WINTERY SABBATH
Goodevening fellow bloggers,
I had meant to type this up earlier. I got to busy with Facebook and am just now getting around to it. That shows I don't have my priorities straight. I should have done this first and then gone to Facebook. Facebook becomes very addictive. With the winter storm we had on Thursday church was cancelled today. It made for a long day. When I miss church the day always seems longer, but I do get a good rest. So I am always ready for the Sabbath to come.
I don't know what I want to actually write about this evening. I have a couple of things in mind. I guess I will just have to see what comes out. I was going to talk about more prayer request, which I do have. But a friend in the church and on Facebook put a question to me that I would like to hear your feelings and scriptures on.
The question is "Should Christians wear a cross or use the cross as decoration in your home, church etc?" My grandpa Johnston, who most of you know was a minister, always told us he thought it was inappropriate to have the cross symbol on the church building or pews, or pulpit. I cannot recall what scriptures he used for his viewpoint. I couldn't think of any myself, when she asked me the question. I have always worn cross necklaces. Now my husband doesn't think you should wear a cross and I don't recall right now, why he believes that. One brother sent a comment and said if you had asked him that question several years ago, he would have definintely said NO! But through study of the Bible, he says he doesn't see anything wrong with it unless you use it as an Idol or worship it. Then it would be wrong. He gave a scripture in Exodus pertaining to the Ten Commandments. I would like to hear someone else's veiw on this. So I am putting it out to my blog readers. Please send me your comments and scriptures.
I have a very sad prayer request. A woman I went to school with and graduated with, lost her son this week. He was in the Army and was a sniper shooter. He had been in Bosnia for a while. When he came back he wasn't the same. He had a lot of regrets over the whole Bosnia assignment. He saw a lot of death, one being a friend and buddy. It torn him up inside. He was a single dad, and had custody of his two children, ages 4 and 5. The sad thing is he wasn't thinking about his children and family when he took his life. He was 31 years old. Please remember this family in your prayers. It is so sad to loose a loved one, but even more so to suicide.
I am glad to report our pastor is still with us. It was a very iffy situation there for a while and he still isn't out of the woods. I did talk to one of the elders of our church, and he had heard Ivan was better. He was beginning to be able to eat some solid food, but would be in the hospital at least another week. God continues to Bless him even in this trying time of his life. The poor man is so tired and weary of the health issues he has been going through. It seems to never end. I truly believe God is with him and has carried him through all of this. I don't think he would still be with us, if it wasn't God's will. I have prayed God will spare his life a little longer. I feel God sent him to our group in Claremore. I pray that God will give him a chance to work a little longer with us before it is his time to go. I pray God will give him strength and lessen his pain. It would be wonderful if God would take all his pain away.
My third request is for a young man that grew up in the church in Claremore, Max Eddy. He did live in Tiawah, Oklahoma. It is a very small town south of Claremore. He works for American Airlines and had been laid off. When they called him back to work, he had to transfer to Texas. He wasn't down there very long when he became very sick. They found he had brain cancer. He was to start treatments for that, but before they started, the doctors discovered he had a tumor in his head. Not in the brain where the cancer is. The tumor isn't cancerous as far as they can tell, but it is growing rapidly. Monday morning he is to have surgery to remove the tumor. He is suppose to be 1 week in the hospital and then 2 weeks in assisted living. He will be off work for two months. He needs your prayers very much. He will be in the Texas Health Harris Medical Hospital in Bedford, Texas. His surgery is set for 9:00 a.m. Monday. Please remember him in your prayers between now and Monday, through the surgery and recovery.
This has been a very sad blog. The world is quickly becoming more and more unsafe to live in. We need to keep our priorities straight and let God be in control. Some wonder why God is letting all of this happen. He could control everything but does not want to do that. Some things just happen because thats the way it is. God doesn't want robots. He wants us to love him and serve him because we love him and want to do what is right. He wants us to desire eternal life with him and Christ. So God gives us free will. With doing that, we have trials and tribulations to go through. What I pray is God will see me through all of this. I believe there will be even worse times to come, but I feel if you are a true believer and server of God, he will see you through all of it. Everyone has to die once, God told us. And when we die we will be asleep resting until Christ comes. We will have no more trials and tribulations. Our time for that is over and we will rest in peace. We will no longer have thoughts or see things happening to our loved ones that are upsetting. We will be at peace. Our reward will be eternal life with God and Christ. If we went to heaven or hell we would already have eternal life. That is only promised to those who live righteously and faitful toward God.
I didn't mean to get off on a different subject such as heaven and hell. That was not my intention. But maybe it was God's, since I started talking about that during my prayer requests. I will try to bring that study to my blog soon. I need to get my thoughts together on it and look up the scriptures, so you can study them for yourselves. Take care my friends, keep the faith, trust in God and He will bless you.
Starlight*
I had meant to type this up earlier. I got to busy with Facebook and am just now getting around to it. That shows I don't have my priorities straight. I should have done this first and then gone to Facebook. Facebook becomes very addictive. With the winter storm we had on Thursday church was cancelled today. It made for a long day. When I miss church the day always seems longer, but I do get a good rest. So I am always ready for the Sabbath to come.
I don't know what I want to actually write about this evening. I have a couple of things in mind. I guess I will just have to see what comes out. I was going to talk about more prayer request, which I do have. But a friend in the church and on Facebook put a question to me that I would like to hear your feelings and scriptures on.
The question is "Should Christians wear a cross or use the cross as decoration in your home, church etc?" My grandpa Johnston, who most of you know was a minister, always told us he thought it was inappropriate to have the cross symbol on the church building or pews, or pulpit. I cannot recall what scriptures he used for his viewpoint. I couldn't think of any myself, when she asked me the question. I have always worn cross necklaces. Now my husband doesn't think you should wear a cross and I don't recall right now, why he believes that. One brother sent a comment and said if you had asked him that question several years ago, he would have definintely said NO! But through study of the Bible, he says he doesn't see anything wrong with it unless you use it as an Idol or worship it. Then it would be wrong. He gave a scripture in Exodus pertaining to the Ten Commandments. I would like to hear someone else's veiw on this. So I am putting it out to my blog readers. Please send me your comments and scriptures.
I have a very sad prayer request. A woman I went to school with and graduated with, lost her son this week. He was in the Army and was a sniper shooter. He had been in Bosnia for a while. When he came back he wasn't the same. He had a lot of regrets over the whole Bosnia assignment. He saw a lot of death, one being a friend and buddy. It torn him up inside. He was a single dad, and had custody of his two children, ages 4 and 5. The sad thing is he wasn't thinking about his children and family when he took his life. He was 31 years old. Please remember this family in your prayers. It is so sad to loose a loved one, but even more so to suicide.
I am glad to report our pastor is still with us. It was a very iffy situation there for a while and he still isn't out of the woods. I did talk to one of the elders of our church, and he had heard Ivan was better. He was beginning to be able to eat some solid food, but would be in the hospital at least another week. God continues to Bless him even in this trying time of his life. The poor man is so tired and weary of the health issues he has been going through. It seems to never end. I truly believe God is with him and has carried him through all of this. I don't think he would still be with us, if it wasn't God's will. I have prayed God will spare his life a little longer. I feel God sent him to our group in Claremore. I pray that God will give him a chance to work a little longer with us before it is his time to go. I pray God will give him strength and lessen his pain. It would be wonderful if God would take all his pain away.
My third request is for a young man that grew up in the church in Claremore, Max Eddy. He did live in Tiawah, Oklahoma. It is a very small town south of Claremore. He works for American Airlines and had been laid off. When they called him back to work, he had to transfer to Texas. He wasn't down there very long when he became very sick. They found he had brain cancer. He was to start treatments for that, but before they started, the doctors discovered he had a tumor in his head. Not in the brain where the cancer is. The tumor isn't cancerous as far as they can tell, but it is growing rapidly. Monday morning he is to have surgery to remove the tumor. He is suppose to be 1 week in the hospital and then 2 weeks in assisted living. He will be off work for two months. He needs your prayers very much. He will be in the Texas Health Harris Medical Hospital in Bedford, Texas. His surgery is set for 9:00 a.m. Monday. Please remember him in your prayers between now and Monday, through the surgery and recovery.
This has been a very sad blog. The world is quickly becoming more and more unsafe to live in. We need to keep our priorities straight and let God be in control. Some wonder why God is letting all of this happen. He could control everything but does not want to do that. Some things just happen because thats the way it is. God doesn't want robots. He wants us to love him and serve him because we love him and want to do what is right. He wants us to desire eternal life with him and Christ. So God gives us free will. With doing that, we have trials and tribulations to go through. What I pray is God will see me through all of this. I believe there will be even worse times to come, but I feel if you are a true believer and server of God, he will see you through all of it. Everyone has to die once, God told us. And when we die we will be asleep resting until Christ comes. We will have no more trials and tribulations. Our time for that is over and we will rest in peace. We will no longer have thoughts or see things happening to our loved ones that are upsetting. We will be at peace. Our reward will be eternal life with God and Christ. If we went to heaven or hell we would already have eternal life. That is only promised to those who live righteously and faitful toward God.
I didn't mean to get off on a different subject such as heaven and hell. That was not my intention. But maybe it was God's, since I started talking about that during my prayer requests. I will try to bring that study to my blog soon. I need to get my thoughts together on it and look up the scriptures, so you can study them for yourselves. Take care my friends, keep the faith, trust in God and He will bless you.
Starlight*
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