Another Beautiful Morning!
In the 35 plus years I've been working with kids I've seen a lot of movies. One of my favorite came to mind recently... :-)
A Disney - Pixar short called Boundi', a movie that shows how we respond to life's challenges. An adorable, happy, "high-stepping' lamb is suddenly taken from his home, sheered of all his wool, and then plopped in "the buff" in front of all his friends who laugh at his pink body.He has a hard time dealing with this sudden change and feeds quite low. :-(
What he needs is resilience "an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change"(Webster) :-)
And that's what the little lamb finds when a "jackalope" happens by and takes the time to help him see he has his body and "fine feet." :-)
So he learns to "bound and rebound." He keeps dancing despite his bare body and deals with the changes successfully. Eventually, he realizes his wool grows back. :-)
At times in our misfortune or change we all could use a "jackalope" to come by and help us understand how to rebound.
Life can be unpredictable and difficult but through it all we need to trust God has us in the palm of His hands...He won't let us down... :-)
I'm so thankful for all I can do!
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Today's Bible Study
Comebacks after Setbacks
Read | 1 John 1:5-9
Whether we have recently become believers or have followed Christ for years, the Devil seeks to attack our faith and cause us to relapse into disobedient ways. We are warned to be alert because our Enemy is like a roaring lion seeking to harm us (1 Pet. 5:8).
His intentions are to enslave us to sin. When we succumb to temptation, Satan presses in to trap us so that we will feel estranged from our heavenly Father. Then the Enemy will try to convince us we cannot return to God in our current state. Some of us become so miserable that we buy into the lie and embrace the world’s ways.
Since our Father knows both the Devil’s tactics and our weaknesses, He has planned a way of escape for us. It is called confession. Genuine confession means telling the Lord what we have done and agreeing that it is wrong. Then we express sorrow over it, acknowledge inability to rescue ourselves, and declare the heartfelt desire to turn from our sin and live for Him again. God promises to forgive us and cleanse us so our fellowship with Him is restored (1 John 1:9).
The Enemy is cunning, but Scripture offers a sound strategy for avoiding entrapment: “Present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is” (Rom. 12:1-2). Notice that victory begins with your thinking. The more you apply this principle, the greater your success will be.
I'm looking forward to another Great Day!
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