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A Follower of Christ
  
Nobody worries about Christ as long as he can be kept shut up in
churches. He is quite safe inside. But there is always trouble
if you try and let him out.

-- G. A. Studdert Kennedy


A Christian……..a follower of Christ……how do you follow Christ? How do you love Christ? Whose will………His will? How do you hear Him when He speaks? Do you hear Him? Do you listen?

Which are you…….one like the woman caught in adultery……..or the prideful scorner hurling stones?

Are you like the humble tax collector who comes before God admitting your brokenness……….or are you like the Pharisee…..better than the broken one?

Are you saved? You know the beginning…….you know the ending…….but what comes between?

What does this mean?
Luk 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

What does it mean to you?

I have to admit, there is nothing easy in being a follower of Christ. It’s easy being saved, easy reading the Bible, going to church, praying but when it comes to actually living our belief and faith……we fail miserably.

Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

I have taken these two verses to heart in a big way. Because being a follower of Christ is sometimes burdensome. Giving up your desires for His desires, asking for His will in your life as opposed to your own….this is not an easy thing. But He equips us, and gives us the strength we need to walk the walk with Him.

Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

When you ask God to create in you a clean heart…….it means sometimes He has to break you down, bring you to your knees……..and it hurts! Coming face to face with God with all your brokenness has got to be one of the most painful things you will ever do….but I can tell you from the depth of my heart that it is the most spirit refreshing thing you will ever do!

The closer you draw to God, the lonlier you feel as a Christian. There is nothing sadder than talking with a fellow believer about the wonders of the Holy Spirit, the amazing grace of God, and they look at you with glazed eyes. I know this because I too once stood with glazed eyes, just “not getting it”. When I talk about listening to His Word while I sleep, or listening to His Word on my IPOD as I walk, other Christians look at me as though I am whacko!

Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

What does that verse mean to you? It means exactly what it says to me.

And if we are mocked for loving God this way……….who is being mocked……is it me………is it God’s work in me……..is it God Himself?

Mt. 11:15
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A MEASURE OF HEALING Sep 12, 2008 4:48 pm
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My daily devotional today was about healing....timely don't you reckon?

Psa 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.


That verse really spoke to me! I got to thinking about how just reading a Bible verse puts things in perspective.

One of my friends at work lost her husband earlier this year, very suddenly. She came back to work a few weeks ago, and though she battles to get on with "normalcy", there is an air of hopelessness in her manner. She is a beautiful lady, I love her so much and it breaks my heart coz there is NOTHING I can do that will help her to deal with this....apart from pray. I know the power of prayer, I know the healing that comes from God, but she doesn't. She does believe in God, but she doesn't have a personal relationship with Him. She has no hope.

On the other side of the coin, I have two close girlfriends who both lost their teenage sons very tragically in the last few years. Both these women are Christians. As much as they despair, as much as they still grieve, they have this hope, this separation is not final.

Time does not heal, it just makes it easier for the healing to progress. Our real healing comes at that moment when we enter the gates of heaven......then there will be no more tears....only complete healing!

How awesome a gift that is to those of us who love the Lord! No matter what we endure here on earth, be it sickness, death, loss of a relationship....our time here is just a millisecond compared to what awaits us in heaven.

Php 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

This is our goal.....to live our lives worthy of the calling of Jesus......and to stand before Him, blameless on that day when we see Him face to face.

No matter what is going on around us...to have that desire to run the race with joy, knowing victory is ahead, knowing complete healing is ahead. Praise God for this hope!


I have been through the valley of weeping,
The valley of sorrow and pain;
But the God of all comfort was with me,
At hand to uphold and sustain. - Anon.


The God who washed away our sins will also wipe away our tears!
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NO LOVE LOST Sep 12, 2008 4:43 am
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I just read Marilyn's post, Love Is Never Wasted.....and it struck such a chord in me.

Love is never wasted ...

To love unconditionally......regardless of if that love is returned....

To love beyond barriers, beyond obstacles, to love unselfishly...you know it isn't an easy thing to do.......especially if that love is not returned.

But I believe, no, I KNOW this.....that when we love like that, we get returns.....we get God's love for us. He blesses us when we love the way He yearns for us to love......the way He loves us.

"YOU GIVE OUT AND I WILL REFILL"

He blesses abundantly when we give love!
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Overpaid?????? Sep 12, 2008 2:59 am
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I want to share with you an email convo I had with my pay office...hope it gives you a smile today!

SMARTMOUTH ME: Hi, it was really nice of you to pay me for Saturday 30th August 2008....unfortunately I don't work Saturdays! If you want to give it to me as a gift I will happily accept it!! But, if you want it back, you will have to work your way past my pet crocodile, who I affectionately call Jaws!

UNKNOWN PERSON FROM PAY OFFICE: Hi Penelope, thanks for bringing it to my attention as it was an accidental gift which unfortunately will have to come back. If you would like to send Jaws up that would be great. I could really do with a matching crocodile skin handbag and wallet. (shoes would be great too if he is big enough)
Did you want me to set you up for a payment plan to pay back $50 a fortnight or just have it all come back out at the same time? Sorry again about that, I should really stop getting drunk at work...

Regards, CS

SMARTMOUTH ME: Dear Crocodile Dundee...So this is the thanks I get for faithfully working for ****************???? Better take it in one lump sum...the grief of losing this is bad enough...to have to take it out bit by bit is only prolonging the agony!

UNKNOWN PERSON FROM PAY OFFICE: I'm terribly sorry...but I tell you what...if you work really hard for the next fortnight I promise you will get paid correctly. And I will organise to have the money paid back as painlessly as possible. Like a bandaid quick and painless.

SMARTMOUTH ME: Yeah right!! That's what the tax office tells me too!! Hey you didn't used to work there did you??? Oh and could you send some of that booze under your desk to ***********? I sit in the middle seat...just pop it in the brown bag under my desk!!

UNKNOWN PERSON FROM PAY OFFICEOh you are hilarious!

Well I decided to call it quits at that point! Before she changed the hilarious to deranged!

Anyways the reason I shared this funny with you is coz God has kind of being bringing funny situations into my day (not to mention embarrassing!!) but it's stuff that's made me laugh. Not the desperate "I will laugh at anything to stop me going over the edge" stuff, but genuinely funny things.

I've just noticed them more than I have at any other given time. I think maybe I'm trying to find the blessings amongst the gloom. As much as I'm hurting right now, life isn't all doom and gloom. I think God is trying to show me that I have a lot of stuff to be glad about too.

I love to have a good laugh.....to me it's a gift....to others it could be a curse but it feels good, you know?

I know I will probably have moments where I do some crying and clinging to Jesus, but I want to concentrate on the good stuff He is doing in me and through me. I'm a girl....and you know what they say about us....."girls just wanna have fun"!
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