Thursday, April 14

John 10:19-42
Sometimes my wind chimes seem to play a bit of a melody-
three or four notesthat remind me of a familiar song and I'm left
in anticipation of hearing more. That's what happens when we
begin to study the Bible stories, messages and truths. We have
the desire for more. When Paul travels by boat we want to follow the path on a map. When Solomon built the temple we want
to visualize it. When Peter makes fantastic suggestions we
want to understand his personality. When Jonah was in the
whale we wonder how dark and frightening itw as. When Jesus
fed the 5,000 we wonder where the baskets came from. We are
inquisitive people. God made us long for Him. When we surrender our lives to God we want to give honor, praise, blessing,
love and service. My chimes didn't make their sweet notes for
ten long years unless I disturbed them. Now they are outdoors
and out from under a bushel basket so to speak. We need to
put our lives into service and out from under our basket of self
interest.

Submitted by Lucille Nuhfer