The Father Gives Really Good Gifts

I got a wonderful gift yesterday. A lovely rocking chair.

My Rocking Chair.

I have wanted a rocking chair for a while. My mom has a couple of them on her porch and they are great to sit in and enjoy the breezes. Lowes and several other stores have rocking chairs just inside the doors. The rocking chairs they have are painted white or black. They costs about 100 dollars. The cost is what kept me from buying one before. I'm really glad I didn't get one of those now.


My brother-in-law got this one somewhere and had it sitting on the porch of his restaurant. My husband knew I liked it and managed to get it for me(with Gods help). And we didn't have to pay a $100 bucks for it. This one is also much better made than the ones they have in the stores. I think it must have been made by a craftsman and not by a factory. It is made of heavy thick wood and stained a lovely golden color. I like it much better than the ones in the stores as well.

So remember if sometimes you don't get what you think you want...maybe you are going to get something better later. And even if you don't seem to be getting anything right now...God has wonderful plans for you. In his time.

"If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!" Matthew 7:11

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

"Do Not Be Amazed At This" John 5:28-30

"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out--those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned. By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgement is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me." John 28-30

I really like this. All the passages that speak of the resurrection. People these days seem to have forgotten all about this. Most of the church services these days don't mention it. There are other passages that deal with the dead rising. The "dry bones" the "sea giving up the dead in it". I like those.

And he says his judgment is just,  because he seeks to please God and not to please himself. That would seem to mean that anyone who seeks to please God instead of themselves could have judgement that is Just. That would be a wonderful thing. There doesn't seem to be much all that much good judgement in the world these days. We could definitely use it.

Let us hope Jesus brings back his just judgment soon.