~*Rachel's Pointe*~ - Blog Awards and God-given Understanding

Aug. 6, 2007 - Blog Awards and God-given Understanding

Alright, I seem to have gotten another award. It was the Rockin' Girl Blogger award, and Mariel kindly gave it to me. (*Cough* Back in July, that is...Seems I didn't find it on comments until...just now.)

I am going to have to choose more bloggers to give the award to, so be patient.

I've made a few changes on my blog. For example, note that I have taken Eloise chick down. She was getting far too noisy. So, I had to give her up. But, I have put a Matthew 5:8 banner I made, in her place, to make up for it. Do you like it? It took awhile for me to figure out how to get the file to change into a bitmap file, and Amanda had to show me how. (Thanks, 'Manda!)

Well, I just felt like letting some of you all know that I will be giving the award to more people! (It's really hard to choose though.) Is it alright to give it to people already awarded? I might need some help here...

On the brighter side of things, here is some Scripture for today...

"Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him." - Proverbs 30:5

"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever." - Isaiah 40:8

We just really need to remember 2 things: 1, that the Word of God shall always stand, and 2, that His Word never contradicts itself. It is pure and true, and those that know nothing of the Word of God, are the ones that claim that the Bible is full of contradictions. Now, sometimes things confuse us in the Bible, or things change because of new things taking place (such as Jesus being the sacrifice, and us not having to make sacrifices to God anymore). If only they read the Bible with a clear and open mind, and actually understood it. But, wisdom and understanding are only from God. Wisdom and understanding come from God, and God only - especially the kind that is given to understanding His Word.

The first seven verses of Proverbs proclaim:

1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

(I had to get those last 7 verses off of Bible Gateway, which is a very helpful Bible resource!)

We need to remember to pray daily about recieving wisdom and understanding from God. It is so important, because when we don't have it, we tend to rely on our own understanding of things, which as you know, is usually a misunderstanding.

Alright...I feel better now, about including Scripture in my blog post. I don't know why, it makes me feel that I can rest assured that I'm not leaving out God's Word. *Feels like I need to write a short sermon before posting anything!*

EDIT: I am going to be out of town Friday, and then for about 2 1/2 days, with my family, so I don't know if I'll have access to the internet or not. Considering my dad bringing his laptop, I might, but just in case you don't hear from me, that's why.

May the Lord bless each of you!

~Lady Rachel~

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Aug. 7, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Chris

heyo i think ur blog rocks! (even with what u said in ur last post lol)

thanx for the friends add!