| Hey y'all... I'm here! ... here, being my sister's bed that I'm sitting on... typing on a laptop... with my fat cat (always the center of attention) sprawled out to the left of the keyboard... heh, if I let her, she'd be laying on the keyboard. Silly cat... Anyways, I just wanted to update, since it seems like it has been a while since the last one. In case any of you wished to know... I'll be heading up to Oklahoma City, in a week, to do CF!E (Character First! Education) in the schools up there. That should be fun. :) If you don't know what that is, tell me in a comment, and I'll explain. And really... that's about it, as far as what I'm doing goes... What I'm feeling and thinking though... completely different story. I've been thinking about... hmm, Jesus, forgiveness, faith, tolerance, God's Word, the kid's in the Oklahoma schools, a cousin ;~).... and a myriad of other things also... which, would probably bore you to hear. :P But, hmm... out of those things... God's forgiveness and His character... Wonderful isn't it? A couple of verses I've been thinking about; ~God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? ~If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. I was thinking about these because, a guy at my church, had mentioned that in the past, it was hard to forgive himself, and hard to feel that God had forgiven him... and we were talking about it... why that happened. (hmm, I take a break here, to point out that my cat has rolled over the 'shift, ctrl, tab, and esc' keys, once again, I reiterate, silly cat :P) Anyways, I am thinking, that when that happens, not forgiving, or not 'feeling' forgiven... alot of times, it is because of unbelief. Because, if you truly believe something... it spreads to every part of you... including your feelings. For example, if I believed that I was going to get a million dollars in the mail today, I would feel, happy and excited. If I truly believe that 1) God does not lie, and 2) He forgives us, and cleanses us from all unrighteousness... then we will feel forgiven. Heh, having said that, there are time, when I don't feel forgiven... but... God's awesome, and he provides answers for us; ~So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. I'm not just talking about what has never happened to me.... I have, on more than one occasion, not felt forgiven and not even thought that I was. But when that happens, I quote the first two verses I posted, til I do feel forgiven. And that usually only takes one or two times through... til God's spirit starts telling me, "Don't you believe what I say?"... after that, how could I doubt? So, yeah... nothing really that deep :P But, definitely reassuring to me. Farewell... til the next time I remember to log on... :P
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