Tuesday, March 10, 2009,12:25 AM
Quiet Time
Hey all just wanna share with you my QT experience on Sunday. Been a long week for me and many of us. Sunday was indeed a well deserved rest day and i took things at a slower pace. Spent some time with my brother Edwin cos he came back only on Sunday morning. We had lunch at Pizza Hut and got to understand what in the world is he actually doing in camp. Life's pretty aimless now for him but i do hope that we can play a part in helping him recognize purpose in life.
So i was reading Jeremiah 11:18-20 for my connect journal. Its the Jeremiah / Lamentations one. Crystal bought it for me since last year around Oct bah?
18 Because the LORD revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. 19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying,
"Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
let us cut him off from the land of the living,
that his name be remembered no more." 20 But, O LORD Almighty, you who judge righteously
and test the heart and mind,
let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you I have committed my cause.
Below is a little extract from a sermon(i think) about this passage too, it says:
Prophet Jeremiah lived in a time and place where the forces of the evil one were all
around him. Even though God had delivered His people, bringing the ancestors out of bondage and
slavery, the succeeding generations departed from listening to the LORD and even plotted to kill him.
Though this was a struggle and Jeremiah had to endure suffering, insult, hardship, lies and pain of
body, soul and spirit, still he trusted in God and prayed, "Oh, Lord of Hosts, Who judges justly, and
Who examines the heart and the mind, let me see Your vengeance on them, for to You I commit my
cause."
What's ahead for you? God knows.
If it is physical pain, fear not, God is not punishing you since
Christ took all your eternal pain of punishment upon Himself when He was crucified.
If it is betrayal, fear not, Jesus was betrayed and God is faithful to His unchanging promise of gracious
love.
If you must stand at the graveside of a loved one, fear not, Christ has defeated death.
If an arm or foot or leg is amputated, fear not, Jesus' Resurrection restores life and limb.
If Alzheimer's Disease awaits you with the insidious possibility that you may not even know who you are, fear not,
God has redeemed you. He has called you by name, you are His and He knows His own.
If you are lonely, fear not, the entire Holy Trinity - Father, Son, Holy Spirit dwells within you. God will never
leave you nor forsake you. Remember the sure promise that Jesus is with you always, even to the
end of the age.
Even if martyrdom awaits you, fear not; that day you will be with Christ in Paradise.
If the weeping tears are bitter, fear not, Jesus turns such tears to ones of rejoicing.
If overwhelming guilt, fear not and recall the truth of God's Good News for you: namely, Christ has paid the price of
all your violations of God's Law and by the grace of God, you are forgiven of all your sins in the
Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Edmund
1 Comments:
thanks for sharing bro! =)
was reminded about letting God take the driver's seat in our lives from what you shared.
think this should really be how we lead our lives!
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March 10, 2009 at 4:15 PM
