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Name: Ich
Location: Please select..., United States
Birthday: 3/14/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: Knowing my Lord and Saviour, reading books, both playing and listening to music, staring in amazement at the sky and other marvelous works of creation, being an old man, dangly cross earrings, my one true Luv
Expertise: I drive a baby blue beast and look real good doin' it.
Occupation: Retired
Industry: Nonprofit
Message: message me
Member Since:
9/30/2004
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| Hey, i just wanted to remind everybody that this right here is life and we've got to live it. "The Spirit gives life, the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are Spirit and they are life." ...and Jesus keeps me from going mad He is our Peace and Sanity.(though i haven't been 'feelin it' lately, i push on..."and now, o Lord, what do i wait for? my hope is in You.") and that's it... except this too: God opened my eyes this morning to how little i love...and Him to change that in me... | | |
| Honestly, I want everything to be about Jesus...
why is that easier said than done?
the branches of arteries and veins that
steal red-life-blood to and from every muscle fiber and organ and brainpumpthought
all back and forth between my heart...i can see it now...my heart...squeezing, opening, closing,
pouring life from one chamber to another
this machine of a body
and for what?
For Him....
and how? and why?
in due time He will show it...
In the Lord I will place all my trust, and I shall not be ashamed!
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| (wow, i wasn't expecting to write this much, but i hope it encourages you all. i know the Lord encouraged me as i was writing it. He is still molding and shaping me, and it is hard sometimes and i get confused cuz i look to myself instead of Him, but I want to follow Him with all my heart. I want to love Him more, and I want to become a faithful servant, obedient to His will.)
so, a lot has happened in my life in the past three months,
and it's come down to the Lord showing such great mercy to me.
He is sufficient for all things.
it seems that everything He has shown me comes back to all things being from Him and for Him.
For it is God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Cor 4:6
But you are a CHOSEN generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who CALLED you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:9
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. 1 Thess 5:23
As many as received Him, to them He GAVE THE POWER to become sons of God. John 1:12
and finally check this out: And we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God.
2 Cor 3:4-5
Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. Romans 8:26-30
Not only has the Lord revealed Christ's saving work in the gospel to me and shone me my desperate need for Him, but He has given me faith and a desire to seek Him. I did nothing to earn His mercy(while I was yet a sinner, Christ died for me) yet, though my pursuit of Him was weak and scarce, He honored my cries for help and passion. He in His wisdom and power has set me in pursuit of Him. And when i don't even know what to pray, He is searching my heart and crying out from within me by the Holy Spirit. He renews me when i don't have desire for Him, His mercy covers my feeble pursuit. He restores longing for Him. He is our peace, comfort, redemption, and our LIFE! oh, that I would learn to hide His promises within me, and trust Him with all things.
Hey, seek the Lord! Acts 17:26-28, He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being.
Following Him is costly. Discipleship is costly. Please, Lord, let us see the riches of following You. Give us faith and trust to see that the LIFE and JOY and HOPE You give, outweighs any cost.
"If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it--lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.' Or what kind, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple." Luke 14:26-33
Surrender to Him is only the first step. We must press on to lay hold of that for which Christ laid hold of us. To follow Christ is a journey, not a one time experience. We must face trials and temptations, hardships and hurt, sorrow and sickness, but through all let us hold fast to Christ, whose hope we have as an anchor, that He will not disappoint, but prove faithful and sure, and will provide all that we need. He has our best in store for all who seek Him, but it must start with surrender and humility. "Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God, and He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you." 1 Peter 5:6-7
AMEN! | | |
| Sometimes I want to go to sleep and merge with the foggy world of dreams and not return to this, our real world. Sometimes I look back on my life and am surprised at the lack of kind things I have done. Sometimes I just feel that there must be another road that can be walked--away from this became--either against my will or by default.
Now--here is my secret:
I tell it to you with the openness of heart that I doubt I shall ever achieve again, so I pray that you are in a quiet room as you hear these words. My secret is that I need God--that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love.
-Douglas Coupland Life After God | | |
| an olive grove, a garden hill
let's wait awhile, our breath hold still
for how long ago in such a place
did disciples see the humble face
of their comely Teacher changed
from wind-worn lines to purest rain
and Heaven boomed beloved truth
till stillness settled with the dawning dew | | |
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