December 2011
24 posts
Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain...
Me: God, I've let You down so much
God: You can't let me down. You don't hold me up. I hold you up.
Does the work I do please my Boss?
25 God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good. [Gen. 1.25]
God saw that his work was good. People sometimes feel guilty for having a good time or for feeling good about an accomplishment. This need not be so. Just as God felt good about his work, we can be pleased with ours. However, we should not...
“Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our...”
– Fred Rogers (via misswallflower)
Relationship issues?
If, like me, your significant other is dealing with issues and it’s taking its toll on your relationship, would you choose to give up?
Why not, right? I mean, you did offer to help him out with it. You did say you’ll be there for him. You assured him you weren’t in a hurry for him to get over his inner struggles and that you understand.
But, hey. You have issues, too. You have...
Sometimes you just have to put things in God's...
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,t whenever you face trials of many kinds,3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.6 But when you...
I pray for forgiveness... →
Well, God is certainly pruning me. That much I know. It hurts and I realize that I have taken to my old ways in dealing with frustration. Hurt people hurt people. And in my case, I did it deliberately.
I regret this horribly now. Just like Jonah, I nursed my anger and allowed it to grow into something big — bigger than my love for Christ. I harbored ill feelings and fashioned it into a...
