Sunday, March 10, 2013
Hope for When Your Path Gets Rocky
Just in case you never read Living Better With An Invisible Illness, one of other blogs; I felt like I needed to share my recent blog post, A Letter to God-sized Dreamers. You have probably heard that old saying, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." When the going gets tough for Christians, God is right there with us -- holding us up.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Are You Watching "The Bible?"
Are you watching "The Bible" on the History Channel? I hope you are feeling challenged to read your Bible more; because there is no way they can cover the entire Bible in 10 hours, and show you the scope and breadth of what God's Word contains. However, it is a good thing if one's response is I want to know more.
In Living Better With An Invisible Illness, I have been writing about my God-sized dream. My main dream is to read through the Bible this year. I have written several posts, beginning with Dreaming God-sized Dreams, which I moved from my Inspirations blog. When I did that, I lost some really cool comments, which made me sad. Who knew you lost comments when you move blog posts? Not me.
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While reading the Bible through, I have to tell you what has me very, very excited. For some reason, I had never truly envisioned the mass of people that left Egypt during the Exodus. However, I realize it was more than I ever dreamed. Numbers 1:1 says that God spoke to Moses on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt.. God told Moses to take a census in Numbers 1, and how to do it. Therefore, Moses appointed men to assist him in taking a census and listing the men, who were able to serve in an army. These men were to be age twenty or older.
What absolutely astounded me were the number of men able to serve after they were counted. The total number, excluding the tribe of Levi (the priestly tribe), was 603,550. Now, think about all those people that left Egypt, all the men, women, and children not in the number. Think about the tents, the animals, and all these people leaving Egypt and moving through the desert to the promised land. As far as the eye could see, one would see people and more people. Think of the space all those people and animals must have taken up. No movie or television show could have enough extras for us to see what it was like.
Our God is truly an awesome God. If He could do this for the Israelites, how much more is He able to do for us? I keep envisioning this mass of people. Can you imagine the dust cloud their movement raised? Our God is amazing!
Prayer
Thank you, God for what You have done and what you are going to do for Your
people. You are truly awesome and great: You are beyond human description. Thank you for the glimpses You give us of Your mighty power. In Jesus' Holy Name, Amen..(KJV).
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
I Stand Amazed
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The above was my response to Holley Gerth's January 16, blog post, and I just wanted to share my joy with you; which is in my heart because of Jesus. Usually, I share scripture with you, but see the words penned by Charles H. Gabriel, in Praises, by Edwin O. Excell (Chicago, Illinois: 1905).
"I stand amazed in the presence
Of Jesus the Nazarene,
And wonder how He could love me,
A sinner, condemned, unclean.
And wonder how He could love me,
A sinner, condemned, unclean.
Refrain
O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
Is my Savior’s love for me!
And my song shall ever be:
O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
Is my Savior’s love for me!
For me it was in the garden
He prayed: “Not My will, but Thine.”
He had no tears for His own griefs,
But sweat drops of blood for mine.
He prayed: “Not My will, but Thine.”
He had no tears for His own griefs,
But sweat drops of blood for mine.
Refrain
In pity angels beheld Him,
And came from the world of light
To comfort Him in the sorrows
He bore for my soul that night.
And came from the world of light
To comfort Him in the sorrows
He bore for my soul that night.
Refrain
He took my sins and my sorrows,
He made them His very own;
He bore the burden to Calvary,
And suffered and died alone.
He made them His very own;
He bore the burden to Calvary,
And suffered and died alone.
Refrain
When with the ransomed in glory
His face I at last shall see,
’Twill be my joy through the ages
To sing of His love for me.
His face I at last shall see,
’Twill be my joy through the ages
To sing of His love for me.
Refrain"
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Reading Through the Bible
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The bad thing is I am already behind, which I don't like admitting. However, I had the thought today that is exactly where The Enemy would like me to be, so I will feel guilty; then, I just might give up. And it is absolutely not worth it to let myself be ramrodded into guilt. Reading God's word is fulfilling: it is a wonderful experience to hear God speak to me through the Bible.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works (KJV, 1 Timothy 3:16-17).
One Year Bible OnLine has a good plan for reading through the Bible: I'm using the One Year Bible Weekly Reading plan. I hope I do it in one year, but doing a Bible marathon is not the point. The point is getting to know God better through His word. I'm not boasting. I'm not promising to finish reading it in the time allotted, but it is a worthy goal; and now that I have shared with you, I am looking forward to it even more.
God bless you in 2013.
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