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Greetings Gang in Jesus Name,
 
Well, in just a few days I will be winging my way to Liberia (Africa) with my oldest son Peter-John where he and his wife Amanda (who will following us a few days later) will be receiving their new six-month-old twin daughters whom they are adopting.
 
So, I will be a grandfather of two more granddaughters!!!
 
Ah, adoption has such a sweetness attached to it. For it implies a very purposed, thought-through, free-will, heart-felt choice made by parents who desire such an addition to their lives.
 
And such is true as it relates to me and you in our relationship with our Father. Check out what His Word says about us:

"Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of His will."  (Ephesians 1:5)

So we see it was His "good pleasure" to adopt you and me! He wasn't "stuck with us," or "surprised by us." He actually chose us, and He "winged His way" across the seas of time and space to fetch us and carry us in His almighty arms to bring us into His forever family!!!
 
I am absolutely confounded by why He would choose me . . . but I am so very glad He did! And I am so very glad He chose you too!
 
And I am extremely grateful that He has placed me in a family with brothers and sisters like you. The encouraging words you've sent our way, the financial support that you have extended to this ministry, the prayers that have been so faithfully prayed . . . it all blesses, humbles and encourages us tremendously.
 
Ah, what a family! O, what a Father!!!
 
Thanking the Lord for you,
 
Jon


May 16
 
And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.
2 Samuel 12:5-7 (a)
 
Nathan told David of a rich man who killed his neighbor’s one and only lamb in order to feed his friend. Upset that a rich man would steal from a poor man, David was right in saying the rich man should give four lambs to the poor man, for that was the restitution decreed in the Law (Exodus 22:1). The problem was that David didn’t stop there. He went on to issue the death sentence upon the rich man. This was neither God’s Word nor His heart. In David’s awareness of his own sin, he was judging another harshly.

That’s always the way it is. We will be harshest with the people who commit the same sin with which we struggle. My sins look terrible on someone else. The Master of mercy, the Model of grace was Jesus Christ. He stood up for the woman taken in adultery; He was tender with the woman living in sin. Why? Because He Himself was free of sin.

When Nathan told David the illustration was about him, suddenly David understood. Whenever there’s a finger pointing at another, three are pointing back. This sobers me. We’re all guilty. The Old Testament, as well as the Sermon on the Mount, drive us to the place where we say, “I’m a sinner. I need grace.”
 
This Daily Devotional is an excerpt from the book "Footsteps of the Flock" by Pastor Jon. "Footsteps of the Flock" is a collection of 365 short devotions from the Old Testament books of Joshua through Malachi.  If you would like your own copy of "Footsteps of the Flock" you may click here to go to the SearchLight Store