Thursday, August 30, 2007

Where are you Jeffrey?

Love must be sincere...
(Romans 12:9)
"Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves"
Romans 14:22
You know how you read some verses that just grab you by the throat and you think... uh oh... I am going to need to put this into play realll soon.
These two verses have been grabbing me... and the one in Romans 14 I am not sure I have ever read till now. All of Romans 14 is like a big slap in the face but this... this one right here is killer. It is NOT our job to approve. Foolishly, we always think it is.
It got put to the test and I love how God prepares us in that way by HIS word so we can react as HIS people and not as our own.
Jeremiah 3: 21-22
21 A cry is heard on the barren heights,
the weeping and pleading of the people of Israel,
because they have perverted their ways
and have forgotten the LORD their God.

22 "Return, faithless people;
I will cure you of backsliding."
"Yes, we will come to you,
for you are the LORD our God.

This verse came to mind today and I was reminded of how faithful God is to us... the people of Israel turned their backs on God countless times, yet he remains faithful... and tells them he will cure them of backsliding. What a God we have.
Thats all I got.
What a beautiful God.

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