Storms

A little girl walked daily to and from school. Though the weather that morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her daily trek to the elementary school. As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with thunder and lightning. The mother of the little girl felt concerned that her daughter would be frightened as she walked home from school, and she herself feared that the electrical storm might harm her child. Following the roar of thunder, lightning, like a flaming sword, would cut through the sky. Full of concern, the mother quickly got into her car and drove along the route to her child's school. As she did so, she saw her little girl walking along, but at each flash of lightning, the child would stop, look and smile. Another and another were to follow quickly, each with the little girl stopping, looking at the streak of light and smiling. Finally, the mother called her over to the car and asked, "What are you doing?" The child answered, "God just keeps taking pictures of me."

"And a little child shall lead them..."

Lord, help me to trust You as much as this little one, especially when the storms of life crash around me.

I got this from Brian, a really cool friend.

Knowledge of our Lord

Those who trust in the LORD
Are like Mount Zion,
Which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
Psalm 125:1

This week has been a little tuff with school. Prayer would be great! I was reading 2 Peter chapter one and there were some really interesting things there.

"add to your faith
virtue,
to virtue knowledge,
to knowledge self-control,
to self-control perseverance,
to perseverance godliness,
to godliness brotherly kindness,
and to brotherly kindness love."
2Peter 1:5-7

Look at what the next verse 8 says:

For if these things are yours and abound,
you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Verse 9 is the one that shocks me:

For he who lacks these things is
shortsighted, even to blindness,
and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

So, if all those things listed above are so important, we must check that we do all that, if not, then work on changing, with Gods help.

virtue : moral excellence; goodness; righteousness; chastity; virginity
knowledge: acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation
self-control: control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings
perseverance: steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
godliness: conforming to the laws and wishes of God

and don't forget brotherly kindness and love, which are easy to understand. :)

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This is funny...

Have you ever heard someone say this? I have. :P