Storms why do we run from them? I do not mean storms in the natural sense, but the storms of life. The storms we face mold us, shape us, and define our character, so why do we run?
I believe it is because to face storms we have to depend on God. We do not like that we like to be in control, comfortable, and map out our life, so when these storms of life come along we have to admit we are not in control, we have to let The Father lead and totally surrender.
This a hard thing to do yet it is something we all can work on. God wants us to depend on him to call out his name to fully rely on his support.
So the next time you have a storm in your life call on Jesus, surrender, and be broken. You never know you might learn something and even grow a little bit.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Crazy Love
I have been reading Francis Chan's book Crazy Love. Wow you want a challenge and stretched i suggest you pick this book up.
Today as i read there was a verse from Isaiah 64:6 " All our righteous acts are like filthy rags"
the rags, refers to the rags from a woman's menstrual cycle; that stop me dead in my reading. In God's eyes all my good intentions deeds are used tampons, yet we try so hard to earn God's love by what we do, who we serve, and how much we give.
This is a problem we humans have struggled with forever; i guess that is why Francis calls the book crazy love. All our good ideas are filthy rags yet God loves us anyway, that is crazy. I really do not think we can begin to ever understand this love, but i believe as a parent we get a glimpse of it. If you are not a parent i am not sure you can begin to grasp this. I still remember the birth of Jada my oldest; I cried like a baby and have cried at every birth of my five children. Gifts from above that I have been in trusted to raise and render for our Maker.
As these little ones grow and begin to test the waters of discipline, it is amazing that everything they have done I never stop loving them. I get angry, frustrated, laugh, bury my face, but the love never fails and I never want to give up on them.
I think this is how God feels when he watches over us from above every emotion must go through him as he watches us stumble and fall yet he never stops loving us and providing forgiveness. That is crazy love and I am glad he models it for us.
Today as i read there was a verse from Isaiah 64:6 " All our righteous acts are like filthy rags"
the rags, refers to the rags from a woman's menstrual cycle; that stop me dead in my reading. In God's eyes all my good intentions deeds are used tampons, yet we try so hard to earn God's love by what we do, who we serve, and how much we give.
This is a problem we humans have struggled with forever; i guess that is why Francis calls the book crazy love. All our good ideas are filthy rags yet God loves us anyway, that is crazy. I really do not think we can begin to ever understand this love, but i believe as a parent we get a glimpse of it. If you are not a parent i am not sure you can begin to grasp this. I still remember the birth of Jada my oldest; I cried like a baby and have cried at every birth of my five children. Gifts from above that I have been in trusted to raise and render for our Maker.
As these little ones grow and begin to test the waters of discipline, it is amazing that everything they have done I never stop loving them. I get angry, frustrated, laugh, bury my face, but the love never fails and I never want to give up on them.
I think this is how God feels when he watches over us from above every emotion must go through him as he watches us stumble and fall yet he never stops loving us and providing forgiveness. That is crazy love and I am glad he models it for us.
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