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Name: Gail Elizabeth
Country: United States
State: Texas
Gender: Female
Occupation: Education/training
Industry: Nonprofit
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Member Since:
6/26/2005
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| God's creation of you was done... With the hands of a Potter, With the eye of a Designer, With the skill of a Craftsman, With the touch of an Artist, With the heart of a Father. Roy Lessin | | |
| "Earth’s best is only a dim reflection - a preliminary rendering - of the glory that will one day be revealed. Joni Eareckson Tada, Heaven, p. 14 Earth has seemed a VERY dim reflection lately. I don’t know if it is because my eyes are dulled to see the goodness of earth or that they are being enlightened to see the greatness of Heaven. Sometimes life on earth is just plain hard. It has been that way for me lately. No reason, really, and in some ways that makes it harder. When there is nothing really wrong - nothing terribly earthshaking anyway - it is hard to understand my discontent. I’m sad, I’m lonely, I’m stooped with burdens - many of which are not mine to carry - they are His. I awake in the night and worry about things that disappear with the dawn - sometimes I can’t even remember what kept me awake. My comfort and hope in these days has been in the pages of His word. When I sit down to read - to study - to memorize - to contemplate, my heart is lifted, my mind is enlightened, my hope is restored - sometimes only for a short time, but it is restored. Perhaps this is God’s way of drawing me back to the pages of His word again and again. Without it I’m feeling very empty. With it I am filled. | | |
| "It is rare to find believers who, for the sake of heaven, purify themselves. But I want to be one of them, don’t you? Joni Eareckson Tada Yes, I do. | | |
| Your word, O LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. Psalms 119:89 (NIV) Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. Matt 24:35 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. Isaiah 40:8 As I consider Heaven, and wonder what life will be like there, I remember that God's Word is one of the things that is eternal. Will we study the Bible in heaven? Why not? We have not the time nor the ability on this earth to plumb its depths. Perhaps, in the intermediate heaven, while we’re waiting for the fulfillment of all things, we will spend our time in worship, yes, but also in Bible studying - so that we are better able to worship, better able to understand the things that are happening on earth and the things that are yet to come. Since I can’t take my computer, I wonder how the search engines are in Heaven. | | |
| As the end of the year approaches, and a new year lies just around the corner, I’m tempted to input all kinds of discipline into my life: Walking daily - morning and evening - no matter what!, Reading my Bible daily -moving through the entire Word of God - this time without stopping; Regular times for digging deeper into the Word; Doing Scripture memory work; Restricting the flow of chocolate; Cleaning my house on some sort of schedule; Keeping up with Bethlehem Harvest paperwork weekly.... The list could go on and on. Then I read this verse and realize that I can’t make life happen by just working at it. What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. Romans 9:30-32 (NIV) Lord, help me to live a life of faith. | | |
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