I am participating in a progressive Christianity class at church this month. I have been writing about it on my Tuesday blog entries. We are studying and discussing Marcus Borg's Embracing an Adult Faith series.
Most of the series talks about the topic of the devotional today. How do you view God? How do you view Jesus? How do you view your relationship to God? Most of us have a tendency to view religion from the things we were taught while we were growing up. That can be very different for each person depending on how they were reared! hehehe
I started questioning things very early in life. I accepted Christ as my savior at 8 years of age. I started studying the Bible fervently at 12 years of age. I continued that through college, and a few years later in seminary. God always seemed to be a crucial part of my life. After many years away from God, I started rekindling the relationship in 2007. It has been a blessing ever since!
Where are you in your relationship to God? How do you see God? Check out my Tuesday entries for the past few weeks. Try answering the questions yourself. Question everything you think you know. God will be there to lead you through the wilderness if you seek Him.
Lord, thank you for being a God of personal relationship. Thank you for being my God and King!
Psalm Sunday
The psalm for this week is Psalm 7. This psalm has a very vivid way of expressing stuff. Look at verse 14:
14 Whoever is pregnant with evil
conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
Wow! That sounds like a horror flick! hehehe
Psalm 7
A shiggaion[b] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
1 LORD my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
2 or they will tear me apart like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3 LORD my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands—
4 if I have repaid my ally with evil
or without cause have robbed my foe—
5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
let him trample my life to the ground
and make me sleep in the dust.[c]
6 Arise, LORD, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
while you sit enthroned over them on high.
8 Let the LORD judge the peoples.
Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness,
according to my integrity, O Most High.
9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure—
you, the righteous God
who probes minds and hearts.
10 My shield[d] is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge,
a God who displays his wrath every day.
12 If he does not relent,
he[e] will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.
14 Whoever is pregnant with evil
conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit they have made.
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
their violence comes down on their own heads.
17 I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness;
I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.
Other Stuff
I had a nice time visiting family yesterday. I got home about 9:30 after taking Mom to a late afternoon movie and then to dinner. I got to eat at Tumbleweed. I love that place!
We had a nice service at Morning Blend this morning. It was nice seeing friends and making some new ones.
I went to the movies after church. I know. I see a lot of movies.... hehehe Took a nap when I got home. It is a lazy day. Getting ready for dinner group tonight will be pretty easy.
Not sure what will happen this week at work or in my personal life. I will keep stepping forward even though I cannot make out the road ahead of me. I have my annual physical tomorrow. That should be a hoot... ;-(
Hang in there, my friends! I will be upbeat and steady. That is what I do...
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