Day 255

Scripture: Ps 119:145-176; Ps 128, 129, 130; Obadiah 15-21; 1 Peter 2:1-10; Matthew 19:23-30
Scripture standout: 1 Peter: "¹ So get rid of every kind of evil. Stop telling lies. Don't pretend to be something you are not. Stop wanting what others have. Don't speak against each other.

 ² Like babies that were just born, you should long for the pure milk of God's word. It will help you grow up as believers. ³ You can do it now that you have tasted how good the Lord is."

Matthew 19: "³⁰ But many who are first will be last. And many who are last will be first."

His Deed/The Day: This deed actually happened late last night, but I'll share today so I can get back to roasting this turkey! I decided there is a new category of deeding. It's called "sharing awareness of deed opportunity." Hmmmm. Translation: you can call attention to a need in hopes someone with greater, or more appropriate resources, can fill it. Case in point: Yesterday afternoon, I was trolling Facebook. I saw that one of our longtime writers had her bike stolen. Oh, this writer LOVES her bike. She goes EVERYWHERE on it. She rides to the store on it. She rides to interviews on it. She goes long and far on this bike, this very special, one-of-a-kind bike...basket and all. To hear that it had been stolen was gut-wrenching. I copied her post and emailed it to my publishers, who would not have heard about it otherwise. And the greatest thing happened! Within minutes, the publishers were on the phone with a local bike store — with which they have almost $1,000 in unused credit. With no intentions to purchase bicycles for themselves, seizing the opportunity to meet the writer's need was a windfall for them! Even better, the bike store had the EXACT SAME bike in stock, with the same little ad-ons that defined her stolen bike. And it gets better! Not only did they reserve and purchase the bike, they went immediately over to the store to pick it up and deliver it to her house. All this, not only five hours after her bike had been stolen. Can a simple act of sharing a need make a huge impact on someone? I think so!