Saturday, May 26, 2012
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Trying this blogging thing out... again.
So, I'm trying out this blogging deal one last time, hoping that maybe I can get really into it and it actually be really eye-opening and cathartic. I'd like a place where I can jot down some thoughts every day and I've never been too good with paper journals. I have a lot going on in my head right now and I feel like I am at the point where I might explode if I don't get it all out.
So, this will be my goal. I will attempt to post one good thing about my day every day. (This is quite the lofty goal, I will admit.) I will also try to explore a scripture a week and explain what it means to me... as a friend of mine calls it, the "SO WHAT!?" of the passage.
I will also post pictures of my cooking adventures (things truly get adventurous in my kitchen), past pictures of random things, and just general things going on in my life. I will post news stories and comment about what I think. As time goes on, I'd like to get to a point where I am comfortable enough sharing this with my family and friends.
So, here I go. This is definitely a new thing for me. I haven't kept a blog since I was like... 15. Well, I haven't kept a blog that I actually updated and wrote in on a regular basis.
For this evening I'd like to share a verse that was shared with me at small group:
2 Corinthians 12:9 - He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power* is made perfect in weakness.’ So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
What does this mean? To me, this scripture was paraphrased essentially as - God's power is made perfect in my weakness. What!? This is one of the scariest, yet most comforting things, I've heard in awhile. I've been going through one of the toughest times of my life and to hear that me being at my lowest is perfection in Him... it's like a breath of fresh air. I'm so small, I am basically trash on earth, nothing but a mist, yet His power dwells in me. His power dwells in the perfection of my weakness.
I am going to try to hold onto this the rest of the week and really attempt to soak up and understand and live by this verse. My weakness, while being scary, is bringing glory to Him.
It goes back to the simple truth: All things should be done to bring Him glory. Being and feeling weak is no exception. There is no exception with His love. :)
Something good about today: I woke up in a warm bed with someone who loves me. So many people have nothing and live in extreme poverty and peril. I have so much to be thankful for.
So, this will be my goal. I will attempt to post one good thing about my day every day. (This is quite the lofty goal, I will admit.) I will also try to explore a scripture a week and explain what it means to me... as a friend of mine calls it, the "SO WHAT!?" of the passage.
I will also post pictures of my cooking adventures (things truly get adventurous in my kitchen), past pictures of random things, and just general things going on in my life. I will post news stories and comment about what I think. As time goes on, I'd like to get to a point where I am comfortable enough sharing this with my family and friends.
So, here I go. This is definitely a new thing for me. I haven't kept a blog since I was like... 15. Well, I haven't kept a blog that I actually updated and wrote in on a regular basis.
For this evening I'd like to share a verse that was shared with me at small group:
2 Corinthians 12:9 - He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power* is made perfect in weakness.’ So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
What does this mean? To me, this scripture was paraphrased essentially as - God's power is made perfect in my weakness. What!? This is one of the scariest, yet most comforting things, I've heard in awhile. I've been going through one of the toughest times of my life and to hear that me being at my lowest is perfection in Him... it's like a breath of fresh air. I'm so small, I am basically trash on earth, nothing but a mist, yet His power dwells in me. His power dwells in the perfection of my weakness.
I am going to try to hold onto this the rest of the week and really attempt to soak up and understand and live by this verse. My weakness, while being scary, is bringing glory to Him.
It goes back to the simple truth: All things should be done to bring Him glory. Being and feeling weak is no exception. There is no exception with His love. :)
Something good about today: I woke up in a warm bed with someone who loves me. So many people have nothing and live in extreme poverty and peril. I have so much to be thankful for.
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