Sunday, May 30, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Vines and Branches
Looking back, I should have prayed more while I was in Haiti. "Apart from me you can do nothing." I'm just a branch attached to the vine; how can I do anything if I don't stay attached to the vine?
If I pray ALOT everyday, then I don't have to worry about trying to bear fruit - it will happen automatically.
Not me, but HIM!
How will I remember that in the daily hubbub?
God help me remember that you are the source. Here I go, back to, "When I am weak, I am strong."
If I pray ALOT everyday, then I don't have to worry about trying to bear fruit - it will happen automatically.
Not me, but HIM!
How will I remember that in the daily hubbub?
God help me remember that you are the source. Here I go, back to, "When I am weak, I am strong."
Monday, May 24, 2010
Momentous Day
For the last 38 years of my 58-year life, I have hated my mother. I have probably hated her for a longer time than that. She was a promiscuous drunk who destroyed everyone who got close to her: her husbands and her daughter...until I finally let Jesus pick me up.
Today, as I was reading Psalm 119, I remembered (God put into my mind?) a time when my mother really wanted God. She was hungry and she tried to come to the Lord. But she made a wrong turn, and while she remained hungry for God, she never figured out how to get to Him.
My heart softened toward her. I was so hungry for so long, but I did not know how to find Jesus. Then, in a flash, I suddenly realized that my God had let me forgive my mother, the woman I blamed for everything bad that ever happened to me, and even for evil I initiated.
This is the most important day of my life. This is by far the greatest gift our wonderous God has ever given me. I am finally free; truly free; free in Jesus; free in God.
Today, as I was reading Psalm 119, I remembered (God put into my mind?) a time when my mother really wanted God. She was hungry and she tried to come to the Lord. But she made a wrong turn, and while she remained hungry for God, she never figured out how to get to Him.
My heart softened toward her. I was so hungry for so long, but I did not know how to find Jesus. Then, in a flash, I suddenly realized that my God had let me forgive my mother, the woman I blamed for everything bad that ever happened to me, and even for evil I initiated.
This is the most important day of my life. This is by far the greatest gift our wonderous God has ever given me. I am finally free; truly free; free in Jesus; free in God.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Always procrastinate
I always procrastinate about keeping a Christian blog. I think I am afraid to keep a record of the miraculous.
Scriptures I have come across recently that have spoken to me:
1. Jesus will never let me go. The Father gave me to Jesus, and Jesus will never, never let me go. Thank you, God.
2. I am not from this planet. I am not its child. I am a child of God; I do not belong here. That is why I have always felt like a stranger in a strange land. Duh...I am. Still, it's sad; I am sure Jesus felt that way, too.
Scriptures I have come across recently that have spoken to me:
1. Jesus will never let me go. The Father gave me to Jesus, and Jesus will never, never let me go. Thank you, God.
2. I am not from this planet. I am not its child. I am a child of God; I do not belong here. That is why I have always felt like a stranger in a strange land. Duh...I am. Still, it's sad; I am sure Jesus felt that way, too.
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