Take this day to catch up on your reading, pray, and rest in the presence of the Lord.
“I will give them, in my house and within my walls,
a memorial and a name
better than sons and daughters.
I will give each of them an everlasting name
that will never be cut off.”
—Isaiah 56:5
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21 thoughts on "Grace Day"
Praying for you, as I am in a similar season. ❤️ May God give you grace each day, to handle that day ❤️
Far greater than sons and daughters could give ❤️❤️❤️
Amen
Praying for you Whitney Autumn
I also have struggled with depression
It is difficult and hard to deal with – especially with you being a single mom.
God sees you and cares for you and will provide.
I’ve been struggling with depression all my life. As a single mom it can be really hard – please pray. Thank you.
Yesterday I had a panic attack over something happening in my life and I didn’t work on the study because I felt I couldn’t give it the attention it deserves. I’m glad I waited and read it today. I’m trying to remind myself amidst my anxiety that God has me
I’ve never seen this verse before!! What struck me us “and a name
BETTER THAN sons and daughters”…What could be BETTER, more intimate than being His child?!?!? I cannot imagine anything deeper!! (Praise be to His Holy name… I’m thankful for my “everlasting name”!!)
Thanks so much SEARCHING for that explanation “It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”…it has always been a mystery to me.
Tina, you’re amazing with these beautiful words. My heart is blessed. I’ve been thinking and praying for you. Haven’t seen you here lately. Thank you for blessing us this morning. Can’t wait to meet you someday.
We SRT sisters are His,forever………….
Our God is always faithful and merciful. I love that! ❤️
Father let me always bask in your presence and gift and offer of rest. In Jesus name, Amen
catching up on Thursday and yesterday, thankful to have the Grace day!
Saul’s conversion – I read NKJV which has an additional sentence:
Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”
Goads were sharp sticks or rods used to urge/direct oxen to move. Gotquestions dot org explains that if the oxen kicked, it caused the rod to penetrate more and increased the pain, and their take is that Jesus was telling Paul that rebellion against God was a losing battle. That reminds me of Gamaliel’s statement in chapter 5:39 but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it—lest you even be found to fight against God.
This is emphasized and illustrated throughout the Bible – Lord, help me to always remember and seek Your wisdom and path.
thank you LINDA J, MICHELLE, SARAHJOY, VALENTINA, PHOEBE and anyone I may have missed for your podcast suggestions! I don’t have a safe place to walk and I work from home but will keep the walking and car listening in mind for when I have an opportunity. I am going to try listening when my hands are busy with housework and see if that helps! I know I’m missing good stuff . . .
ADRIANNE RICHARDSON – I don’t like to have a lot of tabs open and don’t like to go back and forth if I don’t have to. I copy the references at the top of the page all together and paste them into the search space on biblegateway dot com and choose which Bible version I want. It pulls up all the scripture readings on one page/tab. Sometimes have a problem copying the hyperlinks without activating them, so I start with ‘open your bible’ and highlight that plus the references and then shorten the highlighted area to just the references before I ‘copy’. Sorry for the rambling on my process and there may be an easier way to do it . . . just what I’ve worked out for myself through trial and error.
Good to see you TINA –
Hope everyone has a good weekend, safe travels to Maura & Traci!
An everlasting name – hallelujah! Never to be cut off! We are saved – redeemed for all eternity, what better thought to start our Saturday with!…reading through the comments and at your suggestion @Kelly to @tina – I read the surrounding verses to get the context. ALL who become righteous through faith will be excepted by God – the eunuchs who have no children, the foreigners, and others:the gentiles, all who are gathered to the Lord God will never be cast out! Thank you Lord God that once we are saved, we are forever saved and we are given an everlasting name!
He opens His arms to all of the broken and hurting (all of us), and He says you are welcome at my table, you are welcome in my family.
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
❤️ So thankful for his unending love!!
Good Morning. “A name better than sons and daughters” absolutely beautiful to be His. His Word so good for our souls. Much joy Sisters. Traci G, I will be there. Loved the comments yesterday. Thank you Angie! ERB, loved that you looked up Ananais. So cool. He redeems indeed. This is a day that the Lord has made, may we rejoice and be glad. Praying for you all a day full of Jesus, ❤️
Oh, but Tina, reading it in context is even more mind blowing!
56:1-8
This is what the Lord says:
Preserve justice and do what is right, for my salvation is coming soon, and my righteousness will be revealed.
2 Happy is the person who does this, the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.
3 No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord should say, “The Lord will exclude me from his people,” and the eunuch should not say, “Look, I am a dried-up tree.”
4 For the Lord says this: “For the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose what pleases me, and hold firmly to my covenant,
5 I will give them, in my house and within my walls, a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give each of them an everlasting name that will never be cut off.
6 As for the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to become his servants—all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold firmly to my covenant—
7 I will bring them to my holy mountain and let them rejoice in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
8 This is the declaration of the Lord God,who gathers the dispersed of Israel:
“I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
All those outside of the covenant, the marginalized and oppressed, the “unworthy” are gathered with God’s covenant people.
Thanks be to God, our merciful and faithful Redeemer!
❤️
When I read this verse and the verses preceeding it, I thought how beautiful they were. God welcomes the foreigners, he gives special recognition to those who have been prevented from having children, he takes the shunned and brings them to himself.
SERIOUSLY!!
Say what? Tell me again! Read it to me again! Say what???
“I will give them, in my house and within my walls,
a memorial and a name
better than sons and daughters.
I will give each of them an everlasting name
that will never be cut off.”
This verse has so absolutely made my day..
You know in a world where you are known as so and so’S mother, auntie granny, friend, daughter, the job you do ..(and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that) and your given birth name is sometimes forgotten, what a beautiful verse and reminder that ACTUALLY, to the Maker of the universe, He didn’t just create you/me in love and hope, and then left us to be, He gave us a home, a place where who we are, to Him doesn’t change, no matter who, what, where we travel, and a name that is beyond the descriptive names we acquire in our lives. Ohhhhh,
But God…
And if that wasn’t enough.. this is an eternal, not just gor Christmas, forever and ever name, that will always lead us home, and to Him…❤
Thank you God. Thank you..
All praise and Glory to Him..
Amen..
Happy weekend wrapped in love, hugs and prayers, sisters…❤