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[cimi]

First of all, i'm realy realy realy realy realy sorry. Because of miscommunication, I was unable to let those that read these Daily Bread entries aware that i was not going to be here for a few days. My husbands family was here and my family and I went to the ocean with them. I was going to leave a message saying so but did not have the time to do so. Again, soooo sorry. I hope that i did not leave anyone hanging. I will post the past three days, so if you have the time they will be here for your reading. luv ya'all, and again, sorry for not being able to inform. Sincerely, cimi.

July 30
Monday


UNCHANGING
LOVE

READ:
James 1:12-20
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At a wedding I attended, the bride's grandfather quoted from memory a moving selection of Scripture about the relationship of husband and wife. Then a friend of the couple read "Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare. The minister conducting the ceremony used a phrase from that sonnet to illustrate the kind of love that should characterize a Christian marriage: "Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds." The poet is saying that true love does not change with circumstances.

The minister noted the many changes this couple would experience during their life together, including health and the inevitable effects of age. Then he challenged them to cultivate the true biblical love that neither falters nor fails in spite of the alterations that would surely come their way.

As I witnessd the joy and excitement of this young couple, a verse came to mind from James: "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning" (1:17). God never changes, and neither does His love for us. We are recipients of a perfect love from our heavenly Father, who has loved us "with an everlasting love (Jer. 31:3).

We are called to accept His unfailing love, to allow it to shape our lives, and to extend it to others. __David McCasland
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Unfailing is God's matchless love,~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~So kind, so pure so true;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~And those who draw upon that love~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~Show love in all they do. _D. De Haan~~~~~~~~~~
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God's love still stands when all else has fallen.

***************Today's Bible Reading __ James 1:12-20************

12 Blessed is the man who
endures temptation; for
when he has been approved,
he will receive the crown of
life which the Lord has
promised to those who love
Him.
13 Let no one say when he
is tempted, "I am tempted
by God"; for God cannot be
tempted by evil, nor does
He Himself tempt anyone.
14 But each one is tempted
when he is drawn away by
his own desires and enticed.
15 Then, when desire has
conceived, it gives birth to
sin; and sin, when it is full-
grown, brings forth death.
16 Do not be deceived, my
beloved brethren. 17 Every
good gift and every perfect
gift is from above, and
comes down from the
Father of lights, with whom
there is no variation or
shadow of turning. 18 Of
His own will He brought us
forth by the word of truth,
that we might be a kind of
firstfruits of His creatures.
19 So then my beloved
brethren, let every man be
swift to hear, slow to speak,
slow to wrath; 20 for the
wrath of man does not
produce the righteousness
of God.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The letter of James was written to encourage Jewish Christians,
who were despersed by persecution and undergoing severe trials
and hardships, to persevere and remain steadfast in the Lord. The
writer is probably James, the oldest half-brother of Jesus (Matt.
13:35). James did not believe in Jesus (John 7:5) but was converted
when Jesus appeared to him after His resurrection (1 Cor. 15:7). He
became one of the "pillars" of the early church (Gal. 2:9). Written
around AD 44, this letter is one of the earliest New Testament
writings. __SKT