Sunday, August 24, 2014

Being hungry for God...........

The other day, I spent the afternoon with a young woman who is a young believer in Christ. She had become a Christian at an early age and clung to Jesus for protection as she weathered abuse and neglect from family members. She had prayed for the Lord to guide her in areas of her life. She said each time there was a hard moment, she prayed and God answered her in a dream. She shared a particular dream with me and I asked her....did you know that was in the Bible? She did not. I opened scripture and showed her and she lit up! It confirmed what she had heard in the dream. She is being discipled now and is so hungry to know the Word of God.

It caused me to reflect on how excited we ALL should be to hunger for God's Word no matter how long we have been followers/believers in Christ. I know that after that wonderful time with her, I felt even more excited to go home and study Gods Word....looking for the wonderful morsels of truth to feed my soul. What about you today? Do you HUNGER for God? Do you "eat" His word up? There are a lot of wonderful things for you and me in the Bible......what about today? As you are reading this post, go read the Bible this afternoon or evening and fill yourself up...........

Psalm 107:9 says this:
                       "For he satisfies the thirsty and fill the hungry with good things.
 

Friday, August 15, 2014

Love Your Neighbor

So much has happened over the last months worldwide. I am weary. Are you?  Media has bombarded us with images of war, poverty, disease, death, conflict among our own and I am just tired. I am taking a media break this weekend to get some perspective and pray. I think that that is our only solution for our world....to pray and then to act in faith when necessary.

 I have two things I want to leave you with today. This post is short and to the point. 
 

CS Lewis said this:  "Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses.”  from his book, The Weight of Glory

The Bible says this: 1 Corinthians 10:24 "Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor".

Go love your neighbor today. We are all weary and tired from weeks of bad news......share some love and give God the glory! It works best that way!