“Living” the gospel?…
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Psalm 101:1-8
My heart's cry for my family and me:
~Psalm 101:1-8
~I Will Walk with Integrity
~A PSALM OF DAVID.
I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music.
I will ponder the way that is blameless.
Oh when will you come to me?
I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;
I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. (What we watch, how we spend our time...)
I hate the work of those who fall away; -it shall not cling to me.
A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.
Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. (That we would not slander others.)
Whoever has a haughy look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. (That we would turn from this and having bad attitudes.)
I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me. (That we would walk with Godly friends and have Godly mentors.)
No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes. (That we would not be deceitful and have lying lips.)
Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Glorifying God Through Our Failure and Weaknesses
(I should've put a picture of me throwing a fit on here but we don't take those kind of pictures!);)
This really floored me because I always have the mindset that things should be close to perfect for our family to be able to minister to someone else or for others to be drawn to Christ. I guess I should know that God has used us to minister to others through our failures because He has. It actually gives you a heart to reach out to others going through similar issues. But, I forget and I get frustrated about weaknesses that come out thinking God can't use us or me. I need to remember this is not true. In her book, "Give Them Grace" by Elyse Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson she was talking about God being sovereign and in control over all there is, "overruling for his glory according to his will."
She said, "As his children we long to make his glory known by our faithful obedience. That is a good desire, but a strong, successful family may not be the way he has chosen for us to glorify him. Perhaps his goal is that we glorify him by demonstrating weakness and even failure." She went on talking about how most parenting books will tell you how to be "a successful parent of successful, seemingly sinless children." Then she said, "But what if we're measuring success in the wrong way? Could it be that our perception of success isn't God's plan for us or for our family? What if he's going to use our failure and our children's rebellion to make us humble comforters of other sufferers for his glory? What if he has called us to Jeremiah's ministry rather than to Daniel's? Is there room in your parenting paradigm for weakness and failure if weakness and failure glorify God?" She said though it is our prayer that our children would glorify Him through genuine obedience and faith and it will break our hearts if they don't, the chief end of our parenting is not our own glorification as wonderful parents but to glorify God and enjoy Him forever~ whatever that may mean.
Wise Words
To keep one's voice sweet, one's face bright, one's will steady, one's patience unperturbed, in the arena of the home, in the light of one's own family, is no light task. ~Margaret Sangster
From, "The Duggars: 20 and Counting!"
Monday, June 11, 2012
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