Sorrow

“And do not bring sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he has identified you as his own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption.” Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭30‬ ‭NLT‬‬

When ai live as if my God and His ways do not matter, I grieve the Holy Spirit. Jesus paid the price for me to walk in authority, trh same authority He exhibited when here on earth.

For me to speak and act as a worldly person decries all that He dies to give me. This grieves the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is my conviction of the goodness of God, His power and authority. He waits for me to live in Union with Him.

Yesterday my friend and I travelled to Denmark in preparation for the wedding of two very good friends. God went before us and blessed us with favour. We had to catch a bus to our accomodation but the sign said, ‘only cash accepted’. We explained our predicament to the lady bus driver and she agreed to take us on board and people on the bus worked to help us download an App to buy tickets. We finally had this in place and it was time to alight. We did so without paying as the bus driver did not know how to recoup payment in arrears, a kind woman offered us money to pay the fare also.

We arrived at our accomodation early but the innkeeper let us in and gave us favour. She directed us to a supermarket where we were able to buy food.

Today we will visit the original Legoland. I want to take pictures to send for my family who are Lego nuts. We will again take the bus. We seem to be in the middle of nowhere. A farmland community. It is most odd that Legoland is here.

Tomorrow we will bus to the airport to collect another friend and then travel to near to where the wedding will take place. This place has a very unusual feel to it.

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