King'z Jewel

I am currently running slowly through the book Power Thoughts: 12 Strategies to Win the Battle of the Mind. It was the gift from the women’s banquet for our church. It is ripping me a new mind, for sure. I have to face myself, take a good hard look in the mirror, and begin to change. Once you know something, you are obligated to do something about it…at least that’s what the Bible says *as far as biblical things go*. I am keeping a journal along with the book to record answers to questions and any thoughts that might pop up. I read Battlefield of the Mind when I first gave my heart back to God sometime in 2001, which helped immensely. This is like a follow up and a refresher!

FINALLY I FOUND IT!!!

I have struggled so long and had such difficulty with the whole concept of being a “helpmeet”. I always felt that God was calling me to be so much more than just serving every need of one man for the rest of my life. I knew there was more to this life than just cooking, cleaning, plumping pillows, fetching slippers….well you know what I mean. It’s not that my husband is like that per se, but that is what the word “helpmeet” brings to mind, especially when coupled with the dreaded “submit to your husband” verse! AUGH! How this has vexed me for years! I always felt in the deep parts of my heart and soul that there was so very much more to life than bowing and scraping and being subservient.

I FINALLY found the truth of the words that they have translated as “helpmeet”.

Going back to the Hebrew, the words translated as “helpmeet” are these: ezer k’enegdo. The roots of these words express the true power, strength, and equality that God created us to have. God has always said that we are equals, that we are side by side, but then you have these other words that confuse the truth.

Roots of Ezer K’enegdo
Real Meaning

I tell you, when I find out that my spiritual inklings are correct, it makes my heart hurt and palpitate in my chest.

Why?

Because so many people have believed the lies and the misinterpretations given over the years. There are other things that I know that I know that I know spiritually that I continue to discover are correct with biblical basis for my findings…IN CONTEXT.

My husband decided to get me one of the bibles that I have been wanting for a long time as an early anniversary present. I kept looking at the prices, instead of the bibles *as I tend to do*. Eventually I was talked into getting the Life Application Study Bible NLT by the owner of the store. The owner is a long time Christian friend of ours who we esteem dearly. I got the bible, got it home, and got angry.

Why?

Well because my husband took the bible, read a bit of it, and told me it’s a “simple language” version of his Nelson study bible. Now, here is where I get offended. I am not stupid. I am not an idiot. He thought it was a good bible for me because it was simpler. That made me feel like he was calling me uneducated. Did he call me that? No. Did he imply it? Not really. My offense was because I am used to being called retarded, stupid, uneducated by random people who are mad at me for whatever it is that I do know. My husband was innocently thinking that the Bible would be a good fit for me, not because my intellect couldn’t handle it, but because it was a practical language fit for practical speaking me. It was hard for me to get over that feeling, that offense was too deep for me to see the truth. I am still trying to convince myself. I have taken full possession over the bible, as it was recommended and agreed upon by two men that I respect. I have filled in the pages with my information in the front, and I am trying not to feel like an idiot while I read the explanations at the bottom of the pages.

It is going to take a while, but I know there is a purpose for me getting this particular bible instead of the parallel expanded bible that I had been looking at that night.

I was watching ACC online today and the message hit me. The message about moving beyond feelings and getting into the cause that drives us. In marriage, we are to be united by the CAUSE. What cause?

Genesis 2:24
Therefore (or for this cause) shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Woman was taken from man, therefore (for this cause) the two shall become one in marriage. The cause behind my marriage to my husband is God. He caused us to meet. He caused us to fall in love. He is the reason behind our entire relationship.

We have to see the cause before the effect. We have to have a great cause to have a great effect. In order to be joined forever with passion and happiness, we must continue to focus on the cause. If we focus on our feelings or on our circumstances, it will never work.

There is so much more than this dealing with the Christian walk, not just with marriage. We are here for the cause of Jesus…and that is what is supposed to drive us to obtain great effects for ourselves and for the Kingdom of God.

Desire : something you possess.
Cause: something that possesses you.

I am thankful that I am hearing this message today. I needed to know that there was a cause so that I could attain great effects.

Tags: comfort, cause, God, desire, australian+christian+channel

Thank God for a love that is not a rewards system. I am so grateful that I don’t have to act a certain way or behave myself 24/7 for Him to love me. Thank God that His love is unconditional, pure, forgiving, and everything that the Bible says it is (1 Corinthians 13:1-13). Today I need Him to wrap me in His everlasting arms.

Tags: unconditonal+love

I decided to do a quick study on what the Bible says about forgiving people. I was struck by one verse in particular:

Luke 17:4 (paraphrased) If someone does wrong to you seven times, and each of those times comes back and sincerely apologizes, you are to forgive them every single time.

Of course, if you have been in The Word, you would know that God wants us to forgive so that we can be forgiven (Luke 6:37), but there is more to the story than just making you feel better. Check out 2 Corinthians 2:7-8. In essence, this one says to forgive the person who is begging forgiveness so they are not overwhelmed with heaps of guilt and pain. Even if you don’t feel like forgiving, you need to forgive for your sake and theirs.

Your best testimony of forgiveness is to forgive someone you don’t feel deserves it due to the immense hurt they have caused you. That is when we really have to dig down deep and forgive as God has forgiven us (Colossians 3:13). We always sin, but we repent and God forgives. We are supposed to forgive as much as he forgives (Matthew 18:21) and not bring the deed back in an argument or hold it against that person in secret.

The main ingredient in all this is that you have to let love overwhelm your senses. You cannot let anger take control and cause you to sin, too. We have to resolve the matters when they happen so that we don’t allow bitterness to grow in its place. That’ is they the Bible says not to let the sun set on your anger (Ephesians 4:26-27).

Why do you think the Lord’s prayer even says ” Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us ” ? If you don’t know that prayer, I suggest you look it up and see just how powerful that prayer really is. It encompasses everything we should do to ensure that our prayers are pure and God knows that He is the King of our lives.

Well that is all for forgiveness. If He reveals more, you will be the first to know.

Tags: forgive, forgiveness, bible

Everything that is done in the darkness, will come to light eventually. God’s word never returns void.

Everything I read, listen to, touch has some type of message that keeps reaffirming itself in my heart. Every single time there is a little more revealed, too. God is working a mighty way in my heart and home right now. It’s painful. It doesn’t look good, but when it’s all done it will shine like a new gold coin. I am standing on His promises right now. I know He is working it all out for the good of those who love Him.

I have been dealing with myself and God in the recent weeks and let me tell you something, it’s no joke. God has been waking me back up and letting me know what’s going on. I didn’t really realize how far I had fallen till I was listening to the radio today. They were talking about coming back from backslidding. The lady said that she read Jeremiah chapter 2 and it ripped her a new one. I felt the need for myself to read it as well.

Ouch.