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Judgement In This Age?
Prune Soleiado:
Thank you Heidi.
English is not my mother language, but "God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace to reveal his Son in me" (Gal 1:15-16) created all the circumstances so that I can communicate with you all. Talking a foreign language forces me to pay attention to the words in order not to say things people could miscomprehend. I feel like Balaam's donkey (Numberds 22:21-39) whose ability to talk was only given by God. True.
Wanda:
--- Quote from: octoberose on July 31, 2019, 03:04:36 AM ---I have spent a lot of time - a lot of useless time - supposing how things could have been different in my life or the lives of my children . I’ll day dream and get caught up in a fantasy land of the turn I took or didn’t take, the decisions I made I wish I could take back, the words I wish I could take back. It’s taken a long time for me to stop myself and say ,” Stop trying to second guess God! Stop arguing with Him over the darkness and head into the light ! Ask forgiveness when needed and go on ! This for me is God’s judgements now in this life .
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Octoberose -
Your comment made me think of the deciples who denied and even abandoned Jesus in his hour of need. I cannot fathom the regrets they must have suffered as a result.
An important point, none of these men could have done anything different in this situation, because it was God's will they deny the son so prophecy would be fullfield. Each one of us are taking the exact path God has willed in our lives, therefore, it is as Octoberose said, a waste of time spent on regret, when we can simply ask for forgiveness and move on, closer to the light, where our hope and promise resides.
In Matt 18:21-22 Peter asked "Lord, how many times is my brother to sin against me and I am to forgive him? Up to 7 times? Peter probably thought he was being generous, because the religious leaders were teaching forgiveness only 3 times. Jesus told Peter, . Not only 7 times, but 77 times. Love does not keep track of, or arbitrarily set a limit to how many times we can be forgiven. We are forgiven as many times is necessary to overcome.
If Peter didn't understand the point Jesus was making at the time, I'm sure he did after his own experience with being forgiven, just as we can understand when we ourselves are forgiven for any number of transgressions. God's love upon us will move us to repentence .
As scripture tells us, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 Earnestly means with sincere and intense conviction, so it's not some kind of wishy washy love, that we often see displayed in the world , but the kind that's real and has deep meaning and purpose. The kind of love that overcomes, and the more we overcome the more the light grows within us, until it illuminates our path. A path that leads us ever closer to the God of love who is the true light of the world. We were lost but now we are found. May we all continue to shine brighter and brighter with the light of his love within us. Amen!
Musterseed:
When my son was about seven years old, he and his buddy got into a strangers tractor
to go for a ride. He knew he was not allowed to do such things ( talking to strangers)but to little boys it was too tempting to say no. He felt guilt afterward and told me about it and I kinda
let him off the hook for at least telling me but assured him he would get a trimmin, (that’s
Newfoundland for spanking ) later on . Three days later ,,Matthew stuck his head in around the
the door of the kitchen and said “ mom, i’m ready for my trimmin”. I was hoping he had
forgotten about it but I had to go through with it. Sigh 😔. Anyway , with tears in my eyes , I
put him over my knee and smacked him three times on the bum. He jumped up and said “ ok
mom, I won’t do that again”, and he didn’t.Then he ran out to play, as happy as a Lark. I now know when I need a trimmin .
Ok Lord, I won’t do that again and afterward I go outside and play in my garden.
In Christ, Pamela
I love all of you very much.💕
Wanda:
--- Quote from: Prune Soleiado on July 31, 2019, 11:01:34 PM ---By the way, I was thinking about this: you, all the contributors on this forum, you are a real testimony of God's Grace in those dark times. because I am a baby, I know the true God for only four years. But I can see lots of you knowing Him since a real long time, and still you show the deepest love for Our Father in Christ, rock steady you are! How encouraging this steadiness, how reassuring.
Wanda, I go back to your first question for this thread: How do we know a judgement is from God?
May I dare to give you my proper thought about it ?
I would say: when, in the middle of the storm, you have a strong feeling of being safe despite the danger. You can utterly suffer, but this insurance that everything will come to an end, everything will be fine remains, almost naturally (almost, for it's a grace of God).
Jesus sleeps calmly in the middle of the storm. And somehow, you all do the same, I can see it. You are the letter, the testimony that helps me keeping my eyes opened. You are the light that prevents me from falling on obstacles. I read testimonies of the deepest of sufferings, pains, fears. But still, the love for Jesus is never denied and confidence in His love remains. You all are this one prophecy, the kingdom of God, and it elevates me.
How do we know a judgement is from God? Maybe because we can learn from it? Learn righteousness, not vengeance. Learn to love, not to mock. And boy I learn a lot with you all BT family members!
How do we know a judgement is from God? When suddenly in the middle of the blackest night we are able to see the sun raising, shining warming, and be thankful to God about it, about the warmth and the light but also admitting that without the blackest night(without the judgement..) AND by the grace of Our Father we wouldn't have realize/learn anything. God is indeed gloryfied here.
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Very well said Michele ☺
I have personally experienced that sense of calm in the middle of one of lifes storms. I love all of your proper thoughts dear sister ❤
Wanda:
--- Quote from: Musterseed on August 02, 2019, 10:24:09 PM ---When my son was about seven years old, he and his buddy got into a strangers tractor
to go for a ride. He knew he was not allowed to do such things ( talking to strangers)but to little boys it was too tempting to say no. He felt guilt afterward and told me about it and I kinda
let him off the hook for at least telling me but assured him he would get a trimmin, (that’s
Newfoundland for spanking ) later on . Three days later ,,Matthew stuck his head in around the
the door of the kitchen and said “ mom, i’m ready for my trimmin”. I was hoping he had
forgotten about it but I had to go through with it. Sigh 😔. Anyway , with tears in my eyes , I
put him over my knee and smacked him three times on the bum. He jumped up and said “ ok
mom, I won’t do that again”, and he didn’t.Then he ran out to play, as happy as a Lark. I now know when I need a trimmin .
Ok Lord, I won’t do that again and afterward I go outside and play in my garden.
In Christ, Pamela
I love all of you very much.💕
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Awww that's such a sweet story and I can understand your tearing up having to follow through with giving your little guy his trimmin.
Love you sis 💕
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