tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43061120483410458162024-03-13T13:03:24.888-05:00Somewhere in the MiddleMy flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psa 73:26Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11938953657037234812noreply@blogger.comBlogger325125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306112048341045816.post-56838818826637556912014-12-24T09:10:00.000-06:002014-12-24T09:10:00.039-06:00Simeon & Anna<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy </div>
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Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. and he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,</div>
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"Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peach,</div>
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that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,</div>
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And his father and mother marveled at what was said about him. And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and a sign that is opposed (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed."</div>
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And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, "Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you in born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger." And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,</div>
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"Glory to God in the highest,</div>
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And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,</div>
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"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,<br />
for he has visited and redeemed his people<br />
and has raised up a horn of salvation for us<br />
in the house of his servant David,<br />
as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,<br />
that we should be saved from our enemies<br />
and from the hand of all who hate us;<br />
to show the mercy promised to our fathers<br />
and to remember his holy covenant,<br />
the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us<br />
that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,<br />
might serve him without fear,<br />
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.<br />
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;<br />
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,<br />
to give knowledge of salvation to his people<br />
in the forgiveness of their sins,<br />
because of the tender mercy of our God,<br />
whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high<br />
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,<br />
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And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!" And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"If you're a child of God, God has already redeemed and delivered you from the worst possible outcome that anyone from sin, from Satan, from hell, from eternal damnation and condemnation, from the wrath of God. You have been delivered."</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"You may be in a storm. You may be in some other kinds of chains, but you've been delivered in the ways that matter most for all of time and eternity."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">"A soul redeemed demands a life of praise</span><span style="background-color: white;">."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">"I</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">f you've been redeemed, if I've been redeemed, it is unthinkable that we should live lives of anything other than unceasing, unending praise and thanksgiving and worship."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"We lift our eyes up to heaven into the light of His face. Up from our darkness and we say, "Oh, God, I choose to believe that You are good, that Your steadfast love endures forever. I give You thanks that I have been redeemed."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"And <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">let me say to those with prodigal children or friends, husbands,</span> important word here, all of those women who were crying in the aisles last night? <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Be willing to let God be God in that person's life. And be willing to let God do whatever He knows is needed in their life to make them desperate for Him."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Know that <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">whatever discipline God brings about in our lives or those we love, He can also with a word restore."</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Wherever you're going, He will go with you. He will go in you, and He wants to make you fruitful even in the place of your affliction."</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"You can experience fullness, freedom, and fruitfulness in Christ as long as you keep abiding in Him and letting Him have His way, letting him be God, trusting Him with what you can't understand, not demanding answers, not demanding fixes. </span>Yes, crying out, and then trusting God to deliver in His way."</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Not only does God want to turn some of the desert places where you are in His way and time into fruitful places, but for generations to come the fruit of your walk with Christ will be experienced in the lives of coming generations."</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">"Joy is the presence of Christ with me, in me, through me in the midst of the storm and the pain."</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"You say, "Yes, it's bad out there, but it's true in my world where I live, in my workplace, in my family. There's so much evil." I want to tell you one day as you walk with Him through this, all wickedness will shut its mouth."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"You don't have to perform to be loved by Him. You don't have to fix your own life. Cry out to Him, and believe Him to come and do by His grace what you could never do."</span></span></span></span></div>
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The scripture used for this message was taken from Psalm 107.</div>
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<i>Oh give thanks, to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in; hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in. Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.</i> </div>
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To read the rest of Psalm 107, click <u><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+107&version=ESV">here</a></u>.</div>
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It that time of the year again. Yes, it's Christmas time. It's a time giving and sharing, BUT how do you handle it. There are SO many opportunities to give. It seems like every time you turn a corner, someone is collecting for some needy cause. All good causes mind you. I love giving, but a person can only do so much, right? So, what is a girl to do? </div>
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For years, I would feel guilty if I didn't give to everything. That's crazy, I know. So, my wise husband suggested we focus our giving to our local church. We've done the Angel Tree, Operation Christmas Child, food bags to our local food pantry, gift boxes called Gifts of Grace, adopted families, etc. The opportunities in the church are limitless. It's not that we never give outside of our church, but it is primary. Now, I can walk pass the bell ringer with a clear conscience. I am actually ok with it. Here are some reasons we've decided to focus our giving to the church.</div>
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1. It simplifies giving. I'm not running here and there to drop off donations.</div>
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2. We know the causes are legitimate causes. We trust our church and the discernment of the leaders.</div>
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3. I can open the mail or go to town without feeling pressured because we are, in fact giving.</div>
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4. All gifts are given in the name of Christ. This is my favorite reason. Not only will recipient hear the Gospel, but they see it in action.</div>
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So there you go, folks! Free yourself from the guilt. Remember, we can't give to everything, but we can give where it does the most good. Relax. Enjoy the season.</div>
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A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." </div>
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"What creation teaches us about the use of time. What is a year? A year is the measurement of the amount of time that it takes the earth to orbit the sun; alright?—simple enough. What is a month? A month is a unit of time corresponding approximately to one cycle of the moon’s phases. What is a day? A day is a unit of time corresponding to one cycle of the earth’s rotation on its axis.<br />
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What’s a week? A week is the only unit of time that does not correspond to the cycle of any heavenly body—no moon, no sun, no stars. A week is an ecclesiastical measurement of time that only makes sense in light of the creation account in Genesis. It’s the only reason we have the concept of a week—Genesis 2:1-3. So, the Lord’s Day and the pace of life—“Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days, you shall labor and do all your work; but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord, your God. On it, you shall not do any work—you, your sons, your daughters, your male servant, your female servant, your livestock, or the sojourner within your gates. For in six days, the Lord made the heavens and earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore, because of what God did in creation, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”<br />
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So, what does this teach us? What does this concept teach us? This is not about how you observe the Sabbath; okay? We can have discussions about that, but that’s not the point right now because, regardless of where you are theologically on that, this still matters. It teaches us the balance of work and life. It teaches us the balance of work and life. That’s written in the creation and written in the Scripture. It teaches us the priority of worship. One day in seven; one day in seven; one day in seven. It always comes, and it’s always His. We’re always reminded that it is the center point of our lives.<br />
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In fact, in the New Testament—it’s a very interesting point here. In the New Testament, you don’t find days of the week. In the Greek New Testament, you won’t find the names of the days of the week; okay? It is: first day of the week, second day of the week, third day of the week. So, what happens is—the Lord’s Day becomes the center of all time. Everything else is measured by its distance from the Lord’s Day—the priority of worship—this teaches us the sovereignty of God."<br />
Pastor Voddie Baucham<br />
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"You see, when God created male and female, He provided an object lesson-a visible testimony-to His entire plan of redemption (Ephesians 5).<br />
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History started with God creating a man and a woman and uniting them as husband and wife because it will end with the marriage and spiritual union of Christ the bridegroom and His Bride, the Church.<br />
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God had the end in mind before the beginning. He had the marriage and union of Christ and the Church in mind when He created gender.<br />
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Manhood, womanhood, marriage, and sex are images that exist for the express purpose of pointing us to something else. They are mini lessons that tell the amazing story of the gospel!<br />
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The cosmic love story is so magnificent that God chose to put it on display permanently. Everywhere. Men were created to reflect the strength, love, and initiatory self-sacrifice of Christ. Women were created to reflect the character, grace, beauty, and responsiveness of the Bride He redeemed.<br />
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Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. </div>
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I had the privilege of meeting a modern day Hannah. Actually, I already knew this precious lady. She is our family physician. She and her husband have been blessed with a baby girl after 10 years of prayers!!! Ten years!!! That must have seemed like a lifetime during the midst of it all, but now it must seem to have been worth the prayers, tears, struggles, etc. When I heard the news, I rejoiced through tears with her, praised God with her and immediately thought of Hannah and how faithful our God is.</div>
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Might more of His salvation know,<br />
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`Wilt thou pursue Thy worm to death?’<br />
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"In 1992 we began to see a very significant academic decline in boys. You might remember that before that boys were king of the math world. Girls ruled in the English department, but boys were king of the math world. And they had a rather strong work ethic in their academics. But we saw a significant decline in that beginning in 1992.</div>
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Well, you have to ask yourself what transpired right prior to that to make that happen. In the 1970s, in 1971 exactly, the very first computer game came out, but it took a warehouse to store it. When they finally got it down small enough, the only thing they could do was to put it in a public place. So some of you may remember visiting something called an arcade? It took them a few years after that and they came out with a pretty archaic system. Some of you might remember playing asteroids or pong. Blip! Blip! Blip, blip! That was a fast one.</div>
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It wasn’t until the early 1980s that we had a viable home system called Nintendo. And computers began to be created specifically for game use including the Commodore 54, Macintosh, and PC Compatibles. <strong style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By the early 90s, we saw that significant decline. We saw boys who became so concerned about fighting epic battles that were virtual, that they no longer cared about the real world around them.</strong></div>
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Today the average boy will spend thirty-five hours in front of his PlayStation or X-box console or in front of the computer playing games. <strong style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Most of them by the eleventh year of their life will have been introduced to pornography."</strong></div>
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Does your son attract girls like bees to honey? Dads need to be proactive in a son's life by having some meaningful, intentional conversations with them about various topics including: the value and application of godly wisdom, how to handle sexual temptation, God's design for sex in marriage, and the characteristics of an adulterous woman.</div>
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The Bible teaches that since the original sin of Adam, all humans are spiritually dead and morally incapable of submitting to God in faith and obedience. By nature we have a mindset that cannot submit to God. "The mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed it cannon. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God" (Rom. 8:7-8). The reason for this moral inability is given in Ephesians 2:1-"You were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked." And therefore, we are "sons of disobedience" and "children of wrath"...</blockquote>
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Kneels in humility</div>
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Meekness and majesty</div>
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Father's pure radiance</div>
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Perfect in innocence</div>
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Prays "Father forgive"</div>
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And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him. As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross. And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots. Then they sat down and kept watch over him there. And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews." Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left. And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross." So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, "This man is calling Elijah." And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink. But the others said, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him." And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, "Truly this was the Son of God!" </div>
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I heard this before and was reminded of it today I found it so fascinating, I had to share. May you be blessed by it. </div>
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"That word worm in the Hebrew is the word tola'ath. It's a word that's used 43 times in the Bible and it's usually translated "scarlet." One time it's translated "crimson." For example, "Though your sins be as scarlet," tola'ath, "they shall be as white as snow."<br />
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But eight times that same word tola'ath is translated "worm"-"scarlet" and "worm." What's the connection? Well, this worm in Psalm 22-"I am a worm and no man"-many scholars believe refer to what is known as a scarlet worm that is common in the Middle East. It's similar to the cochineal that you find in Latin America. You may have read about these when these insects are crushed the blood that comes out makes a crimson dye. It's brilliant color that's used in making red garments and red fabrics. <br />
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Well, this scarlet worm, the tola'ath is found in Palestine, in Syria. It secretes a scarlet fluid that was used in ancient times to make a beautiful scarlet dye. It was used in things like the curtains in the tabernacle in the Old Testament that were scarlet colored. These scarlet worms were used to make that scarlet dye.<br />
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In the life cycle of this scarlet worm we see what I think is a beautiful picture of the Lord Jesus. When the scarlet worm was ready to give birth she would find the trunk of a tree, and she would attach her body securely, permanently to that tree trunk. Then she would lay her eggs, and the eggs would remain under her body until they hatched. The mother's body would provide protection for the babies until they were ready to get out and function on their own, and then the mother worm, the scarlet worm would die.<br />
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As it died, its body affixed to that tree would burst, and the scarlet fluid inside would flow out and stain her body and her babies and the tree. I believe we have in that a graphic illustration from the world of nature that points to Christ who said, "I am a worm," tola'ath, "and no man."<br />
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As the scarlet worm died whild being attached to a tree, the Son of God was attached to a tree and laid down His life to give us eternal life and to make us children of God. As the scarlet fluid flowed out from the dying worm and covered her young, so the blood that flowed out from the veins of Christ covers us. It makes atonement for our sins and clothes us in His righteousness. As one commentary says, "The glorious garments of our salvation have been procured as a result of Christ's death and suffering. He became the tola'ath, the worm, crushed in death so we might be robed in glory."<br />
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<i><b>Patience </b></i>is like a seed hidden beneath the surface. It silently waits in the dark earth, hidden from view, doing nothing (it seems!), while it secretly, quietly, and slowly incubates life. This sweet fruit makes it possible for kindness and goodness to develop.<br />
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<i><b>Kindness </b></i>grows from seed of patience in the dark depths where it develops a root system. Kindness pushes its head up through the soil, wanting to break forth and do something until, at last, it cracks through the soul, visible to all.<br />
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<i><b>Goodness </b></i>blossoms forth, along with its works of love blessing all who see it...which is what this luscious fruit of the Spirit is all about!<br />
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A Young Woman's Walk with God,<br />
Growing More Like Jesus<br />
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“Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each<br />
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Forgiveness means I give up my right to punish you for what you did. If you—</div>
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The beauty of forgiveness is not that you can't remember what happened. The beauty of forgiveness is that, in spite of the fact that you remember and may never forget, you give up your right to punish. That's the beauty of forgiveness.</div>
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His holy will abideth;<br />
I will be still whate’er he doth;<br />
And follow where he guideth.<br />
He is my God: though dark my road.<br />
He holds me that I shall not fall.<br />
And so to him I leave it all,<br />
He holds me that I shall not fall.<br />
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Whate’er my God ordains is right:<br />
He never will deceive me.<br />
He leads me by the proper path;<br />
I know he will not leave me.<br />
I take, content, what he hath sent.<br />
His hand can turn my griefs away,<br />
And patiently I wait his day,<br />
His hand can turn my griefs away.<br />
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Whate’er my God ordains is right,<br />
Though now this cup, in drinking,<br />
May bitter seem to my faint heart,<br />
I take it all, unshrinking.<br />
My God is true; each morn anew.<br />
Sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart,<br />
And pain and sorrow shall depart,<br />
Sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart.<br />
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Whate’er my God ordains is right.<br />
Here shall my stand be taken.<br />
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,<br />
Yet am I not forsaken.<br />
My Father’s care is round me there.<br />
He holds me that I shall not fall,<br />
And so to him I leave it all,<br />
He holds me that I shall not fall.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11938953657037234812noreply@blogger.com0