Last Tuesday Tunes (for now) & a Special Invitation

 Good afternoon!  As God so often does; He brought together a few things for this post.  There is still so much "hard" stuff going on.  Many are grieving the loss of loved ones, others are praying for ill friends and family,  some are dealing with loneliness and isolation, others are wrestling with things God has showed them during this hard time and feeling the "growing pains" of those truths,  while others are trying to navigate a place where even once close friends find it hard to know what is "safe" to discuss or how to be sensitive to the comfort levels of others.  It's a lot and can leave us feeling powerless to what is going on around us.  But Praise God, as believers, we are not left to try and navigate this time in our own power. 

I'm currently reading through Tony Evans' book God Himself: A Journey Through His Attributes; Part of this week's reading focused on God's Omnipotence; meaning that He is all-powerful.  The following quotes and Scripture referenced were great reminders:

"We have problems with the power of God because we keep Him in our environment.  
We try to limit Him to what we know on earth, so we just know that He can't do this or that.  
But God lives in a realm far beyond us, and His power operates according to vastly different rules.
God is not only unlimited in what He can do.  He is unlimited in how He gets it done." 

"If you ever forget the word omnipotent, if the word power doesn't do anything for you, just
do what the writers of the Bible did.  They reached back to an old phrase and simply said, "He's
able."  If you lose all the theology of it, if you don't know how to match omnipotence with 
sovereignty, just remember this phrase: "He's able." "

Ephesians 3:20 "Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or 
think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in 
Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen."

As I read that phrase I was reminded of a chorus I learned as a girl; simply titled He's Able

SPECIAL INVITATION:

Last year I took December 1st - December 24th and read a chapter of Luke each day (there are 24 chapters in the book).  As I read each chapter I jotted down what we learn about Jesus from each chapter.  It was a great way to truly focus the the wonderful gift God gave by sending His Son to be Emmanuel - God with us.  I'm planning to do this again and would LOVE for you all to join me.  Comment with what you saw in each chapter to encourage each other!