God needs & wants our pain...
Radical thought? or merely rational?
I think it's truth...
But one that we struggle to apprehend & practice
We don't understand pain...
In fact, we go to great lengths to avoid it...
Yet, facing it matures our faith...
moving us from a Peter who denied Christ,
to the one who became called the Peter the rock...
one where the church will be built on!
I think it's truth...
But one that we struggle to apprehend & practice
We don't understand pain...
In fact, we go to great lengths to avoid it...
Yet, facing it matures our faith...
moving us from a Peter who denied Christ,
to the one who became called the Peter the rock...
one where the church will be built on!
"1 So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin. 2 You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God."
1 Peter 4:1,2 (NLT)
Anyone God uses significantly is always deeply wounded...
on the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas or honours, but for scars
~Brennan Manning~
1 Peter 4:1,2 (NLT)
Anyone God uses significantly is always deeply wounded...
on the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas or honours, but for scars
~Brennan Manning~
I'm thankful for the countless happenings good & bad in life,
those that i've understood, i thank God for the knowledge & insight.
those that i don't, i'll pray & ask God for the peace, patience & perseverence that it builds amidst the surrendering...
God's Love is evident amidst all of this!
I thank God for the marvelous gift of Life,
& i'm grateful for the privilege of sharing that Gift with you,
there is a party going on in Heaven! and one here on earth...
right there...in your heart, in mine, & in countless other hearts! =D
those that i've understood, i thank God for the knowledge & insight.
those that i don't, i'll pray & ask God for the peace, patience & perseverence that it builds amidst the surrendering...
God's Love is evident amidst all of this!
I thank God for the marvelous gift of Life,
& i'm grateful for the privilege of sharing that Gift with you,
there is a party going on in Heaven! and one here on earth...
right there...in your heart, in mine, & in countless other hearts! =D
“Faith is not a mysterious ability to sail through life with a secret key that unlocks all the doors,”
“Faith is the willingness to think and act on the basis of what we know of God (which may be very little) and to trust him that he will not let us down.”
“We must offer to God not our own plans and splendid abilities (Moses had to give all that up) but our empty hands and hearts, to be filled and indwelt by God himself.”
~N.T Wright~
“Faith is the willingness to think and act on the basis of what we know of God (which may be very little) and to trust him that he will not let us down.”
“We must offer to God not our own plans and splendid abilities (Moses had to give all that up) but our empty hands and hearts, to be filled and indwelt by God himself.”
~N.T Wright~
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