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Living 4 Jesus 4 Life: #10 June 5, 2011
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In this issue ... behind the scene
in all your ways
fudge cycles
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14 Happy Birthday Loice!!!
Loice is turning 14 on June 16! Happy Birthday!!
Loice is #4 in a family of nine girls and one boy. She likes reading and spending time outdoors, and her favorite ice cream is vanilla or mint chocolate chip.
For all of our new readers.... this is us: Sarah (left) & Autumn (right)
Here's what's been on my mind lately: "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6)
All your ways... there is so much to that! Yeah I've always known that Christians should never be ashamed of the Gospel, and that we shouldn't compromise our standards, or deny His name. But this verse tells me to claim His name, to acknowledge Him in EVERYTHING! Whoa! Sometimes I just want to seem normal! I can be a good kid, and hold to godly standards without being a Bible-thumper right? Especially now that I'm in college classes all the time. I really don't like to "acknowledge" Him in front of a hundred and forty-six people and a professor every time I introduce myself to a new class. I always have to wonder, what if my instrcutor is like an atheist and will hate me forever if I tell him I'm a Christian. I'll tell him my honest opinions in every assignmentand he'll probably figure it out anyway. If someone asks me if I'm a Christian, why would I lie? If they ask me to pray for them, of course I will! I can even talk about going to church, just as long as its not too much. This is not what Proverbs 3:5-6 tells me.
Proverbs 3:5-6 does not say "in all your ways acknowledge your participation in Christian social events" - which is what I sometimes tend to make church sound like when I am around other people, people who do not know God. No, we are called to be "a peculiar people," based on I Peter 2:9. I dont' really like the sound of that. Peculiar. Hmm. That is pretty much a synonym to the word weird, exactly what I don't want to be, exactly the opposite of normal. Maybe I will sound weird sometimes. Probably most of the time if I really acknowledge Him in all things. Oh well. That is what I am commanded to do in Proverbs 3:5-6. The more I think about this verse, and the more I look at everything I do, the more I realize I have to learn. All. That is such a big word. I think this command is one most of us often fall short of. But as we try to acknowlege Him in everything, Jesus will surely acknowledge us before the King of Kings when our time on earth is done. Don't we owe it to Him, shouldn't we at least try? I'm workin' on it. ;)
love ya'll, autumn
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Fudge Cycles:
1 pkg. instant chocolate pudding
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup cream (or milk)
Milk as called for on box.
Mix 36 oz. handilier, pour into little cups and freeze (or tupperware cycles if you have them, but I just use little cups when I run out of the tupperware containers.)
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