Discipline of Submission

This chapter was so important I just had to take two days to mull it over!

We all know how difficult it is to be humble a submissive. When I first saw the title I immediately thought of my parents. Actually it was not about parents, or teachers, or the government like I assumed it would be. It was on submission to God!

I don't know about you but rarely think about being humble towards God. The only time I try to pay attention to that is when I pray for something to happen. A lot of time I ask for His will to be done instead of demanding. However that is most likely the only time I actually stop and ask myself "Am I being prideful?" "Am I being submissive?"

I realized as I read that true submission cannot be grasped without first starting with God! All this time I have been working on humility with mom and dad and yet I don't get very far without God's help.

Jesus is a major example of submissive behaviour. He prayed to His father for mercy, He asked His father if he was sure of His decision. Jesus accepted the will of God without a second look back, even though it meant a cruel death!

I question God. Just as I question my parents. Why? Because I think I'm right. And also because I am bigger to myself than others. God is small in my mind. And if God is small so are my parents! It is a scary thought to be think something, live by something come to find out you are so very very small. The God who made the universe, who died for us, forgave us and healed us is the very one I am ignoring!

I pray that my heart will change for the glory of God.

And that we will never be the same again.

XOXO

Faith Mae

Discipline of the Gospel

I'm reading a new book now and I wanted to share it with you.

It is called 'Disciplines of a Godly Woman.' By Barbara Hughes.

The first chapter is on the Gospel. It talks about how believers would get together to study scripture and one time a new Christan attended and found glory and wonder in the well known verse John 3:16! We all know this passage and yet this young girl found it so inspiring! I would love to be like that again. To find wonder in scripture. I am reading through the Bible and at the moment I am in Leviticus chapter 13. So far I have learned every unclean thing there is to eat and touch and what to do about it if you are unclean. (; Since we have entered the New Testament days I find it not as interesting as other parts of the Bible. Yet even still it is there and it needs to be reviewed.

Honestly I do not know why it is important. Maybe because God wants to show us true 'dedication' and 'sacrifice.' Maybe he is trying to tell us that we may not kill animals as sacrifices but we should still glorify Him by doing something else. I sometimes wonder what God is trying to say. However I can rely on the fact that if I am patient He will uncover what He wants me to understand.

The biggest point I see in all of this is to stay dedicated! Or disciplined to the Gospel. The Gospel is in my lap every morning before I eat, before I start school and even before I get on the computer. It wasn't always like that though. I would go all week without opening my Bible. Sure I would do a teen Bible study in the morning. But it just isn't the same! My personal relationship the Jesus hangs by a thread without daily engulfment in His word!


XOXO

Faith Mae