This week:
I'm showcasing some of the books of Pamela Thibodeaux.
Author bio: Award-winning author, Pamela S. Thibodeaux is the Co-Founder and a lifetime member of Bayou Writers Group in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Multi-published in romantic fiction as well as creative non-fiction, her writing has been tagged as, “Inspirational with an Edge!” ™ and reviewed as “steamier and grittier than the typical Christian novel without decreasing the message.”
Today we're kicking off with her devotion.
I'm showcasing some of the books of Pamela Thibodeaux.
Author bio: Award-winning author, Pamela S. Thibodeaux is the Co-Founder and a lifetime member of Bayou Writers Group in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Multi-published in romantic fiction as well as creative non-fiction, her writing has been tagged as, “Inspirational with an Edge!” ™ and reviewed as “steamier and grittier than the typical Christian novel without decreasing the message.”
Today we're kicking off with her devotion.
Blurb: Music is the
magical entry into the spirit world; the golden gate into the Kingdom of God. But
we mustn’t be of the mindset that God only uses Christian music to reach out
and touch our mind, heart and spirit. God uses any and every
means available to speak to His children.
Our job is to be
open and receptive.
In this
devotional, Pamela S Thibodeaux shares how God opened her spirit to a deeper
understanding of the abundance of His grace and mercy through the words of the
song, The Rose sung by Country &
Western artist Conway Twitty.
Pamela offers Seeds to Ponder and a prayer as she
parallels the love of God and the Christian life to each verse of the song.
Excerpt: Some say love,
it is a hunger, an endless aching need...
How very
true! The Bible speaks of a longing of
our soul to be in communion with the Lord. Psalm 42 says, "As the hind
longs for running water, so my soul longs for thee, oh God..."
Endless, aching
need; we all feel it––the need to be loved, to be worthy; the ache to know God
more intimately and to glorify Him.
Many describe
this aspect of their walk with God as an ache or a hunger which is forever
present. Sometimes it is more prevalent than others but always there….The need
to be close to Him, to know His will, to feel His presence, to be made worthy
and whole by His Holy Spirit.
Just when we feel
we’ve gotten closer to Him still, the ache smarts again––deeper, more desperate
than the last time. A longing that cannot be described––one that can only be
satisfied by the Holy Spirit leading you closer and deeper into the Sacred
Heart of Jesus.
Every one of us
can relate to the insatiable hunger we’ve experienced in our lives. Many times
we seek after and pursue more…bigger and better things (money, houses,
cars, jobs) thinking those will satisfy, not realizing the hunger in our soul
is one only God can satisfy. As I look back over my life, I recall a time when
I got wrapped up in the things of the world, and yet, I’ve always been a seeker
of peace above all things. Oh, that we would teach our children that more is
not better and the more things you have, the more time you’ll spend taking care
of them and the less time you’ll have to pursue what really matters in
life—people and relationships!
The accumulation
of things will never satisfy the soul like an intimate relationship with the
Creator and His creation. Get rid of the “stuff” in your life and see how much
peace there is in simplicity.
Seeds to ponder: In Matthew 5: 6,
Jesus said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” How many times do
we fill the hunger in our hearts with things of the world instead of filling it
with things of the Spirit?
Prayer: Dear God, help me
to recognize true, spiritual hunger and turn to You instead of giving in to the
lusts of my flesh and the lure of the world by engaging in unholy attitudes and
actions.
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Comments
May God bless you 100 fold!
PamT