* Blog Project, 2013: Simple Things, Great Joy
I have always admired my sister's wit, grace and skill in writing. I am a confessed fan. More than that, at times when I doubt my own writing, I always do come to her.
Since she has not set up her own blog yet, I am posting one of her written thoughts from her social network page. :)
While I'm really happy and grateful for this new season in my life, I've got no tips to give...I realize. No human-concocted formula from any time frame of my experience or knowledge will guarantee 100 percent favorable outcome every single time. No. There are so many variables involved. There are factors I can't control to my advantage..and knowing myself, I don't dare "manipulate" anything or anyone.
It's humbling and more peaceful to know and experience what almost everybody knows already: believing and trusting God -- the God who is love and whose love endures forever. In times when a familiar question, "Did God really say...?" attempts to distract me, I am immediately reminded and comforted by Hebrews 6:13-20. Meditating on this makes me very grateful for the truth that it is impossible for God to lie. "God's promises" no longer have this "cliche" effect. They never have.
God's promises. He spoke them, He knows what to do with them. He spoke them, and I believe Him. I just say, "Amen!" "For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God." (I Corinthians 1:20)
Because of Jesus, the conditions and qualifications that I can never exert or produce 24/7 even if I "do my best" have been fully satisfied. I dare not discredit the magnitude of God's grace and the power of the Holy Spirit just so I can feel "worthy" or feel like a genuine Christian.
It's humbling and more peaceful to know and experience what almost everybody knows already: believing and trusting God -- the God who is love and whose love endures forever. In times when a familiar question, "Did God really say...?" attempts to distract me, I am immediately reminded and comforted by Hebrews 6:13-20. Meditating on this makes me very grateful for the truth that it is impossible for God to lie. "God's promises" no longer have this "cliche" effect. They never have.
God's promises. He spoke them, He knows what to do with them. He spoke them, and I believe Him. I just say, "Amen!" "For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God." (I Corinthians 1:20)
Because of Jesus, the conditions and qualifications that I can never exert or produce 24/7 even if I "do my best" have been fully satisfied. I dare not discredit the magnitude of God's grace and the power of the Holy Spirit just so I can feel "worthy" or feel like a genuine Christian.
Wohoo! Way to go, sister! Please do write more, so I've got something good to read more and more. :)
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