Wow, have I been doing a lot of things this week. But that's what I like -- to stay busy. :-)
I won't take much time to write tonight, but I wanted to share a quote from the book I am currently reading. I am reading Tortured for Christ, by Richard Wurmbrand (the founder of the mission organization Voice of the Martyrs).
"God will judge us not according to how much we endured, but how much we could love."
That is encouraging for me to remember, as I live in a multitude of material blessings. I should not think that the absence of torture and persecution in my life makes me less of a sincere Christian, or that somehow I am missing out on something important. God has a plan for each of our lives, and calls us to be faithful to display His love in whatever He gives us to accomplish.
"For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39
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Some of my favorite Bible verses
Let your conduct be without covetousness, and be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we may boldly say, “The Lord is my helper; what can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:5-6
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For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
1 Timothy 4:4-5
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For he who has died has been freed from sin…. For sin shall not have dominion over your, for you are not under law but under grace.
Romans 6: 7, 14
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In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He heard me. Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lip and from a deceitful tongue.
Psalm 120:1-2
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Indeed it was for my own peace that I had great bitterness; but You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
Isaiah 38:17
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May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He not leave us nor forsake us, that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways. And to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.
1 Kings 8:57-58
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