As we have yet to get my Work Permit approved in Namibia, I have been struggling with my faith and trust in the Lord's timing. Well, God's timing is always perfect, and I know that God is using this time to teach me a lot.
One such thing of His perfect timing was a book that I won on facebook from SIM. The book is "The Andrew Murray Daily Reader". God is teaching me a lot through this book and the daily writings from a missionary to South Africa by the name of Andrew Murray. It is a MUST read for any Christian. See the link below for the book. I STRONGLY recommend it. The link below is to Amazon for used copies at .36 cent!!!!
Book Link Here
Friday, April 24, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Our Perspective
Cameron loves to take pictures and tell stories about his daily happenings. So I have created the kids a blog so that they can share their stories and pictures of our life in Africa. So if you have kids that are young, and you keep up with our ministry, check the blog from time to time to see what the kids think.
To the right of our blog page will be a link to their blog.
Hope you enjoy!
Our Blog Link
To the right of our blog page will be a link to their blog.
Hope you enjoy!
Our Blog Link
Isaiah 53:2-6
I usually prefer the ESV translation of the Bible and the NKJV, but this morning I was reading Isaiah 53:5 in different translations, and the translation called The Message really spoke to me a lot.
If only I could have a "mustard seed" of faith, or character of Christ, what a difference there would be in my life, such as the way I treat my relationship with Christ, or the way I treat my wife and my kids, or even my desire to help others in ways that normally I would overlook.
For the last 24 hours I have had one of by bi-monthly headaches, that really ruins my day. When I get them I am quite miserable and tend to be in a grouchy mood and snap at people, OK snap at my wife and kids. But I have to think about how Christ reacted when he was in the ultimate pain during his death on the cross.
Christ was torn to pieces when he was beaten, had to carry his own cross on his shoulders after being beat, had a crown of thorns pressing on his temples, people were spitting on him, people laughing at him and calling him names, and then he was nailed to the cross he carried. And what does he do while he is hanging on the cross? He never says one bad thing, never passes any blame, but He asked God to forgive everyone because they did not know what they were doing.
Makes my headache very insignificant, and my reactions, while having one, quite the opposite of how my Heavenly Father expects me to act.
Isaiah 53:5 (The Message)
2-6The servant grew up before God—a scrawny seedling,
a scrubby plant in a parched field.
There was nothing attractive about him,
nothing to cause us to take a second look.
He was looked down on and passed over,
a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand.
One look at him and people turned away.
We looked down on him, thought he was scum.
But the fact is, it was our pains he carried—
our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us.
We thought he brought it on himself,
that God was punishing him for his own failures.
But it was our sins that did that to him,
that ripped and tore and crushed him—our sins!
He took the punishment, and that made us whole.
Through his bruises we get healed.
We're all like sheep who've wandered off and gotten lost.
We've all done our own thing, gone our own way.
And God has piled all our sins, everything we've done wrong,
on him, on him.
If only I could have a "mustard seed" of faith, or character of Christ, what a difference there would be in my life, such as the way I treat my relationship with Christ, or the way I treat my wife and my kids, or even my desire to help others in ways that normally I would overlook.
For the last 24 hours I have had one of by bi-monthly headaches, that really ruins my day. When I get them I am quite miserable and tend to be in a grouchy mood and snap at people, OK snap at my wife and kids. But I have to think about how Christ reacted when he was in the ultimate pain during his death on the cross.
Christ was torn to pieces when he was beaten, had to carry his own cross on his shoulders after being beat, had a crown of thorns pressing on his temples, people were spitting on him, people laughing at him and calling him names, and then he was nailed to the cross he carried. And what does he do while he is hanging on the cross? He never says one bad thing, never passes any blame, but He asked God to forgive everyone because they did not know what they were doing.
Makes my headache very insignificant, and my reactions, while having one, quite the opposite of how my Heavenly Father expects me to act.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Happy Easter
Today, as we should all days, we celebrate the death of Jesus Christ. Why would anyone celebrate the death of a person, especially this man? We celebrate because we are made new, and our sins washed clean by the blood of this man Jesus! Jesus, a sinless man, free of all guilt, died on the cross in my place, and the place for all persons that place their trust and faith in Him, so that we might become righteous before the Almighty God. Through this death, through this atonement and washing of sin, through His resurection, and this becoming righteous, we know, through the promise of God, that we will one day be with Him in Heaven. No more pain, no more suffering, but new glorified bodies made perfect to worship and glorify the name of God for eternity. We all cry Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty!
Isaiah 53:5
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
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