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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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Gotta leave you for a while.......... Oct 18, 2008 3:00 pm
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I've been reading some of my earlier blogs and I realise all I've been doing is running around in circles. It's like being a little mouse on one of those treadmills....going round and round and getting nowhere fast!

It's made me feel so ashamed and discouraged at myself. You know this, I've spoken of it before. But today it's screaming at me. No, I'm not depressed right now...not sad....not miserable...but I am resolute. I want the freedom God is offering me.

I spent so long loving a man who didn't think I was worth the risk of loving. I was where God wanted me to be....but not so long ago, His still small voice was speaking to me....my heart was crying...there has to be more than this....and God was saying...."enough". Finally He yelled it at me....."is this all you think you are worth? Only the half measure? Because if this is all you are willing to settle for, this is all you will get" I didn't want to leave this familiar place......but no, I don't want to settle for the half measure either. God has let me know in no uncertain terms that He wants me to have so much more. He wants me to drink fully of His cup of blessing.

One of my friends here at BC told me recently that I am "so much of a woman" that it would only take a man, mature enough in his manliness to conquer me! LOL it was said as a compliment, but it got me thinking on it. I may be a woman, with womanliness LOL, but obviously I'm yet to be a total godly woman.....I know this because God is nudging me...He wants to make a woman out of me!
He is transforming me....this is why I am so unsettled...this is a big change that's happening in me...it hurts like crazy...it's exciting...but it still hurts like crazy!!

Something else struck me in the eyes. An ex once told me that I was naive. He was right! Yes I am.....to my own undoing. I allow people to pull me apart, I trust people who are not worthy of my trust......I allow it coz I am too blinkin naive! I take Christians at face value.....isn't that how it should be? But it isn't the reality.

God gifted me with a spirit of discernment...but even discernment needs fine tuning by Him. I need to be able to discern hidden agendas and careless hearts...coz I don't want to be easy bait to people not worthy of my trust.

I need to step back now, and allow God to do whatever it is He has to do in me. I want the restoration, regardless of the pain..I can't be effective for Him until He fixes these broken bits.

I have spent too much time being Martha...doing, doing, doing...thinking I can handle all this on my own steam. I just can't. It causes me to go up and down like a yo-yo....it's ridiculous really! I need the stability that only Jesus can give me.

So I want to sit at His feet, like Mary. I want to worship Him, and allow Him to strengthen me. I want to be every inch the woman He created me to be...this has been my journey...and there's more up ahead.

I wont be around very much, and as much as I will miss all of you so much, I just have to do this. Blogging is so addictive, and the friends I've made here are so precious to me...this is really hard for me. So many of you have encouraged me and loved me along the way...you are so beautiful, and I love you very much. Please pray for me, as I pray for you.
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The "P" Word......yikes! Oct 18, 2008 3:42 am
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This is a pic of my friend Tricia, in the little sports car I'm always raving on about...yep the one with the butt warmer!!

It was a beautiful, warm Spring day, temp in the eighties, so we went down to the pier for coffee and then a walk along the beach.



I'm a very simple girl, really. I'm not into expensive jewellery, nor designer label clothes. LOL I can even drink cheap wine...and not too much of it either!!

So tell me why then, sitting in this flashy sports car, I feel like a blinkin superstar?

I was telling my son that all the guys notice you when you are in a flashy car like that......he reminded me very sagely that the men were probably drooling over the car, rather than the two women inside it!! Talk about a wet blanket!!

But really.....what is it about these cutesy cars that make people do a double take? and why do we feel so gooooooooood driving in them?

Plain and simple really.........PRIDE!

OUCH!!

Can't get away from that little piece of reality, now can we? Seriously that is exactly what it is.

How many of you men reading this can honestly tell me that you have not coveted a state of the art car at some point in your life? Why?

And what about us girls? When he rolls up to pick you up for that date...in a dream car....don't you feel a little like Cinderella? Why?

Pride!!

In all fairness there are some people that like cars like this for their motoring capability....you are excused....I think!!

Anyways, much as it feels good riding in that hot little car.... especially on those cold days when the butt warmer is on....it does give me a nasty taste in my mouth.
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