Stretched

You have been designed with love. You have been formed and fashioned with compassion by the Great Designer.  The word for drawn in this week’s verse also implies “stretched out” or “to grow.”  We are not simply designed in love, we are also nurtured in love as God stretches us and challenges us to grow in faith and life.  God has a plan for our lives, and God continues His work in us.  We are God’s artistry “created anew” in Christ Jesus, a painting of the story of love with the artist’s loving brushstrokes painted on the canvass for all to see.  Won’t you help God paint your life with the colors of love and faith that all may see and be touched by the work of beauty?  Trust God for His plan and purpose in your life.  Let the Great Artist continue His work of love in your life as you touch the lives of those around you.
 
(Verse of the week)
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with loving-kindness. (Jeremiah 31.3)
 
 (Prayer of the week)
Gracious and loving God, thank you for the challenges of life that shape and strengthen us.  Give me faith to trust in your plan and your strength.    Mold me and make me that others may see your true reflection in me. Most of all may I experience your great love anew every day.   May I be joyful in all things, and may I be loving to all people, that others may see the light of your love in me.    Amen.
 
Blessings –Pastor TJ
 
(quote of the week)
Do small things with great love --Mother Teresa

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