I absolutely LOVED the "Chronicles of Narnia" movie. People at the movie theater, however, did not like it as much (I suspect, I was the reason :)) You see, during the whole movie I had Scriptures poping up in my head and out of my mouth without control. I surprised myself with the knoledge of the Bible I had. You know what I'm talking about? Almost every scene touched my heart in a different way. When Aslan roared and the queen sat down, I told my husband, "there you go- "every knee shall bow, every tongue confess.." And when I couldn't think of a Scripture, I just said aloud, "that's my kinda God!".....anyways, in that movie it was said , "is He safe? of course not! but He is GOOD!"
I thought about it as I prepared for the Bible Study last night. It is true, our God is not that safe , He requiers a lot of risk, but boy is HE GOOD!!! I spoke to my ladies and asked them, how much risk would they take to know His goodness?"..Sometimes to know His goodness we will need to risk something, to step out of our comfort zone just a bit. Sure we can be happy with just "ok", but you see an "ok" was never God's intend for us.
I remember going on the beach when I was a little girl and playing in the water in the "safe zone". I went just deep enough to walk on the sand with my hands, then I yelled to my mom , "mom! I am swimming! Can you see?" ..my head above the water, my body on the surface and seaweed between my fingers. I wonder how many of us as Christians do the same? We pretend to "swim" on the deeper end and appear like we know what we're doing but have no clue what it is like in real life and what a freedom it is to swim on the deep side of the lake. To let Christ -the Living Water hold you, allow His Spirit to rock you on the waves of God's breath, no seaweed between toes, no shells, no sand under feet- and THAT's risky...but again, is HE safe? probably not, but HE IS GOOD!!!!
So, beloved, get you swimming gear on , will you swim with Jesus?
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Monday, June 12, 2006
Just something to think about....
I am currently reading a book and something got my attention...I can't get it out of my head. It says "your commitment to the purpose is directly reflected in your faithfulness to a detail"..I thought to myself, "How many times I am so concentrated on a big stuff while small detail is neglected and then I cry when it fails..."..now I know why....
I am about to write my study on "Spiritual dicipline" and I think that would be my title... think about it...
I am about to write my study on "Spiritual dicipline" and I think that would be my title... think about it...
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Thankful for my freedom
About 2 years ago I have met a young lady at the Bible study. She looked so fragile and graceful. Her testimony was the most amazing one I have heard in a while. That lady have truly experienced THE REAL liberty in Christ. Satan used her for a while, but now she was free. Her "freedom speech" was so inspiring. I remember thanking her at the end for her story. At that time her husband was not a beliver. Back than she wasn't even sure if her marriage will last any longer. Her husbnad was still wearing "sin shackels" on his heart. May be 6 months later he started getting more serious about God.And now he an awesome man of God, totally different. That was absolutely amazing! I am blessed now to see how much stronger they grew in the Lord and how much their family had been transformed! Glory to God!
Yesterday I had to go to the court of this young man-husband and father of 3 little kids. His past was haunting him. (another proof that world has no forgiveness and how satan throws people away once he had enough of them). I set on the benches and listened to the judge's verdict. My heart broke as I heard the sentencing. I glanced at my friend Val, his wife- she looked so strong! I could see God's grace all over her! I looked back at her husband and all I saw is free man. Free in deed.His life is rescued by Christ, his sins are forgiven on the cross, his future is guaranteed through the blood. He is going to jail to pay off the old debt he owed to this world, but unlike many of the inmates there, he is going there as a free man and nothing will EVER change that.
After we left the court room, we all were silent. I looked at my friend and saw her smiling through the tears. She whispered, "I am excited.....I know God is up to something. Can you imagine how much better my husband will be at the end? I know God is good!" What a faith!!!!
She is right though! We saw God's mercy in the court room that day! He was facing up to 7 years, but only got 242 days! Is that awesome or what? He is able to get work release and still provide for the family! He might be able to come to church (if judge considers that "theraputic"....why don't you come , your honor, and see for yourself HOW theraputic God's presence really is ::))).....I just want to tell you- I saw God's handwriting all over yesterday and it was beautiful! Another slap on enemy's ugly looking face! Enemy meant to destroy him, but God turned the tables around!
All I could think of is the Scripture in Micah 7:8 "Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light."
I witnessed that first hand yesterday!
Please, keep that family in prayer!
Yesterday I had to go to the court of this young man-husband and father of 3 little kids. His past was haunting him. (another proof that world has no forgiveness and how satan throws people away once he had enough of them). I set on the benches and listened to the judge's verdict. My heart broke as I heard the sentencing. I glanced at my friend Val, his wife- she looked so strong! I could see God's grace all over her! I looked back at her husband and all I saw is free man. Free in deed.His life is rescued by Christ, his sins are forgiven on the cross, his future is guaranteed through the blood. He is going to jail to pay off the old debt he owed to this world, but unlike many of the inmates there, he is going there as a free man and nothing will EVER change that.
After we left the court room, we all were silent. I looked at my friend and saw her smiling through the tears. She whispered, "I am excited.....I know God is up to something. Can you imagine how much better my husband will be at the end? I know God is good!" What a faith!!!!
She is right though! We saw God's mercy in the court room that day! He was facing up to 7 years, but only got 242 days! Is that awesome or what? He is able to get work release and still provide for the family! He might be able to come to church (if judge considers that "theraputic"....why don't you come , your honor, and see for yourself HOW theraputic God's presence really is ::))).....I just want to tell you- I saw God's handwriting all over yesterday and it was beautiful! Another slap on enemy's ugly looking face! Enemy meant to destroy him, but God turned the tables around!
All I could think of is the Scripture in Micah 7:8 "Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light."
I witnessed that first hand yesterday!
Please, keep that family in prayer!
autobiography in 5 days
autobiography in 5 days
The author is unknown, but I just LOVE it!it is a autobiography in 5 days.Day 1: I walk down the street. There is a hole in the ground, I fall right into it. It's not my fault! It takes forever to get out of it.Day 2 :I walk down the street. There is a hole in the ground. I try to ignore it, but I fall right into it. It takes a long time to get out.Day 3: I walk down the street. I see the hole in the ground. I fall into it- it became a HABBIT by now! How can I get out of it?Day 4: I walk down the street. I see the hole in the ground. I walk around it. I didn't fall.Day 5: I walked down a different street.That, my friend, is a walk of holiness. We strive to do our best and sometimes it involves a walk in a new, unfamiliar place, but that's where the glory is resting!!!1 Tim. 4:7 "Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly."1 Tim. 6:11 "But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness."
The author is unknown, but I just LOVE it!it is a autobiography in 5 days.Day 1: I walk down the street. There is a hole in the ground, I fall right into it. It's not my fault! It takes forever to get out of it.Day 2 :I walk down the street. There is a hole in the ground. I try to ignore it, but I fall right into it. It takes a long time to get out.Day 3: I walk down the street. I see the hole in the ground. I fall into it- it became a HABBIT by now! How can I get out of it?Day 4: I walk down the street. I see the hole in the ground. I walk around it. I didn't fall.Day 5: I walked down a different street.That, my friend, is a walk of holiness. We strive to do our best and sometimes it involves a walk in a new, unfamiliar place, but that's where the glory is resting!!!1 Tim. 4:7 "Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly."1 Tim. 6:11 "But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness."
The Wealthiest Place on Earth
The Last few days I have been pondering on the same thing....Someone asked the other day, "what do you think is the wealthiest place on earth?".....and the answer was "a cemetery".........???????????? " what in the world?"- I thought to myself...a cemetery? Did I hear it right? "yes, cemetery", he continued. You see, cemetery is full of books that were never written, poems, that were never read, songs that were never sung...then I thought to myself "it is also full of ministry callings that were never answered,purposes that were never fulfilled, prayers that were never prayed, words of encouragement,that were never spoken outloud...."...I guess it IS the wealthiest place on earth. But my problem is that I don't want to add up to it! I want to die empty and say like Jesus, "it is finished!"...IT...I have my " It", you have your "IT"...will you leave your " IT" here on earth or let your "IT" be wasted.....let your "IT" be finished before you leave this earth. The wealthiest place on earth is the Christian who is fulfilling his purpose, being fruitful and effective for Christ and preparing him/herself for Heaven-the one and only wealthiest place EVER.
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