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May the God of hope.

And right there I stopped as I was reading Romans 15:13 to open my New Post window because I had to write to us. 

God of hope. 

He is the only God in whom is hope. He is the only God period. But you and I have lived long enough and have viewed enough media that we have seen other little g gods and in them is no hope. 

How could you and I be so blessed to KNOW this God of hope? Amazing privilege! 

And so today. May the God of hope fill YOU (and me) with all joy and peace (how?) as you (and I) believe in Him (why?) so that you (and I) may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (source)

Overflow with hope!

I wonder what that would look like in me? What does it look like in you?

ABBA, make it so today. HOLY SPIRIT, move us, inspire us, lead us to trust You so the joy of Yeshua (Jesus) will overflow in us, in our homes, in our work places, in heavy traffic, in long lines, with tired cashiers, willfully turned wrong children, media stories, taxes, healthcare and all other experiences and places we travel this day. 

13 May God, the source of hope, fill you completely with joy and shalom as you continue trusting, so that by the power of the Ruach HaKodesh you may overflow with hope. via Romans 15:13 HCSB;CJB – Now may the God of hope fill you with – Bible Gateway.  Romans 15:13 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

Day 239 of 2014, a day to give Thanks.

Kathie

Christian Living, Forgiveness, Repentance, Salvation

Blot and Spots Continued

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So did you mull it over?

The Blot, I mean.

Is there a one dark blot that leads to the many other spots Charlotte Elliot lyric-ed about? If you missed that post, click HERE to read it.

I think there is.

And do you know what I think it is?

Unbelief.

Yeah. Unbelief. I think, unbelief is what keeps people lost.

So what do people not believe?

Perhaps they don’t believe that Jesus (Yeshua) is. Is the Son of God. Is the Savior of the World. Is the only way to be saved. Or. Perhaps they don’t believe they need to be saved; perhaps they don’t believe they are hell deserving sinners. (Romans 6:23) (John 14:6).

Either one of those two things alone will keep one lost and all those spots caused by the blot keep mounting. Is there anything more tragic? And is there anything more surely avoidable than being lost?

But that song Just as I am doesn’t stop speaking to me this side of Salvation. I can still be guilty of unbelief and I can still mount up some spots. I NEED regular and often foot washings. (John 13:6-11) How about you?

Do you know what else I think? I think unbelief is what causes my need for foot washings. Yeah. I really do. Because if I wholly got my heart convinced of the depravity that disobedience is, I’d disobey less. But as I said recently – it’s a process. It’s like I heard a man say many years ago: I am not sinless, but I do sin less than I used to. I say that too now. It’s good that I am making progress in the process.  Probably others think so too.   :)

So let us be encouraged. The Blood of our Savior washed us cleaned from all our sins the day we said Yes to Him for Salvation and every day after He keeps on washing us clean. That’s just how He is! So I’ll keep going to Him moment by moment Just as I am. I hope you will too.

Thank you for listening, Dear Friends.

Day 238 of 2014, a day to give Thanks.

Kathie

Christian Living, The Loft

Loft Topic 8.19.14

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Writing for the Loft

the-loft today, along with many others. I hope you will check out the place and get connected with some great blogs (just click the pic). This week’s topic is insecurities. Let’s see . . . how many of mine do I dare publicly expose?

Leah wrote about not enough. I can so identify! A few months back I listed my not enoughs, I typed them out even, I admit I stopped on number 27, there are more. And no I am not revealing the list.  :)  

So what am I going to reveal? 

That I am 62  and weigh 15 pounds more than is optimally healthy for me, I can easily be sucked into a family-friendly chic flick and ignore more important matters; which leads me to my point: here of late I have come to fear that I will come to the end of my days (which are fewer than I have already spent) and I will not have lived well for JESUS. 

And you might say now wait a minute, Kathie, the topic is insecurities and you are talking about fear. 

That’s right. For me, all insecurities are rooted in fear.

The fear that I am not acceptable as I am. And you know what that ultimately means? It means I am afraid that I am not fully loved! And you know what else? Even if the whole world loved me that still would not be enough. Because I can only be completely satisfied and fully secure if I moment by moment accept the fact that GOD loves me unconditionally.

(Is this an excuse to live sloppily? ABSOLUTELY NOT! It’s the freedom, the strength, and the courage to keep on getting back on track when we do fail to walk in love!)

So I am working on it, one moment at a time. And we are making progress!  :)  Some days more than others — it’s a process.

6 And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you. via Phil 1:6 AMP – And I am convinced and sure of this – Bible Gateway.  Philippians 1:6 Amplified Bible (AMP)


Day 231 of 2014, a day to give Thanks.

Kathie