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Day 28 – What Song is in Your Heart?

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God has put a song into your heart. Do you know what it is? It’s something that will have you wanting to shout from the rooftops. You will want everyone to know what you are celebrating.

He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what he has done and be amazed. They will put their trust in the LORD. Psalm 40:3

I find comfort in the words of songs I sing. Most songs I like, but occasionally there will be one which touches my heart. One that really resonates with me.

I will throw my hands in the air when I sing of being in dark places and how God has shed His light. I will sing aloud when I hear music describing how God has mended my broken life.

I was once a broken vessel, but He has made me whole. This is my song. This is what I want to shout from the rooftops.

My favourite song to listen to at the moment is ‘What I Know‘ by Tricia Brock. I hope it gives you a song in your heart like it does with me.

You are reading day 28 of the Write 31 Days Challenge in conjunction with The Five Minute Friday Community. Today’s word prompt is ‘song’.

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Day 27 – The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts

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The connection of ingredients or elements, that when put together produce a complete effect that is considerably enhanced over the sum of the individual elements.

If you are a cake maker, which I am totally not, you will know that each ingredient is important into making the cake as a whole. Any individual ingredient missed out would make the cake tasteless, or at worst, inedible.

Let’s think about ourselves for a moment. If we separate ourselves into the individual parts we are made up of, such as the lungs, heart, brain, eyes, we wouldn’t be classed as a human beings anymore. Even though each individual part is really important, they are easily replaced. Whereas the person as a whole cannot be replaced.

If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 1 Corinthians 12:17

This is the same with any community we live in, or church we are part of. Each individual person with their talents are really important, but working together as a whole is far greater than working alone.

You are reading day 27 of the Write 31 Days Challenge in conjunction with The Five Minute Friday Community. Today’s word prompt is ‘whole’.

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Day 25 – What Captures your Heart

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What captures your heart? What are you passionate for? What makes you get all fired up as soon as you hear a certain word?

These are questions we may ask when we are in High school wondering what career we want. But what about when we are older? Does our passions change as we go through life?

What about in our Christian walk?

When I was younger, I remember being on fire for God. I would go to Christian gatherings and leave with a passion in my heart so burning I wanted to shout out about it.

What changed?

Life.

I settled down and made a life with my family. I love the life I have, but along the way the burning desire I had fizzled out a little.

Until now.

Over the past year or so, I have had a desire to serve God more. A desire which has been growing each day. It’s like my heart has been captured all over again. This time though, I won’t let go. I will search and find the gifts I have and use them for God’s work.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters. Colossians 3:23

You are reading day 25 of the Write 31 Days Challenge in conjunction with The Five Minute Friday Community. Today’s word prompt is ‘capture’.

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Day 24 – A Brief Relief

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We all stray in our lives at one point or another. A cross word at our children when all they needed was a loving touch. Mutterings under our breath about someone instead of prayerfully bringing them to God. Getting in with the wrong crowd and making unwise choices.

Straying from what is right has been happening ever since Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. In the book of Ezra we read how far back people had strayed.

Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day. Ezra 9:7

We also know that God has an immeasurable amount of grace. We all need a little bit of grace every now and then. God knows I must need it on a daily basis! God’s grace will not condemn us or bring us down. God’s grace will bring us up and help us to change.

But now, for a brief moment, the LORD our God has been gracious in leaving us a remnant and giving us a firm place in his sanctuary, and so our God gives light to our eyes and a little relief in our bondage. Ezra 9:8

You are reading day 24 of the Write 31 Days Challenge in conjunction with The Five Minute Friday Community. Today’s word prompt is ‘brief’.