The Most Wonderful Parade

Imagine the grandest parade you’ve ever seen.

Maybe you’re watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in person with three million of your closest friends, or online with 44 million others? Here come the marching bands in sparkly costumes and floats with colorful lights. Look there! There’s the first exhibit with 90 handlers hanging on tight to their 400-pound balloon. Which one will be your favorite this year?

Now read Psalm 68:24-27

Can you picture this procession led by singers, musicians, and young gals with tambourines? Look there! Here come the tribes of Israel, led by the youngest tribe of Benjamin. And there—here are the princes in their finest array. What will the anticipation be like when we see our awesome God?

We have been entrusted with a story to tell, and only a few more blinks of an eye to tell it.

Exercise:

Who can your words refresh?

1. Orphans. Psalm 68:5. Who do you know that has lost a parent recently? Grief is no respecter of seasons. Write a card to let them know you care, especially at the holidays.
2. Widows. Psalm 68:5. Is there someone on your street whose spouse has died? Bring a poinsettia and attach a note to let them know you’re available to lend a helping hand.
3. The Lonely. Psalm 68:6. We all know people who shrink from crowds. Send a handwritten invitation to a cookie party and offer to pick them up.
4. Prisoners. Psalm 68:6. Maybe you don’t know anyone in jail, but you do know someone who is a prisoner to a difficult circumstance. Could you send a word of encouragement along with a care package?
5. The Weary. Psalm 68:9. What is your go-to Scripture when you are worn down? Maybe it would lift another?

What can you say?

1. God daily bears our burdens. Psalm 68:19.
2. God provides out of His bounty. Psalm 68:10.
3. God gives power and strength to His people. Psalm 68:35.

You’re a writer.

You can figure out how to say you see them and care.

People need kindness and encouragement for the complicated journey of life. Have they heard the Good News of a Babe born in Bethlehem? Let’s link arms to get the word out—the King is coming and will dazzle us with the most magnificent parade, ever!

May our words draw others to the parade!

Over 140 of Sally Ferguson’s devotionals have been published in Pathways to God (Warner Press). She’s also written for Light From The Word, Chautauqua Mirror, Just Between Us, Adult Span Curriculum, Thriving Family, Upgrade with Dawn and ezinearticles.com. Prose Contest Winner at 2017 Greater Philly Christian Writers Conference.

Sally loves organizing retreats and seeing relationships blossom in time away from the daily routine. Her ebook, How to Plan a Women’s Retreat is available on Amazon.

Sally Ferguson lives in the beautiful countryside of Jamestown, NY with her husband and her dad.

Visit Sally’s blog at sallyferguson.net