A Messy House January 29, 2009

   My house is a mess. I feel I can never catch up. I need more time!!!! I guess I should be happy my house is full of life and busyness. One day it will be clean and empty. They grow so fast.

   The laundry is never done. I clean a room and move to the next and go back minutes later and the clean room is a mess again. I should have a recycling center in my back yard, for all the paper and plastic littering each room.

    God has blessed me with 3 beautiful healthy children who can mess up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   So why does it get on my nerves? Why do I sometimes feel like a slave?

I guess being a mother has it’s ups and downs. But mostly ups. I guess I will trade the clean house for laughter and love. I definitely think that’s a better trade.

a call to persevere January 27, 2009

    Let me start by saying, it was not my intent to write about this subject. I couldn’t think of a post so I opened my Bible to read what was on the random page I opened it to. Thinking maybe I would be inspired by something. That is often how I get material for my post. Random or not so random. I opened to Jude chapter 8 and started reading.

  16-23: These men are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires;they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage. But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. They said to you, ” In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires. These are the men who will divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the spirit.

   But you dear friends build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

 

                        Do what is right even in the face of opposition.

   tHE BOOK OF  jUDE SOUNDS LIKE A PASSIONATE WARNING TO BELIEVERS WHOSE FAITH IS UNDER ATTACK FROM IMMORAL AND REBELLIOUS ELEMENTS WITHIN’ THE CHURCH. sOMETIMES PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH CAN BECOME ARROGANT AND SLANDER OR CURSE THE MORE HUMBLE AND SPIRITUAL. aLL FOR THEIR OWN DESIRES.

     we ARE TO CONDUCT OURSELVES WITH HUMILITY. oUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SUBMIT TO THE AUTHORITY OF God HIMSELF, NOT TO TAKE HIS AUTHORITY ON OURSELVES.

     WE ARE ALL “TEMPTABLE” PEOPLE AND CAN NEVER ASSUME WE ARE SAFE FROM SINFUL CHOICES.

 

     JUDE 8:2- MERCY, PEACE, AND LOVE BE YOURS IN ABUNDANCE.

right and wrong January 21, 2009

      Me and April were talking today about Tamar it got me thinking.

    The story of Tamar is found in Genesis. She was married to Judah’s eldest son and he died. Tamar was then married to Judah’s next oldest son (as was the custom) and he died too. The only son left was too young so Judah sent Tamar home to her fathers house to wait until he grew up. Well he grew up and no one came for her. She was almost past child bearing age. She knew she would have to take matters into her own hands.She was calculating.She planned out ever little detail. She would change her clothes and cover her face with a veil and sit on the side of the road and wait until Judah went down the street to shear his sheep. When he passed she posed as a prostitute and he slept with her. He also gave her his seal, cord, and staff for proof of payment. She became pregnant with twins(Perez and Zerah) and had proof they were Judah’s because she had his belongings. Judah said that Tamar was more righteous then him.

    How can the word “righteous” be applied to Tamar, who uses an act of prostitution to secure her future? Also, consider Judah: he lives seperate from his family(over guilt), marries a canaanite, hires a prostitute, fails to keep the law that was meant to protect widows, and the decrees that Tamar should be burned for a sin she committed with him!

   Neither one of them fits the current understanding of the word  righteous( right standing with God). But amazingly they both find their way into the ancestry of Christ!

   These two seriously flawed individuals are listed in Matthew among Jesus’ ancestors. Beautiful proof that God doesn’t wait until his people are perfect or have it all together before using them in his plans. Jesus became wholly human, including having sinful ancestors. He did not place himself above us but became one of us. And his choice was out of his grace, not our merit.

Share Your Hope January 19, 2009

       We had a great Sunday School class yesterday. We were discussing 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18 where Paul is explaining to Christians there what will happen when Jesus returns to call his people home. It is 6 small verses packed with a lot of punch. 6 small verses that make for great conversation.

       Paul wants them to be comforted in knowing that it is o.k. if they die before Jesus returns. They can have hope in the knowledge. Some of the saints had died and some were getting older and they were starting to worry.

      Are you prepared to share with others where your hope comes from? If you are a brother or sister in Christ your hope is found in Jesus and his word.

      I encourage you to read, study,memorize, and whole heartedly grasp onto every word in your Bible. Be prepared in a pure, sincere, kind, loving, and humble way when someone asks. Be comfortable in the knowledge that has been given to you.

what a wonderful world January 16, 2009

my dad came and fixed my computer. i am so happy!!!!! I am very scared it will mess up again but I will try and have faith. I will be posting again soon but since it is friday night I will probably start back up monday.

 

It is a wonderful world!