My observations from the Book of Job-

  Section 3,

1-16-14

 

 I don’t believe many of us could imagine how Job must have felt when he heard the news from the three messengers.

 

 Surely it would be too much to even comprehend, especially coming one on the heels of the other.

 

But I wonder if in the back of his mind or in his heart, wherever it is our family dwells, he remained whole and very aware, with each word of loss, of a sense of relief.

 

Perhaps a physical sigh escaped after each message because he still had his family.

 

   And yet as he tried to comprehend the loss of his wealth and all means of regaining it,  a movement caught his eye and with a sinking heart he saw the fourth messenger.  This man approached with a bearing unlike the others and as their eyes met I am sure the heart of Job stopped and the world crashed for him with that sight....and he knew. 

Yes, I think he knew.

 

 And I can write no more on that because it is beyond my understanding.

When the burdened man spoke, did his words fall as words through a fire to a broken heap of humanity crumpled on the dusty ground?

 

 It may be, for we read in verse 20 that “Then Job arose…“

How long did Job remain on the ground in the broken posture of speechless agony before he arose and prepared himself to return there

in a posture of worship?

I have sat here with tears for a while now,  thinking and realizing how small and petty I am prone to be.

 A song that my husband Wayne sang many, many years ago has come to my mind.

I am including the link here and I really recommend that you take the time to let it speak to you as it has to me just now.
http://soundcloud.com/wd-tony/tall-on-my-knees


That will be the end of todays' Blog for I need to spend some alone time with Jesus and I can no longer see through these tears.


Love in Christ,

Charlene

Hi friends, You might want to scroll down to the Red text to a related Simey Story if you find my observations from Job a little tedious. 
 


 Study of Job Section 2--------------------------------------------1-14-14 and 1-15-14
Dear fellow students of the Word,
Hi,
I was thinking that unless you know that I totally believe this scripture from II Timothy, you may find my interest and fascination with Gods' Word a bit off the wall.  Actually you may find it so anyway.  But I am OK with that.

This is the basis of all I believe.

II Tim.3:15-17

  "…15and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work..."


 

Continuing on with the first chapter of Job....

     I find myself not able to just quickly read through this. I think because here we have a picture of God Almighty in conversation with Satan.

    Although I struggled to finish the book ‘The Shack’ by William P. Young,  and cannot imagine Jehovah in so small a form as depicted there, the imagery has somehow enabled me to imagine the following scene more comprehensibly than I might have otherwise.

I try to read this thoughtfully as though I had not heard it before....

Job 1:6-11

      6Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, 
and Satan also came among them.

 7The LORD said to Satan,

“From where do you come?”

 Then Satan answered the LORD and said,

 “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

 8The LORD said to Satan,

“Have you considered My servant Job?

For there is no one like him on the earth,

a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.

” 9Then Satan answered the LORD,

 “Does Job fear God for nothing?

 10“Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side?

You have blessed the work of his hands,

and his possessions have increased in the land.

11“But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has;

 he will surely curse You to Your face.”

12Then the LORD said to Satan,

 “Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him.”

So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD.

This is an amazing moment in the Universe, that encompasses all time, and all people and answers in a few sentences several of the questions we ponder as we search for our own understanding of doctrines.

I don’t want to be sacrilegious or in any way take from the Glory of God by my words, but I am imagining that God set the scene here, using the ego and pride of Satan to trick him into admitting several things for all creation to hear, which Satan might not have wanted us to know.

Maybe God called a press conference. He, Our God, The creator, He who So Loved the world…could do that...

 I am going to take some liberties here and present my musings of what this might have looked like.

       Were these ‘sons’ good?
       I assume they were. In other translations they are referred to as angels.
       Perhaps when presenting themselves they spoke to God of their frustrations in watching over creation and mentioned that it seemed apparent to them that people on earth did not know about the plan of Satan to hurt God by destroying the bond between God and man. 

       Of course God knew this, but to remind all of heaven of His Omnipotence, he winked at them and said   "Fear not, watch this!"
       Then leaning over the podium he starts the conversation with Satan.
        And Satan, his ego stoked by the attention, lets escape from his own mouth statements that declare the greatness, love, protection, and power, that God holds over wee Man, and the constraining power God holds over Satan himself.
       This amazes me.
        I never realized this before.  

And I used to think that the book of Job was about the patience of Job.!

I imagine the sons of God are sitting there smiling….the Word is getting out, the cameras are rolling and here we have it. I never realized the wealth of information that these few verses hold...
What was revealed in this conversation?

1. Satan is real
2. He is cunning as we are warned, but not too cunning for God
3. He is walking around among us
4. He is considering us….and not for good….He is trying to get us to curse God. See vs.11
5. He understands our financial standing,
6. He knows our family circumstances
7. He understands our influence in society
8. He knows about the hedge…ahhhh the hedge. Had we heard of that before? Hmmm

OK, what else?

(I am thinking God gave the sons a big thumbs up about now.)

We also learn from this interview that

1. God knew about Job
2. Knew his commitment
3. His financial standing,
4. His family circumstances
5. We learn what it is that impressed God. That is amazing too. (we are not talking about salvation here, we’re talking about what God thought of what Job thought of God.) That’s how I see it.
6. We hear  that being perfect and upright impresses God,
7. that fearing God and turning away from evil impresses God. ( Perhaps that is the meaning of ‘fear God’, acknowledging that He is everything that is good and loving, and  in response choosing good over all that isn’t good.) More about that later….
8. We learn that God blesses…puts His blessing on a person, their finances, all that they put their hand to
9. We learn about the hedge…. when I hear that word and think of that concept, picturing the reality of it in my mind, I am inclined to sit back and smile. I first heard of the Hedge when I was in Bible School at Fairwood. I am getting off track again….
10. We see that Satan is not in ultimate control at all.

Truthfully, there are issues that I don’t understand still, but I am so glad to be reminded again today, as I sat with His Word, of these realities.

And in my heart I am reminded that it is very naïve to blame God when bad things happen.

I wonder how far across the globe Satan had walked before he smacked his forehead in realization that once again he had been outplayed.

Did the sons of God shout for Joy?

Did God chuckle?

　
There is a little family story, generated by our Simon. 
Yes, it’s Simey again!

He was six, we were sitting outside having a snack at the table after school. Of course we were using cloth napkins, and yes, it is important that you know that.

I was wanting a little order from the bickering between the three of them and announced that it was time to pray. All the details are not so clear to me anymore, but for sure he chided me for “always talking about ‘God and stuff“. And basically asked me for my reasons and authority for doing so!

I was a bit amused for that was pretty much out of character for Simon, so I supposed something was going on in his heart.

Well anyway, I told him I “always talked about God (and ‘stuff’)” because the Devil was always trying to make us not think about God (and ‘stuff’)

“Well, what does the Devil do?” he asked

I told him briefly what I knew about that based on this passage and II Peter 5:8. I used the term ‘walking around’ in my description…that I remember clearly because Simey screwed up his face and looking over his shoulder he exclaimed “well he’s walking around here ‘cause he just walked by me!”

I have to tell you it was difficult to keep objective at this point, I may have even looked around too.
 Anyway, I feigned deafness just so I could hear it again and sure enough it was repeated verbatim. 
Holding myself together on the outside, I asked the boy why he thought that the devil had walked by him.
 He replied, “because I was just gonna put something dirty from my nose on the napkin…so he must have told me to do that…but I didn’t!”

Now do you suppose it was about the time I suggested prayer that he changed his little boy heart about defiling my table napkin? I like to think so…..

Well, I didn’t get too far in Job again tonight but that’s it for today.

Walk confidently in that which you Do Know: That Jesus Christ, in another great moment in time, laid down His life in response to the Great love of God for Humanity, he died there, but came alive, having paid forever every debt we had to the Law of Sin and death. He sits at the right hand of our Father in Heaven, He intercedes for us to the Father. He left behind a gift, the powerful Spirit of God to dwell in us and lead us and enable us to hear and follow and Live and be....complete, perfect, upright....

Well, those are a few of the things…

Sitting back smiling…

Charlene

“Do not judge others, 
and
 you will not be judged.

 For you will be treated 
as 
you treat others.

The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.^"

Matthew 7:1-2

     <sup>She walked slowly toward the church, a smile brightening her face as she saw her friend waiting for her.  Coming to this meeting at a church she had never attended was an act of support, not something she was comfortable with.  In fact, she had told her friend Cora that if she wasn't going, neither might she. 
     Fran was disappointed as she approached the door, it was as she feared.  The music coming from within the church vibrated physically in her chest, and once they entered, the only way to hear each other was to actually put mouth to ear.  There were several others from their church group there and Fran cautiously settled in with them exchanging genuine greetings.  She had grown to really like these people and had started to trust them.  They had worshiped together and prayed together and shared many heart issues over the year or so that she had been meeting with them at a Home Church on Saturday evenings.  Tonight they were meeting at this church to support friends in this fellowship.
     Now, as the meeting started, and the pastor invited everyone to worship Jesus, repeating several times the invitation to abandon themselves in praise, not worrying about what each other might think, Fran got a little nervous.  With her Baptist upbringing, her only exposure to Rock music had been mostly by mistake and in short episodes in movies involving bar scenes.  Unfortunately, to her, when she closed her eyes, she felt like she was in that atmosphere.
     So, she opened her eyes and followed along with the unfamiliar words of these worship songs, wanting to be seen as one of those Praising God, not wanting to look like what she was, a fish out of water.  An old Baptist Lady in a charismatic worship service. 
     There came a time after two or three songs that seemed to her like fifteen, that she sat down.  She continued to pray, asking God to protect her from a closed mind, asking for The Holy Spirit to speak peace to her heart and give understanding of the situation. 
     She remembered how Sarah, one of the youngest members of the group had called her that week, gently insisting that she Fran come to this meeting because she felt God had impressed that on her heart.  Fran respected Sarah's  opinion, and had come mainly in response to that request.  As she sat there now, she stopped trying to fit in, and concentrated instead on meeting with God.  And, she admitted, thinking of the possible repercussions of leaving early.
     Well, she left early, and once the decision was made, she felt so relieved, that she had no sense of guilt, only the guilt of having none. 
     As days went by and her mind often returned to the experience,  she talked to God about it, and became aware of a few life lessons.
     She realized that God was still working on a request that she had made several years before when she became aware that others felt she had a judgmental attitude. This had been hurtful to Fran, because she had not thought that of herself.  It seemed to her that she was always standing up for the under-dog and the misunderstood. How could she be judgmental?
     Nevertheless, she was willing to leave that behind if it was true, and in months and years since then, had realized it was somewhat true of her. 

     And now, Fran realized that if she had not known the depth of spiritual maturity of her friends who danced to the 'rock' music that night in the strange church, if she had not heard at other times their quiet praise and expressed adoration for her Lord Jesus Christ, if she had not seen the 'fruit' in their lives, she would have judged them nonspiritual, perhaps unsaved.  Because of the way they chose to worship that night.
     As it was, she had to conclude that different people worship differently.  Is it possible, that young people who grew up hearing loud rock music are not offended by it and are able to utilize it guilt free in worship and praise?  Are those exposed to dance in one setting or another, able to utilize dance in their worship? 

This realization also released in her heart a bit of confidence that those of her friends who knew she left early would remember her quiet praise, her love for God, her heart for the lost and her Love of Jesus Christ.  And then, even their opinion of her seemed not to matter.</sup>

 ^{She suddenly saw  herself as an old wineskin hanging by the fire,}

 ^{wrinkled and dried out from the smoke of many fires,}

^{yet still functioning as a vessel of the Holy Spirit as Jesus had promised.} 

 ^{Still holding precious aged,  fragrant and tasteful wine.}  

 But something else came to her during those days.

     <sup>Just as she so strongly felt an abhorrence at the judgmental practice of so many 'churched' people to kick their young when they are down, and shun the unclean until they appear washed, she felt now strong desire to understand the kicker, understand the "shunner."
     She realized that she could no longer judge that person who sits in the seat during worship service, never showing emotion, never raising a hand in praise, and never speaking an Amen in agreement during prayer. 
     She knelt by her chair then, the moment she realized her sin and confessed.  Then, she rose in thankfulness for the wisdom and bravery of a young woman who had expressed her belief that this old woman...well, (a little old) should come to that service. 
     Without this understanding gained from that evening in a strange church with strange worship, she would not have learned this lesson.  Would not have realized she carried a judgmental attitude still.

And as I write, I am so aware that without this knowledge and understanding, without this forgiveness, I would not be able to go forth in what I believe is my ministry...to bring Christs healing, affection and unity among the women of God in churches wherever God leads.
Charlene</sup>
PS Worshiping happily as a slightly charismatic, slightly old Baptist 

 Spirit of his Son

 

 

I sat here this evening for time with Gods Word, specifically to practice the presence of God as I have been hearing about from various sources for several weeks. I harbored no idea of what that would 'look like'.  I began to read scripture, then stopped after this one verse.

 

Galatians 4:6
Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father."

As you know, there are several titles for the Holy Spirit that are very familiar to me,  they are names, and evidences that we are accustomed to: The promised Holy Spirit, The Counselor, Teacher.  But this description, 'Spirit of his Son', stood out to me. I pondered that.  What followed in my time of devotions tonight, I want to share.

I know this may be a bit juvenile, but as all matter exists in one of three ‘forms’, solid, liquid, vapor, I have found it helpful sometimes to think of God like this. The Holy Spirit represented by ’vapor’ flowing, filling vessels, taking their form for His dwelling or the fragrance in the breath of praise, and so on.

But for some reason, when I read …”The Spirit of his Son”…Spirit of his Son  in  our hearts, I was a little bit shocked.  WHY WOULD HE DO THAT?
Such a precious, expensive, costly gift.  What Power poured into such weakness! What glorious majesty living in such a humble clay pot!
“God, help me to comprehend what that means.!”

I know, there are doctrines, and verses and snippets of sermons in my mind. The knowledge is there. God is Gracious and Merciful to me, and gives me Faith to believe what I read in His Word, but… 

"God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts!"

I sat and pondered this for a few moments

My mind, (as it is wont to do quite often), wondered to a room in the Assisted Living Home in New Brunswick, Canada. I can see in my mind my parents lying there asleep. I easily envision them, but wait, is Mom up and wondering around, in Alzheimer's confusion, tidying up and putting away things where they may never be found again? Is she filled with one of those awful waves of anger that come over her unbidden as the disease progresses through her brain? Are they remembering each other? Is Mommy afraid to get back in that bed with that strange man? Is Daddy reaching out to his bride of 64 years, reassuring her that he is indeed her Gordie?

Oh God I begin to cry, “lay your peace around them!”    And I turn to prayer, with hands outstretched toward My Father for these His children. I imagine an angel by the bed, then I imagine Gods hands around them, and peace replaces my anxiety.

I turn to praising God.

  Almost without a conscious effort I am worshiping Him, and together, it is as if I move in flight, I sprinkle faith and love, to each member of the family and others that come to my attention. I am conscious of not being alone, of course I am not, for how can I a mere human, even imaging this kind of ministry.

 I am Not alone….I am humbled, yet happy and I am surrounded by warmth and a most mellow Peace.

  Even when my attention is directed to a little crack house where exist souls I love and weep for, even there….most powerfully there, Faith, Love, Forgiveness, The Sprinkled Blood of Jesus, plainly do the work that I long for and cry in anguish for on other occasions. Tonight, the work of prayer was done peacefully. And my soul felt satisfied that blessing was directed to those I prayed for.

 

 Romans 8:26

 American King James Version
Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered

Weymouth New Testament

"In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness; for we do not know what prayers to offer nor in what way to offer them. But the Spirit Himself pleads for us in yearnings that can find no words,"

 

  and once again I had no requests, just worship and adoration and thankfulness.

After some time I returned to reading.

I was using my laptop tonight and as began to read again the scripture for the day, my eyes went to the cross references.

Now, those of you who know me best know that I have felt that the ‘locust have eaten’ many of our last 40 years; that the journey, for several reasons has been a wilderness, and as we work through the effects of the wilderness experiences we often ask “Why?” This is never far from my heart especially when my mind goes to my children and grand children


 

Well, the Holy Spirit used this time tonight to pour out a Double Blessing on me. Through that wonderful time in the Presence of God, this mounting up with wings;  not only was there ministry to others through the power of prayer, but to my heart as well.
That amazes me,

And this amazes me:

 there in the margin of today’s devotional these Words catch my eye:

“…in the wilderness these forty years…”

 

I felt a tug at my heart, then I skimmed the verse, a little surprised that it was listed as cross reference for the main verse. I have heard it before many times of course, but tonight it was a message for me. My Rhema.

I read the passages as a whole as they were written there in the Daily Studies http://biblehub.com/

 

John 13:7 Jesus answered and said to him, "What I do you do not realize now, but you will understand hereafter."

 

Deuteronomy 8:2 "You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

Ezekiel 16:8 "Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, you were at the time for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine," declares the Lord GOD.

Hebrews 12:6 FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."

1 Peter 4:12,13 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; • but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.

2 Corinthians 4:17,18 " For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, • while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal."

And that, my friend, was Gods gift to me during time of devotion tonight. Isn’t God good!

 

 

　

Ps. 133 International Standard Version A Davidic Song of Ascents   The Significance of Unity 1Look how good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! 2It is like precious oil on the head, descending to the beard— even to Aaron’s beard— and flowing down to the edge of his robes. 3It is like the dew of Hermon falling on Zion’s mountains. For there the LORD commanded his blessing— life everlasting.

I have always wondered about that phrase:

“…descending to the beard—

even to Aaron’s beard—

and flowing down to the edge of his robes”

Tonight I found this wonderful commentary. No words of mind could express my emotion as I reread this entry from:

The Treasury of David

"That ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard."

This is a chief point of comparison,

that as the oil did not remain confined to the place where it first fell,

but flowed down the High Priest's hair

And

bedewed his beard,

even so

brotherly love

descending from the head

distils and descends,

anointing as it runs,

and

perfuming all it lights upon.

"That went down to the skirts of his garments."

Once set in motion it would not cease from flowing.

It might seem as if it were better

not to smear

his garments with oil,

but

the sacred unguent could not be restrained,

it flowed over his holy robes;

even thus does brotherly love

not only

flow over the hearts upon which it was first poured out,

and

descend to those who are an inferior part of the mystical body of Christ,

but

it runs where it is not sought for,

asking neither

leave

nor

License

to make its way.

Christian affection

knows no limits

Of

parish,

nation,

sect

or

age.

Is the man a believer in Christ?

Then he is in the one body,

And

I must yield him

An abiding love.

Is he one of the

poorest,

one of the

least spiritual,

one of the

least lovable?

Then

he is as the skirts of the garment,

and

my heart's love

must fall

Even

upon him.

Brotherly love comes from the head,

but falls to the feet.

Its way is downward.

It

"ran down,"

and it

"went down":

love for the brethren condescends to men of low estate,

it is not puffed up,

but

is lowly and meek.

This is no small part of its excellence,

oil would not anoint

if

it did not flow down,

neither would brotherly love diffuse its blessing

if

it did not descend.

The Treasury of David; Charles Spurgeon Bible Commentary

I share this because I know it is Christ’s heart desire for us His followers to be in unity.

We know that to be true because he prayed to the Father for just that:

John 17:21 That they all may be one; as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, …

By that same verse we see that it is possible.

To allow the work of the Holy Spirit

In us

To live in unity.

To change the face of our church by allowing Him to teach us to love

John 13:35
"A new commandment I give to you,

           that you love one another even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
      "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

"...even so

brotherly love

descending from the head

distils and descends,

anointing as it runs,

and

perfuming all it lights upon."

Charles Spurgeon Bible Commentary

A RESTFUL PATH

A Restful Path

 Isaiah 40:31

“But they that wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

I had been looking for the perfect photo to go with this verse to help me visualize and better understand what this verse is saying to me today, and how to apply the promise.
  Of course I started looking at paintings of eagles. I had given up the search until now.

This photo of my Mom was taken impromptu.  She did not pose for it, but it is a real picture of a woman waiting on God.  You see, at the time of this photo, Mom was in early stages of Dementia or Alzheimer's disease.  We were not sure at the time.  She was often fearful, often in tears realizing something was very wrong, helplessly out of her control.

  I believe that as she stood there watching the day end, as she often did, she was 'waiting on the Lord.'

 God is not saying we are going to fly, but that we will mount up, or rise above.

  We will not suddenly look like an eagle in the blue sky hovering on a thermal,

 but we will look like us....
only better.

It is a rising above, we are able to see a larger picture. When we do, I think we are better able to accomplish our duties in a way that energizes us so we have what it takes to be patient and kind right up to the moment we are finished for that day.

The waiting on the Lord will enable us to exhibit the fruit of the Spirit when our spirit is exhausted.

Our teaching, our nursing, our parenting and our interaction with strangers and spouses will have a better quality to it when we begin with conversing with the Lord, then waiting and trusting.

A fragrance.

            A lightness,
                      A freedom

 In reading the introduction to "Spiritual Disciplines’ Handbook" by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun, I was intrigued as she pointed to a new look at a familiar invitation from Jesus. 

"Come to me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls."

Matthew 11:30-31 is so familiar to us that we tend to not let the import of these words of Christ sink into our hearts. Here is how "The Message" renders the verse:

"Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."

My soul longs to live freely and lightly.

 When I hear these words I imagine walking with Jesus, the wind blowing through my hair.

  No purse over my shoulder, no shoes, no physical pain or emotional anxiety.

  We are singing and laughing and there is no looking over my shoulder fearing that somebody will be offended by how I sound or look or act.

      Spiritual, emotional, physical and mental energies are restored

in His presence.

I am thankful to be reminded that as believers in Christ, His presence is in us.

  By waiting on Him and listening to Him we honor Him. We allow Him to manifest Himself to us.  A few moments to keep company with Him sounds too simple, but what a marvelous gift!

 

This path to renewal is such an easy one, so much simpler than many, yet the very essence of life itself;  the source of peace and unity and kinship with our Creator, our Comforter, our Savior and our Friend.

 Do we avoid quiet time with God for its simplicity? 

Are we allowing ourselves to be deceived into thinking that some more difficult self-sacrificing task would please Him more? 

Today we are discussing and reminding each other to do ourselves a favor, and spend time with God.

  Today the path to renewal is an easy one with lots of cozy places to rest and listen and wait.

Lets encourage each other to sit still and invite Holy Spirit to explain to us what "waiting on God" will look like for us today. ...and be renewed.

               "Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."

PS: I found  these photos as well, that remind me to 'sit and keep company'…..Dad and my brother Steve just keeping company.

CfR

As with all my blogs, my goal is to strengthen and edify the sisterhood of believers, thus strengthening the family.

I welcome your comments that will shed insight on this aspect of our lives, and encourage someone else.

CfR