| Friday, June 23, 2006 |
| Prayers Please |
Tomorrow my mom is going to have surgery to remove a cyst. My mom has many health problems, so any surgery is major surgery. If you read this, please pray. Thank you. She's really worried. She was basically saying her goodbyes. She's making me worried.
I just have a lot on my mind right now. There's so much going on. My heart is very heavy with anxiety. There are a lot of changes happening at work. I'm worried I'll lose my job. I just don't feel too great right now. There's a heavy spirit of depression and anxiety on me.
The other night I was reading in Exodus and came accross Exodus 14:14, which says "The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still. Right now I need to be still. I need to rest in Him. I need to trust Him with everything that is out of my control. There are some battles I can't fight, but He can. Pray I be still. Thanks. |
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| Monday, June 12, 2006 |
| Love never fails! |
I attended Focus On the Family's Love Won Out conference. It has to do with the subject of homosexuality. I'm interested in that because I have had friends in my life who I found out/told me they were gay. It's not about gay-bashing, for if it was I would never want to be apart of it in any way because I'm totally against that. It's about sharing the truth. The truth is that there is no scientific evidence proving that homosexuality is genetic, but it is very evident that things that occur in one's developmental environment do cause someone to develop same sex attractions. I don't believe same sex attractions are a choice. No one woke up one day and decided to have those feelings. That's what makes it so confusing. While I don't believe the feelings are a choice, I do believe acting on them are. Just like I have straight feelings/attractions, and I can choose whether or not I will act on them. I believe changing from a homosexual to a heterosexual orientation is possible. Why do I believe that? Well first because of I Corinthians 6:11, which says this is what some of you "were." And then also, because thousands of people have. And I've met some of them. And yes, people may fall and go back into that lifestyle. No one is perfect. But for people who want something different they can achieve it, and they can live a life that they would never have been able to live otherwise. I don't say all this to say that you have to believe this.....or you have to apply this to your own life. The choice is yours. I just believe those who make this choice, the choice to leave the homosexual lifestyle, should not bashed just as I would never want anyone to bash someone who chooses not to.
It felt good to be surrounded by Christians, who had a love for homosexuals. Perhaps because they have a son or a daughter or a spouse or a friend or because they themselves are struggling with same-sex attractions. It felt good to be around Christians who truly reflected Christ (I'm not saying everyone did, but to be around this type of atmosphere). I know there are so called Christians who go to gay pride events and hold up signs that I could never write on here because they are just so hurtful. They put words in God's mouth that are not true concerning homosexuals. They say cruel things. What they do angers me so much. I'm grateful for the type of conference I went to that is totally against that cruelty as well.
Thank goodness that what we share with people is Christ, not other Christians. I am not asking you to look to other Christians to see who Christ is. Those who hold up those signs in the parades, do not reflect the God I serve. I am asking you to look to Christ and see the love that He has for you. A love that gave His only Son so that you may have life to the full.
Today, I bless you. I ask God to take a hold of you. To totally overwhelm you with His perfect love. A love that the most truest Christian can't even begin to reflect, because it is so perfect and so overwhelming, and so pure. Today, I stand before you as a fellow sinner. I've accepted God's free gift and He's redeemed me. The ground is level at the foot of the cross. There is nothing you've done that's so beyond God's forgiveness. Your sin is no worse than mine, whatever it might be. We've all sinned and come short of the glory of God. We all need Him desperately. Today, I offer you my God who loves you so much, whoever you may be today. He loves you. He created you. He has a purpose He designed just for your life. You've done nothing that has ruined His purposes for you. He can still do amazing things in you and through you. Do me a favor visit www.fathersloveletter.com Please don't leave here without knowing how precious you are to your Heavenly Daddy.
And if you are reading this and your are a Christian struggling with loving someone, read that too and be overwhelmed with God's love for you. Let it pour out to everyone you know. According to Exodus Global Alliance, there are over 155 million homosexuals in the world, making them the largest deliberately unreached people group. It's not your job to change their homosexuality, that is between them and God, it's your job as a Christian to be a minister of reconciliation. You are an ambassador for Christ. It's your job to share salvation with everyone, regardless of who they are and what you may think about their particular behavior. Don't count one's sin's against them. Bless them. God has given us the ministry of reconciliation. Pray for them. Love wins. Love never fails. Christ's love. It's God's kindness that leads one to repentence... Be kind, speak the truth in LOVE, and if you've been reedemed then share it, share what you've been redeemed from. He's pulled each one of us out of the pit and each pit was a filthy one no matter how "good" you've been in your life.
Love, Love, Love, Christ's Love.........share it with everyone today!
Testify to Love ~~Avalon
All the colors of the rainbow
All of voices of the wind
Every dream that reaches out
That reaches out to find where love begins
Every word of every story
Every star in every sky
Every corner of creation lives to testify
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough
With every breath I take I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
From the mountains to the valleys
From the rivers to the sea
Every hand that reaches out
Every hand that reaches out to offer peace
Every simple act of mercy
Every step to kingdom come
All the Hope in every heart will speak what love has done
repeat chorus
Will you speak what love has done?
Love never fails!
God bless you! |
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