As the sun set yesterday… so did I… Energy waning… as fast as the sun was setting… I thought about Sabbath… the need for rest… and shut down… Today… it’s been a struggle… wondering if I’m supposed to rest… or do… or what… As the sun sets today… I feel like all I did was…… Continue reading sabbath wrestling…
I got a little fired up in the study with sisters today… Reflecting on the ride home… I wonder why… after making a sight of myself… I’m filled with joy… Then I realize the joy comes from the topic of conversation… the studying of how to live out His Word… Love always trusts… Because it’s one thing…… Continue reading fired up…
The question comes to mind… and I wonder what the answer is… Are the failures and rebellion of the justified… all part of the sanctification process…? sanctification… “being made holy or purified”… In short, then, justification is a once-for-all, declarative act of God as Judge, whereas sanctification is a progressive change in the character of the…… Continue reading wrestling…
It’s really hard… in our brokenness…to come to grips… with His holiness…Really… hard…Our broken emotions…skewed reasoning…confused understanding…make it difficult…to see His grace in hard things…to see His way in the dark…when death brings life…and love bears all things…It’s hard… to wrestle with God…but that’s what He invites us to do…like Jacob… renamed Israel… God-wrestler…But Jacob…… Continue reading really hard…
Another call to Sabbath…one I didn’t want to hear…It did not go well… from my perspective anyway…Did work… that should’ve waited…recruited others to help… when I should’ve let them rest…self-indulged…spent more time at wrest with Him… than at rest in Him…And then today… the Monday following…after a day of wrestling with rest…He clears up much…… Continue reading wresting with rest…
For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist,in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of theirsalvation perfect through suffering.Hebrews 2:10 ESVHe was perfected… through… suffering…The thought came to mind as I prayed for college students today… in Moms In Prayer…The verse selected by the leader… for…… Continue reading wrestling with His suffering…
After the commencement address… the question came…What did you think of the speaker’s talk…?I shared my thoughts… and the one who asked… shared his…We did not agree…I could not make him see…I knew I couldn’t…and the truth that only the Father opens eyes of faith…weighed heavy…But… Sunday… He opened my eyes to a new aspect…… Continue reading the blessing of wrestling…
