Sweet Offering

Is your life a sweet offering for Jesus or a "burned out" offering?

Reality: Suffering & Grace

"The harsh reality is that God does allow things in our lives that are far, far beyond our ability to handle... but His "grace is sufficient" and His "power is made perfect in weakness."
(2 Corinthians 12:9)

Suffering is not anomalous to the Christian life. "Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you." (1 Peter 4:12) "For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in Him but also suffer for His sake." (Philippians 1:29)"

~http://http://thelukesponbergfoundation.blogspot.com/2010/03/reflections.html

God is Good...All the Time

In my quiet time today the thought came to me: "Nothing can seperate me from the Love of God. Nothing......no matter how badly I mess up and fail....He will still love me and His mercies are new every morning. I was going to look up the verse on biblegateway that I remembered from the Word and write it down. Then the monkies woke up and I got sidetracked.

Tonite (8 hours later) I went to a blog that I like to read and hadn't read in weeks and this is what I found:
http://susielarsonblog.typepad.com/susie_larsons_blog/2010/04/he-is-with-you.html

God is good...all the time. He is so into the details....and loves to remind us just how deeply He loves us and will never fail us.

I'm so blessed....beyond words.

Who I Am

"To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God's grace means."
— Brennan Manning

Pictures-This n That

His Blood

"3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace..."
Ephesians 1

Do It, Lord...

"I see your glory, covering the earth Lord
Just as the waters, covering the seas
I see the millions, coming to salvation
I see revival, fire in the land
I see the lost, nameless ones remembered
I see the widows, shouting out your praise
Is see the friendless, loved and celebrated
Orphans fullfiling Lord, your calling on their lives
Do it Lord, do it Lord,
Do it Lord, we are praying;
Do it Lord, do it that your glory may be seen."
~from Travis Cottrell album