Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Jeremiah 5 & 6; John 12

The stuff I try to control and that I convince myself the innocence in that.....telling myself what's wrong with simply needing to know....realizing more and more that it IS in the powerlessness and battling against that I need Your grace....

Jeremiah 6: 16 This is what the LORD says:"Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, 'We will not walk in it.'

I have read Your word for years now and gleaned what brought me closer to You. I'm not sure how much of it I tried to walk in, the simplicity of it...the plainness of words like forgive and follow and humble yourself, to name but a few.....I don't want to in another 5 years realize I took Your word for what it could do for me......

John 12: 42 Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not confess their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

This gets me this morning....and I know You already know it. I am not to preach but I am to confess my faith and in living focused on Jesus maybe that would simply happen. There are so many I alienated by a preaching.......alienated or just embarassed myself?? That I don't know how to do it cannot define me....that I want to be understood more than be seen as in love w/Jesus does......

1 comment:

Bonnie Gray said...

Hi Becky,

You are one open and honest heart before God. I love how Scripture does that to us. Thanks for joining me over at Faith Barista. I posted a reply to your comment on "Strange Medicine" & just wanted you to know I appreciate your company.

Aspirations for the here and now:

  • Ask way more questions than offer answers.
  • Be more spontaneous and outrageous, loving with an abandon that isn't about me.
  • Be who I am even if she is crazy and weird
  • Do a good deed for a stranger
  • Don't be afraid to dream
  • Enjoy more sunrises.
  • Enjoy my husband and family.
  • Everyone has a story, listen to them.
  • Find a dreaming friend
  • Go on a picnic with Dan
  • Go snorkeling again.
  • Hear You
  • Help someone
  • Hike/walk regularly
  • Learn to live more and more SIMPLE
  • Learn to live without 'blinking'
  • Learn to love, really love
  • Learn to say I'm sorry w/o a 'but'
  • Learn to, strive to, be 'other' centered
  • Learn what it is to BE a friend
  • Lose 20 more pounds and take another trip to LA
  • Love, love, love on my Grandkids
  • Make a new friend
  • Read MORE books, make the time to read
  • Take alot of photos and learn how to take better ones and share better the ones I take.

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