Saturday, August 22

Lost and Found?

Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. ~ Matthew 10:39 (NIV)

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Have a wonderful day!
Love     אנגלית     الإنجليزية
Grace     גרייס     نعمة
Hope     מקווה     أمل
Life     חיים     حياة
Encouragement     עידוד     تشجيع
Truth     אמת     حقيقة


Tuesday, August 11

Trusting in the Fruits (Post shared)

Another post I share from my faith hero, Henri Nouwen...

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Trusting in the Fruits

We belong to a generation that wants to see the results of our work. We want to be productive and see with our own eyes what we have made. But that is not the way of God’s Kingdom. Often our witness for God does not lead to tangible results. Jesus himself died as a failure on a cross. There was no success there to be proud of. Still, the fruitfulness of Jesus’ life is beyond any human measure. As faithful witnesses of Jesus we have to trust that our lives too will be fruitful, even though we cannot see their fruit. The fruit of our lives may be visible only to those who live after us.

What is important is how well we love. God will make our love fruitful, whether we see that fruitfulness or not.
Henri J. M. Nouwen   
Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen , © 1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.

For further reflection…
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6: 9 (NIV)

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Have a wonderful day!

Love     אנגלית     الإنجليزية
Truth     אמת     حقيقة

Monday, August 10

Hmm. Sounds Like Modern Times...

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. ~ 2 Timothy 4:1-3 (NIV)

In the modern age of 24-hour News, we have entire networks dedicated solely to one political ideology.  We have networks that tout a Conservative Christian point of view, but their messages bear little to no resemblance to the Truth as shared with us by Jesus.  Not to be left out of the game, there are news networks that veer to the most extreme Liberal messages.  Neither can be trusted to deliver news that is unbiased and untainted by the underlying mandates of their most senior leadership.

Read the Word. 

Pray over the Word.

Hear the Voice of God, who delivers the Truth to us.  All we must do is listen.

Amidst a cacophony of slanted political natterings, take the time to LISTEN for His Voice.  Unlike the untrustworthy talking heads, He will not steer you wrong.

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Have a wonderful day!

Love     אנגלית     الإنجليزية
Honor     כבוד     شرف
Truth     אמת     حقيقة