Father, you have taken me to the woodshed today. I was reminded by Your Scripture, and by a comment posted by a reader of my content, that nothing I have or do does not go through Your hand first. I thank You for giving me two confirming sources that gently bring truth in order to adjust my thinking. I repent and ask Your forgiveness for thinking too highly of me. You have purposed me to write about Jesus. I have failed You in not using all my words to point to Jesus.
It is He who created me in Your image. He had His hand on me in the midst of my difficult years. He called me by my name to come out of the darkness and into His marvelous light. He has prospered my efforts and provided opportunities. He prompted me to write the published works. He continues to urge me to keep on doing in His work when I get discouraged. Forgive me where I have failed You in the name and authority of Jesus, according to Your good and perfect will. Amen.
“To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,” (Ephesians 3: 8 NKJV)
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Joy S. Taylor is a mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Her workdays were spent using the Master of Science in Accounting degree that God graciously allowed at the age of, well, greater than 40. She led a divorce recovery support group sponsored by her church for seven years, and spent more than a decade in leadership roles for Celebrate Recovery, using what God had done in her life to point others to the healing only Jesus gives. Now retired, she concentrates on writing for Jesus from her beloved hickory grove in Indiana, yet devotes some of her time to volunteering for Care Net.