"How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!"
Psalm 119: 103 [ESV]
Psalm 119 is the longest chapter found in Scripture and is known for its teaching on God’s law. It is not simply about what to do and not do, but about how God’s law leads us into a deeper devotion with him than the things of this world ever could.
This desire does not come from good works or going to church, but from the one and only giver of sweet things,"Open my eyes so I can see what you show me of your miracle-wonders." Psalm 119:18 [The Message]
On the theme of miracles and wonders, my husband and I went to see Robby Dawkins again last Saturday, a gutsy man of God who works mainly with gangs, drug barons and prostitutes. His violent suburb in Chicago has been transformed by miraculous healings: cripples walk, the blind see and addicts are released from addictions bringing transformed lives as they encounter the power and love of the living God. Even the police acknowledge all that has happened and work with him to serve the community: https://powerandlove.org/team/robby-dawkins/
I know many will doubt this is real, but for those who have witnessed such healings it leaves no doubt, and I know they happen worldwide. I do not know why some people are healed and others are not, I wish I did, but I do know that last Saturday the pain that Chris had experienced in his shoulder for the last 36 years was healed.
In Monday’s devotional I made reference to the picture of the honeycomb and worker bee, at each stage of a honey bee's life it has a different job in order to serve the hive. At times, our life can seem far from sweet and fly by in never-ending buzz-y-ness (pun intended) however, there are times of sweet reward when the honey is ready for harvest and it is time to move on to the next season.
I will leave the final words this week to Albert Schweitzer, a French philosopher, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953:
"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve."
Dawn Milward
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