Chapel Chat

Holy-get-right-to-the-point-Bat-Pastor!

Aside from Doug's great metro-hair he has going on, (love it) he did not disappoint with today's message. I would say...homerun with the added pain of me catching that 100 mph ball....with my face.

He spoke in John 8: 31-32...

...if you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

If we do not abide in His word, then we risk being slaves to a second master. If we do not fellowship with our Father, then it should be no wonder that we fall apart. Fall away.

I confess I have not been abiding and that I KNOW that I have not. I am keenly aware of my shortcomings which keeps me ever-present in wretched man syndrome. I am not one of those who lies to myself. I know that which I do. God keeps me knowing my sin for some reason. If I didn't know better, I would think just to torture me. But I do know better so it keeps me on the road of constant confession, so that is likely why he does it. To keep my reliant. Is it not the BEST that He is SO faithful when we are SO faithless???

If God has given me much, then much will be expected of me and for me to have endeavored to do such a big thing while not abiding is not only wrong and the reason for much of my difficulty, but it is also SIN.

Sigh. Any of you that have followed along with me through this journey knows that I have put it down, picked it up, put it down. (the load) Given it to Him and taken it back, over and over.

I do not why this is my thorn. I could accomplish so much more if I could steady my hand a bit.
But I have fallen into not abiding which I always had been pretty consistent with. We of course, credit that very thing, (the Lord being the authority in the home & consistent bible teaching) with the girls coming out so well. I have long been worried about THEM and less been worried about ME. Silly I know.

But I stopped abiding and well, it has seeped into all sorts of other areas in my life as well.
It's really, well... stinktastic.

Freedom Doug said, depends on whether you abide in the word. Your very freedom.

I re-commit to abiding with alone time and family time. A family without regular bible time is risking much. Their very freedom even.

It is not a risk I wish to take.

I heard a great saying yesterday.

It is necessary, therefore it is possible.

Wow. I love that. It got me thinking that perhaps the magazine was not a mistake as I sometimes think, but that because it was prayed over, and we got the "go" we could if even just for argument's sake, assume that the Lord thought it necessary.

If He thought it necessary, then He definitely made it possible.

It so often seems IMPOSSIBLE but today I realize that the freedom it would come with would only be by regular abiding, which I had forsaken all for the ridiculous excuse of being BUSY?????

OUCH.

I will change this saying to the more aptly put:

It is necessary, therefore it is possible when you abide in His word.

Thanks P-Diddy.