Why the heck do people in this building think its a cool idea to leave their laundry in the washers and dryers for an hour after their clothes are washed??! That totally blows my mind every time I venture out to do laundry. So sorry about putting your stuff out of the dryer. I'll fold it if it's there in when mines done... maybe.
Today was Sunday, the morning after Saturday where I didn't exactly make it to sleep until 4AMish. Oooops. But moving on, I woke up just in time to head to church to take care of the children's church. I had 3 little ones today and they were precious of course. But I missed the service, which kinda blew me but it's cool.
So Shannon and Leah and I read a chapter together since none of us made it to New Hope today. . .
1 Peter Chapter 1 was what we read an I just wanted to share my favorite verse from today. . .
"You know that in the past you were living in a worthless way, a way passed down from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that useless life. you were bought not with something that ruins like gold or silver, but with the precious blood of Christ, who was a pure and perfect lamb."
v. 18- 19
I loved the way my translation said that. . . living in a worthless way. I definitely know about that. I spend such a large portion of my time wasting time, focusing on the things that have no worth, investing into things that won't give me joy, things that won't last. I think we all do it though. . .
So, before we are saved, before we are redeemed, we are doing things unto ourselves, and not for God. No matter how much good we do we aren't gonna ever quite measure up. Which is why we were bought by the precious blood of Christ. <3 I think that this verse reminds me of the VALUE I have. That God saw me as worth the sacrifice of His only son. I love that. Sometimes I have a hard time remembering what my worth is, and knowing that God, even though He knows my heart, my mistakes, failures and sins He still chose me. Pretty amazing, because I know the person I am, and I would definitely NOT give any amount of money, let alone a person I loved dearly for myself. Thankfully God's love is unconditional and He sees beyond all of that- today I'm just excited to be redeemed.
Thank you Father, thank you for allowing me the privilege of being in Your family.
<3 Emma
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