Wow! It just occurred to me that this is my 500th post. Thanks be to God for teaching me so many lessons in this pilgrim's journey. It is my prayer that those reading my blogs have been blest by them. All glory to Him!
This morning when I woke up, I felt much better after experiencing a lousy encounter in office yesterday. Praise the Lord for meeting my emotional needs when I needed one.
The whole of today my mind was thinking about a conversation I had with a sibling-in-Christ over MSN where she mentioned something about good and bad Christians. She believes there are but to me, a Christian is a Christian. It is either we are living out the kind of life God wants us to or not at all. Of course, this is an ideal for all who call themselves Christians.
Then again if we are not practising fully what the Word of God says, does that make us bad? I think the devil would want us to think so and along the way continue to taunt us till the point where we feel so guilty that we decide to give up once and for all. When that happens, he wins.
I think what matters at the end of the day is that desire in us to want to live a godly and holy lifestyle... yes, along the way, we fall because we are all humans but we must not believe in what the devil tells us that because of the occasional rebellion, we are bad Christians. So long as we are pressing on in our pilgrim's journey and learning to overcome the sins in our lives, I believe God is pleased with us.
Being a Christian is not something that is passed down from one generation to another. Being borned in a Christian family does not make one a Christian. It is when that individual professes his belief in God that matters. If you are just a Christian by name, then you are not one at all.
We must note that the Christian walk is a journey in itself - along the way God moulds us in our ups and downs. Yes, the downs as well because having overcome them, it strengthens our character and faith.
Well, these are just some of my thoughts for now on the above-mentioned.
It has been a reflective day for me. The other thought I had was something I shared quite some time ago about a struggle I have pertaining to relationships. Well, recently it came to mind again and I realised I have my gutlessness to blame for not pursuing it hence regretting now my hesitation. Well, I guess life has to go on and hopefully I will learn from this. :)
"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete." Luke 6:46-49
This morning when I woke up, I felt much better after experiencing a lousy encounter in office yesterday. Praise the Lord for meeting my emotional needs when I needed one.
The whole of today my mind was thinking about a conversation I had with a sibling-in-Christ over MSN where she mentioned something about good and bad Christians. She believes there are but to me, a Christian is a Christian. It is either we are living out the kind of life God wants us to or not at all. Of course, this is an ideal for all who call themselves Christians.
Then again if we are not practising fully what the Word of God says, does that make us bad? I think the devil would want us to think so and along the way continue to taunt us till the point where we feel so guilty that we decide to give up once and for all. When that happens, he wins.
I think what matters at the end of the day is that desire in us to want to live a godly and holy lifestyle... yes, along the way, we fall because we are all humans but we must not believe in what the devil tells us that because of the occasional rebellion, we are bad Christians. So long as we are pressing on in our pilgrim's journey and learning to overcome the sins in our lives, I believe God is pleased with us.
Being a Christian is not something that is passed down from one generation to another. Being borned in a Christian family does not make one a Christian. It is when that individual professes his belief in God that matters. If you are just a Christian by name, then you are not one at all.
We must note that the Christian walk is a journey in itself - along the way God moulds us in our ups and downs. Yes, the downs as well because having overcome them, it strengthens our character and faith.
Well, these are just some of my thoughts for now on the above-mentioned.
It has been a reflective day for me. The other thought I had was something I shared quite some time ago about a struggle I have pertaining to relationships. Well, recently it came to mind again and I realised I have my gutlessness to blame for not pursuing it hence regretting now my hesitation. Well, I guess life has to go on and hopefully I will learn from this. :)
"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete." Luke 6:46-49
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