Ovtober 8-Only One

Good Monday morning! I hope you had a great weekend and are ready to begin this week in service to the Savior. This weekend for me was spent with family ooh-ing and ahh-ing over our new little one. He really doesn’t do much yet, not even a smile, but we all still think he’s pretty special. (His oldest cousin won’t be able to see him for a while—he’s in the Navy, stationed in Connecticut on the submarine base, but we are hoping he’ll be home for the holidays.)


If anyone were to ask me about our new one, I’d have to tell them how pretty is and how great he’s doing. But you can ask anyone in our family about “the baby” and we know exactly who you’re talking about. Because there is only one (at least right now). However he will grow, and more than likely, others will follow and there will be a new “baby.” 


“For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus. He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time.”

‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭2:5-6‬ ‭NLT


Isn’t that just like God? That the message would come at just the right time? I can’t begin to tell you how many things have happened for me at “just the right time”. And at this perfect time, he sent his Son, Christ the Savior who is the one and only to be able to reconcile us with God. He is the one God and Mediator who can right our wrongs before the Almighty and holy God. Not Buddha nor Mohammad nor Fox News nor even that new baby of ours can set you before God in right standing. Christ alone, who took on flesh. Here in the power of Christ we stand, on solid ground, because all bothers are simply sinking sands. 


Dear Jesus, thank for coming and giving your life so that we could be found blameless before a holy God. You are good and you are spotless and you wash us in your laundry so we can be clean. You are the only one who can change me from the inside out, the only one who can make me new, and the only one who is my Savior and Mediator. You are perfect. We praise you for these days you’ve given us to live for you and we sing of your great grace and mercy. Bless those who are hurting today—mentally, physically, and spiritually—and help me to know when I encounter one of them. We love you, Amen and amen. 


Love you dear one,

Pam


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