Archive for January, 2007

Stiff Necked Ox

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by Lundie in

I listen to Beth Moore’s Living Proof weekly Bible study here.

The study called “Building New Walls – 6″, for Monday, January 22.

Wow. I got a word picture of myself as a stubborn, powerful, stiff-necked ox that just resounded with me. It isn’t until I submit to Christ’s yoke that I become useful.

Useful. This is what I want to be most in life. It’s what I hope to teach J5. J5 learns about it almost daily by watching Thomas, he learns about being a “really useful engine”.

Why do I fight the yoke so often?

Freedom and a new start

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5 years ago
by Lundie in

“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!” (John 8:36)

This is the verse that came to mind this morning as I prayed in bed for God’s strength to get out of bed. It’s the only thing that gave me hope.

“Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains. Let them give thanks to the Lord for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds for men, vs. 16–for He breaks down the gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron” (Psalm 107:13-16)

From my TLT study this morning. Praise God. He knew exactly what I needed to hear. I was so afraid my rebellion would make me unsavable:

Salvation is for those who have rebelled, those who have gone against the teaching of God’s Word, those who have been in prison to sin.

That’s me! Salvation is for me.

One Thousand Gifts – Part 19

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5 years ago
by Lundie in

  • 185. A merciful God
  • 186. God’s way of putting the right scripture in front of me when I beg for his help
  • 187. Jack crawling and wriggling around the play yard in his stripey footie pajamas
  • 188. The blessing (and burden) of working from home
  • 189. New mercies every morning
  • 190. IM to keep me connected with my coworkers
  • 191. Sunshine – when it comes, even for a few minutes
  • 192. Hope
  • 193. Forgiveness

I’ve screwed up…

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5 years ago
by Lundie in

Ok, how do you recover from complete and willful sin? That was my day and now I am sitting here not sure what to do. I am so frustrated with myself. I don’t know how many more times I can do this before my heart just crusts over and I’m stuck in my sin.

I ate the way I wanted to today, not the way God wants me to. I had a few moments where I was aware of my choice in front of me. And to quote the knight guarding the grail…I “chose poorly…”

I have still read my Bible in the morning, but that’s all. I haven’t done my TLT study in several days. My weight was going down, so I got proud and busy. This morning it was all the way back up.

I took J5 to Sabbath School yesterday. It was a nice time. I think I’ll go back again next week. It was hard though. I got there at 9:30 AM. They start with songs up in the sanctuary, then break into classes after that. There was a woman playing the guitar and a man leading the songs. There were about 15 people there. It was so pitiful. I sang my heart out. Ended up getting the attention of one woman. She said something in my direction about a “future song leader”. That scared me. Made me feel like the church is struggling.

I was only there for Sabbath School, so I have no idea how the minister is, nor how actual church attendance is. There were about 6 other children J5′s age in Cradle Roll. It was nice because they sang some of the old songs I remember. It was good for J5 to be around other children and be in a class setting.

I just don’t know.

And now that I’ve gone and ONCE AGAIN chosen food over God…I don’t even feel like I can ask Him for help. Why do I, time after time, fail God?

Book Meme

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5 years ago
by Lundie in

My bloggy friend Janis, over at Dandelion Mama, tagged me by default (as a reader of her blog), to do this Book Meme:

  1. Grab the book closest to you.

  2. Open to page 123, go down to the 4th sentence.

  3. Post the text of the following 3 sentences on your blog.

  4. Name the author and book title.

  5. Tag 3 people to do the same.

So here goes:

“The same instructions and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigners living among you. The Lord also said to Moses at this time, “Give the people of Israel the following instructions: ‘When you arrive in the land where I am taking you, you will eat from the crops that grow there. But you must set some aside as a gift to the Lord.”

That was from the Bible – Numbers 15:16-19.

I don’t have many really close blogging friends to tag, but I’ll throw out a couple names anyway – Amy and Shannon (if you’ve started your Customer Service tales blog).

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