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Thursday, September 27, 2007
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
More About The War
I watched a documentary tonight on DVD, put out by Mike Evans, who wrote the book mentioned in an earlier blog. I hope you will search out his book or DVD or other sources that you trust about what is really happening with these terrorists. When you understand that this is religion to them and being obedient to the teaching of THEIR god, it is really scary. And that their goal is to kill as many Americans and Jews as they can, and they don't care at all that they lose their own lives in the process.
None of the television networks will air his documentary, so please check out his website if you want to learn more.
None of the television networks will air his documentary, so please check out his website if you want to learn more.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
I Know I Said I Wasn't Going To Talk About It!
As I have deliberately started thinking more about the war in Iraq, I can't help but think about the controversy. One of the arguments about the war is that so many of our young men and women are dying in Iraq.
Every day we read about more deaths of our American soldiers. Does anybody stop to think about how many lives we are saving because of it? Have we forgotten that freedom costs something? Do we actually think that our freedom is not at stake if we do not try and oppose the work of terrorism.
Do we have a draft system that is in effect? Do we think that these men and women who are dying have not counted the costs before they volunteered for the military. If they didn't, then they have made a foolish decision in the first place.
And what about these wives and mothers who are deployed to Iraq? How in the world did we ever let this happen? Why are these women even enlisting in the military when there is a war a stake? Well, women wanted equal rights, didn't they?
And what about these miners in Utah? I don't think anyone should be forced against their will to put their lives in jeopardy on such a slim chance of finding anybody alive, but if someone is willing to put their life on the line for someone else, should we really prohibit that? The Bible says that rarely will someone die for another, but who of us wouldn't jump into the water to save a drowning person? We don't even think about the danger. Just because we have the chance to think about it, and then make that choice, should we be denied that choice, just because someone else decides noone else should die?
This all may sound rather crude, but if you just think about history itself. From the beginning of time there has been killing. Pride, power, jealousy, envy, greed can all lead to killing. As long as man is dominated by his sinful nature, there will be killing. Do we just allow it? No, we try to make peace, and often compromises can be made. Throughout the centuries there have always been wars. For some, it was and still is a way of life.
People are going to die. As much as we don't like it, we might as well accept it. When it happens to us, to a friend, a family member, a loved one, we react differently than when we read about it with someone we don't know. But we can prepare ourselves ahead of time, by 1) accepting death as a fact of life and 2) understand that life truly is eternal and we have a choice about where we spend eternity (otherwise known as life after death. It all sound ironic, doesn't it?
Every day we read about more deaths of our American soldiers. Does anybody stop to think about how many lives we are saving because of it? Have we forgotten that freedom costs something? Do we actually think that our freedom is not at stake if we do not try and oppose the work of terrorism.
Do we have a draft system that is in effect? Do we think that these men and women who are dying have not counted the costs before they volunteered for the military. If they didn't, then they have made a foolish decision in the first place.
And what about these wives and mothers who are deployed to Iraq? How in the world did we ever let this happen? Why are these women even enlisting in the military when there is a war a stake? Well, women wanted equal rights, didn't they?
And what about these miners in Utah? I don't think anyone should be forced against their will to put their lives in jeopardy on such a slim chance of finding anybody alive, but if someone is willing to put their life on the line for someone else, should we really prohibit that? The Bible says that rarely will someone die for another, but who of us wouldn't jump into the water to save a drowning person? We don't even think about the danger. Just because we have the chance to think about it, and then make that choice, should we be denied that choice, just because someone else decides noone else should die?
This all may sound rather crude, but if you just think about history itself. From the beginning of time there has been killing. Pride, power, jealousy, envy, greed can all lead to killing. As long as man is dominated by his sinful nature, there will be killing. Do we just allow it? No, we try to make peace, and often compromises can be made. Throughout the centuries there have always been wars. For some, it was and still is a way of life.
People are going to die. As much as we don't like it, we might as well accept it. When it happens to us, to a friend, a family member, a loved one, we react differently than when we read about it with someone we don't know. But we can prepare ourselves ahead of time, by 1) accepting death as a fact of life and 2) understand that life truly is eternal and we have a choice about where we spend eternity (otherwise known as life after death. It all sound ironic, doesn't it?
The War In Iraq
I am determined to be more knowledgeable about politics and the war in Iraq as we look forward to the next elections. But what to read and who to trust? Well, this book came my way and I read it (See Recommended Book list and click on the Title to learn more about the author). It was very enlightening. Unfortunately, you just don't hear these things on the news. Now don't get excited. I'm not about to start discussing the war or politics on this blog. Though I wish I could. But if I can inspire someone else to be informed, well, I would think I have made a contribution to our country!
Now I just discovered another website, that just might offer us a way to get informed quick. Check it out!
Now I just discovered another website, that just might offer us a way to get informed quick. Check it out!
Monday, July 30, 2007
Oh, I forgot to tell you about my job!
I was just reading some old posts and thinking about a comment I had from someone and realized that I never mentioned that God provided a job! Strange too, because I knew it at the time I wrote that post!
Anyway, I am working for Global Search Network in Hyde Park (South Tampa). They are a national recruiting firm for executive management in the food and beverage industry. I provide computer and office support for the sales team. It is a good job and challenging. It is a small group, 4 people besides my boss, and one remote sales recruiter. She works from Texas.
I started there (officially) the day after Memorial Day. It still seems kind of wierd to me to be working there. I just never would have thought it.
Of course, we planned to be on the mission field for the rest of our lives and that changed. God has changed our course many times over the years. Who knows what will be next?
I would LOVE to go back to the Mission Field some day. God willing.....
Anyway, I am working for Global Search Network in Hyde Park (South Tampa). They are a national recruiting firm for executive management in the food and beverage industry. I provide computer and office support for the sales team. It is a good job and challenging. It is a small group, 4 people besides my boss, and one remote sales recruiter. She works from Texas.
I started there (officially) the day after Memorial Day. It still seems kind of wierd to me to be working there. I just never would have thought it.
Of course, we planned to be on the mission field for the rest of our lives and that changed. God has changed our course many times over the years. Who knows what will be next?
I would LOVE to go back to the Mission Field some day. God willing.....
Talk, Talk, Talk
How easy it is to talk about faith and spirituality and how hard it is to practice it! Advise seems so easy when I am giving it to other people, but when I try to put it into practice, it just doesn't seem to be...well, possible!
I can quote Scripture and I can probably find a Scripture for just about any topic you can ask about, but when it comes to MY life, MY trials, My doubts, MY insecurities, all God's promises seem to be for everyone else but me.
Do I sound discouraged? I guess I am. I am battling with accepting things about me, my life, my family, my church, my ministry, my job.
I just thought of something as I was going through that list. I thought about my health. Thank God I have good health! You know the saying, when you have good health, that's all you need! That's all that's important. (They say). I should be feeling just great then. No worries! I wish it was that easy!
This, too, will pass. It just seems like it has been going on for a long time!
I really want to understand and experience "entering into God's rest" like Hebrews talks about.
I can quote Scripture and I can probably find a Scripture for just about any topic you can ask about, but when it comes to MY life, MY trials, My doubts, MY insecurities, all God's promises seem to be for everyone else but me.
Do I sound discouraged? I guess I am. I am battling with accepting things about me, my life, my family, my church, my ministry, my job.
I just thought of something as I was going through that list. I thought about my health. Thank God I have good health! You know the saying, when you have good health, that's all you need! That's all that's important. (They say). I should be feeling just great then. No worries! I wish it was that easy!
This, too, will pass. It just seems like it has been going on for a long time!
I really want to understand and experience "entering into God's rest" like Hebrews talks about.
Monday, June 18, 2007
The Lesson of the Magnolia Trees
I wish I had a picture to post with this blog, but I didn't take the picture when I should have and I lost my opportunity! Hopefully, I will get another chance and I won't miss it!
I have two magnolia trees in my back yard that were planted last August. We have been watching them through the months and have given them both the same care. However, one tree is much healthier than the other. As a matter of fact, we thought that the one tree died, but we kept watering it. The leaves were all turning brown as the other one got better and better looking. Finally we saw three buds on the healthy tree. We were so excited. They finally started to blossom, but seemed to die before they ever fully bloomed.
The unhealthy tree, started to show some green on it and we keep watering it, and it looks like it is starting to come back. Sunday morning my sister told me she saw another flower and that this one was on the unhealthy tree. It was beautiful! I didn't have time to take a picture before church and by the time I went back out later in the afternoon, the flower had died! I was so disappointed!
But earlier that morning, as we looked at the tree, mostly dead, and looked at the flower coming from it, I thought of a phrase I have often heard about Christians, "Bloom where you are planted." Even though this tree was mostly dead, it brought joy and pleasure for a brief time. Sometimes as Christians, we think our lives are too much of a mess for God to use even a small part of us. But really we are a lot like this tree, God can use any part of us at any time He chooses; we just have to be willing! Even though our lives are like "a flower quickly fading, here today and gone tomorrow, God does have a plan for our lives.
In Ephesians 2:10, He tells us that we "are created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has planned in advance for us." Even when we think we have nothing to offer, God will take our nothing and make it beautiful, in His time, according to His plan. Let's start believing that God is making something beautiful out of our life - even though we can't see it. Let's just daily tell God, here I am, please use me. Glorify yourself through me! Everything we do is for the praise of His glory!
I have two magnolia trees in my back yard that were planted last August. We have been watching them through the months and have given them both the same care. However, one tree is much healthier than the other. As a matter of fact, we thought that the one tree died, but we kept watering it. The leaves were all turning brown as the other one got better and better looking. Finally we saw three buds on the healthy tree. We were so excited. They finally started to blossom, but seemed to die before they ever fully bloomed.
The unhealthy tree, started to show some green on it and we keep watering it, and it looks like it is starting to come back. Sunday morning my sister told me she saw another flower and that this one was on the unhealthy tree. It was beautiful! I didn't have time to take a picture before church and by the time I went back out later in the afternoon, the flower had died! I was so disappointed!
But earlier that morning, as we looked at the tree, mostly dead, and looked at the flower coming from it, I thought of a phrase I have often heard about Christians, "Bloom where you are planted." Even though this tree was mostly dead, it brought joy and pleasure for a brief time. Sometimes as Christians, we think our lives are too much of a mess for God to use even a small part of us. But really we are a lot like this tree, God can use any part of us at any time He chooses; we just have to be willing! Even though our lives are like "a flower quickly fading, here today and gone tomorrow, God does have a plan for our lives.
In Ephesians 2:10, He tells us that we "are created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has planned in advance for us." Even when we think we have nothing to offer, God will take our nothing and make it beautiful, in His time, according to His plan. Let's start believing that God is making something beautiful out of our life - even though we can't see it. Let's just daily tell God, here I am, please use me. Glorify yourself through me! Everything we do is for the praise of His glory!
Detour!!!
I am calling this blog a detour, but it really isn't, because every aspect of our Christian walk has to do with faith...
I have started something up again that I have been neglecting for a long, long time. Memorizing God's Word!
I have to say that my time at New Tribes Bible Institute, over 30 years ago, was the inspiration for the need to memorize Scripture. Although I was not required to attend classes full time, I was able to chose some electives. One of those was Scripture Memorization. I learned hundreds of verses, many of which have stayed with me through the years. Our last semester I memorized the entire New Testament book of Ephesians. I was able to recite the whole book in one sitting at the end of the semester, but have not done it since!
Throughout the years, I have memorized many different chapters of the Bible. That is how I prefer to do it, rather than individual verses. Recently, I decided to tackle Ephesians again. I hope to learn it well enough this time to remember it for a long time...
It is really quite eye-opening when I memorize larger passages of Scripture. Verses that I have always just skipped over, start jumping out at me with meaning. I start to question so much more.
For example in Ephesian 1 & 2, God tells me that He made me alive with Christ, even when I was dead in sin. He raised me from the dead! I am a miracle! If you are a Christian, or know one, then you, too have seen someone who has been raised from the dead!
Ephesians 1 also says that the power that God exerted when He raised Christ from the dead, is the same power that is available for us who believe! I'm not quite sure what to do with that thought!
I have started something up again that I have been neglecting for a long, long time. Memorizing God's Word!
I have to say that my time at New Tribes Bible Institute, over 30 years ago, was the inspiration for the need to memorize Scripture. Although I was not required to attend classes full time, I was able to chose some electives. One of those was Scripture Memorization. I learned hundreds of verses, many of which have stayed with me through the years. Our last semester I memorized the entire New Testament book of Ephesians. I was able to recite the whole book in one sitting at the end of the semester, but have not done it since!
Throughout the years, I have memorized many different chapters of the Bible. That is how I prefer to do it, rather than individual verses. Recently, I decided to tackle Ephesians again. I hope to learn it well enough this time to remember it for a long time...
It is really quite eye-opening when I memorize larger passages of Scripture. Verses that I have always just skipped over, start jumping out at me with meaning. I start to question so much more.
For example in Ephesian 1 & 2, God tells me that He made me alive with Christ, even when I was dead in sin. He raised me from the dead! I am a miracle! If you are a Christian, or know one, then you, too have seen someone who has been raised from the dead!
Ephesians 1 also says that the power that God exerted when He raised Christ from the dead, is the same power that is available for us who believe! I'm not quite sure what to do with that thought!
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Book Review of J Hudson Taylor
I am currently reading "J Hudson Taylor, God's Man In China." Having been introduced to missions very early in my Christian journey, as well as having been a missionary myself, and having read many, many missionary books, I don't know how I missed this one.
Recently some very dear friends of mine left for the mission field and recommended this book that they had recently read. I realized I had not yet read Hudson Taylor's story and I found this book in our church library.
As this whole blog is about the life of faith, I could not help but think as I read this book that this man understood the life of faith better than any other human being that I have read about. I have just finished reading Chapter 18, The Faithfulness of God. If you have studied at all Hebrews 4:10 "for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his," and struggled with just what it means (experientially), you will see in the life of Hudson Taylor, that he truly attained and lived the live of rest that God speaks about.
I hope you will read it!
Click here to learn more about Hudson Taylor and to read some of his writings.
Recently some very dear friends of mine left for the mission field and recommended this book that they had recently read. I realized I had not yet read Hudson Taylor's story and I found this book in our church library.
As this whole blog is about the life of faith, I could not help but think as I read this book that this man understood the life of faith better than any other human being that I have read about. I have just finished reading Chapter 18, The Faithfulness of God. If you have studied at all Hebrews 4:10 "for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his," and struggled with just what it means (experientially), you will see in the life of Hudson Taylor, that he truly attained and lived the live of rest that God speaks about.
I hope you will read it!
Click here to learn more about Hudson Taylor and to read some of his writings.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Basic Faith and Tried and True Faith
Everyone who comes to Jesus comes by faith. Faith is the substance of things not seen. I believe God allows great faith experiences to new Christians to ground us in our new found faith. But the more we grow in our relationship to God, the more He requires us to exhibit our faith in greater ways. Maybe our prayers don't get answered as quickly as they used to. God just wants us to trust Him more and more. This doesn't get any easier as we grow older; well, not for all of us anyway. God continues to take us to new levels in our faith.
Recently God has brought me through a new test and I guess that wasn't good enough, because even before that one was over He brought another one on. I really was almost at the point of admitting that God perhaps DOES give us more than we can bear! But I have been with Him too long to really believe that!
Two months ago I lost my job. It was sudden and unexpected. I had not had to look for a job in the last 15 years of work experience. I had no idea where to start looking. I was in shock for at least two weeks or more - and thinking that there might have been a chance of getting my old job back. Finally, I realized that was not going to happen. Well, the first thing I knew I had to do was prepare my resume, which I did. Then someone told me I should put it online and recommended Monster.Com. Which I also did. I also sent it to some employment agencies. I started getting calls and interviews. I was so nervous with my first interview and I realized quickly a couple of things. I was not prepared for all of this! I went to the library and got some books on writing resumes and redid the whole thing. I read articles on how to do interviews and started implementing some techniques. With each interview my confidence grew. I started doing a couple of temp jobs and found that I liked it. The whole process was very humbling to start with, but I was praying ALOT and God was enabling me to take things one step at a time. I knew I had all the spirtual tools I needed, but I needed some practical skills, too. But time was pressing on and still no job offers. I knew God was stretching my faith because I was having to trust Him in areas that I wasn't used to. God gave me some great moral supporters through my husband and other family members and friends.
Just when it looked like something was going to work out with the job situation, God brought another trial into my life. It was like I had not learned anything about faith for the last two months, even though I thought I had! Several days passed and I was feeling a lot of stress and I finally realized that I hadn't been trusting God in this new trial at all. All of my actions and reactions were totally in the flesh! So now that I have admitted this, I have to put into practice what I know about God and leaving things in His hands and letting Him control my actions and reactions so that I can experience God's peace in the midst of the trial. This all came about tonight so I will let you know in a few days how this is going!
Remember that one of our weapons of warfare is the shield of faith. A shield protects us from the advances of the enemy - that enemy is self, in my case. The Bible tells us to die to self and death is painful, but just as physical death brings us into Christ's presence so also does spiritual death. As Christians, we are to live in the "Heavenly Realms." That's what the life of faith is all about!
Recently God has brought me through a new test and I guess that wasn't good enough, because even before that one was over He brought another one on. I really was almost at the point of admitting that God perhaps DOES give us more than we can bear! But I have been with Him too long to really believe that!
Two months ago I lost my job. It was sudden and unexpected. I had not had to look for a job in the last 15 years of work experience. I had no idea where to start looking. I was in shock for at least two weeks or more - and thinking that there might have been a chance of getting my old job back. Finally, I realized that was not going to happen. Well, the first thing I knew I had to do was prepare my resume, which I did. Then someone told me I should put it online and recommended Monster.Com. Which I also did. I also sent it to some employment agencies. I started getting calls and interviews. I was so nervous with my first interview and I realized quickly a couple of things. I was not prepared for all of this! I went to the library and got some books on writing resumes and redid the whole thing. I read articles on how to do interviews and started implementing some techniques. With each interview my confidence grew. I started doing a couple of temp jobs and found that I liked it. The whole process was very humbling to start with, but I was praying ALOT and God was enabling me to take things one step at a time. I knew I had all the spirtual tools I needed, but I needed some practical skills, too. But time was pressing on and still no job offers. I knew God was stretching my faith because I was having to trust Him in areas that I wasn't used to. God gave me some great moral supporters through my husband and other family members and friends.
Just when it looked like something was going to work out with the job situation, God brought another trial into my life. It was like I had not learned anything about faith for the last two months, even though I thought I had! Several days passed and I was feeling a lot of stress and I finally realized that I hadn't been trusting God in this new trial at all. All of my actions and reactions were totally in the flesh! So now that I have admitted this, I have to put into practice what I know about God and leaving things in His hands and letting Him control my actions and reactions so that I can experience God's peace in the midst of the trial. This all came about tonight so I will let you know in a few days how this is going!
Remember that one of our weapons of warfare is the shield of faith. A shield protects us from the advances of the enemy - that enemy is self, in my case. The Bible tells us to die to self and death is painful, but just as physical death brings us into Christ's presence so also does spiritual death. As Christians, we are to live in the "Heavenly Realms." That's what the life of faith is all about!
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
The Basics
When a soldier receives his basic training, he is going to learn things that he should never forget. These lessons are drilled into him so that he will never forget. He learns to follow the instructions of his commanding officer - without fail and without questioning! These lessons are all foundational for being equipped for battle. These lessons may very well safe his life and the lives of his fellow soldiers.
It's the same for the Christian. Hebrews 6:1 says, "Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God..."
As a Christian, there are elementary or basic doctrines that we are taught that will help us all through our Christian life. One of the first, after salvation, is eternal security. That gives us hope. Hope that no matter what happens our eternal destiny is settled. A soldier going to battle has to face the fact that death may come and what better hope for a soldier to know that his death is not the end of His life! It is only the beginning of a new life. That is, if he is a Christian.
For the Christian, God does not equip us with spiritual weapons for no reason. He knows there will be trials and testings. God doesn't make robots out of us. And He won't force us to follow Him. He just gives us all kinds of reasons, in His promises to make us want to follow Him!
What would a soldier think if He was sent to war without any weapons or supplies? He certainly wouldn't have much confidence starting his journey, would he? God is no less concerned about "His" soldiers. He gives us everything we need for our journey.
It's the same for the Christian. Hebrews 6:1 says, "Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God..."
As a Christian, there are elementary or basic doctrines that we are taught that will help us all through our Christian life. One of the first, after salvation, is eternal security. That gives us hope. Hope that no matter what happens our eternal destiny is settled. A soldier going to battle has to face the fact that death may come and what better hope for a soldier to know that his death is not the end of His life! It is only the beginning of a new life. That is, if he is a Christian.
For the Christian, God does not equip us with spiritual weapons for no reason. He knows there will be trials and testings. God doesn't make robots out of us. And He won't force us to follow Him. He just gives us all kinds of reasons, in His promises to make us want to follow Him!
What would a soldier think if He was sent to war without any weapons or supplies? He certainly wouldn't have much confidence starting his journey, would he? God is no less concerned about "His" soldiers. He gives us everything we need for our journey.
The Journey
We have talked about "The Journey". Each journey has a beginning. In the Christian life, there is a beginning. That is salvation.
I am doing a Bible Study about what happens at salvation. Did you know that the Bible tells us that every Christian "has everything we need for life and godliness?" So far, I have a list of over 100 spiritual attributes that God gives us at salvation and I am not through the New Testament yet!
I have been thinking about what to compare this "spiritual journey" to in our real life and the closest thing I have come up with is the life of a soldier. Now I have never been a soldier, but I have watched a lot of movies about them! And I have two sons and a husband that were in the Marines! Not that I have learned much about being a soldier from them. The Bible talks about being a soldier, too! I'll include those references at the end.
A recruit goes to basic training and learns what? The basics of course. Once a soldier has gone through his basic training and actually gets sent to battle, he is equipped with all the weapons he is going to need to fight. Now most of those weapons may or may not last him the whole course of his stay on the battlefield, but they will be replenished as he needs them. It is obviously up to the soldier whether he will use his resources or not. He does not have to ask for them. He just has to appropriate them. The soldier isn't issued offensive weapons only. He is issued other items, such as food, and clothing and shelter. And he has certainly been taught a sufficient amount of information to make judgment calls throughout his tour of duty which should give him emotional and psychological support. We know that the enemy is always working against him to rob him of his life, his weapons, his psychological being, etc. Also the forces of nature may impact his supply of food, clothing and shelter, as well as his emotional state of being. As we go along we will likely discover other areas of similarity in the life of a soldier as compared with the Spiritual Journey of a Solder of Christ.
So the Soldier starts out "strong, well-equipped and determined."
1 Cor 9:7; 2Ti 2:3; 2 Tim 2:4
I am doing a Bible Study about what happens at salvation. Did you know that the Bible tells us that every Christian "has everything we need for life and godliness?" So far, I have a list of over 100 spiritual attributes that God gives us at salvation and I am not through the New Testament yet!
I have been thinking about what to compare this "spiritual journey" to in our real life and the closest thing I have come up with is the life of a soldier. Now I have never been a soldier, but I have watched a lot of movies about them! And I have two sons and a husband that were in the Marines! Not that I have learned much about being a soldier from them. The Bible talks about being a soldier, too! I'll include those references at the end.
A recruit goes to basic training and learns what? The basics of course. Once a soldier has gone through his basic training and actually gets sent to battle, he is equipped with all the weapons he is going to need to fight. Now most of those weapons may or may not last him the whole course of his stay on the battlefield, but they will be replenished as he needs them. It is obviously up to the soldier whether he will use his resources or not. He does not have to ask for them. He just has to appropriate them. The soldier isn't issued offensive weapons only. He is issued other items, such as food, and clothing and shelter. And he has certainly been taught a sufficient amount of information to make judgment calls throughout his tour of duty which should give him emotional and psychological support. We know that the enemy is always working against him to rob him of his life, his weapons, his psychological being, etc. Also the forces of nature may impact his supply of food, clothing and shelter, as well as his emotional state of being. As we go along we will likely discover other areas of similarity in the life of a soldier as compared with the Spiritual Journey of a Solder of Christ.
So the Soldier starts out "strong, well-equipped and determined."
1 Cor 9:7; 2Ti 2:3; 2 Tim 2:4
Saturday, May 12, 2007
What Is This All About?
This is going to be about living the life of faith. The Bible says "As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him."
I received Jesus Christ as my Savior by faith and trust and He remains my Lord as long as I continue to maintain faith and trust in Him for every aspect of my life.
I am so glad that God doesn't give us a list of do's and don'ts right at salvation that He expects us to follow immediately.
Instead He equips us "with every Spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus." He knows that salvation is only the beginning of our journey. Heaven is our destination, but in between those two is the "route."
Salvation is a three step process;
Conversion,
The life of faithfulness and service,
the climax of Heaven.
In Acts 9:2 the Christian Faith was called “the Way” Every “way” has a point of beginning, and a route, and an arrival at a destination. A person may be well equipped, strong, and determined when he starts out, Yet his arrival at his destination depends on the traveler following the route.
Will you join me in this journey? We are most likely at different locations on the route, but we can help one another. Those of us who are farther along can help pave the way, and those that are behind can remind us of what we have been through. Together we can help each other focus on God and what He has already equipped us with for our journey.
Travelers Together
Margo
I received Jesus Christ as my Savior by faith and trust and He remains my Lord as long as I continue to maintain faith and trust in Him for every aspect of my life.
I am so glad that God doesn't give us a list of do's and don'ts right at salvation that He expects us to follow immediately.
Instead He equips us "with every Spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus." He knows that salvation is only the beginning of our journey. Heaven is our destination, but in between those two is the "route."
Salvation is a three step process;
Conversion,
The life of faithfulness and service,
the climax of Heaven.
In Acts 9:2 the Christian Faith was called “the Way” Every “way” has a point of beginning, and a route, and an arrival at a destination. A person may be well equipped, strong, and determined when he starts out, Yet his arrival at his destination depends on the traveler following the route.
Will you join me in this journey? We are most likely at different locations on the route, but we can help one another. Those of us who are farther along can help pave the way, and those that are behind can remind us of what we have been through. Together we can help each other focus on God and what He has already equipped us with for our journey.
Travelers Together
Margo
Welcome!
Welcome to Meditate with Margo
This is my first day, Saturday, May 12, 2007. I am very excited to have my own blog. I have been thinking about it for a long time and I am finally doing it. I feel like I am in a place in my life where I need to experiment with new things - especially, technology - because I don't want to be left behind and I know that can happen very quick in these days.
My first experience with a computer was in the early 80's. I learned on a MacIntosh in the middle of the Amazon Jungles of Venezuela! I was a typist previously and it was SO different. Just understanding the arrow keys and the insert, delete buttons was a big trial.
Through the years as I moved back to the States and became part of the work world, my experience with and knowledge of computers has increased and I have loved every minute of it!
In the last year or two, though, I have noticed a lot of changes in technology that I have not kept up with and I have felt some concern.
As long as I had a job, I was okay, because I was using my computer skills all the time. However, recently, I found myself without a job and having to try to "sell" myself to various employers. So far, noone has asked me if I know anything about blogging, and it probably won't be a selling point on my resume, still I thought it was a small step I could take in increasing my computer savvy!
This is my first day, Saturday, May 12, 2007. I am very excited to have my own blog. I have been thinking about it for a long time and I am finally doing it. I feel like I am in a place in my life where I need to experiment with new things - especially, technology - because I don't want to be left behind and I know that can happen very quick in these days.
My first experience with a computer was in the early 80's. I learned on a MacIntosh in the middle of the Amazon Jungles of Venezuela! I was a typist previously and it was SO different. Just understanding the arrow keys and the insert, delete buttons was a big trial.
Through the years as I moved back to the States and became part of the work world, my experience with and knowledge of computers has increased and I have loved every minute of it!
In the last year or two, though, I have noticed a lot of changes in technology that I have not kept up with and I have felt some concern.
As long as I had a job, I was okay, because I was using my computer skills all the time. However, recently, I found myself without a job and having to try to "sell" myself to various employers. So far, noone has asked me if I know anything about blogging, and it probably won't be a selling point on my resume, still I thought it was a small step I could take in increasing my computer savvy!
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