For God is not unjust; He will not forget your work and the love you showed for His name when you served the saints — and you continue to serve them.
Hebrews 6:10, HCSB
God is faithful in keeping His promises, and He has promised to always be with us and help us love others well. And He has promised us eternal life and His presence and goodness forever.
“Know that Yahweh your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His gracious covenant loyalty for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commands.”
Deuteronomy 7:9, HCSB
We love God through obedience to His commands, and He is faithful in helping us obey by His Holy Spirit loving others through us.
Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34, HCSB
God is our Helper, getting us through each day, so trust Him to take care of all needs and even some wants. Let us also help Him in His work yo bring others to faith in Christ.
His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.
2 Peter 1:3, HCSB
God is our Helper who has called us to glory and eternal life because of His goodness and power through bringing us knowledge of what Christ has done for us.
17 years ago this day, God blessed me with an amazing helper and friend, my wife Caitlin.
She has been with me through years of want and years of plenty.
We have encouraged each other through college degrees, and she made it possible to finally finish my M.Div. after two attempts and two schools.
We have been members (or “members”) of six churches, four of which I have been in leadership roles of some capacity. She has helped me grow in Christ and as a leader, especially as a pastor. This has helped me step into a new pastoral role, and she is an amazing pastor’s wife.
I know she has grown in Christ, for I have seen it, yet I pray she continues to grow deeper in her love and commitment to Christ and in drawing others nearer to Him.
She’s also beautiful and has become quite the amazing cook!
To quote The Beatles, “and I love her.”
Thank You, Lord, for this blessing. May we be a picture of Christ and His Church.