Greetings in the Lord sisters!
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls."
1 Peter 1:3-9
I read this today and was pondering it....
"Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
Mark 8:38
And wondering if there are ways we have to fight in some moments of our flesh of doing that. We know that God has chosen things that are despised in the world's eyes.
"For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
That no flesh should glory in his presence."
1 Corinthians 1:26-29
We can rejoice to be that way for Christ's sake! Our flesh sometimes needs reminding of that though! So we shouldn't expect to be loved by the world. There's a problem if we are.
"Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men."
Acts 5:29
So in some real life ways here, I hope and pray we are bold to obey His commands for us as women. The Lord commands us women how to dress...so we must not be ashamed of that! And I mention that because it seems to be a huge area of rebellion for women (and men too I guess). And so in that we obey God rather than man.
And the world says that to be a keeper at home and to raise children is foolish too. But it's what the Lord would have women do, so it is good indeed! We are not ashamed of that!
And the world says it's foolish for a woman to submit to her husband (or to male authority) too. But again we sisters don't listen to them and would rather be fools for Christ's sake which is doing the roles that God Himself intended and first created us for. It is being meek and quiet, not wanting to be heard but doing good in serving those we ought to.
There's so many areas we could ponder about how we could possibly be ashamed, even in tiny ways, of Christ's words even if we don't realise we are doing it.
And it would be different for everyone but I hope we don't do it of course...but it's something to ponder.
A few other areas might be how we have to separate from sinful people who claim to be believers. They might do things and want you to participate but you know those things are wrong. It might be something like Sunday ritual gatherings, or Christmass or Easter celebrations or unbiblical weddings or birthday parties or many other things but we know we are to separate from all sin and false ways especially of those who claim to love and follow Christ but keep sinful things and ways. So we must do so standing boldly on the truth of God's Word that tells us to separate from those things and be holy.
Let us set our faces like flint and do the Lord's will no matter what.
"For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed."
Isaiah 50:7
Amen. And even if you are the only one you know fully obeying God and are alone then you must press on. One day if we all are faithful we shall be rewarded.
We know to expect this...
"And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved."
Mark 13:13
A sister in the Lord sent me this scripture picture. They had some snow today.
We appreciate edifying and encouraging each other daily in the Word and sharing our simple lives as godly women. There are truly few who love the Lord and would do anything and everything He commands in His Word.
And she sent me this awesome sunset scripture picture...
And this one too and I added the scripture.
Reminds me of this....
"Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
And all the people saw him walking and praising God:"
Acts 3:6-9
That lame man got something better than money!
And this....
"And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak."
Mark 7:37
Amen. Christ is the healer of the body but above all He can save our souls from eternal death!
And I was reminded of the time I got to see a bit of snow falling in another state. That was a rare treat.
He's a pretty creation!
"Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"
Matthew 6:2
Today I finished sewing this skirt (well almost finished as I haven't done the hem yet). It was a new project for me with learning sewing with knit fabrics. It's a lightweight soft type knit. It went well for the most part:-) At least the sewing with the knit fabric went well but I had a math error but nothing horrifically major...as it's still a totally good skirt. So I plan to be sewing some more for my shop soon.
And I picked apples and made a dessert. That's a treat. We don't normally have that many apples from our own trees.
And made some pumpkin soup...which was cozy on a cold night.
"In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."
1 Thessalonians 5:18
OK sisters. That's some of my day; some simple things of a woman in Titus 2 and Proverbs 31 roles. Maybe it could edify and bless you too as you go about life in the Lord in these things.
Lord willing I shall be back tomorrow.
"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen."
Jude 1:24-25
Love in Christ,
...from a daughter of the Lord
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