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May 09, 2006
My purse
So, I thought it'd be time to write a bit about an interesting leasson that God has been teaching me lately....
A week and a half ago Mike & Jackie got married.... and admist the fun of the weekend, my purse turned up missing during the rehearsal dinner. It was just what it toke to steal my joy, though for the rest of the weekend. It sucked. I would start to be distracted and then think again of what all I'd 'misplaced.'
Some of the big things were mostly the qualities of the stuff, not the actually stuff itself....and what I mean by that is it was this cute little purse that I happened to love and there were a ton of pictures I'd taken on my camera that I hadn't gotten a chance to upload yet. Blah.
I remember looking down at my journal at some point on Sunday during church and reading what was on my journal.... Lord, grant me ther serenity to accept the things I cannot change.... And realized son that there wa nothing more that I could do about findk=ing my purse, I just had to accept it in my heart and allow god to use it.
That afternoon I prayed, and was crying out to God.... and I found that I was begging for His foregiveness because I was so careless and unfaithful with this thing. I begged and I pledded, and I remember God being very clear that despite what was to happen with my purse, He would remain faithful. It made me think of that verse in 2 Timothy 2 where it says: if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.
And isn't that the truth, that God will reamin faithful to me. I guess it's not to be that my purse will get returned, and I will again live without the luxury of a camera. It still makes me sad to think about it, to be honest, but I am so glad that God is good to me and He remains faithful to me.
Posted by Angelina at May 9, 2006 05:37 PM
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Amen sister!
Posted by: Holly at May 9, 2006 11:02 PM
Good thoughts. I've had some real struggles over lost items as well. Most recently it was our sweet digital camera that I got during the first SALT. Sigh.
We need to learn to not grip onto the conveniences and pleasures of this life too tightly. They will all eventually disappoint us.
Go God.
Posted by: Tim at May 10, 2006 11:06 AM