Day 41: Monday, March 26th, 2018

Posted on Mar 26, 2018 in Uncategorized |

 
12 Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out all the people buying and selling   animals for sacrifice. He knocked over the tables of the moneychangers and the chairs of those selling doves. 13 He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves!”14 The blind and the lame came to him in the Temple, and he healed them. 15 The leading priests and the teachers of religious law saw these wonderful miracles and heard even the children in the Temple shouting, “Praise God for the Son of David.” But the leaders were indignant. 16 They asked Jesus, “Do you hear what these children are saying?”“Yes,” Jesus replied. “Haven’t you ever read the Scriptures? For they say, ‘You have taught children and infants to give you praise.’” 17 Then he returned to Bethany, where he stayed overnight.
 
Matthew 21:12-17

 I was struggling to find the “perfect” devotion for this year.  My life is finally in a place that I never thought it would be, settled.  So I looked at what happened on the first day of Holy Week, which is the day I had chosen.  On that day, Jesus cleared the Temple again of all that shouldn’t have been there.  For many years, my husband and I have moved with the military, and, while moving, we searched for a church home.  Having little luck, we admittedly bounced around a lot.  Only after living in Texas for a bit and my girls getting invited to First Killeen by a friend did we find that Church home.  We were hesitant at first, but our girls were so comfortable here, we finally jumped in.    

We feel First Killeen is a place where Jesus wouldn’t turn over the tables! 

Well, just over six years later, here I am with an amazing church family and our family, has planted roots right here in Killeen. 

 

Prayer:

Loving Father, thank You for giving us a Home.  Thank You for clearing out all the  negative things and showing us how to stand up for what is good and Holy. Amen.

 

 

  Contributed by April La Valley

 

 

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