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!!