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The welcome message precedes the Bible Study. |
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Welcome! |
As you may have guessed, I've been very busy. The 22nd of December Charlie and I went up to his folks' house near Clearlake, CA to pack them up and move them down closer to us. They had already packed up a lot of boxes, but we spent around four more days packing. We rented a truck that was supposed to move a 4-bedroom 2,000 foot house. There was so much stuff we had to stay another day and rent a 6'x12' trailer. We played "sideways Tetris" and filled both to the maximum as well as stacked things in the bed of our pickup. Everything wouldn't have fit if they hadn't sold their three couches. The thing is, they moved into a 796 square foot apartment! Most of the boxes are at our house waiting to be gone through. The things they need were boxed separately and are finally all unpacked in their apartment. I've been going over there every day to help. My husband built a bunch of shelves in the pantry. We finally finished those yesterday. Today there are a couple of boxes I need to find in our garage that go in the kitchen. It's not going to be easy to find them. You should see all the boxes in there. Our barn has tons of boxes as well. Once we finish hanging the TV's and pictures on the walls then it will pretty much be done. Up until yesterday I was bringing boxes of items that they no longer wanted home to put in a pile to sell at a yard sale.
Some day, after we go through all the boxes here (I guess there are probably 100
or so) we will be having a ginormous, huge-arific, massiveogamous yard sale. |
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When I get some spare time I try to catch up on things here, around the house. Today might be one of the last days I go over to my in-laws' to work. I want to help get the pantry and kitchen settled and get some pictures up on the walls. Tomorrow I'm planning on getting my Christmas decorations put away here at my house. |
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| One last thing. I was
wondering if anyone would be interested in doing a daily devotional based on
the Oswald Chambers book, My Utmost for His
Highest. I could copy and paste the day's
devotional over at the Clarion Call Facebook page and anyone could share
their insight, feelings, ideas, emotions, etc. about each day's devotional. If you are interested let me know. |
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I hope your visit here is and was a good one. Since my "door" is always open I don't know who is coming and going. I would love to hear from you! |
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Sometimes the Bible study was started in the welcome message. Each Bible study has a link to that week's welcome. You know, I just realized that I was blogging before there was such a thing as a blog! |
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Hebrews 6:11-12 |
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According to dictionary.com diligence is: "constant and earnest
effort to accomplish what is undertaken; persistent exertion of body or mind."
So, we are being shown something that we are supposed to be continually doing.
Let's find out what that is. What is "assurance of hope"? We must be assuring ourselves (to cause to know surely) that we have hope. How do you get that assurance? We have to know God. We have to know what God has planned for us so we can diligently hope for it in full assurance that our hope will become sight. (See Romans 8:24) We must look ahead to the promises that God has made. It says we may become slothful (sluggardly; indolent; lazy) if we don't remain diligent. Verse 10 is an observation on what the Hebrews had been doing that sparked this warning. They were ministering to the saints. That work was referred to as a labour of love in Jesus' name. I think of people I have known that thought that all God required of them was to go to church once a week. They thought that was their "labour of love". Verse 12 says we should be followers of those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises. Abraham is mentioned after that. Do you know the story of Abraham? If you don't then how can you learn from his example? Do you know the story of any others who had great faith and patience? If you don't then you need to get serious about reading your Bible! Here's an interesting scripture about hope you may want to ponder on your own: "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." Romans 5:1-5 I will end with something that God shared with me. I was in Alaska in 2002. Alaska has some mighty big slugs there called Banana Slugs. The one I saw was the size of an actual banana. I had been enjoying seeing bald eagles during my trip there. God asked me a question that got my attention. He wanted to know if I was going to be like the slug (crawling slowly across the ground seeing only what was in front of its nose) or like the eagle (flying high and seeing miles in every direction). I had not been seeking what He wanted me to be doing every day. His question shocked me into a closer relationship with Him. |
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Did you miss the
last Bible study? Here's a short cut to find it. |
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My mind is always busy. It wanders from thing to thing. Many times those thoughts just float away. Every once in a while I will catch one and put it here. Once a new musing comes then "poof" the old one is gone. |
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Every once in a while I come here to the Clarion Call and read about things that I need to learn. You see, I didn't write all the things here. Some of the things have other authors, but I didn't even write all the things I wrote. That sounds goofy. Let me explain. I wrote them, but it was God that gave them to me. I struggle with some of the things that He gave me Bible studies about. So, when I read them it is as if somebody else wrote them down. I don't remember them. That makes me feel good to know that I was allowing God to work through me. |
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Eagle head pictures at the top
courtesy of
Sue Woosley
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