[Discoveries] 12-31-08 Treasures -- Luke 2:19

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*For those struggling financially ...*/
/*Tomorrow is a new year. That's a reminder for all of us. God's mercies 
are new in the morning. The past matters, but it doesn't control the 
future. Maybe 2008 was a tough year, but God is alive and well. 2009 
hands us new opportunities, and the world will be different because of 
what we do with them. ... Throughout this month I've enjoyed providing 
these words of encouragement for you who are facing financial 
challenges. I pray that you will discover riches you never even knew 
existed, and that 2009 will be a wonderful prosperous year for you. Many 
blessings!*/

/*But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 
-- Luke 2:19*/

What are you treasuring? What is buried deep in your soul?

I think about a four year old boy, sitting in a farmhouse kitchen, 
warming up near the cook stove, eating homemade toast with a thick layer 
of sugar on the top, while Grandma rolled out lefse and prayed in 
Norwegian. I think of a young man, a bit shy, posing for a snapshot next 
to a young woman with a beautiful smile. I think of five words written 
on a yellow piece of paper folded over, carried in a wallet, unfolded 
and read again and again: "I love you very much." I think of a new baby 
girl being carried by her daddy for the first time, looking up with wide 
eyes, wondering, I suppose, what sort of daddy he would be.

I try to tell God how very grateful I am for life. I don't exactly know 
how to do it, but I try.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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