Some days life is hard to take…
Some times when I am having a bad day, all I can do is sit and dwell on it. I pray and ask God to help me be thankful in every situation. That is HARD to do. But, I know that God is God and He is sovereign. He knows all, sees all and understands all. Even when I think this is all I can bear, God carries me. At that point, I may not even notice but I know it is happening because God said He wouldn’t put more than I could bear upon us. He sustains me. Life sometimes hands out hardships. It seems like mine has been ongoing for three years. I can only pray that I see some light soon. I was listening to a song by Natalie Grant called “HELD”. Some of the words are true and ministering. I know that this life is not promised without tribulations or horrors. If that were so, Job would not have gone through what he did. But in the end God delivered him and blessed him with more than he had in the first place. Psalms 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all
Partial words : Natalie Grant Song. HELD
Who told us we’d be rescued?What has changed and why should we be saved from nightmares?We’re asking why this happensTo us who have died to live?It’s unfair.Chorus:This is what it means to be held.How it feels when the sacred is torn from your lifeAnd you survive.This is what it is to be loved.And to know that the promise wasWhen everything fell we’d be held.This hand is bitterness.We want to taste it, let the hatred NUMB our sorrow.The wise hands opens slowly to lilies of the valley and tomorrow.Bridge:If hope is born of suffering.If this is only the beginning.Can we not wait for one hour watching for our Savior?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Expediency or Faith? AMAZING you have to hear it for yourself!!!
Rough overview
Genesis 16 – Sermon by Alistair Begg
AMAZING and ENLIGHTENING
Expediency-Not asking the question what is right but settling for what will work,
Basically Self Effort taking the place of FAITH
The Bible is clear, The end never justifies the means
Abram and Sarai – Promise of a baby from God.
Sarai- expediency -Doubted God, reasoned that God had made her unable to have children, Told Abram to go unto Hagar and gave her handmaiden to Abram tried to make God’s promise come into being from self effort.
Abram – expediency- sinned, listened to Sarai, voice of reason, and came unto Hagar.
Hagar – conceived Ishmael, and conceived false pride by despising Sarai,
Sarai - conceived false accusation towards Abram.
Abram - false responsibility, told Sarah to treat Hagar as she pleased as it was her maid servant.
Hagar – Flees, God tells her to return to Sarai and submit to her authority that she will give birth to a son, name him Ishmael. Descendants would be numerous.
Ishmael – donkey of a man, will be hostile to everyone and everyone will be hostile to him.
Repercussions : chaos, confusion, brokenness, and future repercussions of Islamic religion being born and the war that continues between Ishmael and Isaac today.
What degree of faith we are today determines our outcome of our future tomorrow.
God’s Will Must be done God’s way out of Faith and not self effort. We should not act out of expediency. We should act in faith and learn to wait as waiting and faith are hand in hand. Help us not to grab things with our own hands Lord but to wait on you.
Genesis 16 – Sermon by Alistair Begg
AMAZING and ENLIGHTENING
Expediency-Not asking the question what is right but settling for what will work,
Basically Self Effort taking the place of FAITH
The Bible is clear, The end never justifies the means
Abram and Sarai – Promise of a baby from God.
Sarai- expediency -Doubted God, reasoned that God had made her unable to have children, Told Abram to go unto Hagar and gave her handmaiden to Abram tried to make God’s promise come into being from self effort.
Abram – expediency- sinned, listened to Sarai, voice of reason, and came unto Hagar.
Hagar – conceived Ishmael, and conceived false pride by despising Sarai,
Sarai - conceived false accusation towards Abram.
Abram - false responsibility, told Sarah to treat Hagar as she pleased as it was her maid servant.
Hagar – Flees, God tells her to return to Sarai and submit to her authority that she will give birth to a son, name him Ishmael. Descendants would be numerous.
Ishmael – donkey of a man, will be hostile to everyone and everyone will be hostile to him.
Repercussions : chaos, confusion, brokenness, and future repercussions of Islamic religion being born and the war that continues between Ishmael and Isaac today.
What degree of faith we are today determines our outcome of our future tomorrow.
God’s Will Must be done God’s way out of Faith and not self effort. We should not act out of expediency. We should act in faith and learn to wait as waiting and faith are hand in hand. Help us not to grab things with our own hands Lord but to wait on you.
Garage Sale Temptation
Garage Sale Temptation
On my way to work this morning I saw numerous signs for garage sales, yard sales, and moving sales. I didn’t see one for estate sale but I am sure there must be one out there. I was so tempted to call in to work today for a day off! However; conscience would not let me. I always have Saturday.
Saturday garage sales start off about 7:00 am. We buy a paper, mark where we want to go and if we don’t know where it is, we use the GPS! (I love my honey and thank him for the GPS!) Most of the times, I find a little bit of things. Other times, I find a whole lot of things! About 10:00 am, it starts getting very hot and we call it quits. We head over to Janette and Adrianna’s for breakfast. It isn’t a big ordeal but it does get you out of the house and moving! It is a nice break from work. OH HOW I WISHED I HAD TAKEN OFF TODAY!
On my way to work this morning I saw numerous signs for garage sales, yard sales, and moving sales. I didn’t see one for estate sale but I am sure there must be one out there. I was so tempted to call in to work today for a day off! However; conscience would not let me. I always have Saturday.
Saturday garage sales start off about 7:00 am. We buy a paper, mark where we want to go and if we don’t know where it is, we use the GPS! (I love my honey and thank him for the GPS!) Most of the times, I find a little bit of things. Other times, I find a whole lot of things! About 10:00 am, it starts getting very hot and we call it quits. We head over to Janette and Adrianna’s for breakfast. It isn’t a big ordeal but it does get you out of the house and moving! It is a nice break from work. OH HOW I WISHED I HAD TAKEN OFF TODAY!
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