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A Crowned Thorn

What is the value of a thorn in our Christian journey? First, we must identify what a thorn is. According to the Dictionary one definition describes a thorn as “a source of continual annoyance or trouble”. A thorn can cause an immediate pain from its puncture or it can cause constant irritation and distress. Thorns that appear as a source of trouble are usually not welcomed companions on our daily quest. But the thorns we encounter are useful despite their irritations and disruptions. Thorns come to challenge and to strengthen your faith, your character, and your witness as a child of God. Thorns are the mechanism from which you gain more than you lose. Thorns are the pathway to reaching higher heights and deeper depths of sanctification and glory. With each thorn that attaches itself to your life, you become more and more like Christ. You become an overcomer of the thing that came to irritate or to disrupt your growth, but it, in turn, propels you into greater achievement in holy livi...
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Gifts In Waiting




Have you ever waited impatiently for a gift you knew was coming or waiting for you to open?  Have you ever considered that you are a gift waiting to be paraded and celebrated? Well you are!  You are the gift God cannot wait to present unto himself ! Can you believe that?!

God has orchestrated and planned a celebration for those who endure to the end. He prepares us and holds our hand as He walks through life with us knowing that if we could hold on in the end He awaits at the throne like a bridegroom on his wedding day ready to receive us unto himself.  Can you imagine the pride and the smile that radiates from the Father when He meets you at His altar and says well done my good and faithful servant and then presents you to join Him in His kingdom? Can you see Him presenting you and showing you off to the heavens and all of its inhabitants shouting and beaming “This is my child! This is the one who I walked with, talked with, cried with, held up and strengthened to live out his or her life on earth with the anticipation of meeting me here one day in celebration and victory!!” Oh what a celebration of praise when God finally can present you as the gift He’s been waiting for unto himself!!  

So as you press forward in life remember and recall it to your mind often that you are the gift in waiting for our precious Lord. That the journey of life living as a child of God will end in a celebration of you being presented to God in victory and pride. Every breath, every trial, every moment on earth is a preparation for the celebration to come and the final unbreakable union for eternity. So walk on, press on, live on with the assurance that you are the gift God waits for and wants to reward for living and becoming on earth a holy and precious member of the royal family that remained steadfast, unmovable, sanctified, and unashamed to live out the mandate of the king and as a result will reward you openly as a gift unto himself.

Journal Entry: Oh precious Lord and father help us to see ourselves as a gift worthy of showcasing and celebrating. Help us in our daily walk to remember that the joy is not only in what we will get on the other side but the gift we are to you for persevering and holding onto You. Today I write about the joy we will share when we are reunited together in glory in the heavens.


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