tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375187108703967256.post5341587480678049751..comments2023-02-26T07:52:37.324-08:00Comments on In ALL things, give thanks!: Thank God-for God!jeff and rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11355466941484418502noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375187108703967256.post-84590157526343888282011-06-25T14:49:02.941-07:002011-06-25T14:49:02.941-07:00Rebecca,
This post is fantastic!I love you! I told...Rebecca,<br />This post is fantastic!I love you! I told John yesterday we so often wonder and ask God why. And everytime it seems like He reminds me of this verse..."And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God." Zech. 13:9 (Also Is. 48:10) Do we sin? Most def. Does that sin have consequence? Oh does it! Will we reap what we sew? No doubt! He promises that we will! But doesn't it remind us how huge that one word is....GRACE. Man oh man, God has been working on my heart lately. Pounding the word grace on it! People sin. But so do I!!!!!! And even still He loved me enough to DIE for me! Unfathomable! But there's even another reason we face those wretched trials. To refine us. To make us more like HIM. Have you ever met someone that dripped Jesus? Like you could look at their countenance, or hear the words from their mouth, or see the way they treated others and just know they loved Jesus? I bet 100% of the time, if you were to have a minute with them, they would tell you all about some fire they had been through! It's so true. Fire changes us. It's the only thing that truly changes us. (Besides our salvation). So I guess my point is, it's not for loss. Your trials are refining you. Molding you. To know that encourages me. I sure don't have it all down pat! I'm a little bit on the stubborn side;) But I love you! And I think you're a pretty sweet friend myself!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02111201430799402729noreply@blogger.com