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Hosea 10:12 – Break Up Your Fallow Ground

Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged , , , on January 26, 2008| 7 Comments »

“Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, til He comes and rains righteousness on you.” Hosea 10:12, NKJV

This is the first scripture that is used in the Seeking Him bible study that I will be leading over the next 13 weeks. I write it here because I want to remember these beginnings. It is time to break up old ways. It is time to put the sharp plow to the ground that is not bearing fruit. This is not an easy scripture because there is a moment where I must look with honesty at my heart… there are too many fallow areas there. I am busy and yet, I am not fertile. I have experienced barrenness in my life but I have forgotten what that looks like in the heart. I believe it is time to look again… to accept the plow of God’s Spirit.

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Hope does not disappoint…

Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged , on July 4, 2007| 2 Comments »

Romans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

But what if it does? What if our hope is done? What if our hope is no longer strong enough to withstand the cares of the world? What if we no longer feel able to persevere? What if the shield of faith has tiny holes for deep dents? What if our vessels are perforated and we can no longer grasp the height and depth and breadth of God’s love? What if we reach out our hands to catch hold of His Mantle and our hands come up empty? What if? What if we feel disappointed in the way our life is going? What if we are disappointed in the way our life has gone? What if we’re afraid of where I life is going?

It is my desire to expand on the topic of disappointment. Share your thoughts with me as we go along in the days ahead.

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Encourage One Another

Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged , on May 18, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Hebrews 3:13
Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

And how does sin enter in? Sometimes, it is blatant and bold… brashly declaring its power to bend my will… like a mile-wide tornado crushing all in its path. But sometimes, it is a slow transition from security to terror… like the small mouse who is cooked in pot of water … not realizing the water is getting hotter and hotter. Who is my “other” that will call my circumstances for what they are! Who will encourage me and draw me before it’s too late? And who needs me to do the same this day?

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Introduction to Blogging

Posted in Random Thoughts on March 7, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Hello everyone:
For those of you who are new to blogging, these posts are another way of journaling, but this is done online. You can post a comment by setting up an account… with any screen name you desire. I will be monitoring both the blog and the comments to avoid spam and such nonsense.

My desire to do this particular blog is coming out of the scriptures that Pastor Craig chose for Lent. As I moved through the scriptures each day and commented on them in my personal journal, I realized this might be an opportunity for our Mt Zion community to share in a corporate response to the scriptures.

Since Lent has already started, the older scriptures will have the same date… but from now on, I will be adding each scripture daily. You can go back to any of the previous scriptures to comment or just read and consider their meanings.

Scriptures will be taken from the NIV. However, links will be available to other translations.

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