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Name: ruthie<3
Country: China
Metro: Beijing
Birthday: 6/30/1986
Expertise: I have faith. Faith in our wondrous capacity for
hope and good, love and trust, healing and
forgiveness. Faith in the blessing of our
infinite ability to wonder, question, pray,
feel, think and learn. I have faith. Faith in
the infinite possibilities of the human spirit.
--James Brown
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5/22/2002
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| 478 - "Whatever I hear You say I'll do" - Tree 63 Over and Over Again
That's a great line. True, whatever God says I'll do. But what happens when he doesn't say anything? That's a question I've been struggling with for a while now. How do I continue a life of worship and dream big beyond the day to day if I can't hear Him? Yeah, there are many responses to this: "you should trust God and just worry about today." "a life of faith is to live everyday trusting in God." "life isn't about working for your salvation, you're already saved" etc etc. Good responses. But I need more. I cannot reconcile this dilemma that easily. I'm sure God has works set out for me to do. I've not yet made a dent in the kingdom here on earth. It's not my time to go. But how do I make the most of my time here? I'm longing for the immensity of the sea, I want to be out there, I want to change the world, to be where the Spirit desires to move. "You're looking so far away that you're missing the here and now." Am I?
♫ “If
you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood
and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for
the endless immensity of the sea”
I've been thinking about this quote, reflecting on my time here at Michigan, at HMCC, at the business school, in CBI, with my friends . . . There are so many things that need to be done, issues to address out there in the world . . . even little things like fundraisers to run, events to plan, gifts to make. But I've only gathered people and assigned tasks. In my short-term vision, I've failed to share the vision, the awe of the "immensity of the sea."
How did Paul live his life? Apostle Paul. Paul Farmer . . .
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| faith.###.
"Living a life of faith means never knowing where you are being led -
but it does mean loving and knowing the One who is leading. It is literally a
life of FAITH, not of understanding and reason- - a life of KNOWING Him who
calls us to go. Faith is rooted in the knowledge of a Person, and one of the
biggest traps we fall into is the belief that if we have faith, God will surely
lead us to success in this world. The final stage in the life of faith is the
attainment of character and we encounter many changes in the process. We feel
momentarily changed. We tend to keep going back to our everyday ways and the
glory vanishes. A life of faith is not a life of one glorious mountaintop
experience after another, like soaring on eagle's wings, but is a life of
day-in day-out consistency; a life of walking without fainting."
Oswald
Chambers
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| silversmith476 -- a story I heard:
Malachi 3:3 says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."
This
verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this
statement meant about the character and nature of God. One of the women
offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the
group at their next Bible Study. That week, the woman called a
silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't
mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity
about the process of refining silver.
As she watched the
silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat
up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver
in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away
all the impurities.
The woman thought about God holding us in
such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says: "He
sits as a refiner and purifier of silver." She asked the silversmith if
it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole
time the silver was being refined. The man answered that yes, he not
only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes
on the silver the entire time it was in the fire If the silver was left
a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.
The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, "How do you know when the silver is fully refined?"
He smiled at her and answered, "Oh, that's easy -- when I see my image in it"
If
today you are feeling the heat of the fire, remember that God has his
eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you.
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| "Christians" - By Maya Angelou
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin'."
I'm whispering "I was lost,
Now I'm found and forgiven."
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble
and need Christ to be my guide.
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak
And need His strength to carry on.
When I say. "I am a Christian"
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed
And need God to clean my mess.
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible
But, God believes I am worth it.
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I still feel the sting of pain.
I have my share of heartaches
So I call upon His name.
When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner
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| 475 - satisfaction
So, happy new year ...? Once again, xanga was put on the back burner. Regardless, hello dear friends.
What does it mean to be satisfied? Every time I reach some sort of goal, I just want more. What does it mean to be satisfied in the Lord? Sometimes I feel like I am, but where is the line drawn between "trusting the Lord" and "ignorant denial of reality"?
...hoping to find out soon.
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