"Leanne, coming to church isn't about you and having things your way... it's about worshiping me."
That's what I heard last Sunday... thankfully God's voice does not have to compete with loudspeakers*.
So last week I sacrificed... comfort, 4 hours, quiet, my preferences, understanding, and sweat.
While others sacrifice their lives, hunger, pain... I sacrifice sweat. Yes, I am spoiled.
* It has been funny to me when the electricity would go out (microphones, loudspeakers, etc.). And when it rains so hard that you can't hear whoever is talking. Sometimes I just get the feeling he wants us to be quiet and listen.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
His Glory
As I read Revelation and the book The Sign that is helping me better understand Revelation... it has led me to different places in the Bible. Recently to Ezekiel 38 & 39.
Take a minute... read it.
It sounds like the third world war... it sounds like it will be horrifying and terrible. Why would I ever want to see that? But for some reason I would like to be on the sidelines...
Maybe because as God says at least a few times in these chapters... "they shall know that I am the LORD"
Revelation is confusing at best and I have already confessed to using another book to help me with it. But one thing that I have recently started doing... which I really should have learned back when I took that Biblical course from CIU was to read through an entire book and look for the overall themes. It is very apparent that a major theme in Revelation is that God is victorious!
I often get caught up in the me, my life. Reading Ezekiel 38 & 39 really humbles me for some reason.
Starts me thinking on God's big plan... the one where I am a grain of sand. Not that we aren't part of that plan... it takes a lot of grains of sand to make up a beach.
He WILL be victorious... we will get to see His Glory. I'm excited about that.
Take a minute... read it.
It sounds like the third world war... it sounds like it will be horrifying and terrible. Why would I ever want to see that? But for some reason I would like to be on the sidelines...
Maybe because as God says at least a few times in these chapters... "they shall know that I am the LORD"
Revelation is confusing at best and I have already confessed to using another book to help me with it. But one thing that I have recently started doing... which I really should have learned back when I took that Biblical course from CIU was to read through an entire book and look for the overall themes. It is very apparent that a major theme in Revelation is that God is victorious!
I often get caught up in the me, my life. Reading Ezekiel 38 & 39 really humbles me for some reason.
Starts me thinking on God's big plan... the one where I am a grain of sand. Not that we aren't part of that plan... it takes a lot of grains of sand to make up a beach.
He WILL be victorious... we will get to see His Glory. I'm excited about that.
Coffee blog
So as I was describing this blog to Hannah... I said that it is a blog I don't really give out to many people.
She suggested calling it a coffee blog... or in my case a tea blog. Something that you would share with a friend over coffee/tea. So I guess that is what this is... but I just want to give you a bit of a disclaimer. This is a blog of what I feel like God has spoken to me. Hopefully it is Biblical. But some subjects might be a little strong... as in my first post... http://auntleannie.blogspot.com/2009/03/grub-worms.html
She suggested calling it a coffee blog... or in my case a tea blog. Something that you would share with a friend over coffee/tea. So I guess that is what this is... but I just want to give you a bit of a disclaimer. This is a blog of what I feel like God has spoken to me. Hopefully it is Biblical. But some subjects might be a little strong... as in my first post... http://auntleannie.blogspot.com/2009/03/grub-worms.html
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