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Name: Katelyn
Country: Spain
Birthday: 5/8/1985
Gender: Female
Interests: reading for FUN,
swimming in the ocean,
walking on the beach with bare feet so that you can feel the sand in between your toes,
dancing,
singing to a "Wicked" good broadway musical,
having long conversations,
and thats all for now.
Expertise: i'm in college, do i have an expertise yet?
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AIM:  elioragirl5885
Member Since:
4/26/2004
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| So does anyone else completely identify with "the do-do problem" in
Romans 7? Actually, I shouldn't ask that because everyone should...
"I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I
do the very thing that I hate...So now it is no longer I who do it, but
sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me,
that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but
not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do what I want, but the
evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not
want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me."
(Romans 7:15-20, ESV)
This completely sums up how I look at myself and my sin. I want to do
good, to flee from sin, but I end up doing what I don't want to
do...sin once again. The human condition...isn't it amazing that Christ
took every single one of our sins and nailed it to a cross with
himself? He died for our sins, DIED. We're not even capable of doing
what is right, and God knew that, and gave His Son to take every one of
those sins away. Yes, I realize that this is a basic concept and the
foundation of Christianity, but do you ever have those moments when you
realize just how NOT basic this amazing reality is?
okbye.
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| "How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
I seek you with all my heart; Do not let me stray from your commands.
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Praise be to you O Lord; teach me your decrees.
With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth.
I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.
I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word."
Psalm 119:9-16
I think the italics emphasize what I would write here, but some things I just can't put into words...it's a good thing that God did that for us. | | |
| - So last night I opened my Bible to find this passage in Malachi 3. Verses 14-18 really hit me.
"Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in His presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored His name." (verse 16)
It was one of those very distinct "God things", when you read something in God's word and know that He had a purpose for you reading that right then and there. I love things like that, it makes me feel so small and realize how great God's sovereignty is. Can you believe that our names are written on a scroll in the very presence of the Lord most high! That is so amazing to me! God is so amazing....my heart hurts for people that don't know that...but that's another entry alltogether. | | |
| So I listened to one of John Piper's messages online today and was thoroughly impressed. He was preaching on Psalm 1 and meditating on God day and night, which only reaffirmed the fact that I need to start memorizing scripture again. That's something that I never really did, but I think that it's really important in my relationships and the way that I live my life to glorify the Lord. Psalm 119:11 says, "I have stored up your word in my heart so that I might not sin against you." If we memorize scripture, we can be thinking about it and can call it to memory in times when we are tempted to sin. The Bible says to do this that we might not sin against our Father. That's just a revelation that I had recently by listening to John Piper (thank you matthew  ) | | |
| So...yea.
I went in to talk to Brooks on Monday about changing my major to music education. This talk went pretty well...he said, "If you want to do this, you have two options. You can audition for the department on friday (ACK!), or you can wait a semester and audition in the spring." Me being...well, me (crazy that is)...I decided to audition on friday, this friday, as in three days from now. why do I do these things to myself? anyway...I dont really have time to even write in this...I am just procrastinating all of the work that I have to do (so ambitious of me, i know). So i have to do this stupid paper now for my education class, then start a philosophy paper that's due on thursday....and practice A LOT everyday for my audition on friday. uh.....yeeeaaaaa.
That's all. | | |
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