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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
No Condemnation
"Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." ~Romans 8:1~
A friend of mine recently sent me the link to a podcast Jonathan Jackson did talking about his faith, being a husband, father, actor, musician etc.
In the podcast he talks about one instance where he was disciplining his young son and how we need to discipline our children in love and walk them through the process of grace and forgiveness. He said that it's not enough to just say "What you did is wrong" but AFTER that, talking through it and looking at them when it's all done saying, "Do you know that everything's okay now?"
As he was saying this a mental image came to me of Christ doing just that for us when we've fallen short. Too many times it seems like we get so caught up in the guilt of our actions that even after we've confessed it to the Lord, we STILL carry it around and Satan LOVES throwing it back in our face to convince us we are horrible and undeserving of any good thing when in reality, you and God took care of that already....It's forgiven!
I'm the worlds worst at carring around old sin. And when Jonathan was saying all of this, I saw this image of Christ getting eye to eye with me as we talked things out, then of Him looking at me saying, "Do you know that everything's okay?"
There IS NO condemnation! If we've confessed our sin(s), God's forgiven and forgotten and He wants us to move deeper in faith with Him! I'm learning that's awfully hard to do if I'm lugging tons of past sin around that God's already forgotten about.
So, now I ask you....Do YOU know that everything's okay? If you need to hear that (like I did) let me just tell you right now....Everything's okay. You are loved, you are adored. There is no condemnation.
A friend of mine recently sent me the link to a podcast Jonathan Jackson did talking about his faith, being a husband, father, actor, musician etc.
In the podcast he talks about one instance where he was disciplining his young son and how we need to discipline our children in love and walk them through the process of grace and forgiveness. He said that it's not enough to just say "What you did is wrong" but AFTER that, talking through it and looking at them when it's all done saying, "Do you know that everything's okay now?"
As he was saying this a mental image came to me of Christ doing just that for us when we've fallen short. Too many times it seems like we get so caught up in the guilt of our actions that even after we've confessed it to the Lord, we STILL carry it around and Satan LOVES throwing it back in our face to convince us we are horrible and undeserving of any good thing when in reality, you and God took care of that already....It's forgiven!
I'm the worlds worst at carring around old sin. And when Jonathan was saying all of this, I saw this image of Christ getting eye to eye with me as we talked things out, then of Him looking at me saying, "Do you know that everything's okay?"
There IS NO condemnation! If we've confessed our sin(s), God's forgiven and forgotten and He wants us to move deeper in faith with Him! I'm learning that's awfully hard to do if I'm lugging tons of past sin around that God's already forgotten about.
So, now I ask you....Do YOU know that everything's okay? If you need to hear that (like I did) let me just tell you right now....Everything's okay. You are loved, you are adored. There is no condemnation.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Thoughts on a Tweet
I always thought it would be cool if I ever tweeted Shonda Rhimes (creator of Grey's Anatomy) something and get a response. Today I did.
I tweeted her about a dream I had Monday night in which Derek referred to Meredith as "Meredith Grey-Shepherd" and asked if my dream might come true. Her response, "She doesn't have to change her name to love him."
That wasn't at all what I was trying to imply but apparently others thought that because I got other tweets about as well.
I DON'T CARE that Meredith didn't change her name! I wasn't even expecting her to, because it's just not Meredith. I did however LOVE the acknowledgement that they ARE actually married, because we get no form of that on the show. She wears no ring, she has she same name, heck, the marriage itself isn't even legal! And yes, that BUGS me. But in no way do I think that because Meredith didn't change her name that means she doesn't love him! But you can't easily explain that in 140 characters. And you REALLY can't get that across to someone who has so many followers that it's a total God thing I even got a reply and who probably tuned me out the second she responded simply because other things (and tweeters) wanted a reply to their question...That's why I came here. Shonda will never read this so she'll never know, but it certainly makes ME feel better!
For those interested, in the dream Meredith was doing an operation with Derek talking her through it directly across from her. Things started to go south and Mer began to panic. Derek tried to calm her down and finally said "Meredith Grey-Shepherd...." That stopped her in her rambling and Derek was able to calm her down and get things back on track.
That's what it was all about...NOT about questioning how much they love each other! And now that that's out of my system, I will enjoy this Grey's day! Hope you do too!
And just so you know, I DO appreciate Shonda answering my tweet....I just think something was implied that wasn't meant to be and this is the only way I have of clearing that up! :)
I tweeted her about a dream I had Monday night in which Derek referred to Meredith as "Meredith Grey-Shepherd" and asked if my dream might come true. Her response, "She doesn't have to change her name to love him."
That wasn't at all what I was trying to imply but apparently others thought that because I got other tweets about as well.
I DON'T CARE that Meredith didn't change her name! I wasn't even expecting her to, because it's just not Meredith. I did however LOVE the acknowledgement that they ARE actually married, because we get no form of that on the show. She wears no ring, she has she same name, heck, the marriage itself isn't even legal! And yes, that BUGS me. But in no way do I think that because Meredith didn't change her name that means she doesn't love him! But you can't easily explain that in 140 characters. And you REALLY can't get that across to someone who has so many followers that it's a total God thing I even got a reply and who probably tuned me out the second she responded simply because other things (and tweeters) wanted a reply to their question...That's why I came here. Shonda will never read this so she'll never know, but it certainly makes ME feel better!
For those interested, in the dream Meredith was doing an operation with Derek talking her through it directly across from her. Things started to go south and Mer began to panic. Derek tried to calm her down and finally said "Meredith Grey-Shepherd...." That stopped her in her rambling and Derek was able to calm her down and get things back on track.
That's what it was all about...NOT about questioning how much they love each other! And now that that's out of my system, I will enjoy this Grey's day! Hope you do too!
And just so you know, I DO appreciate Shonda answering my tweet....I just think something was implied that wasn't meant to be and this is the only way I have of clearing that up! :)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Vote for Patrick Dempsey
Vote for Patrick Dempsey for Favorite TV Drama Actor for the 2010 People's Choice Awards. You can vote daily! Spread the word....Thanks!
This is my choice for:
Favorite TV Drama Actor
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Happy Birthday, Prince Charming!
The picture abovew was taken around Easter of 2008 and I just love it!Austin turned three today!
Man, how time flies....I'd swear I was just holding him yesterday for the first time, keenly aware that this was the only boy that I would ever love at first sight (all the other guys out there, I have to get to know to love, but Austin had me at first glimpse...And still does, by the way).
There's a reason I call him my Prince Charming....And he totally lives up to the name.
Happy Birthday, Austin! As with your sister, words fail to describe how much I love you!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Happy Birthday, Ladybug!
The above picture was taken at my college graduation party in 2007 and is one of my absolute favorites....Alexis turned six today! The one who showed me love at first sight WAS possible. She brings so much joy and laughter to me. And it seems like only yesterday I was holding her for the first time knowing that my life would forever be more blessed because she was in it!
Happy birthday precious girl! I love you more than words could ever express!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
A Lesson from GH
Okay, I'll try not to make a habit of continually talking about General Hospital here, but ya know, Jonathan Jackson is back and if you knew how much of a fan I was ten years ago, then you know how excited I am about this. Besides that fact, I can't seem to find a message board I like out there to comfortably talk about the show, so you might just have to bear with me if I DO talk about it on here. I'm considering creating a separate blog for that, but we'll see. Feel free to give me your thoughts about it in the comments if you have any.
Actually, I don't want to talk about the show so much as I want to talk about a bit of dialogue that struck me.
"I don't want perfection. I want you. I want your confusion, and your fears, and your anger. I want it all."
That's exactly what God wants from us. EVERYTHING. Every fear, every frustration, every heartbreak. He doesn't want us to hide from Him (we can't anyway) and keep it all to ourselves. He wants us to come to Him JUST as we are. He's still going to love us....No matter what.
So, if you're struggling right now....Just know, He's there, He's waiting, and He loves you!
Actually, I don't want to talk about the show so much as I want to talk about a bit of dialogue that struck me.
"I don't want perfection. I want you. I want your confusion, and your fears, and your anger. I want it all."
That's exactly what God wants from us. EVERYTHING. Every fear, every frustration, every heartbreak. He doesn't want us to hide from Him (we can't anyway) and keep it all to ourselves. He wants us to come to Him JUST as we are. He's still going to love us....No matter what.
So, if you're struggling right now....Just know, He's there, He's waiting, and He loves you!
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