Thu, Jan 31st - 5:14AM

Vicci Lane's blog today really struck a note within my head (rattle rattle)

My bible is not just a bible teaching me how to live, what to act like etc - It is the very WORD of God HIMSELF! Everytime I hold a bible, I hold a piece of God. How special must we be?

PS - this is much more cooler than I can ever make it sound.  :O)

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Wed, Jan 30th - 4:58AM

I have been extremely blessed lately to be experiencing peace like never before. Amidts certainly thing not going according to plan, God has somehow just put His hand upon our shoulders and removed all worry and fear and doubt and even questions.

Sadly (or not) the sale of our house fell through on Monday which left me perturbed about the entire move to the US. The last thing I want to do is leave here still having to sell the house and having a mortgage to pay. But, God is still faithful. He has flooded our sould with a peace that cannot explain. Our hopes are not dashed, and we are actually excited, for along with this peace, comes a sense of hope that God is in control.

Yesterday, we find out that the move will be postphoned to the middle of April (earliest) or middle of May (latest) due to finding a replacement for my husband's position. In all, the delay works out so much better especially for the children, as they get a bit more schooling in. Our schools year rund from January to December where the US runs from August to May. That meant our daughters would have had 3 months of school to complete an entire grade before moving. The extra month or two will make an enormous difference.

God's peace is indescribable. What a wonderful feeling just knowing that everything is going exactly according to plan - His plan. Now we sit back and wait for the perfect timing that God has ordained. No wonder God's peace is spoken about so many times in the bible. It brings a certain rest that only God can give.

Mon, Jan 28th - 4:01AM

I refer to my post dated 22nd January. I share the following, as I found it to be an important lesson for myself and hopefully will be for you too. I am more embarressed about my error, but didn't want to just sweep it away as I think it fits perfectly into what Mel was posting about.

The post was inspired by a second of revelation where I realised just how blessed we were to have the Holy Spirit to guide us. God doesn't want us to feel alone, so He sent his Holy Spirit to be our companion. I incorrectly  refered to the Holy Spirit as a "she" and ask that you all accept my humle apologies. But I would like to share what I learnt in the response:

"who told you the Holy Spirit was a "she"?
Be very careful about what you say about the Holy Spirit, the Holy Bible addresses Him as "He". Do not trifle with God or pervert His word.
2008-01-27 19:09:55 Posted by Anonymous ()"

Here, I am being rebuked. Rightfully so. This is my response:

"Hmmmm. Thanks for your concern. You make it sound as though I am purposefully trying to pervert God's Word, but this was most certainly not my intention. Thank you for pointing this error out to me.

You would notice that I did put "she" in "" inverted coma's. When writing this, I had Proverbs in mind, but admittedly thought that Proverbs referred to the Holy Spirit as "she"? This is in fact incorrect, as it refers to Wisdom as "she". I do apologise.

I ask that if I offended anyone by this post, please be so kind as to forgive me.

Many thanks.


2008-01-28 00:33:46 Posted by Lee ()"

I am embarrassed to say that my initial response was much harsher than this as at this point, I still thought that Proverbs referred to the Holy Spirit as a "she". So, trying to prove this to the anonymous writer, I pulled up "Biblegateway", pleased to prove them wrong when oooops! I was wrong. I just got cut down again. I deleted my response a few times before settling upon the one pasted above, but my response is still filled anger. I left it, but it bothered me. I then realised, I was angry more so because to me, it felt like an outsider was rebuking me and quite harshly at that. 

Matthew 18:15-17 (NIV)

 ¹⁵"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. ¹⁶But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ ¹⁷If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

It would have been much easier for me, if one of my "brothers" left that message (Mel, Brenda, Lois, Jon, Mike, Bro Larry etc), because I would then know that it is done out of love as you guys know a wee bit about what type of a person I am. Then again, I commend my anonymous writer for addressing the problem which no one else seemed to have the gumption to do. Still, it would have been better recieved to have a "Hey Lee, I see what you trying to get at, but why do you refer to the Holy Spirit as a "she"? Don't you know that the bible refers to the Holy Spirit as a "he". Be careful not to pervert God Word even if unintentionally. God bless (Mel, Brenda, Lois, Jon etc etc etc)

I am not asking for a "white lie", just a friendly smile with a very important lesson. My response, would not have initially been one of anger, but rather one of wanting to find the Truth, not to prove wrong, but wanting to double check myself. Two totally different responses, just because one came from a "brother or friend".

Anyway, I have learnt a lot from this personal experience and will now know how to handle myself should I ever have to be on the "correcting" end and not the "receiving" end. Anonymous, thanks for the lesson, I just hope you perhaps know what type of a person I am and realise that this was a mistake on my side and not an intentional misinterpretation of the Word. Next time, feel free to leave your name, I will not judge or despise for I know your intentions are good and I appreciate it. I apologise to one and all and assure you that I will never again refer to the Holy Spirit as a "she". Hope we can all learn from this.

Have a fantastic day.

Sun, Jan 27th - 6:52PM

I am me - and that is good

My past has moulded my character, and I choose to not regret anything in the past.

God has worked with this past and used it for my good, to shape me into something the slightly resembles His Son.

My today is about me, living to the best that my past has moulded me to be.

God will use today, tomorrow to refine me into something that resembles His Son a little more.

My tomorrow is in God's hands and I have nothing to fear.

God will use tomorrow, the next day to perfect me into yet something even more Christ like.

His Plan for me is PERFECT, what more could I ask for?

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Fri, Jan 25th - 3:42AM

Hebrews 13:5