Right now, my world is small. Which is really nice at times. Of course, I watch the news; but the last couple of days I have purposefully unplugged. So when my sisters started sharing some emails of precautions from her work, church, and workout center due to the coronavirus disease, I decided I better listen to the news again. Especially as many people at church were talking about it.

I found out all the buzz was due to the fact that the virus had been upgraded to a pandemic so there were many changes. Maybe I am too trusting or naive, but this did not make me nervous for my family as we are young and healthy. Since our church is full of old people, I do pray that all these precautions will make this pandemic short-lived on U.S. soil.

I thought about what I could share with all of you about what we should do when we feel afraid. Many people are fearful today. It may not be about the coronavirus. It may be about a family member that has an illness such as cancer. It may be fear about finances. There is the fear of a dangerous relationship. Children making wrong decisions cause a lot of fear and worry.

What should we do when we are afraid and worry?

I could write a whole new post, but I went back and looked at some of the posts I have written in the past. I’ve written often about topics related to fear and trust over the years. God’s Word does not change. We always need to turn to God’s Word when we are afraid.

A good Scripture we can turn to when we are fearful is Psalm 31. I shared this passage a long time ago. Look at these wonderful promises we see in this chapter:

In another previous post, I shared a song of Keith and Kristyn Getty that is very encouraging. Look at these great lyrics:

Still my soul be still
And do not fear
Though winds of change may rage tomorrow
God is at your side
No longer dread
The fires of unexpected sorrow

God You are my God
And I will trust in You and not be shaken
Lord of peace renew
A steadfast spirit within me
To rest in You alone

On that same post, I shared many other verses that promise us God’s perfect peace.

And three years ago, I shared 13 promises to pray when you are fearful. When we feel the fear start creeping in, we need to turn to the One who can give us peace. Go HERE to see those precious prayer promises.

This post was a “mom” post as well, but it includes 11 verses that we can claim when we are going through trials or struggling. God has the answer! We just need to go to Him. He doesn’t promise to take away illnesses always — but He promises to always be with us.

How do you handle fear? Do you trust Him?

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We are going to do a ladies coffee activity at our church in a little over than a week. I had the task of coming up with a devotional that could be done at tables. Instead of having one main speaker, we are going to have a hostess for each table that directs a scripted devotional that will end with everyone making a card that can be taken and given to someone.

Our theme is ” Brewed in Friendship, Steeped in Love.” I wanted to have seven Bible references as there will be seven ladies sitting at each table. So I started out with a reference about Jesus being our friend and loving us as that goes with our theme.

The second and third verse was how Jesus says we are His friend when we obey His commands and He commands us to love one another. I then posed the question, “How did Jesus love others?” He is our great example of how to love, so we should follow His example when we love others.

We will talk about 3 ways Jesus loved while He was here on earth:

He loved us sacrificially; we should love others also sacrificially.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:1-2

There is sometimes a cost to loving others — we lose time and resources. Sometimes we love others and get hurt by them. Yet, He loved us sacrificially — He left heaven and died for us. Sometimes when we love others, we will have to love sacrificially.

He loved indiscriminately; so also should we show love to all.

He went to the poor, the outcasts, the heathen, those rejected by the religious elite, the sinners. If we are to love as He did, we cannot love just those who look like us — we must reach out to everyone. After going to Zacchaeus’s house, he said in Luke 19:10:

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

The greatest way we can love others is to introduce them to our Savior. If we help them externally, but they never get helped internally, then they are eternally lost. Our goal should be to always be to show them the Savior who is calling the sinners to repentance.

He loved compassionately; we also must show compassion.

He noticed the needs of others and he met those needs.

And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. Matthew 14:14

Here he healed the sick, and then He fed 5,000 men and women and children. Meeting others needs is a way to show them Christ’s love. People see Jesus in us when they see our compassion. Our acts of mercy are a bridge to the Savior. We can be compassionate because He had compassion on us.

There are so many ways that Jesus loved. What a great example we have!

Next week, I will share my script and printables that I made for the verses. Go out and show the love of Christ to others this week!

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I teach at a tiny school. This has been a busy week. We have had a spirit week which included a big day on Tuesday as it was our 100th day of school. I also wanted to do something special tomorrow for Leap Year as it comes around only once every four years.

We don’t have school on Friday, so I needed to have whatever I will do ready for Thursday. Since we still have a day of work to do as well as spirit week going on, I didn’t want to make a big deal about leap year, but I did want something that they could look back on later.

I looked around on the internet, and a lot of what I saw was dated for four years ago or it wasn’t applicable to multiple ages. I teach 9 children ages 5-14. So I made my own printable!

The first page of the leap year printable are papers you could put in a time capsule or keep for a memory album.

It records their memories of what they are like now and they can look at it in 4 years and see how they have changed.

The second page of the printable is spiritual in nature.

I wanted them to have something that they can look at for the next four years of their life — and longer — to remind them of how God loves them, how He has a plan for their lives, and how their goal should be to glorify Him.

My plan is to print the printables on one piece of paper (back-to-back), have them fill it out, and then laminate it so they can have it for a keepsake.

Here are what the printables look like:

Both of these printables are in one document, but if you only want one of them, you could print off just one of the papers.

Here is what the verse printable says:

God loves you — now and forever!

• Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: Jeremiah 31:3

Because of His love, we can be forgiven.

• But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:4-5, 8-9

Nothing can separate you from His love!

• For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39

He has a plan for your life!

• For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Your main goal should be to glorify God!

• I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. Psalm 86:12
• Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. I Corinthians 10:31

I also made one set without the year 2020 on them so that they could be used for other leap years in the future. You can click on the links below to print them off. Happy Leap Year

You can click –> HERE <– to print out the Leap Year printables for 2020:

You can click –> HERE <– to print out the Leap Year printables that do not have a date on them.

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