5 Minutes with Jesus is a daily devotional series for people in the midst of real life, whether facing anxiety, grief, questions of purpose, or simply needing encouragement and connection. Hosted by Sheila Walsh, each five-minute episode offers Biblical truth, honest reflections on faith and emotions, and closes with a moment of prayer.
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| Sheila Walsh: God Sees the Best in You | 5 Minutes with Jesus | November 17, 2025
- Do you see the gifts that god
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- Has deposited in you, or do you only see the areas
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- Where you wish you could improve?
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- Do you recognize god's hand in someone else's
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- Life much easier than in your own?
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- God has placed good gifts in every one of us, but
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- Sometimes it takes a little work to recognize
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- Those.
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- One of the most quoted verses in the bible is jeremiah 29,
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- Verse 11 for i know the plans i have for you, says the lord.
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- Their plans for good and not for disaster,
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- To give you a future and a hope.
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- Growing up.
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- My mom
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- Had it on a plaque in the kitchen
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- And i used to tease her about it.
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- I would say i would just like to see the plans.
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- Then i could make a few suggestions and sign off
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- On the plans.
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- Well, that didn't seem to be an option.
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- When you look at your own life.
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- What do you see?
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- Do you see the gifts that god
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- Has deposited in you, or do you only see the areas
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- Where you wish you could improve?
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- Do you recognize god's hand in someone else's
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- Life much easier than in your own?
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- God has placed good gifts in every one of us,
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- But sometimes it takes a little work to recognize those.
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- Years ago,
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- I adopted an abandoned cat from the humane society.
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- I called him max
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- When max was brought in by someone
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- Who had found him lying by the road.
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- He was almost dead, unconscious, and covered with blood.
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- When i saw him, he had just had a stitches
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- Removed and a drainage tube taken out of his back.
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- But what attracted me to him were his eyes.
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- He had the kindest cat eyes i've ever seen.
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- So i asked if i could hold them,
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- And he nestled in my arms, purring like a little engine.
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- I told the nurse i couldn't believe how sweet he was
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- And she replied, the ones have been through a lot
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- Are usually the most tender.
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- So i took max home with me.
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- And what a joy.
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- One day i noticed that he was walking with a limp,
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- Though he didn't seem to be in any pain.
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- The vet explained that max had torn a tendon.
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- No, he wasn't in pain and i had options.
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- I could leave the leg as it was and max would be fine,
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- But he wouldn't be able to jump higher.
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- Run as fast as he had before or max
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- Could undergo surgery and get the tendon repaired.
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- It's not about the pain of putting him
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- Through another operation, and would it be worth it for him?
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- But i decided to go for it.
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- After all, he'd given me so much joy.
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- He deserved the best life could offer.
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- The surgery would be incapacitating for a short time,
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- But then max would be back to his former self,
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- Able to do everything he set his sights on.
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- It brought me so much joy to see him do everything
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- After that, that his little cat heart desired.
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- He was such a beautiful boy.
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- I saw parallels in my own life.
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- While it's painful to allow god to perform surgery
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- On our hearts, every time you and i submit to the knife,
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- We become a little more like we were created to be.
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- Have you ever sat down with a couple of trusted friends
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- And asked them what gifts they see in your life?
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- I think as christians, we just don't want to do that.
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- Is sounds like trite, but well, what if it's not that at all?
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- What if it's a genuine desire to become more fully
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- Who god has made you to be?
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- To grow our stretch in areas where he's gifted you?
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- I want to live the life that god created me for,
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- And i want that for you as well.
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- Let's pray
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- Or thank you that you
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- Have made us beautifully and wonderfully.
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- And yet, lord, sometimes it's hard to see those gifts in self.
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- So i ask you, lord jesus, would you help us
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- To identify the gifts that you've placed in our lives
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- And to take just even the first step toward that?
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- Thank you that we don't have to get it right or be perfect,
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- But give us the courage to take the next step in jesus name.
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- Amen.
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