Wednesday, February 19, 2014
i thank God for the time spent thinking about Him and His word today, even though i have an interim crit tomorrow.
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2014/02/18/3-things-to-remember-in-discussion-with-doubters/
I really want to thank God for helping me through the time when I doubted Him!
"God uses doubt. God uses doubters. In the first instance, God uses doubt in a similar manner to the way a broken limb can actually wind up stronger and more fortified at the very place the break occurred... Many times, our experience with doubt leaves us stronger in the end. In the second instance, God uses former doubters as instruments in the lives of other people... Good conversations about 'truth, doubt and what comes after' should move beyond our personal stories to how we can be useful to others. A strong faith shouldn't be kept to itself."
I've seen it in my doubt about the power of the Holy Spirit. But now, I have a renewed understanding of it, and it makes me so much more confident about what I believe about the Holy Spirit (yes, its the Spirit's work entirely!). If i hadn't doubted, i wouldn't have searched, and i wouldn't have questioned.
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2014/02/17/i-hope-my-sons-life-is-in-danger/?comments#comments
the next article was timely as i realised how important it is to not water down the gospel just because its convenient. just like when his son posed that question before dinner, it was definitely a very inconvenient time, but he did not take the easy way out. he took his son aside and comforted him with God's word (:
make Your word real to me! may it always be more than just a story!
avoid the aliens;
11:10 PM
