i just wanted to post a quick update and say I made it through the day yesterday. there were several times I just wanted to sit down and cry, but by God’s grace I was able to simply keep plugging along. it wasn’t a day of great achievements or accomplishments but God sustained me through [...]
Archive for October, 2009
29 Oct
overwhelmed and overwhelming grace
When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul. Ps 94:19
I woke up this morning overwhelmed. The cares of my heart were many. Anxious thoughts seemed to be multiplying exponentially. That quickly spiraled downward into a feeling of being completely overwhelmed. then I got out of bed. and it all got worse.
yup, [...]
28 Oct
how would you define Christiantiy?
“The question can be answered in many ways, but the richest answer I know is that a Christian is one who has God as Father…Our understanding of Christianity cannot be better than our grasp of adoption…The truth of our adoption gives us the deepest insights the New Testament affords into the greatness of God’s love. [...]
27 Oct
peace
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication wiht thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in [...]
23 Oct
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22 Oct
ransomed from fear and hatred
Jean Valjean, my brother,
you no longer belong to evil.
With this silver I have bought your soul.
I have ransomed you from fear and hatred
Now I give you back to God. (Victor Hugo)
22 Oct
she is ugly
Wonder, O heavens! and be astonished, O earth! that this most glorious Immanuel, the Prince of Peace, whom angels worship, and before whom the seraphim bow–should from all eternity engage to come and seek His Bride from this poor world, and claim her for His own!
Yet so it is!
But she is filthy and polluted! (Ezek. [...]
22 Oct
I need such a friend
Jesus knows all my wants and weaknesses; all my sin and misery. He knows the malice of my enemies, and the foolishness of my heart. He has power to subdue my whole nature to Himself, and to defeat the wiles and machinations of my foes.
His grace is all-sufficient. His love is infinite. His wisdom cannot [...]
21 Oct
one thing i do…
“One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” (Philippinans 3:13-14).
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