hello everybody! :)
i just caught up on the BRP today! awesomeness hahaha. and since today's also my day to post, i'm glad i caught up because now i have something to share with you all.
1 Peter 4:7-11 really spoke to me:
7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. 8Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. 11If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.
this entire past year, i feel like God's been asking me to do three simple things:
-read the Bible daily (which i have been doing on and off)
-pray daily (which i have been doing way more off than on)
-memorize scripture (which sadly ceased to happen after missions ended)
i really want to make this verse my prayer/motto for the coming year. i want to be praying, above all else. and i want to be giving, i want to serve, i want to love, and do all of this only for God.
oh, something else i want to share with you guys hahah. this passage was from a while ago, but it popped back into my mind as i was praying the other day. it's from hebrews 12
4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."a]">[a]
7Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 8If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! 10Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. 11No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
12Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13"Make level paths for your feet,"b]">[b] so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
in line with my previous entry, i think God's been revealing a lot of weaknesses within me lately, and i think i really took heart from this passage. if God doesn't reveal all these weaknesses in me, how am i supposed to be made better? instead of sitting here disheartened, i should be joyful at the chance God is allowing me to refine myself. so this week i've been less disheartened (yay!) i'm still failing all the time, and still struggling with my idol of spiritual pride (so ironic, what the heck i can't even do quiet time consistently so what on earth would i have to be proud of!? and yet i am -___- ). been also spending quality time with sisters, which is always good :)
ok, that's all for me for now! i have no internet at home now :( because i didn't want to fork out $20+ for internet for just a month and a half. and i need to walk home after this, and i don't want to walk home too late.
love,
erica
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