God’s Chocolate Chips: Daily Doses of Heaven’s Chocolate to Sweeten Your Life
By Erin Wilmer
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Chocolate is the ultimate comfort food, and we all need comfort sometimes! Author Erin Wilmer understands the many ups and downs that life may bring. She puts at ease the mind of her readers in this 31 day devotional as she reminds them that the ultimate comforter is with them on their journey.
In God’s Chocolate Chips, Erin provides thirty-one sweet doses of God’s wisdom. Encounter God’s presence in every day occurrences. He reveals himself in everything we experience and endure. He is always somewhere behind the scenes, working on our behalf, and if we look close enough and shut out the noise of the day, we will see and hear Him.
It is Erin’s desire that those who engage, reflect, and meditate on the fresh truth of God will experience an awakening of who God is and how we may cultivate a personal relationship with Him. God is the essence of chocolate; everything is sweeter with Him!
Erin Wilmer
Erin Wilmer served honorably twenty-four years in the United States Navy. She has over twenty years of ministry experience. She is a Pensacola, Florida, native. She enjoys spending time with her husband and their four children. Erin’s desire is to edify and encourage everyone she encounters.
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God’s Chocolate Chips - Erin Wilmer
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Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Day 1 Clogged Pores
Day 2 3D Glasses
Day 3 That Baby!
Day 4 Combat Boots
Day 5 Eggs and Sausage
Day 6 Monkey See, Monkey Do
Day 7 My Best Friend
Day 8 Rotten Bananas
Day 9 Superglue
Day 10 The Treadmill
Day 11 Camouflage
Day 12 Timberland Boots
Day 13 Are You Kidding Me?
Day 14 Massage Therapy
Day 15 Cleavage
Day 16 Duncan
Day 17 Dominos
Day 18 My New Hairdo
Day 19 Spit Shoeshine
Day 20 Laundry Detergent
Day 21 The Christmas Ornament
Day 22 The Dining Room Table
Day 23 Spades
Day 24 The Green Monster
Day 25 Shrimp and Sausage Cajun Skillet
Day 26 The Opportunist
Day 27 Humpty Dumpty
Day 28 Name Brands
Day 29 The Academy
Day 30 Running Around Like a Chicken with Its Head Cut Off
Day 31 The Houseplant
Bonus Day Am I Alone?
Until We Meet Again
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Dedication
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO God. Thank you for loving me in spite of myself and for choosing me as a vessel.
It goes without saying that my husband, Steve Wilmer, is no doubt my biggest fan, and he is always poking, prodding, pushing, pulling, and challenging me to be all that God has created me to be.
My children—Judah, Josiah, Joi, and Jayna. The greatest gift God ever gave me was mothering the four of you. Remember to stay on the winning team!
To the women of my life who mentor me, love me, and guide me—my mother, Lillian; my grandmother, Frances; my sisters, Jill and Felicia, my spiritual mothers, Cheryl and Kelly, and my spiritual sister, Milana, who I call my voices of reason-my life is richer because of all of you.
Acknowledgements
SPECIAL THANKS TO MY SISTERS in the faith, Kari Dunham & Karen Merritt-Wade for using your time and giftings to bring this book to life.
Introduction
I INVITE YOU TO TAKE this thirty-one-day journey with me. Each day we encounter God’s presence in everyday occurrences. He reveals himself in everything we encounter, experience, and endure. He is somewhere, behind the scenes, working on our behalf. And if we look closely enough, if we shut out all the noise of the day, we will see and hear him. God is the essence of chocolate; everything is sweeter with him in it!
Day 1
CLOGGED PORES
day%201%20clogged%20pores%20shutterstock_309400355.jpgDURING A RECENT FACIAL, THE therapist began lecturing me on clogged pores. She explained how the pores can get clogged with too much secretion of sebum, with dry and dead skin cells, or with normal everyday dirt and filth. She explained that if I didn’t keep my face clean by using a regular skin-care regimen, it could cause discoloration, and my skin would be unable to display its natural beauty. As I listened to her, I wondered what areas of my life were clogged. Where have I allowed dry and dead things to stay in my life? Where did I need to wash off the everyday dirt and filth of the world? Did I need a spiritual facial? Hmmmm, do you? I go every month to have my skin cleaned and my pores unclogged. How much more often should I go and lay on the table of my Creator and allow him to unclog my life’s pores? More than once a month, that’s for sure! Each day we can take all our cares, concerns, and worries to our Father. He will exfoliate us so our true beauty will shine. Be blessed, my friends, and get those pores unclogged.
43215.pngDaily Prayer
God, today help me to allow you to make me over. Let me never be ashamed to lay before you for a spiritual cleansing. My desire is that I am a reflection of you. In Jesus’s name, Amen.
43506.pngScripture Reference
Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. (Psalm 51:2 English Standard Bible)
43207.pngSelf-Reflection
In what ways do you need your life pores unclogged?
Day 2
3D GLASSES
Day%202%203D%20glasses.jpgI REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME