Well kiddo's here I am again. Hope you have not given up on me entirely. I have been utterly uninspired lately. I have been busy with home and grandchildren, but not really inspired to blog. I guess it was a novelty at first and then the "new" wore off. But I am fired up again and here goes.
I am inspired by the beautiful area where I am living and the wonderful Lord I serve. I am participating in a study of the book of Jonah and the church we are attending. For those of you that are not familiar with the book of Jonah, it is located in your Bible so if you have one, take it down from the shelf, dust it off, open it up and turn to the index located in the front of the Bible and see what page you can find Jonah. It is a small book of the 66 books in the Bible but boy is it jam packed with good stuff. I know you know the story of Jonah and the whale! Well this is the same Jonah! Believe it or not, I am doing a study on his life, his friends, his enemies and the decisions that changed his life. Listen my friends and you will hear, the startling tale of... wait a minute... that was Paul Revere, OH WELL, listen anyway and I will tell you what I have learned so far about Jonah. It's just to DIE for.
It is amazing that God would choose to speak to anyone of such lowly birth as a human. I mean, look at us. We are always making awful decisions. We never give God credit for the miracles around us that happen every day. We are always griping about something or other. We are always breaking some commandment. We never take the blame for anything we do, it's always the other person's fault. In other words, we are just not a very good human race for Him to be proud of and want to talk to, even back in Jonah's day. I'd say nothing has changed much since then.
God told Jonah to go to Nineveh and spread his word. Jonah did not want to go so what did he do, he took off on his on and fled as FAR away from God as he thought he could get. But did he really think he could escape God. Do we today really think we can escape God just because we take flight and do the opposite of what we know we should be doing? Even when we are just a "LITTLE" off track we might as well be "HUGELY" off track. When God says to do something, he means do it and do it HIS way. It's not like he has not told us over and over again in His word (THE BIBLE) what he wants us to do and how to do it. (DUH). All we have to do is read it and do it. Sounds simple doesn't it. Well...
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I guess I wrote the above at the end of last year. It sounds like to me I was going through a difficult time and not choosing to obey God. Well, it is February, 2013 and it is a NEW YEAR and a NEW DAY. I am feeling re-NEWED and ready to face the new year with a new perspective. I ready to see what the new year holds. ARE YOU? If not, just hang with me and we will do it together. Continue to read my blogs and I will try not to abandon you again.
I remain "yours truly"
Kathy in the Kitchen (More or Less)
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