One of my favorite verses has always been James 1:5:
If any of you lack wisdom, he should ask God who gives generously and without finding fault and it will be given to him.
I love it because so many times I have needed wisdom because I had gotten myself in a mess of my own doing. As a parent it is hard to give advice to the girls when they made the mess without telling them, "what were you thinking?"
In this verse though, we can see that God is willing to give us wisdom without the fault pointing. Just yesterday though, I was studying James and this verse jumped out at me, James 3:17:
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure, then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
I don't quite have a handle of that part of wisdom, but as it is rolling around in my mind. I have been thinking about what areas do I need wisdom for 2009. Several immediately pop up,
- finances
- helping people
- raising the girls to follow God
- work
Just to name a couple in my life, as I am asking God for wisdom, it brings me comfort that it will be all of those things He listed. Then I'm struck by how if that is what the wisdom will look like, then that is how my actions need to be.
Pure
Peace-Loving
Considerate
Submissive
Full of mercy
Good Fruit
Impartial
Sincere
That is a list worthy to be my New Year's Resolution! I hope in the coming year, you that see me in day to day life, we see more of these in me!
Is that a song or something? It's ringing in my head in a weird voice but for the life of me I can't place where it is from?? Anybody know??
I could submit you a list of reasons I have not done so hot in writing on this blog, but you and I both know it would just be an excuse! So, what do you say we just start anew?
You know that is what I wanted to blog about today, the ability we have to start anew. I like that word, anew. Something about it just gives me hope. Today is Dec. 1st and we can start anew.
We have the chance to do Christmas different this year than before. For us personally, one thing we are doing is paying cash for Christmas instead of a mixture of cash/credit. It has already been painful and I am not overly happy about it!
Somehow the month of December turns into a huge blur and I find myself saying to God, at the first of the year I'll get back to meeting with you daily, but for now I must get x and y done because it is Christmas you know.
How goofy is that? This December I want to make it on cash and keep my daily time steady. I don't know which one is the biggest challenge, on the cash, we have NEVER just paid cash for Christmas. The upside I guess could be we never have tried before?? Is that an upside??
On the staying steady with God, I have at times done better, but I want this year to be one I look back on and say, that was a good Christmas season! I sought God, He answered and we celebrated. That's really what Christmas is all about, celebrating the fact that God, choose to come to earth so that we could have a relationship with Him.
How about you, what do you want to do anew?
Jen
I could submit you a list of reasons I have not done so hot in writing on this blog, but you and I both know it would just be an excuse! So, what do you say we just start anew?
You know that is what I wanted to blog about today, the ability we have to start anew. I like that word, anew. Something about it just gives me hope. Today is Dec. 1st and we can start anew.
We have the chance to do Christmas different this year than before. For us personally, one thing we are doing is paying cash for Christmas instead of a mixture of cash/credit. It has already been painful and I am not overly happy about it!
Somehow the month of December turns into a huge blur and I find myself saying to God, at the first of the year I'll get back to meeting with you daily, but for now I must get x and y done because it is Christmas you know.
How goofy is that? This December I want to make it on cash and keep my daily time steady. I don't know which one is the biggest challenge, on the cash, we have NEVER just paid cash for Christmas. The upside I guess could be we never have tried before?? Is that an upside??
On the staying steady with God, I have at times done better, but I want this year to be one I look back on and say, that was a good Christmas season! I sought God, He answered and we celebrated. That's really what Christmas is all about, celebrating the fact that God, choose to come to earth so that we could have a relationship with Him.
How about you, what do you want to do anew?
Jen
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- I'm a mom to 3 girls, who I'm crazy about! I'm married to my High School sweetie and now my daughter is the age I was when I first met him! Unbelieveable! I'm trying harder and harder to make Jesus the complete center of my life, and you all help me in more ways than you know!
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