Greetings for this day sister saints!
How was or is your day going? Mine went well and I'm grateful for rest soon at the end of it.
I was pondering this scripture earlier....
"Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:"
2 Corinthians 2:14-15
And thought of us godly women being a sweet savour to God.
"And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour."
Ephesians 5:2
And remembered that we are to be living sacrifices.
Let us not think that what we are to do as women isn't important as it is doing what the Lord wants from us and we are to be sacrifices for Him and not doing our own ways. It's just our duty really though. We know we are to love God above all else...so who are we to say what we should and shouldn't be doing. In our obedience we are well pleasing to our God...and that's what we want of course.
We know of all the sacrifices in the Old Testament.
"It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord."
Numbers 28:6
Praise God for His Son the perfect Lamb so no one has to sacrifice animals anymore.
So let us sisters be spiritual sacrifices through Christ. May we be obedient unto our calling as women; in our Titus 2 roles, in our meek and quiet spirits, in our biblical dress and headcovering, in our love and kindness and in all the other areas in how we are commanded to live. In so doing we are shining our lights to this lost world glorifying our Father in heaven.
It's a great subject for us to ponder daily in how we are to live to please God and not ourselves, sacrificing our own desires to follow Him in spirit and truth.
"He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour."
John 12:25-26
(Thank you sister for that scripture pictures:-)
"But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased."
Hebrews 13:16
So as we go about those things we know we are to be doing as godly women, let's always remember to do them as unto the Lord, as our reasonable service as living sacrifices for Him. He is worthy sisters! Let us rejoice for such an opportunity and strive to walk worthy of Him in all we do!
I got some more skirt sewing done today...
I thought I'd have a change of scenery for a bit so I sat at the window and had a break from other work and worked on this blog. You can see a bird feeding on the flowers, some lambies walk by and some rain and just general peace.
It's a blessing to refresh in God's creation whenever we can. His creation is everywhere and we can look to find it wherever we are no matter if it's in a city or in the wilderness.
I got to see the best rainbow today! I know I've shared rainbows before recently but we can never tire of marvelling at God's creations.
So I hope you are standing strong in the Lord sisters. And my hope is that my simple blog can edify you in some way too!
2 John 1:3
Love in Christ,
...from one of God's servants
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