Miracles, and Idol Gives Back, among others.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

I loved it!!!

Of course, I cried and laughed in all the right places, and downloaded about a dozen songs I heard from the whole program. Not the iTunes AI versions though. Just the originals.

There's this thing, though. They have wonderful heartfelt compassion, but they failed to give something to those people they were reaching out to, maybe because they haven't been given it either. CHRIST. As they prattled on how we can save lives by a dollar a call, I thought of how we can save lives from this life and the next, for absolutely FREE. Just by sharing the Word. No need of materials possessions, but only faith. And there is nothing we'll need to fear, not illnesses, not poverty, not abuse, not any harm this world can give.

xxx

So we think miracles don't exist anymore. That those Bible stories can only exist, in, well, Bible stories. That only Paul can fight against prejudices for Christ, that only Moses can talk to God and get a direct answer. Boy. So not the case.

I talk to God everyday; I'm not even kidding. It's amazing; I never thought He'd answer me, of all the filth in the world, and in this time, when the noise of strife rises above the cry out of unbelief of the people it seems impossible to hear Him speak to us. This morning, I woke remembering I had to give a testimonial for the DVBS Workers' Training. I prayed my commitment of the testimonial to the Lord. And then he gave me this verse from my Bible reading in Exodus. I don't read in the correct order. I started from I Thessalonians to James, then a little Psalms, and then back to Genesis and now in Exodus. As a Christian trying to walk in the steps of the Savior, I do my morning and evening devotions, and there I always find Him talking to me. Sometimes, even when I just pray at some random time in the day, when I open my eyes, the answers suddenly are laid in front of me. This morning, in Exodus 4:10-12, He told me:

"And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or the deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have I not the Lord?

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say."

See?
Dumbfounding.

And He does this all the time.

P.S. Moses is my all-time favorite Bible character, aside from Jesus, of course. And last night's message was based on a Psalm he wrote, the oldest in the Bible: Psalm 90. :]

A friend hates me. She hates me, she hates me, she hates me. Because I'm not a hip, uber popular friend. Because I don't go to movies, because I wear skirts and nothing else, because I don't go out on Saturdays because I work in church, because I can't stand it when she uses the name of the Lord in vain. In these times, you really see who your friends are. She used to like me back when I was this cool new student and all, back when I didn't care about the mercies of the Lord. And now, she treats me like trash, just because I decided to change for Christ. I never thought I'd be this close to, and as blessed by God, but I'm even given the privilege to be persecuted in His name.

II Corinthians 12:15

"And I will very gladly spend and be spent for You; though the more abundantly I love You, the less I be loved."