I read the following about Johnathan Edwards wife, what she said after her husband passed away:
"What shall I say? A holy and good God has covered
us with a dark cloud. . . . The Lord has done it. He has made me adore His
goodness, that we had [Jonathan] so long. But my God lives; and He has my
heart.”
I want to get to the point where I can react that way. I am not there yet. What an example of a woman when faced with probably the biggest tragedy in her life she reacts with praise to God's goodness. She had given God her whole heart - so what bad thing could happen in this life to break her down? Yes, I'm sure she was sad and grieving but the Lord had her heart. And He is unbreakable. and He lives.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Writing
I remember having to write journal entries in high school English class. I hated it. I could never come up with anything to say. I guess it was writers block. I once wrote a journal entry about writing a journal entry. My teacher was not thrilled.
I think if I force myself to at least put something into this blog everyday if I can, it will improve my ability to express my thoughts. But today I can't think of anything really interesting to say. (I'm sorry if you have gotten to this point in reading and think - why am i wasting my time with this?)
I will tell you one interesting thing I thought of today. I thought of a line from a hymn "To be happy in Jesus, is to trust and obey." Trust Jesus. then Obey Jesus. and that equals being happy in Jesus. I want to be happy in Jesus. I wonder if that song is based on something from the Bible? I do remember that Jesus said this:
John 14:15 (A)“If you love me, you will (B)keep my commandments.
How much complicated exegeses does that passage need? I fully understand that. So why is it so hard to just do it!?! That makes me think of this:
Romans 7:21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For (Z)I delight in the law of God, (AA)in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members (AB)another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from (AC)this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
You know what is next?
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.[a]
I have a "body of death" that has sin dwelling in it. It is captive to sin and wars against the law of God - the commandments that I want to keep. Who will deliver me from this body of death? Jesus Christ our Lord! I think the key to obeying or keeping his commandments is simply loving Him. When you love someone it doesn't feel like a chore, or something you have to do, but something you want to do. And, I don't know about you, but after hearing that I have a "body of death" that wars against the law of God - it is nice to hear that there is no condemnation!!
I think if I force myself to at least put something into this blog everyday if I can, it will improve my ability to express my thoughts. But today I can't think of anything really interesting to say. (I'm sorry if you have gotten to this point in reading and think - why am i wasting my time with this?)
I will tell you one interesting thing I thought of today. I thought of a line from a hymn "To be happy in Jesus, is to trust and obey." Trust Jesus. then Obey Jesus. and that equals being happy in Jesus. I want to be happy in Jesus. I wonder if that song is based on something from the Bible? I do remember that Jesus said this:
How much complicated exegeses does that passage need? I fully understand that. So why is it so hard to just do it!?! That makes me think of this:
Romans 7:21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For (Z)I delight in the law of God, (AA)in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members (AB)another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from (AC)this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
You know what is next?
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.[a]
I have a "body of death" that has sin dwelling in it. It is captive to sin and wars against the law of God - the commandments that I want to keep. Who will deliver me from this body of death? Jesus Christ our Lord! I think the key to obeying or keeping his commandments is simply loving Him. When you love someone it doesn't feel like a chore, or something you have to do, but something you want to do. And, I don't know about you, but after hearing that I have a "body of death" that wars against the law of God - it is nice to hear that there is no condemnation!!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Spring
I have been thinking a lot about spring lately. This is why:
1. I have been so busy with life that as I am driving I am literally shocked by all the color and sunshine outside. Spring has taken me by surprise this year.
2. I listened to the song "Remembering You" by Steven Curtis Chapman. That got me thinking about Jesus. He takes our hearts and makes them new. He took my frozen, good-as-dead, heart and made it bloom! I posted the video for you to see! Enjoy!
1. I have been so busy with life that as I am driving I am literally shocked by all the color and sunshine outside. Spring has taken me by surprise this year.
2. I listened to the song "Remembering You" by Steven Curtis Chapman. That got me thinking about Jesus. He takes our hearts and makes them new. He took my frozen, good-as-dead, heart and made it bloom! I posted the video for you to see! Enjoy!
That Bethany
I have really enjoyed checking my pastor's blog, Borrowed Light , and my sister's blog Miracle Twins , that I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and make my own blog!
Sorry this may not be an interesting blog but I thought, what the heck! I may have something to say.
I called my blog "That Bethany" because it is what my dad would say if he saw the aftermath of something I had broke, or something funny I had said. For example, my mother asked me to ask my dad to borrow his truck right before his birthday so she could take the truck to get a bed liner installed. So on his birthday when the truck was in the driveway and he was walking to the door, he muttered "that Bethany!" when he was coming in the door because all he saw was that the truck bed had turned black and just assumed "that Bethany" had somehow blackened his truck bed!
I am usually saying something really stupid, making some kind of mess. So the best thing I could think of naming my blog was "That Bethany!"
Sorry this may not be an interesting blog but I thought, what the heck! I may have something to say.
I called my blog "That Bethany" because it is what my dad would say if he saw the aftermath of something I had broke, or something funny I had said. For example, my mother asked me to ask my dad to borrow his truck right before his birthday so she could take the truck to get a bed liner installed. So on his birthday when the truck was in the driveway and he was walking to the door, he muttered "that Bethany!" when he was coming in the door because all he saw was that the truck bed had turned black and just assumed "that Bethany" had somehow blackened his truck bed!
I am usually saying something really stupid, making some kind of mess. So the best thing I could think of naming my blog was "That Bethany!"
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