January 3: The Perfect Mate For Adam

"Adam was lonely before God made him a companion, somebody to help and compliment him. "She is bone from my bone," declares Adam. God's will today is still for you to be the perfect mate for your husband and stand by him no matter what."

Bible Reading: Genesis 2:18-25

Now God had given Adam the task to name each animal that roamed the earth. I can imagine how lonely Adam must have felt when he would see each animal with its companion, yet Adam was alone. But our Almighty father who is not only aware of each one of our needs but also supplies our needs, saw that Adam was alone and in need of a companion and helper. It is so magnificent how God made Eve from one of Adam's ribs. God had created man from dust, but the woman came from a special place. As a single Christian woman I am unsure of God's plans for me, but I do believe that somewhere out there God has the perfect mate for me looking for his missing rib. When that day comes I pray and hope to be the ideal wife. I strive to be the woman from Proverbs 31. Until then, I will trust and wait in His perfect timing. God is writing my love story and I know he has my best interest at heart. "Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart" (Psalm 37:4). 

 Proverbs 31:10-31: The Woman Who Fears the Lord

"An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens. She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong. She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night. She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet. She makes bed coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchant. Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.” Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates."

I Am A Proof Of Your Love

Thank you father for sending your son Jesus to die for our sins. Thank you Lord! All I can do right now is praise you for that precious sacrifice. That was the ultimate proof of your love! My heart is just so grateful. I didn't deserve for you to die for me. There are many times when I feel so unworthy. But thank you Jesus for not seeing my failures, my flaws, my mistakes. Thank you for your undeserved love. I'm sorry for failing you daily. Help me become worthy of you Lord! I want to be a living sacrifice--a proof of your love. I do not want to be conformed to this world. I want to be transformed daily till I am a living testimony to those who do not know you. I want to live for you Lord. 

“The world takes us to a silver screen on which flickering images of passion and romance play, and as we watch, the world says, “This is love.” God takes us to the foot of a tree on which a naked and bloodied man hangs and says, “This is love.” -Joshua Harris 

January 2: The Crown Of Creation

"God's last work of creation was making people in His image. He told the first two people to be fruitful and increase in number, and to rule over the earth. God saw that His handiwork was good in every sense."

Bible Reading: Genesis 1:26-2:4


It is wonderful to know that out of everything created, only one creation was made in the image and likeness of God and that was mankind. After God created the heavens and earth, the oceans and rivers, the trees and flowers, and even all the animals, God saw that what he had done was good. However, it was not until God created man that God not only saw his handiwork as good, but very good. We are God's masterpiece. His handiwork. God rejoiced in his creation. He didn't see our mistakes and failures. He looked passed that. He saw the future. He saw the person we would become in Him. There is this one Psalm I really love and enjoy because it talks about God's greatness and how he already knew us before we were even formed in our mother's womb. When he created Adam and Eve, he had already known us. In his book our names were already written. He knows our name! 

Psalm 139: Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

O Lord, you have searched me and known me!

You know when I sit down and when I rise up;

you discern my thoughts from afar.

You search out my path and my lying down

and are acquainted with all my ways.

Even before a word is on my tongue,

behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.

You hem me in, behind and before,

and lay your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

it is high; I cannot attain it.

Where shall I go from your Spirit?

Or where shall I flee from your presence?

If I ascend to heaven, you are there!

If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

If I take the wings of the morning

and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

even there your hand shall lead me,

and your right hand shall hold me.

If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,

and the light about me be night,”

even the darkness is not dark to you;

the night is bright as the day,

for darkness is as light with you.

For you formed my inward parts;

you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Wonderful are your works;

my soul knows it very well.

My frame was not hidden from you,

when I was being made in secret,

intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance;

in your book were written, every one of them,

the days that were formed for me,

when as yet there was none of them.

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

If I would count them, they are more than the sand.

I awake, and I am still with you.

Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!

O men of blood, depart from me!

They speak against you with malicious intent;

your enemies take your name in vain.

Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?

And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?

I hate them with complete hatred;

I count them my enemies.

Search me, O God, and know my heart!

Try me and know my thoughts!

And see if there be any grievous way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting!

January 1: Let There Be Light!

"God's first words at creation were, "Let there be light." After He made light, He created the expanse, the land, sun, moon and stars, the seas, trees and plants, birds, fish and animals. And God saw that it was good." 

Bible Reading: Genesis 1:1-25

I Just love the fact that the first thing God ever said was, "Let there be light." Then, there was light and God saw that the light was good. How glorious! Here in Genesis 1, we see this physical light. We see how God separated the light from the darkness and called one day and the other night. We also see how God created the sun, the moon and the stars to light up the sky. However, when I read this again I can't help but look more symbolically into this. In 2 Corinthians 4:6 we read, "For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." How amazing is that! God has shone into us that light. Christ is our light. Not only is he our light but he also wants us to be the light in the midst of the darkness. We are the light of the world. We must shine our light to all those around us. Generally, we think of light as something good. A flicker of light coming from a single candle in a dark room can be seen as hope. When I think of light I think of peace, hope and happiness. Likewise, when we think of darkness negative words or emotions come into mind. We often associate darkness with evil and fear. When we reread Genesis 1 we come to realize that God did not create darkness. Genesis 4 says, "And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness." Likewise, God did not create evil. Everything God ever did was and is good. When reading the first chapter of Genesis, a story I once read came into mind. It goes like this: 

Does evil exist? A university professor challenged his students with this question. Did God create everything that exists? A student bravely replied, "Yes, he did!" 

 "God created everything? The professor asked. 

"Yes sir", the student replied. 

 The professor answered, "If God created everything, then God created evil since evil exists, and according to the principal that our works define who we are then God is evil". The student became quiet before such an answer. The professor was quite pleased with himself and boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the Christian faith was a myth. 

Another student raised his hand and said, "Can I ask you a question professor?" 

 "Of course", replied the professor. 

The student stood up and asked, "Professor, does cold exist?" 

 "What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?" The students snickered at the young man's question. 

The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-460 degrees F) is the total absence of heat; all matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat." 

 The student continued, "Professor, does darkness exist?" 

The professor responded, "Of course it does." 

 The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact we can use Newton's prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present." 

Finally the young man asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?" 

 Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course as I have already said. We see it every day. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil." 

To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is not like faith, or love that exist just as does light and heat. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light." 

 The professor sat down.

To sum everything up. Everything our good Lord created is good. All good things come from Him. But out of everything that God created, His most valuable, worthy and precious creation was you and me. 

The Bible in 366 Days For Women

Starting the new year with this book. "I have called you by name. you are Mine."