Heaven Sent

2007-10-31T20:33:00.000-07:00

Hello from NC
I am helping my dad in NC and he is dying. He knows but he is a fighter. The whole dying thing started me thinking. We have been praying for him for healing. I know that sometimes that happens after we die. I feel selfish alot because I don't want him dying, especially since it will be me that takes care of him after he goes. I have read books and the hospice nurse is very helpful but still that part of me thinks. Don't die Dad. Not while I am here. But I will be here to the end. Well I know that this is a quandry I am in. The GOOD NEWS is he has accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior. We pray every night and we discuss God stuff all day sometimes. He is still not totally open to everything God has to give, but he's just a baby christian right now.
These questions come to my mind regarding this process:
Why is God going to take him?
Why is God leaving him here to suffer?
Why am I here?
How can I see the purpose in the dying like God does?
and Why am I here, what am I to learn through this process?

I pray every night and most of the day for God to leave him here a little longer. Then I pray that God take him from suffering. I know that through my indecisiveness he will go or he will suffer. Help me Lord, know how to pray!
Got anything to help, let me know.
Bye for now!

Faith

2007-08-19T14:44:00.000-07:00

Today the sermon was about faith. The scripture was located in Hebrews Chapter 11, starting where Moses by faith . . . The ending of the sermon was faith without works is dead, works without faith is dead. I wasn't sure how we got there though.

Faith is given to us by Jesus through the Holy Spirit. Because of Faith we know that we work for God, we do the work he has before given us to do. So do you really have faith if there are no works. If you aren't compelled by God to do SOMETHING is there really any faith there. If there is no faith how can faith without works be dead? Without works, the natural outpouring of helping God gives us to do because of the Holy Spirit working within. The work is just work isn't it.

I have a problem getting ahold of this concept, "faith without works is dead". Because I see a lot of work going on but very little faith. God can and does move through us and around us and in spite of us, so why can't we trust Him? I have given over my life to Him, and I have found that doing that "trusting Him" is the key. I can do nothing, He can do everything! When true faith is at work, we have to work less because God does it for us, through us. The work is now an act of obedience and it isn't hard, it is worship. Work is work without Faith because we are doing it for ourselves by ourselves and it is hard.

I have found through giving my "life" over to God as an act of obedience He has strengthened me more than I would have ever thought. He is always there, He doesn't ask first, He just does!

Oh, well. That is my commentary on today's sermon. I really think that faith is the key to unlock the door to everlasting peace and wholeness with God. But we need to have FAITH that GOD WILL PROVIDE. Not believe he will provide. It is understood HE DOES PROVIDE TO THOSE WHO ASK!

BLESSINGS!

Today!

2007-08-17T17:38:00.000-07:00

Today is the first day I do this blog thing. I am now into the new century I guess. I am working toward an understanding of my Lord and Savior and being the best I can be for Him.

Sometimes I wonder if there is a job for me in the Kingdom and there are times I know exactly what that job is.

I don't know what tomorrow will bring. But today I can make a difference. Today I can be what He wants me to be. Today I can create something new. Today I can react differently. Today I can create a blog and discuss what I can do today.

What a world we live in! Where our thoughts for the day can be spread out throughout the entire world, but where we can feel isolated and lonely in this universe. What a world!

Back to today. Today we can share, feel and laugh! Each day as the Lord gives us is a new chance to impact someone's life in a good or bad way. Today I choose to impact those for the best. Tomorrow is not here yet, I can only dream what the impact will be on myself and others.

Today is a new day. Use it with Jesus in mind and it has too be a good day!

Blessings!