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1 Corinthians, 2021, Just Chatty Today, Questions

Just Thinking — out loud

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I saw a Facebook post, now I am thinking. 
It is true negative comments from others or our own negative thoughts stick with us and it takes a whole lot of positive affirmations to erase even one engrained negative BUT
it does not have to be this way. 
Victory is possible!

No brag here. Just fact.
I don’t worry about if I am a good mom. 
For one thing, I am a mom, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother. 
I should have learned some stuff by now!

And by the Grace of GOD, I have! 

No, I am not perfect at any of those roles but because of JESUS, I am good at it. 

How does any human come to a place of confidence about anything? 

The accolades of others are not a sufficient, lasting way. Why?
When we are insecure there cannot come enough human affirmation to take us the long haul. 

There’s a reason humans are insecure. 
We innately know we are not enough.

But we don’t have to remain in that not enough mind or being!
WE CAN BELIEVE GOD!

We can acknowledge to Him and to ourselves that we are hell-deserving, depraved sinners in need of a Savior.
We can yield to THIS SAVIOR and we can receive THE MIND of CHRIST.   1 Corinthians 2:16 
The CHRIST who is accepted.
The CHRIST who is secure.
The CHRIST who is able.
The CHRIST who is all knowledge, intelligence, goodness, kindness, righteousness — HOLY PERFECTION personified.
AND WE CAN LEARN FROM HIM.
And He will impart grace and strength to us to learn. 
And as we learn we come to know in Him we are a good mom.
A good whoever He has brought us along to be. 

But let us not kid ourselves – living consistently in the flesh will NEVER grow us into a God-pleasing mom (parent), child, sibling, spouse, writer, builder, artist, teacher, preacher, etc., etc. 

I could save this for tomorrow but I’m not. 
And I may take tomorrow off —
I’ll be 70 then —- LORD willing!

1 Corinthians, 2021

Ignorance is not Bliss

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I think I shall be quick today. 

Good Wednesday morning to you.

1 Corinthians 12 begins with the Apostle Paul penning for The LORD that He (and Paul) does not want the people of Corinth (or you and me) to go on being ignorant. 

How would we today like a sermon to start off that way? 
Some of us would be okay with that as we do not want to be ignorant of The LORD’s Ways. 

Verse 2.
 2 You know that when you were pagans, no matter how you felt you were being led, you were being led astray to idols, which can’t speak at all.  source 

When we and they were pagans, before we received The LORD’s Salvation, no matter how we felt about it, we were being led away, astray from GOD to idols. 

If we are not being led by GOD, we are being led AWAY from Him. 
It’s as simple as that  — and we don’t need to go on being ignorant of that. 

1 Corinthians, 2021, Gospel of Mark, Thanksgiving 2021

Where are my Glasses?

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I am grateful for corrective lens.

Without them, my view from my dining table is color in vague shapes.

Oh, I can see well enough to get around in familiar places but there is so much I miss this way. I am reminded of the man who went to JESUS for his sight.

Men walking like trees – is that what he said? See Mark 8:24. 

Corrective Lens

That’s one thing earth man crafted very well.
Albeit even these well-crafted lenses will not enable me to truly see my fellow man or this created world as I am meant to see.
I need the CREATOR HIMSELF for that.
JESUS.
The True Corrector of my sight.

Has He begun to correct your sight?