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Great devotion and so true! I love this quote by Theodore Roosevelt “You may worship God anywhere, at any time, but the chances are that you will not do so unless you have first learned to worship Him somewhere in some particular place, at some particular time.”

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I thank the Lord for bringing my grandson Ray through a successful surgery a few days ago. He gets to go home today so Shortstuff can finally come back home tonight! She has been staying with our oldest daughter and grandson at the hospital. If you don’t mind, keep Ray in your prayers as he still has a way to go but God has this! He is a 2yr little man with CF. Thank the Lord for modern medicine and his little smile 😁

It is really a shame that those that will burn businesses or make public declarations of disgust for one group will not even speak out for other groups. What’s really bad is the ones that will try to fight for right and stand with Israel are cancelled.

It’s not fun to have to start accounts over after being deleted but very worth it.

1) How do we know what God's will is?
2) Is there a difference in God's will for us, and where he may guide us?
3) If something is God's will, will it happen regardless of our free will?
4) Does God's will ALWAYS work out?
5) is God's will always clear (in a sense it is SPELLED OUT EXPLICITLY) in scripture.
6) Other thoughts?

This is my pondering on these-
1. Not sure we do until we try what we are thinking might be. I usually ask myself, is this gonna benefit me or others. If it benefits others more than me and takes effort from me... it’s probably God putting the desire in me to do it. If I don’t try it I will never know. If I try it and others are helped but I lose my peace, I get out of it as smoothly as possible feeling like I did good helping but knowing if it was God’s will I would have maintained a peace in my spirit. If I keep the peace and joy through the task I continue the task until I feel like the Lord telling me I am done.
2. Interesting question. I think He guides us through things that prepare us for His will but along the way we are fulfilling His will. 🤔
3. I believe so, if we do not do our part I believe He can use others and we lose our crowns or blessings we could have received. His will, will be done one way or the other. That being said I believe when He starts a work in us it will be completed because He knew before He started it what we would accomplish.
4. I believe so, just not in the ways we think it will or should.
5. I don’t think so as for as His will for us individually. I believe He hints to many things so we have to seek and follow Him. We learn and grow when we do not know what exactly to do. The lack of clear direction creates a desire to seek understanding and direction.
6. I’m sure glad He loves us and still sees us as children even though we have grandkids. Just as we expect our children and grandchildren to stumble a lot 😂

Great to see ya Kingfisher!