Today was summer as it should be: upper 80's to lower 90's, light clouds scattered across a blue sky, a pleasant but light breeze blowing gently all day. It missed only mountains for perfection.
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In less than 24 hours I shall see my Jaimie. This brings unspeakable joy to my heart.
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I had another thought I wished to place in this space, but it has fled, left me here; I know not why.
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Nehemiah is an incredible book. He was an incredible man - a man who burned with passion for the things of God, a man who dared to be violent against sin, to take great and bold stands against disobedience. So may we all be. (Though I may choose other ways to correct than beating, cursing, and tearing out hair; this is not my style. But I love the passion for God it reveals!)
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Proverbs 28:9 says, "If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayers are an abomination." That is a fearful warning indeed, and a great caution to us to ever be studying Scripture and seeking the heart of God. If we turn away from His word, even our prayer is abominable: and that is a terrible place to be!
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God is great and mighty and awesome and above all others: and it is both a terrifying thing and a wonderful thing that He executes justice as He does. Terrifying, because we must then ourselves be just or be judged. Wonderful, because He is just and we may have sure hope that we will be justified in and by Him!
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I rejoice the more in knowing God every day. This summer is thus far an incredible season of growing in faith and walking with God. Praise Him for such times as these!
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Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; He is gracious, merciful, and righteous. (Psalm 112:4)
How great a promise this: that even in the darkness, we will have Light, for He is gracious, He is merciful, and He is righteous! Here, as often elsewhere in Scripture, we see both the righteousness of God, with its promise of swift judgment on sin and disobedience, in the same place as His mercy and grace, and it is this that gives us hope, that is our light in the darkness. He is merciful and gracious: and so His righteousness is a source of hope as well as of trembling, as it could not be otherwise. (Of course, He could not be righteous and not be merciful and gracious, for mercy and grace and righteousness are all one together, not separable.)
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God is good. That is the sure testimony of all of Scripture, and I see His goodness writ large across my life, especially evident to me in these college years by dint of closeness, but sure and true for all of my days.
Praise Him!
- Chris
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In less than 24 hours I shall see my Jaimie. This brings unspeakable joy to my heart.
---
I had another thought I wished to place in this space, but it has fled, left me here; I know not why.
---
Nehemiah is an incredible book. He was an incredible man - a man who burned with passion for the things of God, a man who dared to be violent against sin, to take great and bold stands against disobedience. So may we all be. (Though I may choose other ways to correct than beating, cursing, and tearing out hair; this is not my style. But I love the passion for God it reveals!)
---
Proverbs 28:9 says, "If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayers are an abomination." That is a fearful warning indeed, and a great caution to us to ever be studying Scripture and seeking the heart of God. If we turn away from His word, even our prayer is abominable: and that is a terrible place to be!
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The Lord your God is God of Gods and Lord of Lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribes! He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve Him and hold fast to Him, and by His name you shall swear. He is your praise. He is your God, who has done these great and terrifying things before your eyes. (Deuteronomy 10:17-21)
God is great and mighty and awesome and above all others: and it is both a terrifying thing and a wonderful thing that He executes justice as He does. Terrifying, because we must then ourselves be just or be judged. Wonderful, because He is just and we may have sure hope that we will be justified in and by Him!
---
I rejoice the more in knowing God every day. This summer is thus far an incredible season of growing in faith and walking with God. Praise Him for such times as these!
---
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; He is gracious, merciful, and righteous. (Psalm 112:4)
How great a promise this: that even in the darkness, we will have Light, for He is gracious, He is merciful, and He is righteous! Here, as often elsewhere in Scripture, we see both the righteousness of God, with its promise of swift judgment on sin and disobedience, in the same place as His mercy and grace, and it is this that gives us hope, that is our light in the darkness. He is merciful and gracious: and so His righteousness is a source of hope as well as of trembling, as it could not be otherwise. (Of course, He could not be righteous and not be merciful and gracious, for mercy and grace and righteousness are all one together, not separable.)
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God is good. That is the sure testimony of all of Scripture, and I see His goodness writ large across my life, especially evident to me in these college years by dint of closeness, but sure and true for all of my days.
Praise Him!
- Chris
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