Truth Fest!
Debbie Jane:
This week God has pulled me through lack of sleep and much busyness–with much, much Grace.
Hännah:
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
Col. 3:1-3, ESV
Kaitlin:
This week I am particularly thankful for the family and friends that God has blessed me with. They are all so wonderful to me and a constant reminder of God’s goodness. Thank You, Lord!
Kate:
This week the Lord has been showing me that any future He calls me to is His good gift. It isn’t His burden assigned to make my life harder, it isn’t something I’m expected to resign myself to, but its a gift and blessing to be rejoiced in! Thank You, Lord, for Your never ending mercy and grace in the life of this undeserving sinner.
Katie Marie:
“For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.” - 1 Cor. 1:27-29, ESV
Kelsey:
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
2 Cor 12:9-10 NIV
Riëtte:
I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all that you have done;
I ponder the work of your hands.Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.
Psalm 143:5,8 ESV
Stephanie:
I’m astounded by God’s particular Fatherly care for my wayward heart by carrying me through certain frustrations with school. The trials this week have served to better offset His delight to give me grace, in a manner that gives Him all glory. I can’t even begin to sing of His kindnesses!
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Wow — so many of these verses and what each of you said struck me. Really, really good! And amen!
This week, a lot has been uncertain and frustrating in my life — but a lot has been good, too. God has been teaching me that many times we, as Christians, seek “blessings” from Him in the worldly sense and thus miss out on the truly great blessing that He is offering to us.
I read in a book this week a sermon that Hudson Taylor gave at a famous annual conference and he told the people that they often like to reserve their seats at the conference, seeking blessings, but that they would do much better to go and suffer amidst great difficulty and thus find the great blessing that only suffering can bring us — knowing God’s Heart by sharing in His sufferings.
Many times I’ve sought to superficially approach God. But it was pointed out to me just a few days ago how Daniel’s three friends, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came to experience God’s Presence in a very powerful way — they went into the fiery furnace. If they hadn’t, they would have missed out on God being with them in such a way.
I’m praying for the courage and trust I need to move forward toward God and to move away from what hinders my walk with Him — and for discernment to know exactly how to do that.
Thank you for the encouragement again, girls!