been one to struggle much with my faith but if I am truthful that has not
been the case lately. I found myself unable to sleep tonight so I
turned on my lamp. Staring me in the face was The Total Money Makeover
and underneath it my Bible. Have you ever had one of this tines when
you didn't know what you were going to read so you flipped the pages
and let them fall where they may? That's what you're supposed to
read, right? I'll admit I may have doe that before ... And not really
read anything that spoke into my life at that time (not that it's
always like that). Tonight I felt lame doing that and I instead began
to read some of the verses I had written in the inside cover and
different pages of my Bible. I was encouraged and even found myself
with tears in my eyes (for about the fifth time tonight). I decided to
dig in. I started to open and the book fell open to Jude. There was a
bookmark there with a note from an old friend I had spent moat of the
evening thinking about. And there above the title page I had written
the theme of the book: he is the foundation of your faith. It was
exactly what I needed and I began to read. It talks of men who have
slipped in among us and are godless, using the grace of God as a
license for immorality and I prayed I was not one of those. These
people are grumblers and faultfinders ... Things I have lately seen in
myself and not liked. Then came the absolutely wonderful part(s). I
was reminded that I should be building myself up in my faith and
praying. That I need to keep myself in Gods love as I wait for the
mercy of Christ. And then the best part: to him who is ABLE TO KEEP
YOU FROM FALLING and to present you before his glorious presence
WITHOUT FAULT and with great joy - to the only God our Savior be
glory, majesty, power, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord
before all ages now and forever. i AM his child and he is able to keep
me from falling AND present me without fault. This was a great truth
to be reminded of and great verses to initiate a conversation tonight.
I pray that I would not follow my own ungodly ways or speak abusively
about things which I do not understand and also that I will not
grumble or find fault, especially with others. Help me also to be
merciful to others.
I hope you are as encouraged as I was.
Sweet dreams
