I have been looking forward to the upcoming Lent season. I had already made up my mind that I was going to have an hour of silence per day as suggested by one of my daughter's friends. Although silence is somewhat lacking in my life and would take effort to obtain, it was something that I was eagerly anticipating. This morning I woke up and God asked me for something completely different. " The Lord is my Shepherd ...I shall not want ." That's it. My forty days are to be spent worshiping and praising my God and King- NO asking. Contentment. Resting. The thoughts came quickly and strongly this morning-I shared them with my husband-his first reaction was similar to mine... not this month, we have to work hard at fund raising for our trip to Peru and that includes praying, pleading to God for financial support... we will still discuss our trip and plans with others...but for God and me, this Lent season is to b...
June 2016 Twin Fall, ID 51 years old this month and here are a few thoughts I've been ruminating! "Finding joy in life is a genuinely religious form of humility." I must humble myself to be thankful (and content) with the circumstances and things God has given me and only then is joy able to show its face. Getting Involved with God -Ellen Davis (pg. 110) "Perhaps true maturity and a growing faith show up not in our ability to stand up straight and blameless, but in our willingness to turn, again and again, back to the glory of God." http://emilypfreeman.com/blog/ - Emily Freeman I believe this turning back (towards each other) again and again needs to happen in marriage also. "A catechetical teaching on sin states, 'Sin is any willful thought, word, deed or omission against the law of God.' Omission refers here to offenses we commi...
This article is marvelous, even to the last sentence . It was first published in 1963, two days after his death. His "last words", so to speak. THE WANING AUTHORITY OF CHRIST IN THE CHURCHES by A. W. Tozer HERE IS THE BURDEN of my heart; and while I claim for myself no special inspiration I yet feel that this is also the burden of the Spirit. If I know my own heart it is love alone that moves me to write this. What I write here is not the sour ferment of a mind agitated by contentions with my fellow Christians. There have been no such contentions. I have not been abused, mistreated or attacked by anyone. Nor have these observations grown out of any unpleasant experiences that I have had in my association with others. My relations with my own church as well as with Christians of other denominations have been friendly, courteous and pleasant. My grief is simply the result of a condition which I believe to be ...
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