tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35474148.post7435147232620792636..comments2023-08-16T11:26:52.779-04:00Comments on RIse & SHine: Saturday night/ Sunday morning ramblingshaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02459146307668300057noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35474148.post-24467297982232093762007-12-24T08:30:00.000-05:002007-12-24T08:30:00.000-05:00Shaun, you're in good company! Remember the Apost...Shaun, you're in good company! Remember the Apostle Paul bemoaning, "Wretched man that I am, who will deliver me from this body of death?!" He was contending with his humaness and his desire to be like Jesus. What was his conclusion? There is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. Nothing shall separate us from the love of God. I am reading a very good, almost handbooky kind of instructional manual type of book about walking in the Spirit. Beholding As In A Mirror Being Changed From Glory To Glory, by Richard East. He's actually from Kentucky! He could have benefitted from a better proofreader, but has alot of enlightening and helpful and I believe inspired things to share with us. Hope you check it out. I've also recently read some books about seeking the presence of God and am convinced that it is God who changes us, not our striving, not our works (though they are an important proof of our faith). We, by spending time with Jesus, beholding His glory, His beauty, His wonder, are changed. Of course, unless we have a Damascus road experience, this is usually a gradual change, a spiritual growth. But when you're in His presence, it's all good, even the more difficult parts. We need to choose the "better part" that Mary chose and spend some time at His feet, hanging on every word, gazing into His face. That is what changes us. Hope this is relevant food for thought. I am by no means or intention trying to present myself as expert, only a fellow child of God who desires holiness and righteousness...to be like Him. I always am encouraged by the verse that says "we shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is".(will have to look up the reference) God bless. Love you.Suztashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03647884945550342490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35474148.post-63971345584054146062007-12-23T18:54:00.000-05:002007-12-23T18:54:00.000-05:00Oh, crap, you're freaking HUMAN, aren't you? Why d...Oh, crap, you're freaking HUMAN, aren't you? Why did you never mention this before! Hmmmph! Well, I'm DEFINITELY sleeping on the couch tonight!<BR/><BR/> Seriously honey, these feelings you express, and your humanity and the fact that you freely admit that you are "prone to depravity" pull in those around you, and are more likely to draw someone toward God than the actions of an "almost" sinless person that they admire but can't identify with. You are blooming where you are planted. I love you.Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03702200089250394512noreply@blogger.com