March 03, 2013
We are all in Florida! We arrived yesterday. It's hard to believe we are all here as a family celebrating our 40 years of marriage and family after all this family has been through these last six years. God has blessed our family richly. Praise God from whom ALL blessings flow.
Paul writes the people in Corinth and tells them, "God called me" to do what he was doing, "because that is what God wanted." (I Corinthians 1:1) We absolutely believe that about our own lives. We didn't just "happen" to be in the situation we are in with my sister and brother-in-law for these last ten years now. We believe we are right where God wants us. God most certainly did (and does) not want there to be discord between family or a lawsuit filed. He did not choose that—man did. But we are all called to be people who share with others who God is—no matter what the circumstance—and He has given us everything we need in order to do that. I Corinthians 1:7 - "So you have every gift from God while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to come again."
While you wait. It is not instant relief or gratification. The waiting room is often where God does His work. He's like a doctor removing from our lives all that is not pleasing to Him and is harmful to us. There is one thing we can be sure of—God is faithful. I Corinthians 1:8–9 - "Jesus will keep you strong until the end so that there will be no wrong in you on the day our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. God, who has called you to share everything with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful."
Paul urged the people in Corinth to get along, to focus on the big picture of what really is important, and not to argue over petty details. Our sole purpose is to bring glory to HIS name. Paul says that the teachings about the cross is "foolishness" to those who are "being lost" but to those who are "being saved" it is the power of God.
Isaiah 29:14 - "I will cause the wise men to lose their wisdom; I will make the wise men unable to understand."
Next Entry: I Corinthians 1:1–31 (Continued)
We are all in Florida! We arrived yesterday. It's hard to believe we are all here as a family celebrating our 40 years of marriage and family after all this family has been through these last six years. God has blessed our family richly. Praise God from whom ALL blessings flow.
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Paul writes the people in Corinth and tells them, "God called me" to do what he was doing, "because that is what God wanted." (I Corinthians 1:1) We absolutely believe that about our own lives. We didn't just "happen" to be in the situation we are in with my sister and brother-in-law for these last ten years now. We believe we are right where God wants us. God most certainly did (and does) not want there to be discord between family or a lawsuit filed. He did not choose that—man did. But we are all called to be people who share with others who God is—no matter what the circumstance—and He has given us everything we need in order to do that. I Corinthians 1:7 - "So you have every gift from God while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to come again."
While you wait. It is not instant relief or gratification. The waiting room is often where God does His work. He's like a doctor removing from our lives all that is not pleasing to Him and is harmful to us. There is one thing we can be sure of—God is faithful. I Corinthians 1:8–9 - "Jesus will keep you strong until the end so that there will be no wrong in you on the day our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. God, who has called you to share everything with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful."
Paul urged the people in Corinth to get along, to focus on the big picture of what really is important, and not to argue over petty details. Our sole purpose is to bring glory to HIS name. Paul says that the teachings about the cross is "foolishness" to those who are "being lost" but to those who are "being saved" it is the power of God.
Isaiah 29:14 - "I will cause the wise men to lose their wisdom; I will make the wise men unable to understand."
Next Entry: I Corinthians 1:1–31 (Continued)
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