This is what is on my desk today.
My Bible, my meditation book, and the brushes, paints, and brown pencil
used to make the painting on my Bible.
Below is the altered picture using the Prisma app.
“Whom the Lord loves, He disciplines.”
Hebrews 12:6
This is quite easy to understand. As parents, we see the need to discipline a wayward child. We set down rules about sharing, telling the truth, no bullying, studying before playing, etc., and when rules are disobeyed, there are corresponding consequences. God set down laws as well, and when we do not follow, there are repercussions.
Many atheists always say they do not believe in a personal God who loves us. They ask how can an almighty powerful God who sees everything and can prevent evil, permit the horrors of the Holocaust and the wars and sexual slavery and the like. This has been debated for hundreds of years and will continue to be a hot topic that will not go away. The thing is the holocaust and all the evil in the world did not happen overnight and was not perpetrated by a single person. When does an atheist expect God to put a stop to evil? Each one of us was given the awesome gift of free will. Each one of us has the freedom to sin and alternately, to listen and follow God. Does an atheist expect God to stop a person from thinking he is better than others, is more entitled than others? Just as the Kingdom of God starts as a little mustard seed and grows into a tree, so does evil start from a tiny little thought.
In the letter to the Hebrews, the writer reminds us to endure our trials as discipline, for the fruit of discipline is righteousness. Moreover we should “make straight paths for our feet”, in other words, decide to pursue what is right and true. We should also “strengthen our drooping hands and weak knees”. I read from “The Anawim Way”, that means to recommit ourselves to the hard work of prayer, lifting our hands to God and kneeling before Him in humility and adoration. Let us put a stop to the spread of evil in our own turf by not allowing unrighteousness, deception, the culture of death, and corruption, find a foothold in our midst, and by speaking out against it.
Blessings!
Patsy
Lovely to see you! Your desk is as usual, a feast for us non painty types. How lovely to read your words.
ReplyDeleteHappy to see you back Patsy. I love your bible water colours. Happy WOYWW. Sarah #4
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