“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”- Isaiah 53:5-6

10"In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering." Hebrews 2:10

8"Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered." Hebrews 5:8

17"Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

Future Glory
18I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us."Romans 8:17-18

beautiful Scripture. Jesus loves you all.

God gives us just what we need.

God gives us what we need, He takes care of everything, even in Matthew it talks about how He already knows all of our needs. Matthew 6:25-34!
Well, sometimes we have battlefields in our minds, and sometimes I let that get to me. It really messes me up sometimes, but this Lenten devotion really helped me this time. It talked about Jesus looking at a man and just loving Him. I thought of that earlier today, and I didn't quite understand the whole verse. Another part of it was "go sell what you own" and it relates this way, to get rid of our "stuff" that we have sometimes.
It seems like I get in the way a lot. But it feels so much better to be emptied of the junk. It is clear, focus, Jesus. Well, there were some questions and silent meditation times, and the meditations can really help. There were three questions that were hitting home:
Does your self image hold you back from God?
Are you afraid to let things go?
Do you hold on to old hurts?
I believe those answers are yes. God has reminded me again of His GRACE and that I can let those things go! Learn to love myself, my image, and knowing a loving God. Isn't it amazing that He died and forgave all our junk? What a blessing! Hm, doesn't taht just make you feel better? Grace of God, it is like the smell of our Lilies and the rain of the spring and the clearness and Jesus and Holy Spirit and the Father!
Praise the Lord, I saw the light, no more darkness, no more night. Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight, Praise the Lord, I saw the light! -David Crowder Band, I Saw the Light, Collision.
Praise the Lord, in Jesus' name, AMEN!

Spiritual practices

STUPID GRACE's post today was about Spiritual Practices-feel as though journaling should be a practice in my life.
The most practice out of fasting, pilgramage, sacred days, Sabbath would be fasting.
I haven't entirely understood fasting. This blog post has explained fasting and understand that we should make it a practice, and that God will lead us to fast. It can also be a time to become closer to God, to spend time with God, and for God to satisfy our hunger. God is faithful, He is mighty to save.

I am in a ceramics class at school, and it reminds me a lot about the passage in Isaiah and in Jeremiah. In Isaiah, it says how we are the clay and God is the potter. Jeremiah talks about God telling Jeremiah to go to a potter to recieve word from God. A scripture is this, Jeremiah 18:4-"And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do." This tells me that God made us, and He made us even if we fall apart, He makes us whole because sometimes we break. Relativley, I was making a cup for my mother, and I was shaking some dust out of the cup, and the handle broke onto the table. Not too long after did I think about that God fixes us when we break, sometimes He completley starts over. And guess what? He still uses us. I ended up having the cup still fired, and it is painted now, and it still looks beautiful.
God is beautiful.

two masters

Hey.
OK, So I am reading STUPID GRACE's lenten study, and it has hit me again.
Yesterday I was reading about worry in Matthew, and how we cannot serve two masters, such as God and worry.
Well, the two masters came up again and it reminds me of revelations that God brings to my life.
I have had worries today and I just got reminded to find peace in God, and to trust and have faith in Him. Also, that I have to serve God.
I think sometimes I can be good dirt, but sometimes I let my dirt become rough because of my worries. I just need to read my Bible more and pray; I just need to continually remember God and that I am a child of God. =) I can help bad dirt become good dirt by letting God take care of my things and live and experience His freedom. Jehovah shalom. God is so cool.

faith

Faith. Constant believing.
I just read Moving Foward...From the Shape I Am In, his post about the founder of Campus Crusade, about faith, and how without good works, it is dead.
It's all about faith!
Why do I think about myself and put myself in front?
I have just realized that I try to be a perfectionist. At one point I thought that would help me be more organized, but it brought anxiety and being hard on myself when in fact, I am just a child of God who has faults, its all ok, God gave grace (John 3:16) and I need to remember to live in that.
I know that there isn't anything that should keep us from the Kingdom, isn't that why God says, "If anyone wants to be my disciple, you must deny yourself, pick up your cross, and follow Me." Denying ourself means not living in the flesh, or old self. Pick up your cross means to me personally, to take up my sinfulness, because I am a flesh feeder, and I get caught up in things and worry, it isn't good. Let's try getting fed by the Spirit. And follow Me, well, as David Chivington put it, "let's go! Come on!" Nothing can seperate me from God's love, or keep you from the Kingdom, He wants you anyway.
I'm wondering why I can't think of these things throughout the day. Why I am insecure, or I think I'm selfish at times. I get worried about dumb stuff. I seriously look back and am like, really?

What does a sentence look like without "I"? hope you have a good day. praying for you. will be back around whenever.

Wouldn't that be nice sometimes if we did not have to use.....?