Proverbs 1:31--study among sisters in Christ

7/31/08
http://www.letgodbetrue.com/proverbs/proverbs.php?chapter=1

Give God the glory! Tremble before His Word! Beg for His mercy!

wow! doesn't that just say it all? give God the glory (He will get it anyway), tremble before His word (if you aren't afraid you should be), beg for His mercy (you will be destroyed if you do not turn to Him and His son Jesus Christ).

dear heavenly Father, please help me remember each and every day to give You all the glory, tremble before Your word, and beg for Your mercy. i do not give You the glory you deserve and demand, i certainly do not take Your word seriously enough, and i always seem to be begging You for mercy and forgiveness. please protect my sisters in Christ as they walk with You. Amen

Proverbs 1:30--study among sisters in Christ

7/30/08
http://www.letgodbetrue.com/proverbs/proverbs.php?chapter=1

ladies, i really need your input. this isn't meant to make you feel guilty, just accountable. i know you are both busy and have heavy things going on in your lives. but, i feel the least qualified to be doing a study alone. i need you both, even if its a short note to say that you don't agree w/what i said, or to say what you got out of it. you don't need to write a book (as i sometimes do), just support me w/something. i respect both of you as sisters in Christ (and God knows you two are much more biblically smart than i). please, help a brother out (i mean a sister). stick with me in this, or i could slip out of the habit of doing it w/no one to keep me accountable. please? if you don't want to post on the blog, shoot me a quick e-mail. love you both! don't forget me :)

p.s. i know you both read the posts, of which i am glad. and i know you each read your verses and commentaries when you get time. i just need a teensy bit of response from you both so that i know we are keeping each other accountable.

dear heavenly Father, i beg You to help me understand Your truth and accept Your wisdom. i do not want to perish at the hands of evil. i want to glorify You in everything i do. please keep me humble this week. please give my sisters in Christ a tiny bit of time each day to help affirm each other. Amen

Proverbs 1:29--study among sisters in Christ

7/29/08
http://www.letgodbetrue.com/proverbs/proverbs.php?chapter=1

how many times a day do i give "lip service" instead of "acts of service" to God. how many times? how many times is He going to continue to let me do it w/o repercussion. what kind if repercussion am i currently facing? a disobedient child, a less than Christ-like marriage, barely living pay check to pay check. how many more times will He allow me to ignore Him?

dear heavenly Father, PLEASE don't allow me to ignore You ever again! please open my eyes and my ears and my heart to You. please help me to be humble tomorrow. please continue to comfort and lead my sisters in Christ in their daily lives as they walk with You. Amen

Proverbs 1:28--study among sisters in Christ

7/28/08
http://www.letgodbetrue.com/proverbs/proverbs.php?chapter=1

humble? not a word you will find in my dictionary, until now. being humble and being prideful don't go together. i need to be a lot more humble and a lot less prideful. this verse sounds a lot like the verse found somewhere else in the bible that says something like, "...and some said Lord Lord Lord, but didn't i evangelize for you? and I will say I never knew you." Lady wisdom calls, but so many never answer, and so many don't answer often enough.

dear Lord, please humble me tomorrow. please protect and guide my sisters in Christ. Amen

Proverbs 1:27--study among sisters in Christ

7/27/08
http://www.letgodbetrue.com/proverbs/proverbs.php?chapter=1

for starters, there were a couple of comments on the commentary that struck me wrong. first, "It (wisdom) clearly grasps & does those things that please God & men." i think that statement should have ended at God. second, "Getting wisdom, to obtain the benefits (success and happiness), should be the most important goal in your life." i don't think that obtaining the benefits mentioned should be your number one goal, i think it should be to live a Godly sinless life to glorify Him. success and happiness would be secondary benefits.

fear, destruction, distress, and anguish........oh how i have lived all of those at one time or another, sometimes all at once. woe is me when i know that judgement awaits each time i take my eyes off of the cross! what a sinful sad-full failure i am each time i sin against my husband and prefer to feel hostile & angry and "right" and "vindicated" and "righteous" instead of broken and repentant and sorrowful and happy & content w/God as my perfect husband. what a mess. what a joke. what a life. what a sinner. what a miraculous God i have that is so full of grace to forgive me my trespasses and give me another day to glorify Him.

dear heavenly Father, please forgive me my trespasses against You and help me forgive others who have trespassed against me. help me see Your glory. help me hear Your wisdom & truth. help me.... again i ask that You comfort & keep my sisters in Christ. please help us help each other by being supportive through Your holy word. --it is true

the t.v has got to go!

oh, i so can't believe i am saying that! neither can my sports loving video game playing husband! i have been thinking about it and praying about it and struggling with it for some time. i really REALLY like it. so much so sometimes that i neglect my housework, husband, children, and most importantly, GOD! i know that, for the most part, i could be doing something more productive. i use the excuse that i am to tired to do anything else, i am busy nursing, i can't sleep, i really love that show, etc. etc. etc. well, i think i may have hit my t.v. bottom.

i am disgusted in myself. this past week i have seen a few minutes here and there of a popular soap opera that i have watched since i was 10 (or younger). i am almost 38. i had gotten myself completely weened from them for sometime, but in crept nursing/tiredness/satan. anyway, all week the network was advertising a BIG shock on friday. well, i HAD to see! i DVR'd thursday and fridays episodes because i couldn't be home to watch them (i have probably only ever dvr'd less than 5 things, and none of them were soap's!). i spent about 1.5 hours friday evening trying to catch up. we (the kids and i) had been to the zoo and 2 grocery stores that day. the kids had their nap in the car. we had left the house early and didn't arrive home until late afternoon. my oldest, he's 2, had dry cheerios and raisins for breakfast in the car on the way to the zoo. (he had snacks at the zoo which included a lot of cantaloupe.) he had the same thing for lunch when we left the zoo. i bought a new kind of cracker puff at the grocery which was his dinner combined w/some grapes (because i was catching up on my dvr'd shows). all of this to say that in the last 30 seconds of the show is when "A" something happened. i was SO mad at myself for wasting all of that time when i had SO much to do (bake 3 cakes and make & bake a batch of granola and do a load of laundry, not to mention a ton of normal other things). i was mad at myself for letting myself get sucked back in! there will probably be a "better" "more shocking" episode monday, BUT, i won't know anything about it. i am sure i have hit my t.v. bottom of disgust. thank you soap opera for being so predictable, and thank you God for not being so predictable.

Proverbs 1:26--study among sisters i Christ

7/26/08
http://www.letgodbetrue.com/proverbs/proverbs.php?chapter=1

"Lord, what will You have me do?" it seems like such a generic question. You just tell me, and don't worry, i'll do it! riiiggght! because we love Him and serve Him to the inth degree! our hearts are programmed to bend over backwards! NOT! we are wired to reject Him, serve ourselves, and not even begin to understand the magnitude of that question. if we could imagine the magnitude, we would RUN the other way. i can only imagine what it would be like to have a transformation like Isaiah. that question would not be generic, but would be real, heart-felt, believed, lived and died by. wisdom granted by God. what more could you ask for?

Lord, i ask for Your wisdom, discernment, and the courage to ask that question with the hope that You will answer in all Your glory. please do the same for my beloved sisters in Christ.