we are strangers and pilgrims in this earth. However, we have to do more than know this truth. We have to confess it.

The great faith chapter reminds us: “These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were PERSUADED of them, and EMBRACED them, and CONFESSED that they were strangers and pilgrims on this earth” (Hebrew 11:13).

The saints of old CONFESSED they were strangers and pilgrims. They acknowledged they were citizens of Heaven. The faith men and women of old lived in the light of the eternal kingdom. What is your confession? Do you focus more on working for the materials possession of this world or are you building for the eternal kingdom? Are you preparing your children for the eternal world?

We learn to do this is by continually CONFESSING we are strangers and foreigners. Perhaps we should confess this truth each morning as we rise. “Thank you for being with me today, Father, as I live as a pilgrim and stranger here on this earth. Help me to realize that I belong to another kingdom apart from this world. And in the name of Jesus, I confess that I am a stranger and pilgrim today. Amen.”

The word “confession” is the Greek word “homologeo” and means “to speak and confess the same words God says to us and about us, to agree with God, and to publically acknowledge God’s truth.” We must daily confess the truths that belong to God’s kingdom instead of the humanistic jargon of this humanistic society.

As you daily confess the truth that you are only a temporary resident on this earth, you will begin to live more according to this truth.

Be encouraged in God’s ways,

Nancy Campbell

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GOD PILGRIMAGES WITH YOU

PligrimagesI know you are aware that this world is not your home and you are a stranger and pilgrim on this earth (1 Peter 2:11). But did you know that you are not a sojourner on your own? God Himself sojourns with you. God says in Leviticus 25:23: "For you are strangers and sojourners WITH ME.”

We do not walk alone; God walks with us. When we feel like an outcast because we don’t fit in with the culture of this world, God is an outcast with us. When we suffer pain and persecution, God suffers with us. What wonderful comfort to know that God pilgrims with us through this time of exile.

God uses His word to guide us (Psalm 119:19, 54 and Hebrews 11:13). As exiles of eternity we must keep His words in our hearts and mouths. The people who belong to earth live by a different mindset than the God-fearing sojourner. They belong to a different kingdom with different values and worldview. Therefore, if we don’t continually hold on to God’s words we can easily be dragged into the mindset of this world system instead of living by heavenly rules and principles.

It is also important to teach your children that they are only temporary residents and foreigners on this earth and have a greater destiny than this world.

Love from Nancy Campbell

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You CAN trust Him

CanTrustDear friend, can I please encourage you today to put your trust in the Lord? Anything and anyone else you put your trust in can fail you. When you lean on your own resources and your own flesh, they are not strong enough to hold you. But when you lean on God, who is your Rock, He is strong enough to bear all that you put upon Him--all your burdens and traumas.

I love the confession of Moses in Psalm 90:1, 2: “LORD, thou has teen our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.”

God is our Rock from one generation to the next. With all my heart I want to encourage you to speak these words out loud today: “FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING, YOU ARE GOD.” Say them consistently. Say them over and over again. Get your children to learn them.

The more you speak them out, the more the power of these words will go into the depth of your spirit. They will strengthen your hope and trust in God. They will carry your through your difficulties and heartaches.

Love in Christ,

Nancy Campbell

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CLAIM THE PROMISES

ClaimPromisesWe sang this wonderful hymn at our Family Devotions this morning. What great words which are all taken from Scripture. Take a moment to look them up. You will be blessed and encouraged:
Isaiah 41:10 (which has seven promises, one for each day of the week).
Isaiah 43:1, 2
2 Corinthians 12:9
Hebrews 13:5, 6
1 Peter 1:6, 7

How firm a foundation you saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in his excellent Word!
What more can he say than to you he has said,
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

"Fear not, I am with you, O be not dismayed,
For I am your God, and will still give you aid;
I'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand,
Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

"When through the deep waters I call you to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow,
For I will be with you in trouble to bless,
And sanctify to you your deepest distress.

"When through fiery trials your pathway shall lie,
My grace all-sufficient shall be your supply;
The flame shall not hurt you; I only design
Your dross to consume and your gold to refine.

"The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no, never, no never forsake!"

Be encouraged today,

Nancy

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MAKE YOURSELF BEAUTIFUL

MakeBeautifulWe talked yesterday about living a lovely life. 1 Peter 3: 3-6 talks about living a BEAUTIFUL LIFE. It tells us about the women who lived “in the old time,” or as one translation says, “once upon a time.” Once upon a time, way back in history, women made themselves beautiful in a different way than now. But it is a way that is very precious to God. Let’s read about it in a few different translations so we can really get the picture:

New Century Version: “In this same way, the holy women who lived long ago and followed God made themselves beautiful, yielding to their own husbands.”

New Living Translation: “ This is how the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They put their trust in God and accepted the authority of their husbands.”

Are you getting the picture? Let me give you one more passage where the word “beauty” is mentioned SIX times! It’s the Barclay version: “Your beauty must not be the superficial beauty which depends on elaborate hair-styles and expensive jewellery and the wearing of fashionable clothes. No! Your beauty must be the beauty of your inner character and personality. It must consist of the beauty of a gentle; and serene character, a beauty which the years cannot wither, for in God’s sight that is what is really precious. This was the beauty with which once upon a time consecrated women, whose hopes were set on God, adorned themselves. They accepted the authority of their husbands. It was in this that Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him master.”

New English Bible: “Thus it was among God’s people in days of old: the women who fixed their hopes on him adorned themselves by submission to their husbands.” God never commands a husband to make his wife submit to him. God’s commands the husband to love his wife like his own body and as much as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it (Ephesians 5:25-33). It is something she does of her own volition, from her own heart, from her humble heart of submission to the Lord. Submission is an adorning. It is how we clothe ourselves, and it is an adorning that makes us beautiful.
Why is submission a beautiful thing? Because it is the same attitude of Jesus who submitted to His father’s will. Although Jesus was God He was willing to leave glory and become a man, humble Himself, even to the death of the cross (Philippians 2:5-8).
Do we have a submissive heart or a stubborn and rebellious heart? Are we making ourselves beautiful?

Blessings to you today,

Nancy Campbell

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MAKE ME LOVELY!

MakeMeLovelyGod, who touches earth with beauty,
Make me lovely too,
With Thy Spirit recreate me,
Make my life anew.

Like Thy springs of running water,
Make me crystal pure,
Like Thy rocks of towering grandeur,
Make me strong and sure.

Like Thy dancing waves in sunlight,
Make me glad and free,
Like the straightness of the pine-tree,
Help me upright be.

Like the arching of Thy heavens,
Raise my thoughts above,
Turn my dreams to noble actions,
Ministries of love.

God, who touches earth with beauty,
Make me lovely too,
Keep me ever, by Thy Spirit
Pure and strong and true.

~ Mary S. Adgar

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THE LOVELY THINGS THAT YOU’VE BEEN TAUGHT TO DO

LovelyThingsLaying in bed last night I was thinking about living a lovely life which I wrote about below. A quote filtered through my mind over and over again about “the lovely things that you’ve been taught to do.”

Where did that quote come from? Who wrote it? I checked Google this morning on my iPad and couldn’t find it. Eventually, it came to me! How could I forget. It’s the words in one of the rhymes in Nanny’s Nursery Rhymes called LEARN TO SHARE. The last lines of the second stanza say:

“For each other you should care
And always be aware
Of the lovely things that you’ve been taught to do!”

It made me realize how powerful the lines of little rhymes are for our children. These simple lines for children came back to also remind me to live a lovely life. Our children need constant reminders, and so do we.

Love from Nancy Campbell

If you haven’t ordered NANNY’S NURSERY RHYMES yet, you can go to:
http://tinyurl.com/NannysNurseryRhymes

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LIVE A LOVELY LIFE

LovelyLife1 Peter 2:12 (Barclay) tells us: “Live a LOVELY life among the heathen.” I was surprised to read the words “a lovely life.” I checked it out in my Greek Lexicon and yes, Barclay’s translation is correct. The word “kalos” means “beautiful (even more than lovely), good, honest, worthy.”

We also read this word in Matthew 5:15, 16: “A lamp is not lit to be put under a bowl. It is lit to be put on a lampstand, and then it shines for EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE TO SEE IT. Just so, your light must shine for everyone to see, so that, when they SEE THE LOVELY THINGS YOU DO, it may make them want to praise your Father who is in heaven.”

Can people describe my life by the lovely things I do? Can they describe your life this way? Firstly in the home, because that’s where it all starts. Our light first shines for everyone in our home to see and then shines out to neighbors and people around us. How do they see this light? By the lovely things we do and say.

It’s not only what we do. What about our lovely words? Do we speak lovely words to our husbands? Do we speak lovely words to our children? It’s hypocritical to speak nice words to others outside the home if we are angry, shouting, and nasty in the home.

If we are born again, Christ dwells in us by His Holy Spirit. He wants to live His lovely life through us with all His love, joy, peace, longsuffering, patience, and kindness, etc.

Let’s yield to the life of Christ who lives within us and live a lovely life today--doing lovely things and speaking lovely words.

In His love,

Nancy Campbell

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ACT LIKE NEWLYWEDS

NewlywedsWould you also like to read a devotion from Pearl?

My husband and I attended a New Year’s Eve function where we sat at a table with people we had never met before. About halfway through the evening we mentioned our five children. The couple sitting opposite us acted surprised that we had children together.

"How long have you been married?" they asked. When we told them 19 years, the husband shook his head and chuckled. He had presumed we were newlyweds! His wife admitted she wondered the same thing. I asked why and the man said, “It’s the way you act together, how you look at each other.”

My husband and I do not act like we are all over each other when we are out, but we usually hold hands or touch in some way. It’s a habit we’ve formed. We still gravitate to one another when we are in a group of people; we enjoy conversations with others but never separate completely in a social gathering. Who could be more important to me than him?

There are many reasons we could have ended up like the typical stereotype of a bored and passionless, long-time married couple. We’ve gone through the same issues that most married couples have that threaten passion and intimacy: children, challenging years, health concerns, financial stressors—so many excuses to drift into relational complacency.

Our strong bond is only because we choose to cultivate it every day. As with food, you change destructive habits with better, fun ones day by day and yes, the results are fantastic!

~ Pearl Barrett (Trim Healthy Mama)

This devotion also comes from the book, 100 DAYS OF INSPIRATION (Three generations sharing their family wisdom).

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CAN I STILL BLUSH?

100DaysOfInspiration3D wI thought I would share a devotion from Serene for you today, which I am sure challenges us all.

It is easy to become numb to the evils around us, for the very reason that they are all around us! We live in a fallen world, filled with the devil's perversions and all manner of abominations. But, can we still blush?

God asks of the people of Jerusalem, "Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? they certainly were not ashamed, and they did not know how to blush" (Jeremiah 8:12 NKJV).

We cannot control evil, but we can stay sensitive to its offensiveness. We don't want to turn into haughty prudes with hardened hearts. We pray with compassion for the lost and reach out our hand into their world of pain, but can we still blush? Evil should jar our spirits.

Have I become desensitized to the things which should make me blush as a daughter of our Holy God? Is TV constantly in the background with its lewdness and humanism seeping into the atmosphere? Could I watch this movie and be comfortable if Jesus sat beside me in the flesh? Would I lose my temper and justify it because I had a headache if God was over for dinner? Actually, He is over for dinner every night!

What do we accept through the gates of our hearts and homes that doesn't even bother us, and yet should make us blush?

~ Serene Allison (Trim Healthy Mama)

This devotion comes from the book, ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF INSPIRATION:
http://tinyurl.com/100DaysInspiration

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