Interesting Thought

A friend posted a quote from a Christian book that got me thinking. It said that spiritual fervor in the wrong direction is better than spiritual apathy in the right direction. Interesting, but I don't think I agree.
While I do believe God honours & blesses our intentions TO A POINT, I have seen the "spiritual fervor in the wrong direction" of people who love Jesus do some REALLY terrible things. To them, to their loved ones, to people they just interact with! I have seen people who love God with their whole heart & are completely on fire for Him be deceived in what starts as small areas. These small things grew & grew until the consequences were nearly catastrophic.
Spiritual fervor is a gift from God & something we are called to, but can also be so dangerous.

Being on fire for God, but slightly off-target, is not always a bad thing though. If your heart's true desire is to follow & obey Jesus, & you just got a little off-track, I totally believe God can redeem that & bless you for your intentions & desire to honour Him.
However, the Enemy delights in taking well-meaning, God-fearing people & getting them off-track JUST ENOUGH to cause spiritual death & destruction to them & those around them.

Hmmm, seems like a fine line.
I don't know. I'm not saying I have any or all answers, I'm just sharing my musings on a topic I found interesting.

Happy Birthday!

Since I can't hang out with my hubby on his bday I'm home alone watching my fav sappy movie, P.S. I Love You.  It's the best cuz we ARE Holly & Gerry!!

So Happy Birthday to my amazing man!

It has been my honour to be your wife these past 3 1/2 years.

I love you babe!!!

I'm Done

Everyone who knows me knows I love an intelligent debate! (Sometimes I'm called down-right argumentative, hee hee!)
I have been happy to facilitate a discussion on the nature of God on my blog, however I feel now that what started as a discussion has turned into more of an attack or belittling of what I know to be true.
My blog was created to be a place for me to share things with the people in my life who love and respect me, Jay Jay, you are neither.
I'm asking Jay Jay to please leave my blog now. I hope you have learned something from my blog, but somehow I really doubt it.
I honestly and truly wish no ill towards you. You've made me angry, but not because you have different beliefs than I do. The manner in which you "presented" your beliefs is what angered me. I hope (and pray) that God blesses you with insight and wisdom in your life. I also pray for you salvation, if that upsets you, too bad. :)

Again, I want to reclaim my own blog. Please respect my wishes. Thanks.

And a BIG thanks to all my awesome ladies that left insightful comments. You are all truly blessed by God and loved by me!

Discipline

It sucks getting disciplined.  It always has and I'm pretty sure it always will.  HOWEVER...

that being said, I do appreciate more than I can say the results of discipline when it is given and accepted in love.

Today my Heavenly Father brought some things to my attention that I had been ignoring.  I didn't like how he did it, in fact I hated it.  It was awful and incredibly, incredibly hard to handle.

I did however, face what was being brought up, own it, and renounce it.  I accepted my Father's discipline for what it was, an act of the purest love I'll ever know.

It sucked at the time, no mistake about it, but now I can FREELY bask in the love, peace and joy my Jesus has bathed me in.

So I will choose to rejoice in not only my Father's pride and pleasure in me, but also His corrections, for they bring about a life lived abundantly!

My amazing girlies!

Okay, seriously, is it any wonder I adore them?

Perfection!

I normally love babysitting my nieces, but I must admit, getting to put them to bed is the best part of an already awesome time!
I love having them ask me to "Say prayers to the God" with them.
They hold my hand, and just gaze up at me while we say the Lord's Prayer together.
I can't get enough of their smile, their excitement and joy over talking to their Heavenly Father.
I hope to someday recapture that myself. Oh to have the faith of a child. Is it any wonder Jesus calls us to it?