Day 24
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It’s Day 24 of the Gratitude for Every Day 30-Day Devotion.
DEVOTION
When I was a child, we were members of a main line denominational church. I loved everything about it. As the organ played a hymn, the congregation stood and sang as members of the choir would follow behind a young man who held a cross aloft. The pastor was always last in this processional line. Multi-colored bits of sunlight danced through the stained-glass windows as it rested upon your hand.
Some things about the service would change from week to week – but never the Blessing. At the end of the service, before the processional back down the aisle, the minister stood, arms outstretched, and said, “The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious upon you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.”
There was always something in those words that filled me with a sense of belonging. God wanted to bless and keep me safe. He wanted to smile upon me and be good to me. He wanted me to experience peace that surpasses all understanding. I felt they were the most beautiful words a person could ever write to someone else.
Years later, when I read the Bible for myself, I came across the Aaronic Blessing. How like God! He wants to bless us, not curse us! He wants to give us a future and a hope! How high and great His love is for us, to give us the most beautiful and uplifting blessing anyone could ever hear!
VERSE
Numbers 6:24-26 (ESV: English Standard Version)
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AUTHOR
Rebecca Jones
Rebecca Jones is a writer and cake decorating enthusiast who lives in Seaford, Delaware with her husband Tim, and her youngest son -- a musically gifted young man named Samuel. She is equally proud of her birds who have flown from the nest: Glenn, Daniel, and Rachel, and loves her role as mother-in-law to Taylor and Conner. She is owned by her three beautiful kitties -- Shiloh, Fritzie, and Baby -- and plays frisbee practically every day with her playmate: a dog named "Ringo."
Rebecca makes her spiritual home at Abundant Life Church, Donovan's Road, Georgetown, where she helps in whichever capacity she is able and available.
Rebecca writes for Morningstar Publications as a freelance newswriter. She also has been a freelance writer for web companies and organizations. In addition, she enjoys voice-over work, as well as oral storytelling.
Rebecca has had work published in trade magazines, as well as the former "Christian Woman" magazine. "Chicken Soup for the Soul" has published stories in two of their books. She has had short stories published in five different published books.
She is currently working on personal writing projects which include two plays, a book, a memoir, and a children's book or two. Rebecca can be reached at rebecca.jones.storyteller@gmail.com.
