Ephesians Week 6

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 Ephesians 5   5  1  Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children   2  and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 3  But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.   4  Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.   5  For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. [ a ]   6  Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.   7  Therefore do not be partners with them. 8  For you were once darkness, but now you are light i...
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You just have to laugh...

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I am glad that God gave us laughter. Think of proverbs 31 ...yes, that woman. LOL... She is the woman we all try to be. Proverbs 31:25 says, "She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come". I strive to be that woman. I don't ignore my circumstances. I do not hide my head in the sand and pretend that I do not have problems. However, I do KNOW who holds my problems and HE is trust worthy. I try to stop monitoring God's actions in my life, and trying to orchestrate things I can't control to be different, and stop striving for my junior-God pin, as if He needs my help. :) I feel free when I accept that God has me in His hands and I stop struggling to do something different than what He has planned. A few years ago one of my friends (you know who you are) called me to free a mocking bird that had gotten stuck in a mouse-glue trap in her garage. I do not know how long this mocking bird had struggled but this is not a small bird and could have pecked me and deterred me from helping it. Surprisingly, he didn't. I gently picked him and the trap up and began to sprinkle enough "Goo off" on him to get him free . When he was free from the trap, I thought, " what now?" I was holding him firmly but not so firmly to break his hollow bones. I just wanted to help him. I didn't know if he would try to peck my eyes out when I let him go...he might have thought I was the one that caused him to be stuck in the first place. I gently opened my hands and waited. In just a flash, he flew into a near by tree and began to prune himself. He was fine and I was relieved. The story would have been much different...alot longer..and possibly bloodier..(maybe for both of us)...if he hadn't let me help him. I have been that fighting mocking bird before...just hurt myself...and maybe a few innocent people around me. I try to laugh to lighten my load. I think that ....just as parents delight in the laughter of their children, our Heavenly Father must love to hear us laugh, too! Proverbs 17:22 says A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
It is a choice! It is a lot of work to be miserable. Choose to trust...choose to have joy...choose to laugh and rest in His hands.
so....a joke to help you laugh.... One Sunday sermon- "Dear Lord," the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven, "Without you, we are but dust..." We would have continued to listen... if our daughter who was listening had not ....leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little girl voice, "Mom, what is butt dust?"



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  1. KathleenFebruary 25, 2011 at 11:01 PM

    Oh my goodness...butt dust! I am laughing so hard - hilarious!! Love the picture of you two!

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