CONSIDER
"If I say, "Yes, I forgive, but I cannot forget," as though God, who twice a day washes all the sands on all the shores of all the world, could not wash such memories from my mind, then I know nothing of Calvary love."
~ Amy Carmichael (1867-1951), If [1938], London: SPCK, 1961, p. 40
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Friday, October 09, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 10/09/2015
VERSE TO PONDER
"We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
~ Ephesians 2:10
"We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
~ Ephesians 2:10
Thursday, October 08, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 10/08/2015
GOD'S DISCIPLINE IS HIS MERCY
"As we will see, [God's] discipline is his mercy... [W]e understand that the manna revolt and the discipline do not occur at the beginning of the Israelites' journey. They have been rescued from a pursuing army at the Red Sea and rescued from their thirst and hunger with God's provision in the desert...
"They are now nearing the gateway to the land promised to their forefathers. They are no longer at the beginning of their journey, yet they are still behaving like beginners. They seem no closer to actually trusting their God than at the beginning of the wilderness experience. Their repeated refrain remains, "We don't trust you."
"This is a critical point. The Israelites do not seem to have changed over the course of two years in the wilderness... the dissonant tune repeats itself over and over: 'Hardship intended to build trust results instead in contemptuous complaint.' The harsh discipline of the quail plague is not severity for its own sake -- it is intended to dislodge the Israelites from the rut of their lethal, faith-destroying groove. As is true in our lives, here with the Israelites, God is at work to rescue."
~ Jeff Manion, in his book The Land Between
"As we will see, [God's] discipline is his mercy... [W]e understand that the manna revolt and the discipline do not occur at the beginning of the Israelites' journey. They have been rescued from a pursuing army at the Red Sea and rescued from their thirst and hunger with God's provision in the desert...
"They are now nearing the gateway to the land promised to their forefathers. They are no longer at the beginning of their journey, yet they are still behaving like beginners. They seem no closer to actually trusting their God than at the beginning of the wilderness experience. Their repeated refrain remains, "We don't trust you."
"This is a critical point. The Israelites do not seem to have changed over the course of two years in the wilderness... the dissonant tune repeats itself over and over: 'Hardship intended to build trust results instead in contemptuous complaint.' The harsh discipline of the quail plague is not severity for its own sake -- it is intended to dislodge the Israelites from the rut of their lethal, faith-destroying groove. As is true in our lives, here with the Israelites, God is at work to rescue."
~ Jeff Manion, in his book The Land Between
Tuesday, October 06, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 10/06/2015
"These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. 'Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me."
~ Revelation 3:14 and 20
~ Revelation 3:14 and 20
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