John 5:1-15
“Do you want to get well?”
Sometimes it is easier to remain as you are, to stick with what you know, instead of getting what you have always dreamed of. Change brings something new and unknown. The man at the pool sat there for 38 years waiting for help to get into the pool of healing.
The rest of this passage goes on to show the Jews’ reaction to this man. He’d been at the pool 38 years so you know they knew who he was and yet all they could do when they saw him was tell him he should not be carrying his mat on the Sabbath. He had been healed and not one congratulated him or found joy in what had happened to him. They were so intent on the law that they missed the miracle in front of them.
Am I content with that? Am I waiting for someone to come along and help me when all I need is to hear God say, “Get up and walk” and then DO IT!? Am I so stuck in my routines and boundaries that they keep me from great joy? I pray I never get so comfortable with what I know, with my misery, that I miss out on what dreams may come true if I try what he says.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
He Loves Me
Psalm 37:23-24
“If the LORD delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.”
I learned something new today. God wanted/wants to touch me, to uphold me. He spoke everything but man and woman into being. Them alone did he create with his own hands. He breathed life into those that would echo his image. He took special care in their creation and, I believe, delighted in his art.
And he continues to delight in me, and touch me gently, and uphold me when I am close to him. By studying his word I can grow closer to him so that I can know what way makes him happy. I will have my ups and downs but he won’t let me fall on my face (thank goodness!). He will always be there to hold me up, dust off the dirt, and make sure I’m okay.
I wish sometimes that my soul had “spirit-eyes” so that I could look and see him holding me. I know he does!
“If the LORD delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.”
I learned something new today. God wanted/wants to touch me, to uphold me. He spoke everything but man and woman into being. Them alone did he create with his own hands. He breathed life into those that would echo his image. He took special care in their creation and, I believe, delighted in his art.
And he continues to delight in me, and touch me gently, and uphold me when I am close to him. By studying his word I can grow closer to him so that I can know what way makes him happy. I will have my ups and downs but he won’t let me fall on my face (thank goodness!). He will always be there to hold me up, dust off the dirt, and make sure I’m okay.
I wish sometimes that my soul had “spirit-eyes” so that I could look and see him holding me. I know he does!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Crazy Life
Okay, so it's been forever since I've written and even now I don't have anything cool to say except that God is good. We are still riding the roller coaster that is our life and we have NO idea where God is going to lead us next but how exciting it is to not be in control, however nerve wracking it may be. For now, I will enjoy the family around us, the friends God's given me, and the life He's allowed me to live. I hope you can do the same.
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