Hard books like Ezekiel!

Been reading through Ezekiel.

The Prophet Ezekiel saw some weird stuff.

Example:

 Ezekiel 1:4-14 

I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north—an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal, and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was human, but each of them had four faces and four wings. Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings, and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved. Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle. Such were their faces. They each had two wings spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body. Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning. 

        Now this is pretty weird stuff and being one of the books that describes God's  wrath and anger against Isreal it can be hard to stomach. But don't shy away from the Old Testament books. To understand Jesus fully we need the Old Testament!

 So pick up your bibles and have a read. It's okay not to understand everything. I certainly don't. But we live in a time with a great wealth of information available to us. So don't shy away from asking questions of your church leaders or mentors. Or even getting some good old bible dictionaries out.

There's nothing better than reading the word of God.

So keep reading!

    Here's where I enjoy reading the most!

Many blessings!

When God says Yes

Life... Life can be crazy.

It's been a while since I've posted anything. A long while for the internet world.

I moved out of my family home onto a University Campus. And the challenges of living outside of home have been both large and small.

       Here is a snapshot of the sunset I  now get to see every evening.

I live with four other students now and share housing is great but also a challenge.

But the best thing so far about all this change has been the way that God has looked after me. You see I moved out suddenly without any planning. I lived with a friend for a few weeks and then moved on campus.

God has provide for me every step of the way and I feel a deeper love and knowledge of him now.

The amount of time I spend in God's word is more than I can explain and the depth of love and trust I have for God causes me great contentment and satisfaction.

       The moon through my telescope!

I encourage all you readers to get your noses in the bible because that is where we learn to truly live and love God.

So get in your Bibles! Know God! Love God and feel the deep satisfaction and contentment that only comes from making your whole life about God.

God provides all and sustains all. He gave us his all in Jesus! What more could we possibly need?

Many blessings!

Perseverance in Pain

It’s been a while since I've posted...

But like other bloggers sometimes life fills up and there just isn't time to sit down and blog. 

This can also be an issue in your time with God. It has been for me lately.

Persevering in face of trials and suffering, whether medical or not is extremely hard. And our focus on God can get blurry. But we must remember that God is still good and he still loves us. He cares for us. 

We must remember that we live in a fallen world, so life is going to be painful and hard sometimes. But we must also hold onto the parts that aren’t painful and keep them close when we go through the pain.

One thing I’m slowly learning to do in this painful time when I’m feeling detached and isolated from all who love me is to just sit. Sit and be still with God. Sit and breathe and pray. Reading the bible, not studying it per-se but just sitting and soaking in the words is helpful.

We must remember that God is bigger than our problems. He is stronger and he has promised better. We just have to exercise and practice patience.

And remember its okay to feel upset, it’s okay to cry out to God. It’s okay to want to run away.

But instead we must keep running to God.

Because he is who we will answer to in the end. And we are here because of him.

So while I sit and cry and sometimes want to scream at God; I will also keep coming back to the Promise of Jesus return. I will keep praying and I will keep sitting at the feet of God. Because he will allow me to stand again, he will strengthen me.

Every Problem is a possibility. Every problem is in God’s control.

1 Thessalonians 1

New International Version (NIV)

1 Paul, Silas, and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace and peace to you.

Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ Faith

² We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. ³ We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴ For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, ⁵ because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. ⁶ You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. ⁷ And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. ⁸ The Lord’s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, ⁹ for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, ¹⁰ and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

Many Blessings!