No Tape Measure Needed - Encouragement for Today - January 2, 2020

Peace and perspective from God's timeless truths. [View this email in your browser]( Encouragement for Today --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kim McGovern]January 2, 2020 No Tape Measure Needed [KIM MCGOVERN, COMPEL Member]( [Listen to this devotion]( “For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” [Galatians 3:27]( (NIV) There is nothing quite like clothing to bring a grown woman to her knees. A simple closet-moving project had left me on the ground, clutching a cold metal tape measure to my chest. I was in the middle of moving to a much smaller house with the tiniest closet I had ever seen. Measuring exactly how many inches — not feet, not yards, but how many inches — of clothing would help determine what I could bring. It was impossible. No way could I part with so much and live with so little! I had survived a long season of unexpected changes that had rocked my world, and I wasn't giving up anything else. Staring at the tape measure in my trembling hands, it was clear something more than a closet needed tending. What needed tending was the closet of my heart. On that day, I had pulled from it a favorite piece of clothing — my robe of certainty. I wrapped myself in it and refused to take it off. I craved certainty. Its pursuit captivated me. I looked for it in my health, finances, marriage, occupation and future. All had proven to be unsteady ground. I clung to anything that would give me a sense of stability and calm my fearful heart. Jesus met me in the darkness of this obsession. He assured me this uncertainty I was wrestling against was an unexpected gift from Him. A gift meant to drive me deeper into His love. My affections were set on things that were never meant to carry the weight of my ever-changing story. Certainty would never free me from the fear of the unknown. Only knowing He was with me in it ever would. Being a follower of Jesus means being clothed in Him. Paul says in [Galatians 3:27]( “For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” [Continue reading...]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read about Salem Web Network]( | [Subscription Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( --------------------------------------------------------------- © 2020 Salem Web Network. All rights reserved. 111 Virginia Street, Suite 500, Richmond, VA 23219. This email is never sent unsolicited. You are receiving this email because your email address, {EMAIL}, is signed up to receive newsletters, updates, and special offers from Encouragement for Today. [Link](