"Let God train you, for He is doing what any loving father does for his children. " Hebrews12:7 (These verses are taken from The Living Bible)
" . . . but God’s correction is always right and for our own good, that we may share his holiness. Being punished isn’t enjoyable while it is happening – it hurts! But afterwards we can see the result, a quiet growth in grace and character.
So take a new grip with your tired hands, stand firm on your shaky legs, and mark out a straight, smooth path for your feet. . . . "(v. 10b-13a)
I think God put these last few phrases in here especially for me. He knew that after He rebukes and chastens me that I would have these feelings of drooping hands and wobbly knees!
And right now I feel like a failure in child training and a few other areas. . . . But God says, “Get up and go on.”
2 comments:
Good afternoon! I'm reading you for the first time and so admire your spirit in the Lord!! You've had a rough go, to say the least, thank God you are feeling better and whooped the cancer. I wanted to comment on your openess to the Lord in the family planning area. My husband and I took Natural Family Planning (NFP) classes. I don't believe in birth control, but this is an abstinence-based method. Actually, there's no method involved, just knowing one's body and ovulation cycles. I don't believe it is offensive to God to avoid a physical aspect of marriage because of 1 Cor 7:5-7. Take care and God's blessings, always.
Mennonite Bloggers: I am interested in starting a Mennonite Blog Ring. I have really come to look forward to my daily dose of Mennonite Blogosphere. My question to you is this: Would *you* be interested in joining such a venture?
"Well, Hans," you may ask, "what exactly does that consitute?" The chief component of such a venture would be a blog roll that would contain a link to all the member sites. Some things that we could add would be: a weekly roundup of the best posts across our blog ring. We could have different categories or just lump them together into one. We could include a short synopsis of the post or just give a link. The options are endless.
I have thought a little about a name. The name I will leave up to the a vote by the founding members. Here some combos I dreamt up from the simple and obvious "The Mennonite Blogring" to the clever and hard to pronounce (doesn't matter if it's hard to pronounce on the web!) "BlogMennoSphere" to "Rebaptized Bloggers" to "Mennonite Ring of Blogs." Like I said: It's up to the members. Nominations welcome.
This blogring would be open to all Mennonite (or Anabaptist or non-denominational with Conservative leanings) bloggers. I would prefer to keep it to blogs that offer content that is of general interest (theology, music, tech, sports, politics, life, news) and not the kind of content that "you have to know him." I'm not excluding personal content. That's what makes a blog interesting! But it needs to be interesting to the general Mennonite or even general Christian or even the general person.
If you're interested in such a venture, drop me an email at: hansmast at hansmast dot com
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