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"Today, If you hear His voice, do not harden your heart."
(Psalms 95:7-8 & Hebrews 4:7)
Today I was reading and this passage. This single line spoke volumes to me. It made me think 2 totally different directions.
One...When God 'speaks' to me do I obey? Or do I find reasons why I should not obey or question whether that was 'really' God. Which is not all the time just sometimes when I am stubborn. I am not normally a stubborn person, at least I don't think I am. BUT at times I AM.
I admit that some times I complain that I am too tired, don't understand or flat out don't want to. Sometimes I want Him to send His instructions in an email or write them on the sky. Sometimes I wait to long to obey. A good old friend of mine says..."Slow Obey is NO obey"
Second...How many times have I obeyed and the person, if that was the instruction, hardens his/ her hearts and I walk away feeling beaten up and whipped. And wondering why in the world did He ask me to do that and He knew they would be stubborn why put me thru such formalities?
But I think the heart of the matter, if you don't me saying, is not if someone else hardens his/her heart. It is DID I DO AS I WAS ASKED. Did I learn? Did I harden my heart? Did I obey? And did I do it when asked?
Which makes me feel like a child and that is ok. Because He is my Father and He is teaching me, and training me and preparing me. And some kids don't get it right away. They are hard 'headed' and difficult. And I always learned my childhood lessons quickly.
Can I do so now?
Time will tell.
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I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOO struggling with this right now.
For a while I've had it on my heart to talk to my sister about her boyfriend. Bruise her now to keep her from bleeding later type thing - but I keep putting it off.
I put it off because I know she already knows how I feel, and because any time ANYONE tells her what to do she does the opposite - kind of like a two year old - you can't tell me what to do so I'm gonna go run head first into on coming traffic!!
I also put it off because I want to make sure that it's God calling me to help my sister and not the mama bear seeing her cub get hurt and wanting to attack that man like on Grey's last night (what's up with all the bear stuff lately?)
So pray for me - many decisions.
Hmm.. growing you up to wear big girls pants???...
I missed grey's last night. : (
I was tired and went sleepy by early.
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