Good Morning,
Day 2 of my Maine Adventure 2016. Storm's grandson likes to peruse the "stuff" in the local pawn shop. He likes to score something there, but today was not the day. To me it looked like junk. Give me...give me an antique store any day. We needed to go for groceries and some other things and so we visited the nearest Super Wal Mart. I needed to get some slippers since I forgot mine in Cali...in spite of my detailed list that I was working from,
Following that we went for a gourmet lunch at Wasses Hot Dog Take Out. It is a favorite here and people line up for it. They are cooked when ordered. You can get the regular stuff on them plus cheese and chili. A trip to Maine would not be complete without at least one visit to one of the places where they are located. As a matter of fact, this business was started by Storm's great grandfather. At that time it was called
KEN'S DOGS
This is what a plate of the dogs look like.
You are probably wondering if I have forgotten the purpose of this writings...to give you a daily devotional. I haven't forgotten; I promise! It is just that many of you tell me you like to read what I am doing here in Maine. I got carried away today.
God bless,
God bless,
Corinne
Today's devotional was written by Glenna Williamson. The topic is freedom which is so important and which we sometimes take for granted. Glenna wrote, "...the most significant Freedom of all is the freedom in our hearts if we are right in our spirit with God and man. If our minds can be free of fear and anxiety and sorrow…oh, what 'Sweet Freedom' that is!'
Freedom
I’ve been involved in Christian Prison Ministry for some time, and recently a man (that I’ve become acquainted with) was released from Prison. This man got saved while incarcerated and is now serving the Lord to the best of his ability. My feeling toward forgiveness is that he is saved just as much as I am saved….for the Bible says “For such were some of you.”
Anyway, after he was released and got himself settled for a few days, he called me to let me know how happy he was and how he “Thanked God” for His goodness His mercy and Freedom.
I asked him, “What did you see that struck you straight way that touched your heart, because you’ve been locked up for so long”? He said, “When I got on the bus, I saw several little children with their mother, and it made me want to cry with such a feeling…I wish I could have hugged those precious little kids, it was the feeling of looking upon a new little puppy, all you want to do is hug them, of course I couldn’t….but oh what a precious sight of these little ones were to my eyes and heart….pure and innocent and full of trust and love.”
I thought of what “Freedom” is and how blessed we are in so many different aspects of freedom. Those that have come to Christ for forgiveness are free from sin and death, freedom of religion. Little children have such an innocent freedom to play and speak, laugh and just be. Freedom comes with a price for our country as those who pay the price to guard and protect our country in the military. We have the choice to freely live as we choose, free to eat what we want, free to go where we want to go, freedom to give. But I think the most significant “Freedom of all is the freedom in our hearts if we are right in our spirit with God and man. If our minds can be free of fear and anxiety and sorrow….oh what “Sweet Freedom” that is! I Thank God for the Freedom our country has and for the liberty we the people of God can experience in our lives.
Written by:
Glenna Williamson
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