The last week has been a week of huge expenses for me. Some completely unexpected. There's been tuition and books, parking permit, getting my piano tuned, my one time a year stock up order of Mary Kay.....then, my car started being funky and I ended up having to spend $450 on it, I accidentally fried my external hard drive and that costs $200 to recover the data and get a new one, and I had to spend $48 on a tetanus vaccine because my doctor's office didn't have it even though I specifically told them that's what I needed and they sent me to the Public Health Dept where they don't accept insurance! Then, there's expenses coming up in the very near future like new running shoes (mine are falling apart), and those will be about $100. Yikes! Even my phone has been acting up. Well, even though I am incredibly blessed to have family helping me out, all these expenses and things breaking down at once is stressing me out! But God gave me a great reminder today that was much needed.
My devotion today reminded me that earthly things fall apart, get lost, and don't last forever. But God cannot be destroyed. Hebrews 12:27-29 says, "This means that the things on earth will be shaken, so that only eternal things will be left. Since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be destroyed, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe. For our God is a consuming fire." As my devotional's prayer for today says, "O Designer of our souls, help us clear out our lives and focus on what you have created. May we hold dearly only what is of your design scheme. Amen." Thank you God for the reminder and the encouragement that You do not decay and cannot be destroyed.
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