1Peter 1:13-14
13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,
1Peter 1:18-19
18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
1Peter 1:24-25a
24 for “All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,and the flower falls,
25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.”
There is a promise that the flesh will not last... nor the things of this flesh... But the word of the Lord remains forever. Thank you Lord that this world is temporary. That this is not the best that we have to look for. That the evil and the ugliness of this world will pass away! But your promise will be forever!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Love for our Savior
Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, "It is the Lord," he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish... John 21:7-8a
One of the passages I was reading this morning is John 21 where Jesus comes to the disciples after the crucifixtion and tells them to cast their nets to the other side of the boat and in turn they catch more fish than they can handle. That has always been the focus of my reading until today. Today what stood out to me was the LOVE Peter had for his lord. When they said it was the Lord he jumped from the boat with no reguard to the catch or the boat. His only care was to be with Jesus. There was a love there that I want to know. To want to commune with my Jesus so badly that NOTHING else matters. Right now so many other things get in my way. My job, my family even spending time with my amazing husband. Although all of that is good and I should show attention to each Jesus should be my waking thought and in my heart as i go to sleep. I want to have a love like Peter. And Jesus loved him back. Later in the Chapter he tells him - do you love me Peter... if you do that feed my sheep." If we truelly love our Lord isnt that what we should be doing... feeding his sheep, caring for his lambs? I find myself to preoccupied with my life to even think about all the people that God wants me to reach. There is TOO much going on in MY life for me to worry with others. IF I am to be a disicple that I must start looking at the lives around me and sharing that love of Christ that we so loosely talk about. Less talking more action. Then the Love I have for my Lord will be the priority of my daily life!
One of the passages I was reading this morning is John 21 where Jesus comes to the disciples after the crucifixtion and tells them to cast their nets to the other side of the boat and in turn they catch more fish than they can handle. That has always been the focus of my reading until today. Today what stood out to me was the LOVE Peter had for his lord. When they said it was the Lord he jumped from the boat with no reguard to the catch or the boat. His only care was to be with Jesus. There was a love there that I want to know. To want to commune with my Jesus so badly that NOTHING else matters. Right now so many other things get in my way. My job, my family even spending time with my amazing husband. Although all of that is good and I should show attention to each Jesus should be my waking thought and in my heart as i go to sleep. I want to have a love like Peter. And Jesus loved him back. Later in the Chapter he tells him - do you love me Peter... if you do that feed my sheep." If we truelly love our Lord isnt that what we should be doing... feeding his sheep, caring for his lambs? I find myself to preoccupied with my life to even think about all the people that God wants me to reach. There is TOO much going on in MY life for me to worry with others. IF I am to be a disicple that I must start looking at the lives around me and sharing that love of Christ that we so loosely talk about. Less talking more action. Then the Love I have for my Lord will be the priority of my daily life!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Grace in time of need....
Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
I dont like for my real feelings to show through. I like for everything to seem hunky doory...but that is far from the case. I accept the word boldly and what it means to me. Not humble or quietly...but forcefully and desperatly. GOD I NEED YOU! and fall on my face before the throne. God you know me. You know when I fail and when I am so very far from perfect. There are no fasods or assumptions... you know my core. And right now my core is hurting. I need your grace more than I ever have before. I need your help because I cannot do this alone. I know you have been here. I have felt you in everyday in every breath. You are the reason that i breath the only reason that I have. My heart aches for all that I have lost but my soul is longing for my Abba Father. The one person who is right there waiting for me to ask you to hold me. Please daddy hold me. I dont not like feeling this vunerable. Being afraid of what I am letting go of. But I know you are asking this of me. For me to let go of pride and the apperance of all that I have portrayed. Not to edit myself but to be raw and uncut. What I have held on to is not pretty but you find me priceless. I trust in your word and know that your grace is mine for the taking. I need your grace. I need your embrace. Hold me because I am unable to stand. Thank you for your presence. For whispering to me in the breeze and in the storm. I still praise you... as long as I have breath and even when I am no more I will praise you.
I dont like for my real feelings to show through. I like for everything to seem hunky doory...but that is far from the case. I accept the word boldly and what it means to me. Not humble or quietly...but forcefully and desperatly. GOD I NEED YOU! and fall on my face before the throne. God you know me. You know when I fail and when I am so very far from perfect. There are no fasods or assumptions... you know my core. And right now my core is hurting. I need your grace more than I ever have before. I need your help because I cannot do this alone. I know you have been here. I have felt you in everyday in every breath. You are the reason that i breath the only reason that I have. My heart aches for all that I have lost but my soul is longing for my Abba Father. The one person who is right there waiting for me to ask you to hold me. Please daddy hold me. I dont not like feeling this vunerable. Being afraid of what I am letting go of. But I know you are asking this of me. For me to let go of pride and the apperance of all that I have portrayed. Not to edit myself but to be raw and uncut. What I have held on to is not pretty but you find me priceless. I trust in your word and know that your grace is mine for the taking. I need your grace. I need your embrace. Hold me because I am unable to stand. Thank you for your presence. For whispering to me in the breeze and in the storm. I still praise you... as long as I have breath and even when I am no more I will praise you.
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