Daily Digest

15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.” 16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her. 19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?” 20 “Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. 21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted[e] me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.” 22 So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.

I am always struck by Ruth’s complete dedication to Naomi. The complete dedication she shows to her mother-in-law and her God. Surely it would have been tempting (and easier) to go back to what she had known. But Ruth shows such resolution to stay with Naomi. The choice she made cannot have been easy but it placed Ruth in a position where God could bless her in ways she could not have imagined.

I think there are times in all our lives when we have to be brave – make determined choices and ‘stick to our guns’. Ruth did the right thing. This was a big decision but there are decisions big and small every day that we face. I hope my choices show the same resolution to do the right thing as Ruth showed. I don’t know about you, but I want to be positioned so I can do and receive all that God has for me.

Heavenly Father help me to be courageous in my choices. Help me to choose wisely every day and bring Glory to you. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

Written by Christine Knight

20 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 21 equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 22 Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly. 23 I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you. 24 Greet all your leaders and all the Lord’s people. Those from Italy send you their greetings. 25 Grace be with you all.

Hebrews ends where it began – with Jesus.  The power and the name through which God made and sustains the whole universe, Jesus himself, (Hebrews 1:2-3) is the same power that is available to me.  Jesus is in me – to “equip me with ALL I need for doing His will” v21 and “EVERY good thing that is pleasing to Him.” v21.

Do I really live with this reality? Do I wake every day with the realisation that because I have placed my hope and faith in Jesus I now have everything I need to get through the day? That the power that made the universe and holds it together and even raised Jesus from the dead is at my disposal? How different would my life be if I lived every moment soaked in the reality of the power that is available to me through Jesus?

Lord Jesus, when anxiety and fear threaten to crowd my thinking, please remind me of this verse – that the power that made and holds the universe and raised Jesus from the dead IS IN ME! You command me not to be afraid and now I know why!  Amen

Written by Boudy Van Noppen

7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so. 10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat. 11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. 13 Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. 14 For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come. 15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

I am always keen to hear how I may please God. And this passage ends with a clear call to do so – do good and share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. 

It’s powerful to note that such actions please God, but that they are acknowledged as sacrifices. I think the writer of Hebrews acknowledges something real at this point – we are prepared to do good and share, but often without the sacrifice. To do good to those who will not give back, and likewise in our sharing. 

Jesus calls us to do good to our enemies, and share with those who we have no other affinity with other than the bond of faith in Jesus. God is pleased when we are prepared to do good in this way – and it is sacrificial. Often because we have to give up doing good in the most natural way, to do good and share in the more unnatural way, but Kingdom way. 

I want to please you. So, Lord, I heed your word. Lead me in doing good and sharing as you lead me to, not just in the ways I am most naturally inclined to. Amen. 

Written by Ps. Rob Waugh

25 See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven? 26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27 The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”

Most of us don’t like to be shaken. When I was a teenager I was in a major earthquake in Mexico City, and I can still remember the hotel chandeliers swinging and hitting the ceiling. It was terrifying!

Sometimes God has metaphorically shaken things up in my life. Of course I did not like it at the time, but it actually made me sit up and take notice of things that needed to change in me. So, when it is God who is doing the shaking, it can be understood as a good thing.

And then there’s the things that are unshakeable. God’s love, His plans for us, and our eternal future with Him. This is all so incredibly comforting in an uncertain world – that when I hold on to these things, I cannot be shaken.

 I love how the Message version puts this:
“Do you see what we’ve got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God. For God is not an indifferent bystander. He’s actively cleaning house, torching all that needs to burn, and he won’t quit until it’s all cleansed. God himself is Fire!”

Today I am thankful, brimming with worship and deeply reverent before God as He shakes the things that need to be shaken.

Written by Shelley Witt

14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. 16 See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.

Esau’s desire to immediately satisfy his current situation (hunger), makes a life changing decision.  He sells his birthright and inheritance as the oldest son, to Jacob his younger brother, for a meal.  He didn’t think.  I am sure he carried regrets.  He ultimately shipwrecked his future because of an impulsive and poor decision.  It sows deception and conflict in the family.  His decision affects his future and that of His generations to come. Wow!!

This passage makes me think, and wonder about my decisions that could be like Esau. 

Have I held onto unforgiveness and bitterness instead of walking in reconciliation and forgiveness?  Have I impulsively bought things to satisfy my earthly longings than live a life of sacrifice and generosity?  Have I spoken badly rather than held my tongue and been gracious?  Have I gossiped and divulged things that I shouldn’t?  Have I not spoken up for those who do not have a voice, when I have had an opportunity?  Have I not stood for Christ when suffering persecution or wrong opinions?  Have I chosen the easy road rather than God’s higher road?

I am very thankful for the forgiveness and mercy of Christ.  We need to be people of reconciliation.

It is so important that you and I tend the garden of our hearts continually making sure that “bitter roots” do not develop and we live in peace with everyone.

I think of the sayings: “It is better to be kind, than right.”  “You cannot understand someone, until you have walked a mile in their shoes.”

Read Proverbs 28 v 25 TPT – when it comes to decision making.

Lord Jesus, thank you that you love us so completely.  Help us Lord to make wise and better decisions.  Choices that Jesus would make – rather than engage in arguments or have the desire to be right; help us to bring your grace, peace, wisdom and presence into conversations and interactions in our lives.  Help us to always leave somewhere better than when we entered.  Amen.

Written by Ps. Sue Botta

4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.” 7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?

Anything worth doing is going to be difficult. I love the idea of discipline and how it shapes us: making us stronger and better. We know that a lack of discipline may cause sloppiness, laziness, and even failure. When our motivation stumbles, discipline keeps us going. It is the practice, training, behaviour, direction, and instruction that help us succeed. When Christ calls us to be his disciples, it is His discipline we are devoted to. It is ultimately for our good!

Now we barely live for a century, and in comparison to the eternity that awaits us, that puts this life into perspective very quickly. What are one hundred years compared to the infinite depths of eternity? So how are we to respond to a passage like this? Those that do not hold to a biblical worldview may think this life is all we have. But we take hope in something more! As disciples of Christ, we know our behaviour and heart reflect Jesus! However, and more often than not, that is easier said than done. We need to not lose heart and endure hardship, a message that is echoed many, many times in the New Testament.

Lord, thank you for your wise and divine discipline on us. Help us to become like you Christ. Forgive us when we forget to be humble, leaning on our own strength and understanding. Thank you that you do not send trials that we cannot endure. Help us to accept your discipline, to not lose heart and to endure hardship. May Your will always be done. In your precious name, Jesus.
Amen

Written by Sven Bessesen

29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days. 31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient. 32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground. 39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

Hebrews chapter 11: The Great Hall of Faith. Imagine walking into the main exhibition hall of a living museum, with all these people – Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Joseph, Moses, Rahab, Gideon, Barack, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel – sitting at tables. They are waiting for you to come and listen as they share their stories of how God came through for them. They tell you about how they wrestled with their fears and doubts, how they reminded themselves of God’s faithfulness, and then their jubilation and relief at seeing God move on their behalf and make things happen. You’ve heard some amazing stories and you know that you are in a special place. As you move to the next table, you wonder what great miracle God did for this person. But as you listen, you hear their story is not so great. In fact, it’s terrible. Their prayer wasn’t answered. Far from it. In fact, you think that God abandoned them. Yet here they sit across from you, with the same joy as the others. By looking at them, you wouldn’t know that they had a bad experience.

You wonder how can they be so joyful, so at peace, so unmarked by unanswered prayers?

It’s as though faith shaped them. Not their circumstance. It’s as though faith was a person with a life and power of its own. The Passion Translation describes faith this way:

Faith empowers

Faith motivates   

Faith embraces

Faith prompts

Faith inspires

Faith stirs

Faith provides

Faith imparts

Faith sparks courage!

How do I get this kind of faith?! God has already gifted it to me when I invited Him to be my Lord and Saviour. Faith is the arena God calls me to live in (v40 TPT). Lord, help me live by faith!  

Written by Gab Martin

17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future. 21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.

What stands out to me most about this passage is that it encapsulates so well the idea of generational faith and leaving a faith-filled legacy. These verses cover four generations of strong, Christian leaders who were all flawed, yet all made decisions that put God first, and ultimately became a part of a lineage of faith. Growing up in the church and with Christian family, I have been blessed to see how impactful a Christian heritage can be, and how what is modelled to you becomes your default.

It challenges me in two ways – firstly, am I acting in faith the way that these people have? While I may have very different circumstances, I am still presented daily with opportunities to step out in faith, to make decisions – whether big or small – that move me in the direction that God has called me to. 

Secondly, I am challenged to make sure that actions of faith are both displayed and talked about in my home and family. In many trying times, I have been uplifted and encouraged hearing the testimonies of how God has come through and responded to the faith of those I know or who are in my family. I want to make sure that this is a legacy that I continue and pass down in my own family.

God, thank you so much for the faith-filled examples of those who have come before us, both in the Bible and in our daily lives. I ask Lord that you would help us to open our eyes and see the daily opportunities we have to step out in faith and respond to your call. Help us to be aware of what we are modelling to others as we seek to leave a legacy of faith. Amen.

Written by Ps. Madelaine Tarasenko

4 By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead. 5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. 7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.

Hebrews 11 is a chapter all about Faith in Action.  We see a hall of fame of men and women of incredible faith from scripture.   In this passage the writer of Hebrews highlights Abel, Enoch and Noah.  All men who individually have incredible stories of faith filled lives. 

Verse 5 says, “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”  As followers of Jesus, faith is central to our Christian lives. Faith trusts God in all circumstances, trusts that He is good and faithful to fulfill His promises. 

Father, thank you for the examples of faith we can see right throughout scripture.  Help us to put our faith in you afresh today. Amen.

Written by Ps. Annique Botta

32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. 34 You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. 35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. 36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. 37 For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.” 38 And, “But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.” 39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

DON’T GIVE UP!  Don’t go back to the way you used to live or what you believed before Jesus changed your life, persevere.  This is what the writer of Hebrews is telling his audience. Remember all the things you’ve already been through, they have not been easy, so don’t give up now!

Many years ago, I clearly remember being on a tram in Hong Kong and wrestling with going back to not living a Christian life, walking away from Jesus.  Not because of persecution like our Hebrew brothers & sisters, but because of sin in my life. The struggle was real, as it was for them, and looking back to a seemingly easier non confronting life seemed a way out.  But as the writer points out, and the conclusion I thankfully came to, my life would not be better off, I’d be even more wretched because I knew the difference that Jesus had already made to my life, I knew He was God, I knew He had saved me. I knew there was no other way.

This doesn’t mean we won’t have struggles, persecution even, from work colleagues, family, friends, our own internal struggles, but the reward is a much larger, fuller, freer life, trusting by faith that the one who has begun the good work in our lives, will complete it. (Phil 1:6, 2:13)

Lord Jesus, I thank you that you walk with us when life is hard, doubts come, situations seem to want to overwhelm us, but you will work in us and for us, as we continue to walk by faith, holding tightly to you and to your promise of being renewed and beyond to eternity.

Written by Suzie Hodgson

19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

In considering this passage, would I describe my faith as confident, assured and unswerving? Am I recalling to mind the sufficiency of Jesus’ sacrifice? Am I perceiving myself each day as cleansed by the blood of Jesus, no longer guilty in God’s sight? Am I finding my hope each day in the fact that what God has promised, He will do? 

God, thank you that Jesus’ sacrifice is enough for me. Please help me to fully enjoy the confidence, assurance and hope offered to me in Jesus. Help me to grasp that your promises are for me, and for those around me. Amen. 

Written by Ps. Bethany Waugh

10 The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2 Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. 3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. 4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; 6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased. 7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll— I have come to do your will, my God.’” 8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Jesus gasped, “It is Finished” as he hung on the cross. This statement has become an eternal declaration over humanity: ‘the power of sin and death is broken, forever!’ His gasps came at the end of an earthly life of selfless obedience to his heavenly Father. This was the kind of sacrifice God was looking for all along. Through Jesus’ once for all sacrifice, forgiveness won the day. Forgiveness reigns and speaks louder than condemnation, forever! Once for all. All people, all sin, all time.

I am forgiven, I am set right, I am a child of God. To achieve this, nothing less than the very life of Jesus was needed. To keep this, nothing more is needed than to embrace Jesus and what he has already done for me. This means dropping anything that would encumber this embrace.

Jesus, I embrace you and thank you for changing my identity forever, my sins are forgiven and remembered no more!  Teach me to let go of attitudes and desires that encumber this life-giving embrace.

Written by Andrew Mellor

15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. 16 In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, 17 because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. 18 This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. 19 When Moses had proclaimed every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. 20 He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.” 21 In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. 22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Jesus has brokered a new deal for all people. Whatever the Old Testament may say, Jesus has reshaped and renegotiated the ultimate terms of salvation in the world. In many ways, same as it ever was (eg. it requires serious stuff like blood shedding and sacrifice) but is changed now that Jesus’ sacrifice was a perfect human sacrifice – the most extreme kind of sacrifice crossed with an innocent sacrifice.

The layers of metaphor are numerous and the descriptions complex – but I am encouraged not to be put off by this density. I capture in my imagination the key images, ‘ransom’, ‘sacrifice’, ‘inheritance’, ‘covenant’ and ‘forgiveness’ and let them dance in my mind. Perhaps instead of logic, our natural capacity for poetry is better suited to absorb the significance of this passage in its first reading? The fuller, systematic, importance of this passage can come to me later, but for now Jesus is reshaping the very structure of forgiveness in my imagination just as it is eternally shaped in my heart.

Jesus forever!

My Jesus. Thank you for turning the universe upside down with the most wonderful and at the same time strangest of happenings with Jesus as the sacrifice to end all sacrificing. I am free of debt too because of you Jesus. Debt free forever!

Written by Sam Stewart

9 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. 2 A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place. 3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, 4 which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. 5 Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now. 6 When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. 7 But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. 8 The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. 9 This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. 10 They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

The writer to the Hebrews explains the FIRST COVENANT with God.  He explains the inner workings and describes the Temple in Jerusalem it’s layout, the ceremonial requirements and how the High Priest was the only person ONCE PER YEAR to enter the Holy of Holies offering sacrifices on behalf of the peoples’ sins (their sin) – v 9: “yet these were not able to clear the conscience of the worshipper”.

He goes on later in the chapter to explain that Jesus once and for all was the perfect sacrificial lamb (perfect blood – God’s blood) to take away the sins of the world forever.

It was all ceremonial – a human expression of trying to solve the sinfulness of the human heart…….BUT CHRIST. 

What I love about this letter to the Hebrew Church is that it explains what most people would know, but never have seen.  He cares in this letter to describe the small details: “consecrated bread”, “Aaron’s staff that had budded”, etc.  Verse 8 becomes the key – the Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place has not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning.   

The curtain separating the Holy of Holies had to be torn at Christ’s death.

Centuries of religious duties now broken by the death (Matthew 27 v 50-52) and resurrection of Christ.  Hallelujah.

Lord Jesus, I so thank you for revealing yourself to me, for washing me clean and for filling me with the Holy Spirit.  Breakthrough for all people who sit under the Law of Religion and reveal yourself to them.  Allow them to live free, knowing you personally and understanding how much you love them.  Amen

Written by Ps. Sue Botta