lament

Have you ever felt like God has overshadowed you, abandoned you, had no compassion, or cut you off, that He is withdrawn, an enemy or adversary, has been violent towards you, despised and rejected you? Well you're not alone, I am amazed at the honesty and openess of Jeremiah's accusations towards God's treatment of His people. But do we bring this on ourselves? Sometimes I think we do. Some good things to think about. Sit down with the book of Lamentations.

Bizzaro

This picture just kicks me in the butt. Its so true.

My Cousin Amelia

Well yesterday was the second funeral in my family in the last month. This one was definitely not easy. Here is a poem that was written in memory of her:

Remembering Amelia
By Walter J. Schmidt Jr.

We'll remember you AmeliaA little angel come to pass.

Forever smiling happily,Walking barefoot in the grass.

We won’t forget your red hairYour blue eyes, or that smile.

You shared with all around youWith the innocence of a child.

We won’t forget your gentle sideA present from your dad.

He gave to you with all his heartWith everything he had.

We won't forget your temperThat gave your will to live.

Something special from your motherShe was more than glad to give.

We won’t forget the way you foughtYour strong will to survive.

We all wanted you to stay with usHere on earth ''alive''.

We won’t forget the pain we feltwhen it wasn't meant to be.

For God above, with different plansSaid ''she will live with me''.

We'll remember you AmeliaOur little angel come to pass.

Forever with that happy smile, Walking barefoot in the grass.

Renewed Blog

Well this is my new blog, actually just as old as my xanga, but renamed a couple times. Look for new posts soon.

Days of Purpose postings

Post a comment on this post of things the Lord has been speaking to you about during the 40 days of purpose.

40 Days of Purpose

Click on this link for a great commentary on the book, The Purpose Driven Life.

http://vintagefellowship.org/wp-index/

Lessons from a hard life

Here are some familiar observations from the life of Job. But even though they may be familiar, I wonder how our prayers would change if we connected Job's thoughts to them.

"in all this (all he lost), Job did not sin..."

"The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
may the name of the Lord be praised."

"shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?"


Some thoughts to meditate on in our prayers...

New Beginnings

"Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23

Its amazing to me that our God is a God of new beginnings. Especially as we celebrate the Lord's birth, that was a new beginning many years ago, that brought us the greatest gift we could ever desire. But not only does God's gift of His Son bring us new beginnings, we can find them everyday, in every moment of ordinary life.

Born to you

This is my favorite scripture during this time of year:

"For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:11

What do you think this means? Some words that stick out are; "to you," "a Savior," and "Christ the Lord."

God gave us his son as a gift, that gift being a Savior, from what? Learn more at this link:

http://www.horiconbaptist.org/Salvation.dsp