Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

QT 22 Feb 17, Eph 2:10, My life as a poem started by God

Ephesians 2:10 (ESV) — 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

NOTE: The Greek word for workmanship is poiema, which is where we get our word poem. The word is translated work of art, handiwork, masterpiece, etc. God has begun a poem in each of our lives. It is beautiful. It is a life saved by grace and transformed by love. We get to write in the poem as well by our good works and our walk of faith. This reminds me of another poem: "You are writing a gospel each day, by the things that you do, and the words that you say.  Men read what you write, distorted or true.  What is the gospel according to you? (Author unknown)" What am I doing with the poem that God has started with my life? Will it make a difference in the people around me? Or will I be like the man who took his talent and hid it in the ground? We are here to make a difference, otherwise we don't need to be here.

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