Vignettes Devotional

Vignettes Note To Self: He Still Wants Me!  But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  Romans 5:8 KJV If you have been alive for longer than a few years then I am sure you have had close, intimate experiences with rejection . We all have been rejected at some point in our lives, sometimes due to our own poor performance, or by people who just struggled to love us. Rejection is a part of life, yet we may find ourselves struggling to overcome being betrayed, not being in relationship with someone we wanted to be friends with, or with family pushing us away because of our beliefs, not getting the job we wanted, or, for some, having to face the pain, heartbreak and unfairness of divorce. We ourselves reject those we do not get along with, who do not share our culture and beliefs, who are not in the same league financially, fashionably, or educationally with us, or who have hurt us.   But do you know that God does ...

Vignettes Monday Is A Day That The Lord Has Made Psalm 118:24 This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. A call-centre agent recently contacted me. He was trying his best to engage me in conversation, probably as per his training. He politely asked how I was and when I replied, "Good, thanks," he responded with, "Probably a ' Blue Monday , ' hey?" I paused before asking him why he would assume that. He then went into a spiel of how Monday's are not his or anybody's favourite day; how everyone basically 'hated' Monday's because that's the worst day of the week. Proverbs 8:12 I, Wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. Again I paused, asking Holy Spirit for a witty response to this young man's worldly assumptions of the days of the week.  I loved the agents surprise when I said to him that Monday's do not have to be the worst day of the week. He asked me in a sho...