What I read affects me and plagues my mind. If something is to linger in my mind and prompt any action, it had better be God's Holy Word. We know this from the Psalms and so many other scriptures:
"Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in his law doth he meditate day and night." Psalms 1:1-2
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in our hearts to the Lord." Colossians 3: 16
"Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they many be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." Deuteronomy 11:18-19
The Word is a good and important reference for daily living, and the scriptures are God-breathed and powerfully relevant. Who may say that the Old Testament offers no instruction to us under the New Covenant today? The history of Israel and God's relationship with them shows us the patterns for obedience and the faithfulness of God towards His chosen people. If He may un-choose Israel, how will He be faithful, and how may we say that His love endures forever?
Can any man hide his sin from the LORD? Can any man veil his mind and heart from the God's sight? I am to be mindful of my subjection to Him, and how my living is an aberration of His goodness, and my mind and heart are offensive to His Holiness.
My eyes and ears store up resources for sin, and my lips, hands and feet execute these meditated sins. But God did not withhold His Son, the only acceptable sacrifice for sins, from me, and let Him go to shameful and painful death on the cross to bear God's wrath that was to be mine, for my sake. I may be able to be clean by the Blood of the Lamb that was shed for me and for others.
Our strength is in the Word, to live redeemed lives in view of Christ and for Christ, who purchased us by His Blood, and made us partakers of the Heavenly Calling (Hebrews 3:1).
I managed to eat with a brother today, without planning for a meeting, and it was good that I was able to know how I may support him in prayer. This week I learned again the importance of encouraging our brethren, that we are to continue to exhort[ing] one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of us[you] be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin (Hebrews 3:13). In the present time, while we are still in the second advent, we are to live carefully and consistently in view of Christ, and in love for others.
I have observed this trend, that we men do not like to work much less labour; and we also have no delight in what we do. We do not want perspiration, we reserve our strength, and work only to feed our lusts and pleasures, and only sometimes our bellies. Other times we steal.
Our attitude for work and for life should be this. It is a tall order, but we have inward empowerment to live like this: "And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him." Colossians 3:17
We may live in newness of life, because Christ hath delivered us from sin. We have the means to overcome, and live holy, good lives for His sake. We belong to Him; our lives are made possible only by His grace, and we should live for His purpose and in His pattern - of obedience to the Father and to please and honour our Father.
We should not just settle for blind optimism, but a sure and defined hope. The hope that our God and Saviour Jesus Christ is coming for us soon.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
I must not be too proud to admit that God's Word has had an effect on me. I have presumed often that I am doing well, and am standing firm and am in good relation to my God at all times. I have not examined the areas of my life, and minimized why, how and what I lived (for) according to my own good pleasure.
But it is so blessed that God is faithful and He continually leads, and chastens, restores and comforts. Discipline is not easy to swallow, but God's purpose and wisdom are higher and more lasting than our own time-bound perceptions.
My parents have provided for me all my life, and I was made to realize that I have very little expressed gratitude towards them. I have barely reassured them that I their son, think of them. And while I have presumed that I have made amends for the ways I was an inadequate and difficult boy prior to saving faith, I had never spoken to them and addressed these things. It will be difficult to pull out these old memories of sorrows I have inflicted on them, but absolutely necessary.
I think of the times I was rough, rude and put on hateful attitudes towards them, and I realize that these are outstanding issues I must apologize and put to rest. When we are a little older and know some current information, we begin to despise our parents, or dismiss them.
As the eldest son, I should by example in honouring them, caring for them and obeying them. I have not been consistent in this area, and my sisters are sharp to seize these failures and convict me. While not perfect, I must increase my desire and efforts to love and care for them while I am still under their cover.
I see my grandmother's deep love for my grandfather even though he dominated her in marriage and was hard on her and on his children. She had tender love and concern for him, even while he was not always easy to get along with, much less love. This strength of love, even in a non-Christian marriage is admirable especially because of the circumstances of the union.
I am not willing that these precious parents pass from this life without hearing about the grace of Christ. I do not know how many years they will have with me, but I know that my love for them has not matched their love me, even if I have known the love of Christ. And my small efforts to are feeble.
There is no one else but me to bear witness for Christ, and I must get ready to tell them in the way they may understand well of this 'foreign God' who first died for men, before any of them knew Him.
There are dear family members and friends that I am to love and care for, but I have neither been attentive or sensitive, but shuttled them to my peripheral view. I am to bringing each person, valuing them as my God values them, before Him and appeal to His great love and mercy to work powerfully in them, to lead them to salvation.
My confidence in God's love for me is challenged daily. There is a need to return to Romans 5, to remember how God commendeth His love for us, when Christ laid down His life for all men, while we were still sinners, comfortably godless and cruel. God is a perfect Father who loves perfectly. When we doubt His love for us, we will be robbed of our joy and trust in Him. Our powerful God who is intimately concerned with our well-being and the details of our life gives us great comfort and the strength to live this challenging life in this hostile times.
I must thank God for His deep and sure love for me, even that which I cannot fully grasp, but continually doubt.
I presume too much, that I will be somebody important or prominent. I am a redeemed person who is much less intelligent and qualified than many others. My pride prises me from the dependence and obedience I am to have on Christ. Whether He uses me as a vessel for noble or common use, I must still be prepared in prayer to wait on His deployment of me. I am not more worthy than anyone to know Christ.
It is now more than ever that I realize I have a huge burden; that I may have many spiritual dependents who have never heard of the love of Christ, and of His great triumph over sin that may be applied to us all. I cannot lie and enter into rest prematurely while there is work to be done.
My life has to be lived in reverence of Christ. If I live with a false high esteem of myself, I will seek only to please myself, and place others on a lower plane. But there are people that matter hugely to me that I am omitting now. There must be something done about this.
We are to esteem Christ, living life in conformity to His Person. To be like Christ: firm and gentle, strong and meek, confident and humble, compassionate and prayerful, zealous for His Father's work.
It is a high standard, but we may have His Spirit inside of us to help us to live the life of Christ, that the flesh is not willing to, and cannot live out.
But it is so blessed that God is faithful and He continually leads, and chastens, restores and comforts. Discipline is not easy to swallow, but God's purpose and wisdom are higher and more lasting than our own time-bound perceptions.
My parents have provided for me all my life, and I was made to realize that I have very little expressed gratitude towards them. I have barely reassured them that I their son, think of them. And while I have presumed that I have made amends for the ways I was an inadequate and difficult boy prior to saving faith, I had never spoken to them and addressed these things. It will be difficult to pull out these old memories of sorrows I have inflicted on them, but absolutely necessary.
I think of the times I was rough, rude and put on hateful attitudes towards them, and I realize that these are outstanding issues I must apologize and put to rest. When we are a little older and know some current information, we begin to despise our parents, or dismiss them.
As the eldest son, I should by example in honouring them, caring for them and obeying them. I have not been consistent in this area, and my sisters are sharp to seize these failures and convict me. While not perfect, I must increase my desire and efforts to love and care for them while I am still under their cover.
I see my grandmother's deep love for my grandfather even though he dominated her in marriage and was hard on her and on his children. She had tender love and concern for him, even while he was not always easy to get along with, much less love. This strength of love, even in a non-Christian marriage is admirable especially because of the circumstances of the union.
I am not willing that these precious parents pass from this life without hearing about the grace of Christ. I do not know how many years they will have with me, but I know that my love for them has not matched their love me, even if I have known the love of Christ. And my small efforts to are feeble.
There is no one else but me to bear witness for Christ, and I must get ready to tell them in the way they may understand well of this 'foreign God' who first died for men, before any of them knew Him.
There are dear family members and friends that I am to love and care for, but I have neither been attentive or sensitive, but shuttled them to my peripheral view. I am to bringing each person, valuing them as my God values them, before Him and appeal to His great love and mercy to work powerfully in them, to lead them to salvation.
My confidence in God's love for me is challenged daily. There is a need to return to Romans 5, to remember how God commendeth His love for us, when Christ laid down His life for all men, while we were still sinners, comfortably godless and cruel. God is a perfect Father who loves perfectly. When we doubt His love for us, we will be robbed of our joy and trust in Him. Our powerful God who is intimately concerned with our well-being and the details of our life gives us great comfort and the strength to live this challenging life in this hostile times.
I must thank God for His deep and sure love for me, even that which I cannot fully grasp, but continually doubt.
I presume too much, that I will be somebody important or prominent. I am a redeemed person who is much less intelligent and qualified than many others. My pride prises me from the dependence and obedience I am to have on Christ. Whether He uses me as a vessel for noble or common use, I must still be prepared in prayer to wait on His deployment of me. I am not more worthy than anyone to know Christ.
It is now more than ever that I realize I have a huge burden; that I may have many spiritual dependents who have never heard of the love of Christ, and of His great triumph over sin that may be applied to us all. I cannot lie and enter into rest prematurely while there is work to be done.
My life has to be lived in reverence of Christ. If I live with a false high esteem of myself, I will seek only to please myself, and place others on a lower plane. But there are people that matter hugely to me that I am omitting now. There must be something done about this.
We are to esteem Christ, living life in conformity to His Person. To be like Christ: firm and gentle, strong and meek, confident and humble, compassionate and prayerful, zealous for His Father's work.
It is a high standard, but we may have His Spirit inside of us to help us to live the life of Christ, that the flesh is not willing to, and cannot live out.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Music and Lyrics
Music
On the car back to the east, a younger brother asked me today about Christian music and what I thought about a particular band. I surprised myself with what I said to him, that these were thoughts I never completely gave words and air to:
The songs we sing must contain scriptural truth. We are told in the clear words of Scripture in Colossians 3:16 -
Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
We are first told that the Word of Christ must dwell in us richly. We Christians are Word-based people who are to meditate on the Word of the Lord daily and nightly, abiding in them.
Songs have the tendency to linger in our minds and be replayed over and over. They stick easily to us, and we may sing tunes and words without much thought or much restraint. Should the song that flows out of our heads be a worldly one with carnal concerns and desires or one that contains the Word?
Songs today are soulish; they bring about moods, emotions and induce-encourage feelings. They have sway over us, and get us to harmonize with tunes in body and movement. We take in the ideals and the philosophies of these songs without much thought over what they say. They advertise irresponsible fun and overt sexuality.
We have been given good examples of songs we may and should sing. Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs as expressions of praise and adoration. What makes a song spiritual? What are the sounds and the words of the song? I am not musical, but my literary mind will seize hold of the words and place them aside the Scriptures and see if they have any counterpart. For only the Word has lasting value and so much power to instruct His people.
2 Timothy 3:16 - 17
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
God's Word contain the words of wisdom. Modern Christian songs today are doctrinally shallow and contain much emotive expression. It seems as though these songs are designed to train us to feel a certain way and to calibrate our hearts and emotions to feel a certain way. So many lyrics are in the pattern of : "How I love you", "I offer my life to you", "Jesus I love you". Do we need to be conditioned to praise God and love God?
I am wary that we could be singing lies, because we often do not mean or really feel these things, nor do we yearn very much to be as how we sing of ourselves. We do not really or fully love Him, for we are told in the Word that if we love Him we will obey His commands, yet we fail to do so daily. Nor do we offer our lives, or the large parts of our lives to Him. How much movement do we make to live in such an exemplary manner?
We are singing ourselves into ideal emotional states of devotion that we do not have rightly. We do not love God because the feelings of love is cultivated as per the pattern of worldly romance-I feel and thus I love. Our love of our God comes from Him. We grow in a knowledge of the One True God and in His Son, and we love Him in response to His great and deep and wide love of us. We learn of this love from His Word and not from songs that we sing and get ourselves into.
All singing is for worship, not mainly self-expression. So many songs today look to pour out our soul and give public air to how we feel. But we see in Revelation 4 and 5 and in other places that the loud voices of the saints are lifted in praise of our God: "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come." and "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory and blessing."
We are to admonish one another and sing with grace in our hearts to the Lord. Our songs must be able to teach and encourage one another in the faith and in godly behaviour, and exalt our God. We sing in relation to our God.
David's Psalms poured out his feelings, guilt, shame and also joy and gladness, all in relation to the Lord. None of it were vain expressions he did not feel-when he was besieged by enemies on all sides; when he sinned in adultery and murder and when he gave thanks to the Lord.
The songs the Church sings must be wholly different from the songs of the world. How may they sound alike? May what was bred outside of the sanctified Church gain entry to our clean and godly worship?
I can think of rock music as a good example. It grew outside the church and the genre was led by self-destructive rockers who exemplified the spirit of rebellion, having a lifestyle of drugs, alcohol and sex. The music is disquiet and encourages people to 'follow their hearts' and 'do what they really want'.
Can we 'clean' it up and Christianize the lyric and feature it in our worship of a Holy God? I do not agree with the introduction of Christian rock into the Church. Do we need to imbibe what is of the world into our worship to make us current and relevant? Our gospel is relevant and powerful, no matter what age and culture! We do not need to amass cultural capital to endear ourselves to the world that is not dying, but already dead.
Our Spirit is a different spirit. It is unlike the spirit of this world. Songs of the world upset the stillness of our hearts and stir unrest, whereas spiritual songs may bring about a climate of peace to our hearts.
We have 150 good examples of how we are to sing in praise of our God, and express our adoration for Him, and so many more other songs of old, and also in recent times that are rich in His Word and sound in Biblical doctrine.
Tune: ASSURANCE, Meter: 9 10.9 9 with Refrain
On the car back to the east, a younger brother asked me today about Christian music and what I thought about a particular band. I surprised myself with what I said to him, that these were thoughts I never completely gave words and air to:
The songs we sing must contain scriptural truth. We are told in the clear words of Scripture in Colossians 3:16 -
Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
We are first told that the Word of Christ must dwell in us richly. We Christians are Word-based people who are to meditate on the Word of the Lord daily and nightly, abiding in them.
Songs have the tendency to linger in our minds and be replayed over and over. They stick easily to us, and we may sing tunes and words without much thought or much restraint. Should the song that flows out of our heads be a worldly one with carnal concerns and desires or one that contains the Word?
Songs today are soulish; they bring about moods, emotions and induce-encourage feelings. They have sway over us, and get us to harmonize with tunes in body and movement. We take in the ideals and the philosophies of these songs without much thought over what they say. They advertise irresponsible fun and overt sexuality.
We have been given good examples of songs we may and should sing. Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs as expressions of praise and adoration. What makes a song spiritual? What are the sounds and the words of the song? I am not musical, but my literary mind will seize hold of the words and place them aside the Scriptures and see if they have any counterpart. For only the Word has lasting value and so much power to instruct His people.
2 Timothy 3:16 - 17
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
God's Word contain the words of wisdom. Modern Christian songs today are doctrinally shallow and contain much emotive expression. It seems as though these songs are designed to train us to feel a certain way and to calibrate our hearts and emotions to feel a certain way. So many lyrics are in the pattern of : "How I love you", "I offer my life to you", "Jesus I love you". Do we need to be conditioned to praise God and love God?
I am wary that we could be singing lies, because we often do not mean or really feel these things, nor do we yearn very much to be as how we sing of ourselves. We do not really or fully love Him, for we are told in the Word that if we love Him we will obey His commands, yet we fail to do so daily. Nor do we offer our lives, or the large parts of our lives to Him. How much movement do we make to live in such an exemplary manner?
We are singing ourselves into ideal emotional states of devotion that we do not have rightly. We do not love God because the feelings of love is cultivated as per the pattern of worldly romance-I feel and thus I love. Our love of our God comes from Him. We grow in a knowledge of the One True God and in His Son, and we love Him in response to His great and deep and wide love of us. We learn of this love from His Word and not from songs that we sing and get ourselves into.
All singing is for worship, not mainly self-expression. So many songs today look to pour out our soul and give public air to how we feel. But we see in Revelation 4 and 5 and in other places that the loud voices of the saints are lifted in praise of our God: "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come." and "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory and blessing."
We are to admonish one another and sing with grace in our hearts to the Lord. Our songs must be able to teach and encourage one another in the faith and in godly behaviour, and exalt our God. We sing in relation to our God.
David's Psalms poured out his feelings, guilt, shame and also joy and gladness, all in relation to the Lord. None of it were vain expressions he did not feel-when he was besieged by enemies on all sides; when he sinned in adultery and murder and when he gave thanks to the Lord.
Psalm 111
1Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
2The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
3His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
4He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
5He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
6He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
7The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
8They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
9He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
The songs the Church sings must be wholly different from the songs of the world. How may they sound alike? May what was bred outside of the sanctified Church gain entry to our clean and godly worship?
I can think of rock music as a good example. It grew outside the church and the genre was led by self-destructive rockers who exemplified the spirit of rebellion, having a lifestyle of drugs, alcohol and sex. The music is disquiet and encourages people to 'follow their hearts' and 'do what they really want'.
Can we 'clean' it up and Christianize the lyric and feature it in our worship of a Holy God? I do not agree with the introduction of Christian rock into the Church. Do we need to imbibe what is of the world into our worship to make us current and relevant? Our gospel is relevant and powerful, no matter what age and culture! We do not need to amass cultural capital to endear ourselves to the world that is not dying, but already dead.
Our Spirit is a different spirit. It is unlike the spirit of this world. Songs of the world upset the stillness of our hearts and stir unrest, whereas spiritual songs may bring about a climate of peace to our hearts.
We have 150 good examples of how we are to sing in praise of our God, and express our adoration for Him, and so many more other songs of old, and also in recent times that are rich in His Word and sound in Biblical doctrine.
Close
I am highly demanding of Christians and of leaders especially. While mindful that we fail daily and depend so hugely on His grace and mercy to even get through our day, I could be very severe on these fellow vessels of His love, Spirit and grace.
I speak before I understand, I judge before I know completely. This is something I need to work on, that I withhold grace and refuse to bear with others who are younger believers in the faith.
I suppose when I use the upper key "Church" I refer to the universal body of Christ, and not any local body or community, even though the observation is made of the congregational groups of churches.
An example of a spiritual song and hymn.
Blessed Assurance
Text: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915
Music: Phoebe P. Knapp, 1839-1908Tune: ASSURANCE, Meter: 9 10.9 9 with Refrain
1. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his Spirit, washed in his blood. Refrain: This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long; this is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long. 2. Perfect submission, perfect delight, visions of rapture now burst on my sight; angels descending bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love. (Refrain) 3. Perfect submission, all is at rest; I in my Savior am happy and blest, watching and waiting, looking above, filled with his goodness, lost in his love. (Refrain)
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Friday, 2 March
I cannot coast on and wrongly assume that I am on the right course at all times. If I grow distant from my firm ground, I will veer into dangerous territory.
I have been made alive by Christ; I must live in Christ. I cannot pretend I knoweth not my Saviour and then turn back to sin. I also cannot pretend I have no way of knowing God and discerning His will. I have His Word.
I am to be a wholely new creature, with new appetites and new desires. I cannot feed on the same vain things that do not honour God but encourage sensuality and faithlessness.
Jesus is the Bread of Life. For awhile we eat of the land, taking physical food. However we who are alive in the Spirit need to feed our Spirit. We live "not by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God". (Matthew 4:4) The Word of the Lord brings us life. Outwardly we are decaying, but inwardly we are being renewed daily. (2 Corinthians 4:16)
Our renewal of this inward (spirit) life comes from partaking in Christ. We must drink His blood and eat His flesh. His body broken for us; His life poured out for us - so that we who were far off, separated by our sinfulness may be brought nigh by His blood. (1 Corinthians 11:24-25; Ephesians 2:13)
If I do not live my faith, how will I die for my faith?
Our faith is not one of convenience. When it is easy to obey and go His way, I do. Where it is difficult to, I may or may not have the strength and discipline to go the way in line with His will and righteousness.
I do not have a good heart attitude when I relate with people, in work and ordinary circumstances. I am grudging, unwilling, and only invest my heart minimally in them, whereas Christ poured Himself out for us.
We are to observe all things that Christ has commanded us; not some and not just a few. (Matthew 28:20) Our motivation to do so should be that we love Him, we treasure His words, we believe and trust Him; His Divinity, His character, His promises. We are not compelled, but propelled by love to live the new life in the Spirit He has given to us.
I have moved into what Tozer says is the "noble language" of the King James Version. I am an admirer of him and other wise and godly men who defer to the King James. While I am young and my biological RAM can input new verses, and also for FBI, I will go this way. It also does not hurt when an exceedingly lovely and precious lady has gifted me a leather Bible.
I have been made alive by Christ; I must live in Christ. I cannot pretend I knoweth not my Saviour and then turn back to sin. I also cannot pretend I have no way of knowing God and discerning His will. I have His Word.
I am to be a wholely new creature, with new appetites and new desires. I cannot feed on the same vain things that do not honour God but encourage sensuality and faithlessness.
Jesus is the Bread of Life. For awhile we eat of the land, taking physical food. However we who are alive in the Spirit need to feed our Spirit. We live "not by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God". (Matthew 4:4) The Word of the Lord brings us life. Outwardly we are decaying, but inwardly we are being renewed daily. (2 Corinthians 4:16)
Our renewal of this inward (spirit) life comes from partaking in Christ. We must drink His blood and eat His flesh. His body broken for us; His life poured out for us - so that we who were far off, separated by our sinfulness may be brought nigh by His blood. (1 Corinthians 11:24-25; Ephesians 2:13)
If I do not live my faith, how will I die for my faith?
Our faith is not one of convenience. When it is easy to obey and go His way, I do. Where it is difficult to, I may or may not have the strength and discipline to go the way in line with His will and righteousness.
I do not have a good heart attitude when I relate with people, in work and ordinary circumstances. I am grudging, unwilling, and only invest my heart minimally in them, whereas Christ poured Himself out for us.
We are to observe all things that Christ has commanded us; not some and not just a few. (Matthew 28:20) Our motivation to do so should be that we love Him, we treasure His words, we believe and trust Him; His Divinity, His character, His promises. We are not compelled, but propelled by love to live the new life in the Spirit He has given to us.
I have moved into what Tozer says is the "noble language" of the King James Version. I am an admirer of him and other wise and godly men who defer to the King James. While I am young and my biological RAM can input new verses, and also for FBI, I will go this way. It also does not hurt when an exceedingly lovely and precious lady has gifted me a leather Bible.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Carried Along in Time
Instead of only living in time, sometimes it seems as though we are carried along the motion of time. We are hustled from week to week and month to month; bleeding hours and minutes. It is now March 1.
I have had so many points in the last two months to look back and compare my situation this year with the last.
Last birthday, I went to bed quiet; this birthday, I had someone lovely to tenderly care for me, good friends and a sugary cake. I barely registered the 22 candles.
Last recess week I was mostly in hall and had much different company and different routine. This time round, while falling behind on work, I was able to take care of the home environment and get rid of the clutter that had crept up on me as I lived past two decades.
Managed to go to Hakim's to give him a card. Although it was an extension of a long day, it was worth it to convey my love for an important friend on his birthday.
I enjoyed dinner with Agnes' parents, because it's a good opportunity to spend time with them and know them better. I am not looking to prise her away from them, but rather we should be closer and dearer as we go along.
Several things that trouble/ bother me:
or
2. Love the world & sin, hate governance, shun the Word, abuse grace, live by personal feeling, and having no close relationship with the Lord.
I have had so many points in the last two months to look back and compare my situation this year with the last.
Last birthday, I went to bed quiet; this birthday, I had someone lovely to tenderly care for me, good friends and a sugary cake. I barely registered the 22 candles.
Last recess week I was mostly in hall and had much different company and different routine. This time round, while falling behind on work, I was able to take care of the home environment and get rid of the clutter that had crept up on me as I lived past two decades.
Managed to go to Hakim's to give him a card. Although it was an extension of a long day, it was worth it to convey my love for an important friend on his birthday.
I enjoyed dinner with Agnes' parents, because it's a good opportunity to spend time with them and know them better. I am not looking to prise her away from them, but rather we should be closer and dearer as we go along.
Several things that trouble/ bother me:
- Biblical Christianity or the lack thereof.
- My responsibility at having received the gospel and not sharing the message of salvation with others. Will friends and dear ones say of me, when there is no grace left, "You had light and truth, why did you not share it with us?"
- How to live:
or
2. Love the world & sin, hate governance, shun the Word, abuse grace, live by personal feeling, and having no close relationship with the Lord.
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