I feel the need sometimes to pick scriptures from different chapters to show similarities. These are ones I found this morning and earlier this week. I feel if I could get to a place where Jesus is all I need than life would be better. Sometimes I just think about myself and don't think much of it. It can make life complicated if I try to add more to my life than what I need. Here is my proof.
If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever- the Spirit of truth. The world can not accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. (John 14:15-19)
Though Jesus had to enter heaven and we can not see him here on earth he loves us so much as not to leave us alone but to give us the Holy Spirit to be with us. How is it that He cares so much when I have messed up at times, it's just amazing and hard to understand but that is how He works.
Jesus is a physician because he heals. I can find verses on his miracles sometimes in my reflections too later on. This is what he came to do. On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: "I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinner." Matthew 9:12-13
If I admit I am not always perfect and wonder off then I need help and Jesus has come to help me. Sometimes I get sick and he provides what I need to get better. Also he has come to clense us of our sins and it is another way of saying to not sin any more. God loves us so much he wants us to admit when we need healing. We can heal from our hurts by turning to him. When we let life get too carried away and then our hearts suffer he wants us to turn back to him for healing and comfort. Like I said in my last reflection if he wasn't kind caring and gentle he wouldn't have done so much for us. I am honnored to be one of his.
One more verse that I really like it "And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19 So in John 14: 15-19 and Matthew 9:12-13 are some of those ways he proves that. There is no garantee that a walk with God will be an easy one. I wish I had kept my life alot more simple in the past. If I can get around all of those mountains God must think more of me than I do. I need to get into better thinking habbits that I can do more than I realise. I just wish I could change a few things but I better pray about those and not wonder off my path again. It is so easy to feel defeated and to not keep trying. It is so hard to see Christ as the ultimate provider when wecan't see him. I have hope in the Spirit that He hasn't left me alone completely. My direction and purpose will come to me one day I jsut know it.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
part 4: God of all comfort
1) "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Christ, the Father of copassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts un in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have receieved from God." (1 Corinthians 1:3-4)
2) In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trial. These have come so that your faith of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire maybe proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. (1 Peter 1:6-7.)
3) I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death. (John 8:51)
4) My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therfore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
(2 Corinthians 12:9-10)
5) Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30)
My point today is that there are so many verses about how God is gentle and loves us. These a re just a few. In another blog I will find more to prove myself right. We live in this world with a promise of something good to look forward to. I have mentioned how God is the God of all comfort, we are worth more than gold in weakness He finds strength and when we are weary He will give us rest. How can that be an unloving God? After all he sent Christ and sacrificed his Son so that many will live when our day of judgement comes. I still wonder why we tend to make it hard for each other and not live more like he does? I have meet so many new wonderful people at this new church I have been going to. I feel transformed and not so depressed these days. Maybe I still am struggling to find out my purpose here being a single mom. I am more than that. In my trials when I am tired of everything I can give it to God and he will be there though I can not see him I know in my heart what is true. My struggles make me stronger though at the times I didn't realise it. I am not the same weak girl from last year. I have never been compeletly abandoned or neglected. I have never been compelety sheltered just more than what I wanted. God will show me my full purpose in His time. Until then I have new hope and I know it's ook to feel sad but with control.
2) In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trial. These have come so that your faith of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire maybe proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. (1 Peter 1:6-7.)
3) I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death. (John 8:51)
4) My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therfore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
(2 Corinthians 12:9-10)
5) Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30)
My point today is that there are so many verses about how God is gentle and loves us. These a re just a few. In another blog I will find more to prove myself right. We live in this world with a promise of something good to look forward to. I have mentioned how God is the God of all comfort, we are worth more than gold in weakness He finds strength and when we are weary He will give us rest. How can that be an unloving God? After all he sent Christ and sacrificed his Son so that many will live when our day of judgement comes. I still wonder why we tend to make it hard for each other and not live more like he does? I have meet so many new wonderful people at this new church I have been going to. I feel transformed and not so depressed these days. Maybe I still am struggling to find out my purpose here being a single mom. I am more than that. In my trials when I am tired of everything I can give it to God and he will be there though I can not see him I know in my heart what is true. My struggles make me stronger though at the times I didn't realise it. I am not the same weak girl from last year. I have never been compeletly abandoned or neglected. I have never been compelety sheltered just more than what I wanted. God will show me my full purpose in His time. Until then I have new hope and I know it's ook to feel sad but with control.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
be accountable for you
Galations 6:4-9 "Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load. Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor. Do not be deceived: God can not be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
In my mind God is telling me I don't have to think I'm not good enough because I'm not as pretty as some other women out there or as strong and confident as someone else. Plus He is telling me that I do not have to think that just because that person has some strange ways that may be different than mine that I have the right to think I'm better than they are. I am accountable for me alone. I will do my best to please my God and not what makes me happy. I find it easy to get distracted ad think about all the ways maybe I am worth more than someone else or less than someone else or my woes are worse than someone elses. I am lucky to have friends that are also believers so I can help them out when opportunity arrises. I love having a church family were we can be there for each other to help each other out.
There is another verse I am reminded of after I think of that thought. It is in Matthew 7: 1-5: "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same wayy you judge others, you will be judges, and with the measure you use, it will be messured to you. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."
It is not that is impossable to show the other who has wronged me how they have done so. I have to see how my mistakes have affected the situation as well. Witch goes back the whole be accounatble for me aspect. If I am constantly thinking about what wrongs the others have done but fail to see my own I am doing no one any good. I feel I fail at that a lot. It is so easy to say so and so hurt me first but what I did was completly acceptable. It is very hard to admit that both are at fault even when I have admited to ebing at fault and they still wont listen. What do I get out of all this: Well I see that maybe if I just listen first even if I don't want to it may help. Boy you can sure tell I have been through a lot of counseling. lol I don't even know if any one is reading this but it helps me to get it out there.
In my mind God is telling me I don't have to think I'm not good enough because I'm not as pretty as some other women out there or as strong and confident as someone else. Plus He is telling me that I do not have to think that just because that person has some strange ways that may be different than mine that I have the right to think I'm better than they are. I am accountable for me alone. I will do my best to please my God and not what makes me happy. I find it easy to get distracted ad think about all the ways maybe I am worth more than someone else or less than someone else or my woes are worse than someone elses. I am lucky to have friends that are also believers so I can help them out when opportunity arrises. I love having a church family were we can be there for each other to help each other out.
There is another verse I am reminded of after I think of that thought. It is in Matthew 7: 1-5: "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same wayy you judge others, you will be judges, and with the measure you use, it will be messured to you. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."
It is not that is impossable to show the other who has wronged me how they have done so. I have to see how my mistakes have affected the situation as well. Witch goes back the whole be accounatble for me aspect. If I am constantly thinking about what wrongs the others have done but fail to see my own I am doing no one any good. I feel I fail at that a lot. It is so easy to say so and so hurt me first but what I did was completly acceptable. It is very hard to admit that both are at fault even when I have admited to ebing at fault and they still wont listen. What do I get out of all this: Well I see that maybe if I just listen first even if I don't want to it may help. Boy you can sure tell I have been through a lot of counseling. lol I don't even know if any one is reading this but it helps me to get it out there.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
the storms of life
This is one of my favorite pasages in the Bible about Jesus calming the storm. here it goes:
Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Without warning, a furious storm came upon the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. the disciples went and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We're going to drown!" He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so affriad?" Then he got up and rebuked the windsand the waves, and it was completely calm. The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him?"
I knwo everyone had lifes storms to go through. The disciples had a litteral one. On Friday April 22nd a tornado came through ferguson. These days we have sirens to give us warning to take shelter. I saw some of the distruction on Easter Sunday and it was saddening. There were people out there cleaning up debree that had been scattered by the wind.
However, there are some storms that come up suddenly that we are unaware of such as earth quakes ans tsunamis. There have been a few of those recently. It takes time to recover from them but Jesus is always telling us to not be affraid. He is building up our confidnece even when we fail to recognize it. Jesus doesn't want us to be scared but sometimes that happens and he loves us anyway.
I feel there are so many storms that are started by our own words and actions. Sometimes the tongue can cause even more damage. If we say something, or do something that is inappropriate it can make us not trust and cause lots of hurts. Have you ever thought you trusted someone and then became betrayed because they said something hurtful or became unreliable? Then it feels like they should be the enemy. It si in those times we have to rely souly on Jesus. He never leaves our side and he has the power to calm the storm, even the winds and the waves obey him.
He wants us to love each other so that when storms of nature come up or storms of just not watching what we say or do we can still be there to build each other up. ("Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, taht it may benefit those who listen." Ephesians 4:29)
Sometiems I wonder if the tamming of the tongue may be more difficult then we realize. What storms are harder for you to get through the nature made storms or the ones by human words/actions? How far are you willing to go to help each other if we just have to call on Jesus? Will you let Jesus calm your storm?
Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Without warning, a furious storm came upon the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. the disciples went and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We're going to drown!" He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so affriad?" Then he got up and rebuked the windsand the waves, and it was completely calm. The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him?"
I knwo everyone had lifes storms to go through. The disciples had a litteral one. On Friday April 22nd a tornado came through ferguson. These days we have sirens to give us warning to take shelter. I saw some of the distruction on Easter Sunday and it was saddening. There were people out there cleaning up debree that had been scattered by the wind.
However, there are some storms that come up suddenly that we are unaware of such as earth quakes ans tsunamis. There have been a few of those recently. It takes time to recover from them but Jesus is always telling us to not be affraid. He is building up our confidnece even when we fail to recognize it. Jesus doesn't want us to be scared but sometimes that happens and he loves us anyway.
I feel there are so many storms that are started by our own words and actions. Sometimes the tongue can cause even more damage. If we say something, or do something that is inappropriate it can make us not trust and cause lots of hurts. Have you ever thought you trusted someone and then became betrayed because they said something hurtful or became unreliable? Then it feels like they should be the enemy. It si in those times we have to rely souly on Jesus. He never leaves our side and he has the power to calm the storm, even the winds and the waves obey him.
He wants us to love each other so that when storms of nature come up or storms of just not watching what we say or do we can still be there to build each other up. ("Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, taht it may benefit those who listen." Ephesians 4:29)
Sometiems I wonder if the tamming of the tongue may be more difficult then we realize. What storms are harder for you to get through the nature made storms or the ones by human words/actions? How far are you willing to go to help each other if we just have to call on Jesus? Will you let Jesus calm your storm?
Monday, April 25, 2011
I wanted to start sharing some versus that mean something to me. I get nervous about sharing my thoughts but maybe the mroe I do this the less nervous I will become. I love to read scriptures and relfect on them in my journals. I hope you can get something out of this and maybe add to my knowldege something I may not have thought of. I am always open to ideas.
This is a verse from the book of Act 2:25-28
"I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I wil not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will live in hope, because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your HOLY ONE see decay. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with jou in your presence."
I am blessed to have the Lord with me in my life. It is an eve lasting friendship that I can not see and I know I am not talking to myself. Maybe I don't understand everything he asks of me but I will do my best. It is my desire to bring my son up with knowledge and respect for the Lor. I feel life is hard but I can do this and I am not alone. The Lord is there to catch me when I fall and he is there in my triumphs. I can learn not to be shaken but to stand up for myself. I feel I have done that to a point some people do not know what to think of it. God has seen me through a lot of stuggles. I may have felt alon at times but in reality I have never been alone. I have been blessed with such amazing friends in my journey in this so called life. Why some people like to make things hard for each other I don't understand. I want to state that I give my troubles to God cause he will never leave me.
This is a verse from the book of Act 2:25-28
"I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I wil not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will live in hope, because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your HOLY ONE see decay. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with jou in your presence."
I am blessed to have the Lord with me in my life. It is an eve lasting friendship that I can not see and I know I am not talking to myself. Maybe I don't understand everything he asks of me but I will do my best. It is my desire to bring my son up with knowledge and respect for the Lor. I feel life is hard but I can do this and I am not alone. The Lord is there to catch me when I fall and he is there in my triumphs. I can learn not to be shaken but to stand up for myself. I feel I have done that to a point some people do not know what to think of it. God has seen me through a lot of stuggles. I may have felt alon at times but in reality I have never been alone. I have been blessed with such amazing friends in my journey in this so called life. Why some people like to make things hard for each other I don't understand. I want to state that I give my troubles to God cause he will never leave me.
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