O Loving and Gracious God,
We stand before You as Your grateful children. You are beyond gender, but, on this Mother’s day, we reflect on all the qualities of mothers who love their children that exemplify Your love for us. Hold us in Your arms, O God, and draw us close to You. May our hearts resonate with the beat of Your heart. You care for us. You nurture us. You love us, regardless of our response to You. Even when we walk away from You we live in Your memory and in Your heart. Your forgiveness knows no bounds. Your tender and gentle touch encourages us to step out on our own to become the people You have created us to be. Thank You, Creator God, for Your mothering Spirit. In Jesus name we pray, AMEN.
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Joan Ingmire was admitted to St. Mary’s hospital yesterday. She joins Birdene Schoonover, Marianna Powell, and Ruth Webb.
Eric Koegel, Connie’s son, is still hospitalized in OKC. Now, he too, is receiving these daily email prayers. Please continue to pray for Eric.
Our hearts go out to our sisters and brothers at Calvary Chapel. They will meet in the Oakwood Activity Center today.
Thank you for all the kind words about my nose surgery. I will have a smaller bandage on it today (less clown-like). Tomorrow I see the plastic surgeon. Remember to wear and put SPF 45 on your children and grandchildren!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tammy Hromas sent the following announcement: “Please join John and Carol Ingram as they celebrate their 40th Wedding Anniversary from 2-4pm on May 14th in the Fellowship Hall.”
We are back in the Old Testament this week. The scripture for today is 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13:
When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she made lamentation for him. When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD,
and the LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. The rich man had very many flocks and herds; but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. He brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children; it used to eat of his meager fare, and drink from his cup, and lie in his bosom, and it was like a daughter to him. Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was loath to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him, but he took the poor man’s lamb, and prepared that for the guest who had come to him.”Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man. He said to Nathan, “As the LORD lives, the man who has done this deserves to die; he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.”Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you from the hand of Saul; I gave you your master’s house, and your master’s wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added as much more. Why have you despised the word of the LORD, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, for you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. Thus says the LORD: I will raise up trouble against you from within your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this very sun. For you did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.”David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” Nathan said to David, “Now the LORD has put away your sin; you shall not die.
The Psalm for this week is Psalm 105:1-10, 24-28:
O give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples.
Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wonderful works.
Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually.
Remember the wonderful works he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
O offspring of his servant Abraham, children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
He is mindful of his covenant forever, of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,
which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
And the LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them stronger than their foes,
whose hearts he then turned to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron whom he had chosen.
They performed his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.
He sent darkness, and made the land dark; they rebelled against his words.
Grace and peace,
John McLemore
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