2010 Nov 17 - Romans 8 - Shelley

Responding to God's love is such a gift because I realise that no one in this whole world can love us as much as GOD does.

Today's scripture that was on my heart is: Romans 8:39 "Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.'

Very encouraging scripture and good reminder for me to always see that I have no excuse to say that I can't receive God's love. If I make an effort to get close to God and go on personal retreats to renew my walk with him then it's easy for me to connect with God. But if I fill my heart with things of this world and look to other things to get my security in then I will find it harder to draw close to God. So I am always faced with a decision on how I will respond to His love. God is always there for us and his phone number is never engaged. Are we always free to speak to Him? Or is our phone line always busy?

How can we respond better to His love? What effort can we make to draw even closer to Him? We are without excuse because nothing can separate us from the love that God has prepared for us.

Love Shelley

2010 Nov 17 - Isaiah 1 - Brenda

Isaiah 1:18
18 Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord:though your sins are like scarlet,they shall be as white as snow;though they are red like crimson,they shall become like wool.

以 賽 亞 書 1:18 

 ¹⁸ 耶 和 華 說 ： 你 們 來 ， 我 們 彼 此 辯 論 。 你 們 的 罪 雖 像 硃 紅 ， 必 變 成 雪 白 ； 雖 紅 如 丹 顏 ， 必 白 如 羊 毛 。

Morning Everyone,

I am feeling much better today, hope the flu will really go away this time, pray to God that it'll never come back.

I also got up early this morning to think about my new song, it is very exciting to write my new song to praize lord(Psalm 40:3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him), will show you tomorrow my masterpiece.

Today's verse is quite challenging but it also show how much God loves us.  Scarlet and crimson are deeply red and they would never go white or wool, like our sin, if it hurts, wound remains permanently like the stain, But God's love can remove our sin and give us new life.  As says in the bible" Love cover multitude of sins".

Let me respond to God's love by continuing writing him a new song!

Love

Brenda