Post by mommadee48 on May 4, 2021 20:47:02 GMT -5
Here's a little history:" Historians say the Atomic age began on July 16'1945, when the first nuclear weapon was detonated in a remote desert of New Mexico. But Greek philosopher Democritus (c. 460-370 BC) was exploring the existence and power of the atom long before the invention of anything that could even see these tiny building blocks of the universe. Democritus comprehended more than he could see and atomic theory was the result."
Isn't that interesting. Humans always seem that they want to stake a claim on something and making it their own, when many, many years ago it was already thought of by a un-heard person. Someone that didn't matter much, because probably he had a decent heart. No ill thoughts did they entertain. But the ones that seem to make a (BIG) thing out of getting recognized, are those with questionable motives, and probably have a love for money, etc. (Will that's my opinion anyway, and opinions are just opinions, nothing more).
The Scriptures tell us that the essence of faith is embracing what can't be seen. Hebrews 11:1 affirms, "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see". This assurance isn't the result of wishful or positive thinking. It's confidence in the GOD we can't see but whose existence is the truest reality in all the universe.
Do you realize I had such a hard time years ago trying to rap this information around my head/mind. Boy it made me a basket case sometimes. Most people back years ago had heard the WORD, or went to Church with family, or whatever. Not me. Did not grow up hearing the WORD, and only got bits and pieces here there.
I was afraid(I can say that now), back then. How could I trust a invisible GOD? Come on now, I new pain, disappointment, and the stories I heard about GOD, would make your hair curl. ( in Matter of speaking).
But little by little I I've challenged myself in this "UNSEEN GOD" in faith and trust. What did I have to loose, if anything? Will now at this age I decided to take God at HIS WORD. My wheel chair is in need of repair. It won't keep a charge. (been waiting for a month at least to get it fixed). However, I needed to get to the store. I was out of certain items that were important that I obtain them. I talk to Jehovah God and said, " My wheel chair is unreliable, but you are not. I am going to trust you to get me up to the store and back with out breaking down and being stuck. Boy was I nerves, but I gritted my teeth and left for the store. I refuse to let my faith waiver, and I sung loving songs to my Father all the way up and back. I praised Him over and over. But that's not then end of my story. In last month April and first week in May I made ( I think ) 3 more trips. I am still waiting, and I know with a lot of HOLY SPIRIT strength, I can trust in HIM, JESUS who says I can trust in HIM.
Did you know with-out "Faith", we cannot please God. Confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. YES, IT'S SCARY TO TRUST IN BLIND FAITH. I GET IT. BUT IF YOU WANT TO GROW IN JEHOVAH GOD AND RECEIVE TRUTH, LOVE, and BLESSING. YOU MUST LEARN TO TRUST HIM AND HIM ALONE. (Man will always one way or another hurt you, we are only human beings. Not perfect and us humans don't start out wanting to hurt our fellow man, but being imperfect, sooner or later it will happen.) JEHOVAH GOD is perfect, forgiving etc... There is ONE, that will always deceive you and always make you feel guilty, unworthy, scared, loveless, so on and so forth... DON'T LET YOUR PRECIOUS LIFE BE DECIDED BY SATAN, HE KNOWS THE WORD INSIDE AND OUT AND LAUGHS AT US, BECAUSE WE REFUSE TO BELIEVE THE BIBLE/WORD. (Now that's something to think about. I cannot make choices for you, I cannot ask Jesus into YOUR heart, I cannot even believe for you, ALL of this is totally up to YOU. I will always pray for you, love you unconditionally, and listen, not judge. That is what JESUS has done for me, and I want to be more like Him.
Now Jesus taught some unpopular ideas in the Sermon on the Mount: " Give to the one who asks you.....Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you" (Matthew 5:42,44). Isn't that a upside down way of thinking, God calls us to follow. Though it may look like weakness, it's actually acting out God's strength. Did you know the ONE who teaches us, is the ONE who gives up the power and strength to live out this up-side down life in what ever way HE asks of us.
Jesus doesn't " correct " this Old Testament teaching- designed to preserve peace and justice- but calls those belonging to the Kingdom of God to live by the principle of nonresistance of nonretaliation at the personal ( not legal ) level. This means that believers in Christ shouldn't descend to the low standard of the perpetrator, returning evil for evil.
One more thing, there's two ways to think about " SPIRITUAL righteousness. One is in your OWN eye, the other is in God's eye's. The righteousness of the Heart, "blessing/brokenness brings humility" . The Religious SELF-RIGHTOUSNESS does fuel the violence inflicted on believers and unbelieves alike.
I don't know about any of you out there, but there was a time (I'm ashamed to say this), I use "righteous- indignation" for my way of thinking and hurting others (Like Paul did in the Bible before he found JESUS). I've learned in the scripture's , that it is best to judge yourself, than let Jehovah God do the judging. (I'd tell you the scripture, but I'm one of those people that could read a scripture one minute, and louse it up the next.). But I believe this day and every day that I'm alive, He loves me, cares for me, died for my sins and saved me. I didn't have to clean up, change my language, stop any of my bad habits. All I ever had to do, is come to Him and believe that He's the Son of Jehovah God, and is truth all the way. He has been cleaning me up for years, and still surprised that I still alive and he is still giving me stuff to do for Him. I DO STILL LOVE HIM, EVEN MORE THIS DAY THAN I EVER DID. AS WE ARE LOVED BY HIM, HIS LOVES GROWS IN US TO LOVE HIM BACK. (ISN'T THAT AWSUM!).
LOVE YOU ALL. MommaDee
Isn't that interesting. Humans always seem that they want to stake a claim on something and making it their own, when many, many years ago it was already thought of by a un-heard person. Someone that didn't matter much, because probably he had a decent heart. No ill thoughts did they entertain. But the ones that seem to make a (BIG) thing out of getting recognized, are those with questionable motives, and probably have a love for money, etc. (Will that's my opinion anyway, and opinions are just opinions, nothing more).
The Scriptures tell us that the essence of faith is embracing what can't be seen. Hebrews 11:1 affirms, "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see". This assurance isn't the result of wishful or positive thinking. It's confidence in the GOD we can't see but whose existence is the truest reality in all the universe.
Do you realize I had such a hard time years ago trying to rap this information around my head/mind. Boy it made me a basket case sometimes. Most people back years ago had heard the WORD, or went to Church with family, or whatever. Not me. Did not grow up hearing the WORD, and only got bits and pieces here there.
I was afraid(I can say that now), back then. How could I trust a invisible GOD? Come on now, I new pain, disappointment, and the stories I heard about GOD, would make your hair curl. ( in Matter of speaking).
But little by little I I've challenged myself in this "UNSEEN GOD" in faith and trust. What did I have to loose, if anything? Will now at this age I decided to take God at HIS WORD. My wheel chair is in need of repair. It won't keep a charge. (been waiting for a month at least to get it fixed). However, I needed to get to the store. I was out of certain items that were important that I obtain them. I talk to Jehovah God and said, " My wheel chair is unreliable, but you are not. I am going to trust you to get me up to the store and back with out breaking down and being stuck. Boy was I nerves, but I gritted my teeth and left for the store. I refuse to let my faith waiver, and I sung loving songs to my Father all the way up and back. I praised Him over and over. But that's not then end of my story. In last month April and first week in May I made ( I think ) 3 more trips. I am still waiting, and I know with a lot of HOLY SPIRIT strength, I can trust in HIM, JESUS who says I can trust in HIM.
Did you know with-out "Faith", we cannot please God. Confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. YES, IT'S SCARY TO TRUST IN BLIND FAITH. I GET IT. BUT IF YOU WANT TO GROW IN JEHOVAH GOD AND RECEIVE TRUTH, LOVE, and BLESSING. YOU MUST LEARN TO TRUST HIM AND HIM ALONE. (Man will always one way or another hurt you, we are only human beings. Not perfect and us humans don't start out wanting to hurt our fellow man, but being imperfect, sooner or later it will happen.) JEHOVAH GOD is perfect, forgiving etc... There is ONE, that will always deceive you and always make you feel guilty, unworthy, scared, loveless, so on and so forth... DON'T LET YOUR PRECIOUS LIFE BE DECIDED BY SATAN, HE KNOWS THE WORD INSIDE AND OUT AND LAUGHS AT US, BECAUSE WE REFUSE TO BELIEVE THE BIBLE/WORD. (Now that's something to think about. I cannot make choices for you, I cannot ask Jesus into YOUR heart, I cannot even believe for you, ALL of this is totally up to YOU. I will always pray for you, love you unconditionally, and listen, not judge. That is what JESUS has done for me, and I want to be more like Him.
Now Jesus taught some unpopular ideas in the Sermon on the Mount: " Give to the one who asks you.....Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you" (Matthew 5:42,44). Isn't that a upside down way of thinking, God calls us to follow. Though it may look like weakness, it's actually acting out God's strength. Did you know the ONE who teaches us, is the ONE who gives up the power and strength to live out this up-side down life in what ever way HE asks of us.
Jesus doesn't " correct " this Old Testament teaching- designed to preserve peace and justice- but calls those belonging to the Kingdom of God to live by the principle of nonresistance of nonretaliation at the personal ( not legal ) level. This means that believers in Christ shouldn't descend to the low standard of the perpetrator, returning evil for evil.
One more thing, there's two ways to think about " SPIRITUAL righteousness. One is in your OWN eye, the other is in God's eye's. The righteousness of the Heart, "blessing/brokenness brings humility" . The Religious SELF-RIGHTOUSNESS does fuel the violence inflicted on believers and unbelieves alike.
I don't know about any of you out there, but there was a time (I'm ashamed to say this), I use "righteous- indignation" for my way of thinking and hurting others (Like Paul did in the Bible before he found JESUS). I've learned in the scripture's , that it is best to judge yourself, than let Jehovah God do the judging. (I'd tell you the scripture, but I'm one of those people that could read a scripture one minute, and louse it up the next.). But I believe this day and every day that I'm alive, He loves me, cares for me, died for my sins and saved me. I didn't have to clean up, change my language, stop any of my bad habits. All I ever had to do, is come to Him and believe that He's the Son of Jehovah God, and is truth all the way. He has been cleaning me up for years, and still surprised that I still alive and he is still giving me stuff to do for Him. I DO STILL LOVE HIM, EVEN MORE THIS DAY THAN I EVER DID. AS WE ARE LOVED BY HIM, HIS LOVES GROWS IN US TO LOVE HIM BACK. (ISN'T THAT AWSUM!).
LOVE YOU ALL. MommaDee