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Monday, June 11, 2012

Romans 8:28

Hi everyone!  It's been nearly a week since my last entry.  I apologize for that.  Y'all should know me by now and know I have a whole head and notebook full of potential blog information!   I have been faithful on my studies and reading, but had a wonderful house guest for the week/weekend.  My dad was visiting and we stayed busy doing well...nothing.  It was wonderful to have him!  Back to the point though.  It was a HUGE week/weekend for me personally.  I can't really say why now, but God was REALLY speaking to me on a big question I had asked Him. 

Each time I felt He was laying something on my heart regarding my question I wrote it down.  I believe in times like that it is important to take note of His messages.  We forget His faithfulness so easily and if we are able to flip back in a journal and read them we are encouraged.  It has been interesting to see just how God has answered me.  He has answered with FB posts from friends, in my personal devotion time, in the time I sit quietly at =His feet, at church through Pastor Bobby's message (that was on a completely different topic), and in another person's blog entry.  He has spoken though the love and encouragement of my husband and close friends also.

I have a blog brewing right now based on Romans 8:28.  Read it below.  The first verse comes out of the NIV.  The second comes from the Amplified Bible.

Romans 8:28) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.

Romans 8:28) We are assured and know that (God being a partner in their labor) all things work together and are (fitting into a plan) for good to and for those who love God and are called according to (His) design and purpose.

This verse is one of those famous verses, but I am going to dig in and dissect it and see what God is telling us here.  I want to know what it really means to love Him and how I can be called according to His purpose.  I often remind myself that there is good IN all things.  Pastor Bobby did an incredible sermon this past Sunday on reconciliation in relationships and read the story of Joseph and his brothers.  I have gotten great solace from that story as I navigate the waters of my health condition. 

What is so incredibly amazing about God is that He can take a sermon on he reconciliation of relationships and speak to me in a way that is personal to me.  This has nothing to do with relationships for me.  Romans 8:28 factored into Bobby's sermon and into what God has laid on my heart to blog about. 

Aaaaanywho, today's blog really isn't about anything, but I am confident that God can use it for something special. 

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