This is a seven part series that was originally given as one
meditation for a vespers service at Central Christian Church in Grand Rapids
Michigan. In my opinion, people who are living their lives with the Bible
as their authority are in a minority in our country.
I took a FB test recently that told me I
was a pessimist. While I have never been a sugar plums and puppies kind
of person, I have been a half full girl, not a half empty one.
I have so changed since 9-11. Since
I do not believe our country will be improving any time in the near future, am
I doomed to be a pessimist? NO! I can pray for an attitude
adjustment and I can tell myself the TRUTH, the way that I always have when times
have gotten tough in my life.
Truth Seven: I do not know where our current history in
the USA will lead.
Yes, it sure does feel like a slippery slope of
badness to me. But
feelings are not facts. I remember reading "The Christians Secret of a Happy
Life" years ago by Hannah Whitall Smith.
She talks about feelings being the caboose of the train. Facts, Faith, then Feelings....in that
order. How I feel about any given
circumstance really has little weight in the grand scheme of things; a train
can run without a caboose.
I end this pep talk to myself with this scripture
from Deut. 29:29:
"The secret things belong to the Lord but the
things that are revealed belong to us and to our children."
Dear God, Help me to put the revealed truth I know
into practice and leave the secret things to you.
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Karen, I love the simplicity of honest faith and following God which comes thru ...and especially I love the no-frills reliance on SCRIPTURE...as your go-to manual for how to live day to day on this pilgrimage called earthly life.
ReplyDeleteAnd we need to pass on the things revealed , to anyone who will listen, including our offspring....may they have eyes to see and ears to hear! this world offers many distractions so that God's voice is not heard...BUT He responds to everyone who seeks Him. Thanks for sharing the blog...