Put On The Full Armor Of God
02.07.05 (5:14 pm) [edit]Putting On The Full Armor Of God
Christianity definitely consist of waging warfare against the prince of evil, Satan. As the chosen army of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we must follow Paul's advice in which he describes the armor of God that we as soldiers of God must wear. (Read: Eph 6:10 through 17.) Here you will notice that this is God's armor. This is not armor for our defense as men and women, it is armor for us to use to fight the battles of God.
The Word tells us to be "Girded with truth", why, because there is nothing more powerful than truth. In clothing ourselves with the Word of God, we are girding ourselves with Scripture which is truth. The Word says that we must know the truth (John 8:31 & 32) in order to be free. Glory to God, that is all the time I have right now, come back soon and there will be more. God bless you and keep you.
The_Marquise
Sharing The Grief
02.02.05 (4:19 pm) [edit]I guess I owe an apology for the long lapse in getting the word out to my visitors. I'm sorry. Let me share with you what I have been sharing with a wonderful lady who is going through a very grievious period of her life because of the loss of a dear friend to cancer.
Imagine two close friends who met a few years ago, began talking, worshiping, praying, laughing and sharing joyful and not so joyful life experiences together. Two women who became in a very short period of time, as close as and in some ways closer than blood sisters. At church, these two ladies would get on their feet and dance to the glory of God in the aisles of their church sometimes dancing together and sometimes urging others to get out of their seats and join them in giving praise to the Lord. They talked on the telephone almost everyday. They worshipped together on Sundays and again at bible class on Wednesdays. Many times following both services they would get home and call each other and share their thoughts about the worship service or the bible class for that week. Two very close friends.
One day, tragic news, one of the friends discovers that she has cancer, and because she has not had medical attention for a long period of time the doctors inform her that the cancer is in the advance stages and that she has six weeks or less to live.
Six weeks later she is dead. A friend is left with sudden unexpected grief. Grief so hurtful, heartfelt and deep that day after day she cries uncontrollably for hours at a time. She and her friend were praying for healing, for a miracle of healing from the Lord. They were standing on faith that healing would come, standing on the word and the promise of God. A friend is left wondering why the healing wasn't manifested. How could such a strong believer, a prayer warrior, a minister of the Lord, a saved, sanctified women not receive her healing. So many praying, believing, and leaning on their faith, how could she not be healed? And so a friend, left alone grieves day by day, looking for an answer.
My role in this? Support. Support for a woman grieving, searching, dealing with hurt, disappointment and loss. It is hard to determine whether it is a lesser thing to give support for a grieving person or to be the one experiencing the loss and personal grief of someone you love and care about who has left the world of the living. But, it is an honor to be allowed to have given that support. I'm a much better person as a result.
