Lovely Day! April 23rd, 2026

Good morning, et cetera, dear Reader! How wonderful to wake up to yet another day of Life, that none of us is promised and I assure you, none of deserve it, either, which makes it all the more precious and wonderful! It's like (God's) grace: those who deserve it need it the least, and those who don't deserve it need it the very most. 

Here's a glance at our weather here today:

I woke up sick from too much sweets yesterday and will have to read it again myself, but here is today's Proverb (text) and here it is in audio format as well:

 

Fortunately, because I was smart enough to listen to a friend's advice, since I changed browsers, I can once again place photographs and videos as normal.

Now that fluids are staying down and the headache has disappeared, I can listen to the Proverb and read it again and maybe, hopefully this time get something out of it.


I would like to promote the very true and real fact that it is impossible to hate a person that you're praying for. 💖 And, per the commandment (direct order, NOT a mere suggestion) but per the commandment, we are required to pray for even and maybe especially our 'enemies' - so get to God's business, believer, and do as He directs us to. (He has his reasons)! First, though, we have to step out in faith and obedience and then the rewards for those things come, to our minds, to our souls, to our perspectives. The critical element here is: obedience first and all the resultant goodies follow.

 

So, when faced with a choice, we can either:

let Self and arrogance rule the day, preferring our feelings over His direct, explicit orders of us, or:

we can do it God's way.

Guess which one is best? 

 

Anyway, dear Reader, suit yourself! You're the one who will answer to Him for your own choices, not me - I've got my own share of bad choices to account to Him for already! I figure, at least I can try and do better every time, every day because I really think that's the best that any of us mortal, fallible human beings can really do, and that's A-okay. He doesn't require perfection; He requires obedience, He requires integrity down to our inmost parts, He requires nothing that we are not created by Him to give. It IS a choice. Love is always a choice.

I want to touch on the critical importance of John 3:17 today; yes, we all know the wonderful, famous-for-a-reason verse, John 3:16 that says:

The greatest gift of all time!
But I now wish to draw the critically-important, very next verse to your attention:

which, I contend, is every bit as critically important for the believer's mind and soul to grasp as the verse before it is.
He tells us the mission in verse 16, and then He tells us the Promise! Because, it is in our human nature in light of God's holiness and perfection, to condemn ourselves for our weaknesses, mistakes and frailties, but verse 17 is there to immediately let us know that His mission is our redemption! 

Forgiveness, acceptance, restoration:

May God bring everyone who needs and wants it His revelation of these things, as I do not have that power myself; all I can do is explain things the way I understand and have experienced them to be: the miraculous, internal work? That's on Him and Him alone! Well, with your cooperation first, of course, like it is with all of us.

Now, I'm going to go make some coffee and try to make good choices as this day progresses and eventually, turns into "tomorrow".

💘