For June 2nd:

”All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.” Romans 10:21

It was the night before Easter, and as I was putting Amanda to bed, I held her in my arms and just kept saying over and over “Thank You Father, Thank You Father.” You see, that afternoon Amanda had come within a breathe of falling through the attic ceiling. We had gone up to look for our plastic Easter eggs. Mandy has a very strong will and a very strong tendency not to listen. Our attic is 97% floored, but there are a couple of places where the boards do not totally come together. I had said over and over to Mandy “Watch where you step. Stay on the boards.” Why did I let her go to the attic?' Sometimes it is just easier to give in and just let her do things her way.

I had gotten a new light that day and for the first time ever, we could see more than just a little flashlight beam. Just in time I saw Mandy step off the board and on the space that was only wallboard.

I screamed “Mandy, you are off the boards” and reached for her just as the ceiling gave way.

Her feet had gone through, but that was when God gave me that super strength to do the impossible.

I pulled her back up and that night I held her tight and prayed my prayer, “Thank You Father.”

As I laid in my bed that night, thinking of the day's events and that tomorrow would be Easter, suddenly there was an understanding in my heart of what Jesus had done for me. On that cross He had reached out and grabbed me. You see, I too am very strong willed and I too have a tendency not to listen, and Jesus in His love lets us do things our way. Whether good or bad. But just as Mandy's life was saved that day, Jesus has also saved mine. But what a price He paid for my life.

Like Mandy, I know I will forget and not listen and get off the good solid boards but I am safe in His Hands.

Prayer: Papa God, Your heart broke as You watched Your Son take on all of our sins on that Cross so that for evermore all of us strong willed people who forget to listen will find themselves safe in your hands. THANK YOU, FATHER

Ginnie McPherson