GREENE STREET LETTERS: EARLY MORNING RAMBLINGS

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

EARLY MORNING RAMBLINGS

Early morning and the coffee maker is huffing and puffing to deliver its nectar for consumption. Seems to be a lot of hopelessness out there in this old world. Too many listening to the wrong voice that bombards a message of despair and gloom 24 / 7. Such a voice takes my eyes off of Christ and puts them squarely on my own situations and circumstances. Nothing really wrong with this except that I am left trying to address all the darkness in my own strength, ability, and what's even worse, my own will.

Rather than lean into Jesus, I lean into self thinking that I can accomplish whatever needs being done. Such efforts only leave me drained and empty inside. Now I'm not saying that we should all just sit on the couch and drink coffee, oblivious to the spiritual darkness that seeks to overtake us. What I am saying is that we need to be "renewed" in our minds and hearts. Instead of sitting there wringing our hands crying out "Woe is me. What shall I do?" We should connect our thoughts and prayers via God's Holy Spirit to our Creator Father.

Strange thought this morning. He didn't have to give me another day of life, but He did. He didn't have to let me rise up and open my Bible this morning to study and take in His message, but He did. He knows all too well that this day has troubles of its own, and that I need to be prepared to face, with His help, what ever comes my way. Today........this morning........right now, I am grateful. I give Him thanks for who He is. I celebrate the simple fact that if He had not saved me I would be destined to an eternity of separation from Him. You may be thinking, "What's the big deal with being separated?" Well, it is a bigger deal than you could imagine.

God has provided the way to eternal life with Him. He has drawn me into His salvation through the Holy Spirit convicting me of my sin. He took me in just like I was.....a sinner in need of a great Savior. And He has called me to have relationship with Him on a daily basis. That is why I rejoice this morning, because its all about Him and not really about me. If you don't know this God I write of, I pray that you call out to Him today, that you also may experience the wonder and mystery of entering into a relationship with the One who created everything.

Colossians 3:17 / And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

God on you....

michael b

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Looking At The World Through Cracked Lens

As ol' Paul wrote in his Corinthian letters.."We see in part and we know in part." Now what piece of this bit of wisdom do we not get? I wish to not run around acting and trying to be some sort of Biblical G00-Ru (I meant to spell it wrong). Or a sage of sages.

I simply want to be able to communicate some of what God has given to me. Why? Do I think what I get is better than what you may have received from Him? Nope. But I do think encouragement comes when we share our daily story of struggle and victory in an effort to encourage each other.

Thanks for letting me share.

Time to soldier on..

mbb

Our Statement of Faith

We believe that God is the eternal king. He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power and love. From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit equal in power and glory. we believe that God created mankind in His image, male and female, for relationship with Himself and to govern the earth. Under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth. Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation. Creation now experiences the consequences and effects of Adam's original sin. Human beings are born into sin, subject to God's judgment of death and captive to Satan's kingdom of darkness. We believe that Jesus, God's Son, was sent to this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary, fully God and fully man in one person. He is humanity as God intended us to be. Jesus was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit, ushering in God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Jesus' atoning death on the cross took God's judgment for sin which we deserved as law-breakers. Jesus' resurrection and ascent back to heaven opened the door for those who received salvation to begin a relationship with God.

Little Nets Into Deep Waters

Fishing nets were designed for one purpose only. To catch fish. Nets are no good if they stay on the boat. Nets serve no purpose if they are never used. I think maybe God sees us this way. We are all created for a purpose (by the way, the creator gets to define what our purpose is). Any other use besides the one we were created for does us no good. But when the creator places His hands upon us, casting us out into those scary, dark places with deep waters, it is then we can see the reality of our purpose. He knew there would be a catch waiting for us. I think I will be the net God has called me to be.

The Twelve Steps

As a community of people in recovery, we affirm that our higher power is Jesus Christ. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. Just as God told the children of Israel He was going to give them a promised land, He has revealed to us that He desires to give us a "Promised Life." When Israel got to the promised land, God instructed them to go and in a possess it, fight for it and claim it. In recovery, the 12 Steps are the directions given to us on how to fight, possess and claim this promised life.

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

EARLY MORNING RAMBLINGS

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