Monday, October 10, 2011

Blessed to Bless Others!

5 Through him we received grace and apostleship 
to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from
 faith for his name’s sake. 
6 And you also are among those Gentiles 
who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
Romans 1:5-6

We are called not just for ourselves 
but for others also,
that we might invite them to 
know the God who wants to bless them,
and favor them with
His goodness and faithfulness!


Let us continue and persevere
to read and study the Word of God
so we may be blessed
and be successful in everything we do!

We are blessed to bless others! 

Friday, October 07, 2011

Two Pages from my Journal

"For everyone who asks, receives;
and the one who seeks, finds:
and to the one who knocks,
the door will be opened."
Luke 11:10

Sometimes we are too scared to ask.
But God is ready, He holds a hand over our head
ready to bless us!  He hems us in blessing!

Unity. We must work together,
stand together.
Sometimes we bicker so much,
nothing gets done! 

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Wednesday, October 05, 2011

What's on my storm tossed desk?


 

I am happy to report that the weather has cleared up!
No storms today, except on my desk! 
Ever since I was young, I was always so messy!
I remember that I could not sleep on my bed
because it was so full of things!
Here is my journal on top of my desk.
This morning I continued to read about Jonah.
God provided a gourd plant to 
protect Jonah from the heat of the sun.
Then a worm came and made the plant wither.
The sun blazed down Jonah's head
and he grew faint.
"It is better for me to die than live!" he exclaimed.
God used this as a teaching moment for Jonah,
the same way he uses our times of trial to teach us.
"You are concerned about a plant 
which cost you no labor to make it grow," God said,
admonishing Jonah for not caring about the Ninevites 
who did not know good from evil.

Sometimes our way of thinking is skewed.
We get bothered about little things, 
like maybe the remote control of the TV not working,
but we are less concerned over the 
plight of real people starving,
or little children being kidnapped!

May we learn to be concerned for 
what concerns God, what He values!
On my side table,
I've been doing a little experiment.
My sister Peggy told me the easiest way to
learn how to draw a face was 
to trace faces again and again
till your hand muscles remember.
So this is what I did.
My son Josh commented she looked creepy!

Joining the lovely Julia for a 
peek at desks and projects!

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Monday, October 03, 2011

Me a Princess?



The story of Jonah and the whale
reminds me of my cousin.
God "hounded" him to become a priest
but he refused for several years.
He studied law and became a lawyer,
but God didn't stop running after him.
Eventually he gave up 
and now he is a priest!

God wanted Jonah to preach
to the people of Nineveh
so they would change from their wickedness.
Jonah refused and ran away!
He boarded a ship
and God allowed the ship to be buffeted
by a furious tempest!
The ship's crew got frightened
and eventually Jonah confessed
that it was because of him that
they were experiencing such troubles.
Although they did not want to,
the sailors eventually threw Jonah off the ship...
and into the waiting jaws of a large fish!

What an incredible story!
It got me to thinking:
Is God waiting for me to DO something?
In Jonah's story, the crew got to know God.
After they threw Jonah off the ship,
they offered sacrifices and made vows.
They realized that Jonah's God was the
true God!
Perhaps God is waiting for me to 
learn something
so that others would know Him.

When I was a pastoral leader of
single women in our community,
God asked me to tell them
that they were princesses.
We are all children of the King,
and yes, that would make us...
princes and princesses!
We have a heavenly inheritance!
Sometimes God has to run after us
so that we will realize this!