When I first got saved, I remember days when I would look into heaven and say, "Lord, don't come yet! I have so much I want to do! ....life is so good!"
Now eighteen years later, life is still good. I am married to the most wonderful man on earth, have a great family, and feel my life is totally blessed by God, but I have gone through some things. I have experienced trials, temptations, betrayal, failures, and persecutions. There have been deep disappointments, tears of grief that have kept me awake at night, and pains that have caused me to ask, "Why?".
Now I look into heaven, grateful for such a good life, yet also knowing the hurts of life, and say, "Lord, come quickly!" I long for Him! I long for Heaven, a place where there will be no more tears or sorrow. I know now more than ever that there is no hope in this world. This world is not my home; I am just passing through, waiting for my home in eternity where I belong.
I love the phrase in this song..."What if my greatest disappointments or the aching of this life is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy?" Amen!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CSVqHcdhXQ
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Experiencing God's Love
I have been dwelling on the love of God lately. It is the most powerful thing on earth! It's what brought me to salvation and what keeps me pressing on.
Our family has gone through some challenging times recently, and the body of Christ has wrapped its arms around us and loved us in a way that is hard to describe. At a time when we expected people to look down their noses at us or criticize us, we found men and women weeping with us. They called, sent letters...and more letters.
I will never forget the day when the men of our church gathered around our family. They laid their hands on us, while on their knees, and cried out to God for us. Have you ever had men pray for you like that? Our family has never felt so loved!!! I still cry whenever I think about it! At a time when we were so hurt and so vulnerable, God's love expressed through our brothers and sisters in Christ prevented us from becoming bitter, encouraged us, and has helped us to keep the faith.
In this video, this unbeliever experienced the love of God. See how it changed his life!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gccio1vE41M
Our family has gone through some challenging times recently, and the body of Christ has wrapped its arms around us and loved us in a way that is hard to describe. At a time when we expected people to look down their noses at us or criticize us, we found men and women weeping with us. They called, sent letters...and more letters.
I will never forget the day when the men of our church gathered around our family. They laid their hands on us, while on their knees, and cried out to God for us. Have you ever had men pray for you like that? Our family has never felt so loved!!! I still cry whenever I think about it! At a time when we were so hurt and so vulnerable, God's love expressed through our brothers and sisters in Christ prevented us from becoming bitter, encouraged us, and has helped us to keep the faith.
In this video, this unbeliever experienced the love of God. See how it changed his life!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gccio1vE41M
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Modesty
What Guys Think About Modesty (Godtube.com)
Here are some questions to consider on the topic of modesty:
Ladies, how much do we love our men and boys?
Are we so caught up in ourselves that we don't even care how our actions are effecting others?
As followers of Christ, aren't we supposed to think more highly of others than we do ourselves?
Do we find pleasure in being a source of temptation, causing others to sin?
Here are some questions to consider on the topic of modesty:
Ladies, how much do we love our men and boys?
Are we so caught up in ourselves that we don't even care how our actions are effecting others?
As followers of Christ, aren't we supposed to think more highly of others than we do ourselves?
Do we find pleasure in being a source of temptation, causing others to sin?
Some women in the church complain because the men will not stand up and be leaders, but have we ever thought about how we women may be hindering their leadership? Could it be that some men out there are swimming in a pool of defeat because of the guilt associated with their lack of control over lust, wanting victory, but finding no place for their eyes to rest from it?
Most men in this world could care less about their bondage to lust, they quite enjoy it, but as Christian women, let us not be their playground! And for those brothers who long for the freedom to be passionate for only one woman - their wife, may our company be a place of rest for them, where they can be free from the world's constant bombardment of lust before their eyes.
God created a man to passionately long for a woman, that was His design, but like everything good, Satan tries to destroy it by putting men in bondage to it. Are we women helpless to do anything for our brothers in this situation? We are not - COVER UP!
God created a man to passionately long for a woman, that was His design, but like everything good, Satan tries to destroy it by putting men in bondage to it. Are we women helpless to do anything for our brothers in this situation? We are not - COVER UP!
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