Hey everyone, well I hear that the cold is coming to Ohio and the frost has come already. As for us its getting a little colder in the evenings, usually around 65-70 but it has gotten a little lower, its been around the 50s once or twice. Ha, I have to rub it in while I can. It usually is around the 50's for the winter but it can dip down into the 30's. We have heard there is not to much snow and if it is it's gone the next day. They have had some pretty bad ice storms though in the past several years.
Anyways, things have been really busy for us these last three weeks. I think we are finally getting to be familiar with the times and scheduling. Here is a typical day. Wake up 6, devotions 6:30-7:20, Breakfast 7:30-8:30, Prayer 8:30-9, Classes 9-1:15, Lunch 1:15-2, Homework, work or ministry 1:45-5:45, Dinner 6-6:30, and then meetings twice a week and the other days we have study time from 7-10. As you can see we are pretty busy and thankful for a weekend!
Not sure what we are doing this weekend, we are thinking about possibly going to an international culture festival that is in a neighboring town and watching the Buckeyes tomorrow night but other than that hopefully taking it easy.
We had our first test today on the Love of God and His attributes. I have been learning a lot from the class. Its been really good. To truly see and study who God truly is and how much of our lives are lived subconsciously often on a works based relationship with Him. We ask the question "What have i done to deserve this, or I've been doing all these good things and teaching Sunday school at church how could God have allowed this in my life?" All of this stems from a wrong perspective of who God is. We shouldn't love God bases on what He does for us but truly on the fact that He is God the Self-Existing One and that is enough. We need to understand that God's love is Abounding Exodus 34:6 (deep, plentiful, and you can never exhaust the love of God for you), now He hates our sin but will always love us with His Abounding love as people. Be encouraged guys that when tests and trials come, He has allowed it because He is giving you a choice to be drawn closer to Himself. I pray that you all would be drawn closer to your the Lord this week! Love you guys!
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Wow, that's quite a schedule. But can't help but think what this is building in you... especially when you were talking about how we often love and serve God sub consciously, right now you are building a good foundation for the sub conscious later.
ReplyDeleteIt's freeing to think that when something bad happens to us it's not because God doesn't care for or doesn't love us that He has allowed it to happen, but an opportunity to be drawn to him! After all that's what He most desires... for us to draw near to Him. God always works all things together for good!
A few weeks ago i was reminded of how helpless we as humans are. we are very limited in our ability to love. So much so we need God to help us love Him, the more we ask Him to help us love him, the more He will help us love Him.
Conrad