Wednesday, 25 June 2008

• Currently Listening Relentless By Natalie Grant see related

  How Amazing Is Our God?

  I can't even tell you how amazing he is. There aren't enough words in all the world to do that.

  I was at a funeral today for Mrs. Judie Raether. I haven't met her, but she's with Jesus now and lives are still being touched by her. God used her in ways I can only dream of. She adopted I think...was it eight children? I'm not sure, but it was a lot. They were from Milwaukee and she loved them like her own. She also had her own children. The words spoken at her funeral that really blew me away were these ones. "If you have boundaries, take them down. Whatever you think is important or whatever boundaries you put up around yourself as far as people and time and effort, take them down. God will use you."

  How many times do we put up boundaries for ourselves? Boundaries for how much time we can spend doing something? Boundaries for how much we can do for a person? Why not just let go of all our pretenses and let God do the boundary setting? God tells us in the Bible exactly how to live; Judie Raether was a living translation of the Word. Amazing. God puts up boundaries for us naturally. The boundaries that say to avoid what makes others fall down. Avoid bringing shame to others. Live at peace with one another as much as possible.

  Above all...let's stop trying to "do the right thing" or "make the right move" and let Christ live through us. That's the only way we'll change. The pastor said that today. It's true. Really. We'll never be perfect because we were born sinners. But we have the LIVING. BREATHING. LOVING. God of all inside of us. Who can hide that?

   

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