“Look….with all due respect your Honor..You could have mentioned that my life was going through this..You could have sent me a note, a memo, an email, a postcard..a sticker, a stick up, a something, that would have indicated to me that I was going to hit this big lump on the road and that everything in my life is going to go crazy.” - DiDi dies laughing… tru dat, tru dat… mmmph.
You could have mentioned to me that the person I love would leave me for another person… - DiDi instantly sobers up… maybe I’m longin’ for it more than I should be expecting… and then it goes right back to me learning that lesson and obedience… how about letting it be about God’s way, and not because, DiDi said so.
ooooh… I think I hit a nerve. Your last statement, that was simply and well put. I don’t think that this POINT in my life, is the end all and be all of my life, so why do I act as if it is? Pastor Collins talks about how we should be glad that God got a hold of us first, cuz if he didn’t love you, he wouldn’t be still trying to catch your attention after all the years of us doing wrong…, and I wholeheartedly agree with that… there is a reason why I am in the church that I am in, there is a reason, I am in the midst of the God-fearing people that I am surrounded by now. God has a plan for me, and I think it over-extends and TRANSCENDS… (oh. you didn’t know?) what may be going on today… that’s why people will constantly bring drama my way… I think that it’s really how I go about dealing with it is what God is trying to teach me. Like, I thought about just UP and QUITTING my job–without having another one lined-up, because I was soooo frustrated, I found myself saying “Lord, I need more structure at the workplace.” and he was like “You know very well that at your last job, you had a lot of structure there too… what are you doing about the person that’s making your life miserable @ work? You are feeding into it…” and I think that spills over into other areas of my life… but that’s to be continued in my own blogs…lol… I’m telling you man… that total, divine, about-face-change, ain’t no joke meng, but i’m just glad that he’s working in me…
um… sorry… bringing it back to your blog… Matthew 11:2-6, focus on verse 3… when he asks Jesus if he’s THE ONE, or should the people be expecting someone else… John & Jesus was homies… and because of our human nature and expectations…mmm I mean, I guess any one of us, would have done what John did… “Hey Jesus, lemme talk to you for a second? Ok, so like, I had ya’ back, and I was preaching against Herod, and now… I’m in dis’ hea’ cell, and I don’t see the end of all this suffer’n and freedom of sin like I thought was gonna see. && do you know what Jesus said? Hmmph.. someone please pass me an ice cold pepsi… Jesus says: “Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me.” To tell you the truth, I didn’t understand what my Lord meant, by that fall away stuff… I mean, what was he saying? I was going to save it for my own blog, but I think by God’s grace and only for his glory, I will share it here, I think a lot more people will read your blogs.
(I had to copy this from the book!)
In The Secret Place by Peggy Britt
she says of this scripture (Matt. 11:6) …
“Jesus’s message was loud and clear: “I am the Messiah! I am fulfilling Old Testament prophecies about the coming Messiah in the presence of your disciples and mainly others (Isaiah 53:5-6) Don’t become discouraged because I’m not doing what YOU expect me to do.”
I like her because she BREAKS IT DOWWWWWWWN even more by saying : To be “blessed” means to possess the divine favor of God — that state of being marked by fullness from God, soul contentment!
And “falling away” comes from the Greek word from which we get our word, scandalize. It means to stumble, to become offended by someone, to take offense at his character, words, conduct, to become unsettled, so as to reject him.
How often do we do that? We pray and ask God for a particular thing. When HE doesn’t answer in OUR time frame or as we would like HIM to, we get “offended” and become discouraged and unsettled in our spirit. But God has an eternal plan, and HE is working it out for our good and His Glory!
Where are you right now precious friend? Are you discouraged? Are you unsettled in your spirit? Have you been praying for something that God has not given to you? Have your circumstances become worse — instead of better? God has the same words for you. You are blessed (divinely favored) if you do not take offense at God’s character, words, or conduct. It may not seem like it just now, but difficult circumstances are opportunities to walk by faith, take God at His Word, and give HIM pleasure. (Hebrews 11:6)
.::Cholacoquetola::.
