Suffering for His Glory

Nothing can reach us, from any source in earth or hell, no matter how evil,which God cannot turn to his own redemptive purpose. Let us be glad that the way is not a game of chance, a mere roll of dice which determines our fortune or calamity--it is a way appointed, and it is appointed for God's eternal glory and our final good.

~Elisabeth Elliot, quoted from Peacemaking Women, our current W.O.L.F Bible Study.

Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, butliving as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor....For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered,he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

1 Peter 2:16,17; 21-24.

Why has He accepted Me?

(Be sure to pause my music playlist on the right sidebar before listening to this video.)



Some of the reasons why,

"As you come to Him, a living stone, rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." ~~1 Peter 2:4,5

Still, a mystery of mercy to me.

One Thing Never Changes

"All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of
grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,
but the word of the Lord remains
forever."

And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

1 Peter 1:24,25

Can Kids Really Get it?

Here's a great article affirming that children are born persons and with aid of the Holy Spirit, capable of understanding deep theological truth.

Can kids get it?How parents can help their children see the love of the lamb in the reality of the cross

by Rebecca Grace

From an early age, I knew there was something special about Easter. Once my eyes were opened to it, the reason for Easter became bigger in my life every year that I grew. The same is true today as I become increasingly grateful for the work of the cross. I was blessed as a child to learn about the death and resurrection of Christ, but the theological framework of that teaching was weak. So I recently asked three different church leaders in separate interviews how to best teach children about Easter. Their responses were uncoordinated but their consensus the same: Use the Word of God to communicate the truth of the Resurrection; rely on the Holy Spirit to work in the child’s heart; and celebrate every Lord’s day as if it were Resurrection Sunday.Below, the teachers offer, in their own words, sound ways to help you make an eternal investment in your children this Easter and throughout their lives. More....

Knowing God

"As you listen to what God is saying, you find yourself brought very low; for God talks to you about your sin, and guilt, and weakness, and blindness, and folly, and compels you to judge yourself hopeless and helpless, and to cry out for forgiveness.

But this is not all. You come to realize that God is opening His heart to you, making friends with you and enlisting you as a colleague...

It is a staggering thing, but it is true--the relationship in which sinful human beings know God, is one in which God, so to speak, takes them onto His staff, to be henceforth his fellow workers (see 1 Cor 3:9) and personal friends. The action of God in taking Joseph from prison to become Pharaoh's prime minister is a picture of what he does to every Christian: from being Satan's prisoner, you find yourself transferred to a position of trust in the service of God. At once life is transformed. "

excerpt from Knowing God, by J.I. Packer. Chapter 3, pg. 36.

Clean Heart, Right Spirit

Create in me a clean heart,
O God.
and renew a right spirit
within me.
Cast me not away from your
presence,
and take not your Holy Spririt
from me.
Restore to me the joy of your
salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your
ways,
and sinners will return to you.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness,
O God,
O God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of
your righteousness.

psalm 51:10-14

The Real St. Patrick

And he watched over me before I knew him, and before I learned sense or even distinguished between good and evil, and he protected me, and consoled me as a father would his son.

Patrick, Missionary to Ireland speaking about the Lord's mercy even before his conversion.

Here's a link to Patrick's Confesio

Another Snowy Day-very rare!

Three days of cold rain turned to sleet which then as if by magic transformed into SNOW. Big snowflakes, fluffy snowflakes...

So fluffy in fact, we couldn't resist

scooping some up,

mixing a can of sweetened condensed milk,

with a teaspoon of vanilla,

Stirring it all together and,

Pouring this sweet concoction of SNOW CREAM into bowls, then

Happy tummies and merry hearts were had by one and all!