I Choose Today...

I Choose Today my Abba Father

The churches in our area have partnered up with the county to host guests who need a warm, safe bed during these cold winter nights. On one such night when it was our churches opportunity to host, my husband and I were able to be hands and feet. During dinner, we had the opportunity to hear some of their stories. One gentleman was regaling us with stories of his youth; how he was a sports phenom of his day. He was making the papers, setting new sports records, had college offers which would set him up for life. During the course of the evening we spent with him, he kept talking about he had life by the tail when he was young. When asked what changed the trajectory of his life, he said drugs. But then, through further conversation, he tearfully explained his reason for his pain; what hurt he was trying to cover through the escape of drugs. He explained, with all of his games he had in high school, all the accolades he received from everyone at school, in the community, with college coaches, there was something missing; someone missing. You see, his dad never came to one

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I Choose Today to stay filled by God

This morning, my husband told me that the “Friends” actor, Matthew Perry, succumbed to his addictions and died in his hot tub. That is indeed very sad. But it also brought to mind the words/warning of Jesus I had just read in my quiet time: “When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none. Then it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and in order. Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation.” Matthew‬ ‭12‬:‭43‬-‭45‬ ‭NLT‬‬ These verses are very interesting to me. I heard it once described as a person can work to get sin out of their life like addiction (drug, alcohol, sex, gambling, spending, gluttony, etc.), they are excited to be free of it. They work at cleaning out their house (soul, mind), but it is left empty. The problem lies when they do not fill it up with the power of the Holy Spirit,

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