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   “  Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” ( Ephesians 5:16) When Logan and Larissa were toddlers and didn’t know much about how minutes worked I had a nice little timer that I used to carry around the house to use with them. I remember when they wanted to play LEGO together we would set the timer for 15 minutes and after the timer was off we would clean up and go do something else. Sometimes they wanted to ride their bikes and there I would turn my timer to fifteen minutes and they would play, sometimes we sat together and read books or played with play dough. At first the fifteen minutes seemed so little but adding it to our daily chores and activities was a very functional application and taught us not only to use our time wisely but also discipline.    Today as I look back I miss those fifteen minutes. Now we have Lance and Lily and I don’t remember ever using a timer to play with them or I didn’t even own a timer anymore. Well since I started writing this

“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with  his stripes we are healed .” Isaiah 53:5 Today another incident at the farm.  A little sweet lamb had many larvae from a type of fly that will sit and lay her eggs on an animal that has any open wound. After the farmers wife came for a visit and called us to watch the lamb being cared for, a thought came to mind and I had to share it with you. You see that open wound was there just waiting to be healed by the fresh air and the sunshine however an evil fly came in and laid her tons of eggs on that animal. Doesn’t it make you also think about an evil one in our lives too?  Sometimes when we are hurt either by words or by dreams or plans that never came true or didn’t work, we also feel hurt and wounded. Satan then sees that as an opportunity  to sow seeds of discouragement or discontentment or Disagreement....it’s like tru our wounds he makes it