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Name: James
Country: United States
State: Ohio
Metro: Cincinnati
Birthday: 9/13/1981
Gender: Male
Interests: coffee, DnD, comics, theology, cooking, eating, far away places, reading, writing, arithmatic(anyone else ever notice that only one of the "three R's" actually starts with "R"?) and other things
Expertise: nothing, ask me nothing, anything that I may or may not be an expert in, I cannot tell you because it is classified information and I would have to kill you
Occupation: Education/training
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  MadMonk3030
MSN: jtscott@hotmail.com
Yahoo:  lordofthepies303@yahoo.com
Member Since:
8/24/2005
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| I did my Bible reading today, but so far I don't have time to sit down and do a write up, I will later, I promise.
started my new job yesterday, and it is freakin' awesome, though there are a lot of new challenges, I know I will love it.
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| Romans 8:22-39
This is another nice one. First, the idea of all of creation
groaning with us in hope for what's to come. The sin in our world
is more than just our bad actions, it is a sickness that has soaked
into the very creation. We know that we must seek our true hope
for deliverance. Also, as a side note, if God is concerned with
creation, shouldn't we be too? Chrisitans are often the first to
bash environmentalists on T.V., wouldn't it be cooler if we were
beating them to it? What if churches were the leaders of recycling
drives and other conservation efforts? Not only would we be fulfiling
God's initial command to Adam to "tend the garden" but we would also be
winning souls. Many people would be far more willing to come to
church if they saw us behaving in a responsible fashion, as opposed to
behaving like angry children.
Also, I have said it before, and I will say it again, I love the fact
that the Spirit groans with us in prayer. The intercession of the
Spirit is the only thing that keeps my prayer life going, since half
the time I don't even know where to begin praying.
Finally, "if God is for us, who can be against us?"
Probably one of the most popular and most quoted verses from the
Bible. But does it always feel this way? Do we always act this
way? It feels like the answer is that everyone and everything can
be against us. That vast armies and hordes of demons and troubles
are arrayed before us in battle, and they are. Truth to be told,
St. Paul isn't saying that no one will try to stand against us,
they WILL try, but they will also fail. And that is a comforting
thought.
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| Genesis 23-24
Again, here we have the man who has been promised the whole land, being
forced to go to strangers to buy enough ground to bury his beloved
wife. And one has to wonder what went through the mind of Sarah,
when she knew that she was dying. She had been promised to be the
mother of a nation, and she only had one son to show for it.
We also have the story of Isaac and Rebekah. This really is a
great one, especially when you focus on Abraham's servant. This
guy has got to be one of the heroes of the Bible, he literally trusts
in God completely. And he could have had every reason to feel
bitter, after all, if it weren't for Isaac, he would be inheriting all
of Abraham's possesions. As it is, he faithfully carries out his
mission and seeks a "proper" wife for Isaac. I also have to
admit, I like this form of courtship better, less mess. Wouldn't
it be nice if we could just say to someone, "Go find my
wife/husband?" And then we get to sit in the field and meditate
till that person arrives. But in the end, we DO have this system.
We simply trust in God to bring us the right person, and then wait for
Him to bring us together.
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| As you know, I have been back on unemployed status for a while now.
But as of today, I am the new Assistant Manager at B. Dalton's at
Northgate Mall.
Also, as a side benefit they will likely be
promoting me to manager in November, turns out thats why they were
taking so long to decide if I had the job, because they wanted to be
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| Romans 8:1-21
Ok, I have to admit, Romans is a weird book. There are times when
it's my favorite, and there are times when I hate it. Seriously,
when I am in a good mood, I love the book of Romans, I can find all
kinds of verses that will bolster my good mood. Things like "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" and "Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs
with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may
also share in his glory." But then if I am in a bad mood, there are verses that bolster my bad mood, things like "those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires."
I don't feel like my mind is set on what the Spirit desires. Half the
time my mind is set on stuff that the Spirit detests. It's so
hard to be pure in action and thought, and as I have said before, I am
the idiot stepchild of a moron. but God still loves me and
forgives me anyways. I know that he is there, but I still wish he
would give a little hand and make it easier every now and then.
meh. Still, I gotta love that last verse, "I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that
the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and
brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God."" That is rockin stuff, definitely reassuring when things are going wrong...all the time..hehe.
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