Janelle:

^{Romans 8 v 15} For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

¹⁶ The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

¹⁷ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

¹⁸ For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

¹⁹ For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

²⁰ For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

²¹ Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

This mornings opening was about hope. And hope is something that I can struggle with, when I am faced with myself  and how difficult it is for me to see things correctly. If I can look at the world through eyes of hope, my perspective will be drastically different then my normal, default view of life. How much better, to look with hope and faith, then to be weighed down with my own analysis of the things that come my way. I especially love the verse about not having received from God a spirit of bondage and anything that is bondage needs to be cast from us. He has given us a spirit of adoption. He has taken us out of the family we were born to, and made us his sons. It's beautiful and I need to remember it all the time. 

Dan: 

I was thinking about how all the choices that we make through our days and weeks, months and years, make us the people we are. The little choices, to either be honest, or lie, to be kind or self seeking, adds to the person we are becoming through our lives. It can be overwhelming, but it if we are led by the Spirit, we'll be the person God wants us to be.