Ephesians 2- Part 2

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Study and learn. Be changed.  Ephesians 2 Made Alive in Christ 1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not
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FREE, good medicine...

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Yesterday we got 3 inches of rain...and it was our day to help at the Horse Rescue.   I knew I couldn't get my scooter through the mud. (the scooter that keeps the weight off of my broken leg..)   .so I bought a heavy duty trash bag,   wrapped my boot, and grabbed my normal sneakers that I wear to the horse rescue.  And   ...I  drove to the rescue in the pouring rain.    So,  I finally arrived to the horse rescue, and it is still POURING.  I reach back  behind me to gather what I need so I can get out of the van and start working.    I grab my protective trash bag and place it on my orthopedic boot (that protects my stress fracture)..... and I reach back to get my icky shoe that I wear to the horse farm... and realize I have the wrong shoe (I need the right shoe/ but I had the left shoe).  LOL. Russell is often telling me I have my shirt on backwards..or inside out.  It is just part of being me.  I guess I am  just too busy...too  in a rush to pay attention to the details.   I just put the wrong shoe on my right foot......and go get a  lead rope and start walking  through the mud to gather horses... walking with my boot wrapped in a  trash bag... while wearing my left shoe on the right foot.   I am sure I was a sight!  But....it was soooo good to be with the horses....even in the rain!   The horses didn't ramble as they normally do (stopping to eat grass... smelling other horses)...  but they high tailed it to  the barn.   Perhaps they were ashamed to be seen with me, too.  LOL

  As I walked, I learned that trash bags are very slippery in the mud.... and it is difficult to keep a shoe on..the wrong foot..when you are in thick mud. (See photo)...    :)    I am so glad I could laugh at myself!

I couldn't have cried...and "woes" me.   There is certainly enough pain in everyone's lives.  However, the JOY of the LORD is our strength.    He has done GREAT things.   So...I laugh.

Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (ESV)
The New Living Translation says it this way..... "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength."

 I hope I gave you a little bit of good medicine..even at my own expense. :)

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