Greetings in love to my sisters!
How's things in your life? Hope most of all that you're strong in the Lord standing on His truth.
Some wisdom for your day...
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Proverbs 15:16-17
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Proverbs 16:8
We see what's most important. Of course it isn't sinful to have good food and maybe a lot of variety of it (as compared to just bread and water)...and give God thanks...but it's not our focus even though we Titus 2 women may need to do a lot of it. We sisters know there are more important things in life...seeking first God's kingdom and righteousness. And if some of us sisters got together we wouldn't care much about the food at all but about the godly fellowship and love in the Lord. It is a joy to serve others in their needs of food though.
We do know about the warnings in scripture of fleshly lusts and we know greed in this area of food is all around us in the world. In fact we can see this...
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
Ezekiel 16:49-50
...some of the sins that God destroyed Sodom for. Does that not sound like much of our world today? God's wrath is coming we know for those who obey not the gospel and know not God.
And we know we saints who are zealous of good works and loving and obey God are often thought of as having a works-based gospel. But in reality we cling to Christ through faith in Him (we can't see Him yet we believe all He has done for us and who He is) which leads to good works. It's impossible to have faith without works (but not the works of the old law no). I believe many use this excuse because there's a work or many (which are God's commands) they don't want to obey. We know wilful sin is not a good thing...remember what happened to the couple in Acts 5 who believed but God killed them. Let us fear. God gave these examples and warnings to us for a reason...many right throughout the whole Bible.
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
1 Corinthians 10:6
Let us sisters keep being faithful to the Lord, loving what He loves and hating what He hates.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
And of some have compassion, making a difference:
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Jude 1:21-23
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I share an assortment of things from my simple day in Christ.
Cute chickies relaxing in the tree...
...which are former homes to the animals that lived in them and were protected. Reminds me of us sister soldiers having our spiritual armour on too!
And some French onion soup...
Glory to God for creating it all and letting us appreciate and share it all.
Pretty patterns in the tree left by insects...
How peaceful and beautiful. God made it all and gave us the ability to see...to hear...to touch...to smell...to taste..........and to give Him all the glory for it.
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Hebrews 1:10-12
Thank you sister for these scripture gifts...
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.Psalm 139:23-24
Yes He owns it all!
Yes we must come to God through Christ. We are to deny ourselves and follow Him and His ways and strive in order to enter.
OK sisters...I must go. We can each do the best we can in each day for the Lord. Hope yours is a good one in Christ. Look to Him for everything you need. And I'm here to encourage you on.
Love in Christ,
Sister Michaela
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