"Man himself is a great deep, and you, Lord, number the very hairs of his head and in your sight they are not lost. Yet the hairs of man's head are easier to number than are his affections and the impulses of his heart. How abject and helpless the soul is before it learns to cling to the solidity of truth! I did not know [at the time] that my soul needed to be illumined by another light, if it was to be a partaker of truth, since it is not itself the essence of truth."
- St. Augustine, Confessions
i'd forgotten just how sweet your mercies are, Lord...
I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face, questions die away. What other answer would suffice? Only words, words; to be led out to battle against other words.
-C.S. Lewis
"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness..." (John 8:12)
Acts 3
You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. By
faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made
strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through him that has
given this complete healing to him, as you can all see.
so painful. is this pruning or chopping.
Sad things :(
Idols and anxiousness
Happy things :)
We are workers approved by God (2 Tim. 2:15)
It is God's gift to enjoy our toil (Eccl. 5:18-19)
God takes away our reasons to boast so that He is glorified, not us (1 Cor. 1:28-29)
And it is okay that we have not yet been made perfect (Phil. 3:12)
no, i am saved from guilt; i have a Saviour that loves me so much he bore the weight of it all for me. "for you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God" and "since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God" (col. 3). why does she make me feel like it's all my fault? even the fact that i think it's my fault is my fault.
Here I am a sinner
Broken and in need of You
Take my life and wash my fears away
For You are the Great I AM
Rest assured, I feel Your hand
Holding me until the darkness clears.
:(
It is possible to come before the Word of God and not listen:
My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to listen to your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express devotion, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.
(Ezekiel 33:31)
righteous are you, O Lord,
and your laws are right
they are fully trustworthy.
give me understanding
that i may live.
