The Apostle Paul wrote letters constantly to the many churches he started across Asia. We have copies of some of them in our Bible. We call the bible the Word of God for that is how God speaks to us and over the centuries we have come to regard the Bible as The Truth. Most Christians will agree to this. However, not too long ago in what we call yesterday we have had many speakers of the truth, mostly interested in furthering the kingdom for God.
Today we have bloggers; some who want to spread the truth, but also have the truth mixed with opinion. I am not going to be able to tell you if my opinions are also the absolute truth, but I can say that what I say is the truth as I know it. If I interpret something from the scripture, it is my knowledge of that scripture as God has met me with it and it is the truth as I know it. It may not be someone else's truth, but it is mine; and I pass it along to you out of love and in order to encourage.
When I have not gotten God's messages to me in a correct way, He does the correcting and probably through a situation that I would rather not have to encounter! A good friend of mine, wiser by far than I am, once said, "Everything that happens to me seems to be a teaching lesson. Sometimes I wish God would not teach me so much and so often!" Her name is Dorie and Dorie has had a hard, but lovely, life. She has been a friend to many, and has loved her Lord with all her heart. She learned her lessons well, in spite of, or perhaps because, of the life she was asked to lead.
I treasure my lessons as well. But loving the lesson takes a little while before it can be appreciated. Only a backward glance lets one see the goodness in the lesson, but is rare that one forgets that goodness.
But I wander a bit in my thinking....I ask that when you read these words of mine that you sift through the letters and the spaces and understand that what I am sharing is my life in God as He has presented it to me. He will present it in a different way to you, understandably. And you will present your life to another in a different way than I have, only to be received in the ears or eyes of that person as that person needs. Letting another person filter one's message is imperative. God will determine what the words will mean for that person when He is called upon.
So, be sure to call upon the Lord God when you read this kind of message. He will see that what you read is what He wants you to know. Just as I listen to His call to write what He calls me to write He will call you to read what he wants you to know and he will even sort it out for you, if you ask.
Yes, He will. And that is the truth as I know it!
Growing in Him everyday, I am still.........Jo
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