Why Knowing Your Purpose Matters!

September 22, 2023

Friday 9:55AM

This morning i found myself in a moment of being utterly overwhelmed and weak. For over the last eight years our Lord, in His Word by His Holy Spirit and by the Spirit-filled teachers of His Word, has been teaching my husband and i the purpose for which we were created. 

Eight years ago our Lord Jesus opened our hearts to understand and know that we ultimately were created through Him and for Him! (Col. 1:16) That was an incredible paradigm shift for us. A relief! To have the lie that we were created to seek, pursue and create our own happiness dispelled! This new wisdom provided freedom that we had never known before! Freedom from the pursuit of happiness and freedom to rest in Jesus! Realizing that Jesus is our joy! Our delight! Our pleasure and our treasure! 

He is the One for whom we were created and it was natural that we were drawn to get to know Jesus, the Jesus of the Scriptures! Here's the reality. The more we read and study the Word of God and the Holy Spirit interprets it from inside of us, for us...the deeper understanding we glean of our purpose. Our purpose as a human. Our purpose as a male or a female. Our purpose as a son or a daughter. Our purpose as a husband or a wife. Our purpose as a dad or a mom. Our ultimate purpose for being. And that ultimate purpose is to know God, to enjoy God and to glorify God, forever! And on the road to forever - to eternity, to glory - we have these roles that come with responsibilities. 

    

For example, I am:

                              1) A human being. 

                              2) A Woman. 

                              3) A daughter.

                              4) A sister.

                              5) A wife. 

                              6) A mom. 

                              7) A grandma.

                              8) An aunt.

                              9) A friend. 

                            10) A neighbor. 

                            11) A natural born citizen of the United States of America. 

                            12) A supernatural born citizen of the kingdom of God. 

These are just twelve of many identifiers. With each one of them comes relationship and responsibility. Our understanding of number one will ultimately determine how we understand and live out all the rest. 

For the first 37 years of my life in this world, i lived as a human being believing that my purpose was to seek and find and create if i had to, happiness. That was a very long and difficult road to travel. It was full of heartaches, disappointments, a multitude of failures, me contributing and causing others much pain and suffering, enduring much pain and suffering by others, seeking new journey after new journey, setting goal after goal after goal and then pursuing them, finding satisfaction then only to discover it wasn't really satisfying, feeling successful in one area only to realize I wasn't in so many other areas, etc. That is a brief but accurate portrayal of my life as a human being the first 37 years of my life. 

But then, at age 37 all that changed! My understanding of what the purpose of being a human being was radically changed! Something had taken place in my life that caused me to purchase a Bible on line. Once it arrived i began reading it profusely.  My soul was so hungry and those words were the only thing that satisfied my hunger. The something that took place in my life that i mentioned above had changed me, yet i honestly had no idea what that "something" was. As i read the Bible, things began to start making sense. Like dots that were disconnected started to connect! And i will never forget the relief of coming to John chapter 3! i read this conversation that Jesus had with Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader. Jesus was explaining to Nicodemus that he must be born again. When i read that conversation i realized that that was what happened to me. Being born again was exactly what that "something" was! What i had been experiencing felt exactly like being born all over again, yet as a 37 year adult and at the same time left me feeling like a complete child rediscovering the world with new sight. Everything i thought i knew was wrong. Beginning with the purpose of my existence. You see, i had always believed that God created me. i never doubted His existence for as long as i can remember. But i was under the impression that He created me for me and that it was my responsibility to seek and find my own happiness. That played itself out in many ways and was changing all the time. Sometimes success made me happy. Sometimes people made me happy. Sometimes things made me happy. Sometimes money made me happy. Sometimes places made me happy. It was always changing and therefore all of the relationships above would change along with the target of whatever it was on any particular day that made me happy. But when i came in my profuse reading of the Bible to the book of Colossians chapter 1 verse 16 - the lie that i had always believed that God created me for me and my purpose was to find, in the world, what would make me happy was exposed. The lie was not so much about finding happiness as it was more about the whom i was created for. These words, God's words: 

"For in Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities - all things have been created through Him and for Him."

Colossians 1:16 LSB

That next to last three letter word, for, changed my understanding of what my purpose was! The purpose for which i was created was not for me! It was for Him! God created me for His Son, Jesus! This was such a relief! This was such a paradigm shift! To realize that i had thought my life was all about me all this time only to discover that it wasn't! And not only was i not created for me, but to know whom i was created for then exposed so many other lies that i had always believed. 

The most immediate relationship that was impacted was my marriage. My husband and i had been married thirteen years at that point and had many ups and downs. And our downs were deeper than most. And we just happened 😉 to be in the lowest low of our marriage at that time. We both were under the impression that it was the other ones responsibility to make us happy. In those days, weeks and years when the other one was not making us happy we would look elsewhere. Whether that be other people or things or places. This only resulted in destruction time and time again. As God through His Word began to expose lie after lie that we had believed all our lives, by the truth of His Word - we then began to realize that we had been dead those 37 years. Now i know that sounds ridiculous. How could you be alive for 37 years and now come to the understanding that you were actually dead all along? As we  continued to read His word and listen to His word and truly trust His word - we came to realize that we were dead all those years in the sense of being out of relationship with God. It wasn't until we were reconciled back to God the Father through His Son by His Holy Spirt that we realized we had actually been in the darkness all our lives. Alive in a physical sense but our hearts were actually dead because they were not connected to or in union with the One who created us. But now that we had been born again, really born again from above this time, we were in relationship with our Creator again! And this leads us to desire to seek Him through His Word and the more we hear, read and learn His Word the more lies get exposed! And the more the lies get exposed the more we come to understand what it really means to be a human being! And the more we learn the purpose of being a human being the more joy and peace we have! 

At the same time, the more we understand the purpose for which God created us the more other areas are exposed where we have been complete failures. Such as in all those relationships and roles mentioned above. 

Let's take being a wife for an example. i went from believing that it was in my husband i was suppose to find ultimate happiness and fulfillment to realizing that no matter how "good" of a man he was - God never created him to complete me. Therefore, he would have never been able to meet that ridiculous expectation i had of him for those first 13 years. Never! Why? Because he wasn't created for me nor i for him! We both, and you, were created for God! For His glory! To image Him! To glorify Him! And how else would we image Him but with love? All relationships take commitment, although different levels of commitment, nonetheless they all take commitment! They all require love. Sacrificial love! Love is commitment more so than a feeling! Relationships give us the opportunity to serve. To serve one another in love! In devotion! In faithfulness! In mercy, grace and forgiveness! And if God didn't provide these relationships for us to serve and love one another, how else would we know why He created us? He created us to know Him! To know His heart! To be in a relationship with our Creator. Our Maker! A relationship of trusting that He is good. He alone is good! Therefore, why would we not trust everything He has said? When you are drawn by the Father to His Son by the Holy Spirit - He draws you with faith! And that faith is the one thing you and i have been missing and seeking and searching for our entire lives. Faith in the right person! Not faith in me. Not faith in you. Not faith in our spouse. Not faith our parents. Not faith in our children. Not faith in the world! But faith in the very Son of God, Jesus Christ! And He alone gives that faith! It is a gift! We can be the "best" person we know, the most "moral" person we know, the most "generous" person we know and we still fall short of the glory of God. In and of ourselves, we fall short of the glory of God. We fail to image Him in all we think, say and do. We fail in the very purpose we were created for. Therefore we are in a most dreadful, dark, dead condition to do anything about it. We are in bondage to our self-centered, sinful wills. And it literally takes an act of God to give birth to us from above to bring us to life! Abundant life! Eternal life in His Son! 

All of this to get to this point. The point is it has been 8 years now of our new life in Christ! And this morning i realized something. First of all, how powerful His work has been in our hearts! He has continued to renew our minds and transform our hearts that they become more and more unrecognizable from our old selves! Which is very good! But what else i realized is that the more He renews our minds the more responsible we become because we know truth. More truth every day. Today all this truth began to crash in my heart and helped me see, once again, even though now i know for what purpose we have been created and we have an entire book to direct our thoughts and actions, i am still failing to succeed at the very things i know i am here to do. Now we know a portion of the right things but yet we fail many times over at actually doing them and living them out faithfully. Knowing the truth is an ever heavy responsibility to bear. And it gets heavy. It is burdensome. And then i hear the voice of my Lord in His word remind me:

"All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son will to reveal Him. Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I and gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." 

This time i hear the voice of my Lord in His light and weighed down from the heaviness of knowing truth. He reminds me to rest in Him! And He gently reminds me of what i already know to be true by His grace, that i must not look to myself, but to Him! 

Knowing your purpose reminds you to whom you run to for help! 

Knowing your purpose reminds you from whom your helps comes!

Oh Abba Father, my Maker and the Creator of the heavens and the earth, You are sovereign! You are good! You are holy and You are my comfort and delight! i confess to You that knowing truth becomes burdensome and heavy. Truth comes with responsibility and i fail constantly. Once again somehow i began to look to myself that i could actually follow you faithfully only to realize once again that i cannot. Thank You for reminding me i am home with You in Your Son by Your Spirit! Thank You for rest! Thank You for allowing me to see that once again and in a new way that i cannot reflect your glory to the world around me on my own. i need You now and always! i want You now and always! You alone are my pleasure and treasure! Thank You for Your work in me! Thank You for renewing my mind and softening my heart to desire You and seek You! Thank You for Your Son, Your Word and Your Holy Spirit! Thank You for adopting me into Your Family! There's nothing better than being Your child! i confess to You that i am weak and that i am grateful to be reminded that i can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. i ask Your forgiveness for once again mistaking my weakness for strength. It is not my strength it is Yours! Thank You for loving me and continuing to lead me in patience and love. In mercy and grace. In discipline and power! Thank You for the gift of Your Son and purifying us for Him! i ask for these reminders always. i need never to look to self but to Jesus always! Thank You for life in Christ! By Your grace, in Jesus' name, Amen!💙 

Why the Words of Jesus Matter More Than We Might Realize!

August 22, 2023
Tuesday 9:47 AM

    This morning i found myself listening to a short clip on Instagram of RC Sproul discussing that regeneration precedes faith. A deep and very important topic. A clear distinction was provided for me at the end of how different evangelism must be for an Arminian than from a Calvinist. 

    Previously, i have avoided using labels such as these but as i reflect back on the last 8 years in Christ, i realize how helpful it would have been to have had a better understanding of some Christian terms earlier on. There are two major camps in the area of soteriology (the doctrine of salvation) in Protestantism. One goes by the name of Arminianism and the other Calvinism. Eight years ago when my Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ came and found me and made me His own and reconciled me back to the Father, i not only had a sensational hunger for God's Word but i also had a desire to be around people that had come to long for the Lord Jesus like i did. The first logical place i thought to find those people were in church. Church - that's a whole other topic for another day. For now let's stay on topic. After seven years of attending four different churches for long periods of time i began to get discouraged and wondered if there were truly any real churches in our time. The Holy Spirit kept me strong in His Word and kept teaching me faithfully along the way, though! After the first seven years, two of which we didn't attend worship services but watched from afar online, my family could not not go to church any longer. We still had a longing to be with others that loved our Lord as well. We were led to a congregation that we had listened to for  six months online before we attended in person. Through those six months of listening online we didn't have the confusion that we had had with the previous four churches. Specifically on the conflict of what and how the Word of God was being preached. So we chose to attend this new church that we had been listening to online for six months in person and it was like falling into the arms of Jesus all over again! There were actually elders in this church, not just those on staff. The pastor actually preached the Word of God, not his own word. The preaching elevated Jesus, not the pastor or the church itself. The preaching was serious and honored, not preaching that sought laughs or aimed at entertaining people. There was actually joining of church members. Real covenantal commitments being made to one another, not just attenders when they felt like it or when it convenienced them. Doctrine was being taught, not just motivational speeches that talk about Jesus aimed at comforting my flesh. But rather, truth being proclaimed and my flesh being convicted! And the singing! The singing was Hymns, not the cultural make me feel good "Christian" music that passes as worship music these days. i know that comes across a bit harsh, but it's the truth. Singing hymns began to deepen the doctrines that i was learning and the reality of truth began to sink deeper into my soul! The Lord was reaching places in my heart that had yet to be touched with His Word! And this continues to this day! Oh the sweetness of the soul singing our Lord's praises unto His glory! 

    And then shortly after we started attending, I recall a particular moment when the pastor was preaching about the man that Jesus healed at the pool of Bethesda in John chapter 5. The pastor, my pastor, made a simple statement, "Notice that the man didn't know who Jesus was." With that little sentence along with all the personal study of the Scriptures the Holy Spirit was leading me through at home - it clicked! The light bulb turned on! i now understood why what was preached in the first four churches that it was us that decided for Christ, was wrong. This passage clearly taught otherwise! This man didn't know Jesus from Adam. Literally. (Which is a massive subject all on it's own and very important.) Jesus chose to heal this man! Jesus chose to forgive this man and change his life forever and this man had no clue who Jesus was. This man was rescued and NOT because He believed in the story about Jesus loving us, the way we are hammered to "believe" in Him in our age. What i'm referring to is the way someone tells you that Jesus loves you and died for your sins and if you "believe" that then you are saved and headed for heaven. It was apparent i had been listening to another gospel for those first seven years. A gospel that i had also heard at the age of sixteen and raised my hand, prayed a prayer and then got baptized. The gospel that did nothing and produced no other changes in my mind, heart or life than to make me falsely believe that i was saved and headed for heaven. 

    It was at this point i began to realize how important these labels are in Christian circles. And more important to know and understand when you are searching for, how the culture says it, "looking for a church home." Some churches are Arminian and some churches are Calvinistic in their beliefs, preaching and teaching. This matters tremendously. Why? Because one believes you choose Jesus and the other believes Jesus chooses you. It seems to be a subtle difference and maybe insignificant. But it absolutely is not! The gulf between the two is reminiscent of the subtlety of the serpent in the garden talking to Eve.  

    Let's listen to some of the words that came straight out of Jesus' mouth during His incarnation on earth: 

                    "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have 

                     spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe." 

                     (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and 

                     who it was who would betray Him.) And He said, "This is why I told you that no 

                     one can come to Me unless it is granted him by the Father." - Jesus, quoted in 

                     John 6:63-65

Who gives life? Do we choose life? Do we choose to ask Jesus into our hearts? Who is it that Jesus says gives life? The Spirit gives life! 

How is it that one comes to Jesus? It is granted him by the Father.

   

    Let's also listen to what Jesus said just a few moments before He said these words. Before He said the above, He said:

                  "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him. And I will raise 

                   him up on the last day. It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' 

                   Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me -" - Jesus, quoted in 

                   John 6:44-45 

Who are the only ones who can come to Jesus? Those whom the Father draws to Jesus! 

What took place before they came? They heard and learned from the Father! 

Who teaches those who come to Jesus? God! 

 Jesus says those that come are taught by God! (Take notice in both passages above the Triune God is present - Father, Son and Holy Spirit!)

    

    These two passages above bring to mind Jesus' conversation with Peter in Matthew 16. 

                   "Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples,

                    "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" And they said, "Some say John the 

                     Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to 

                     them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, 

                     the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah!

                     For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven, And I 

                     tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell

                     shall not prevail against it." - Jesus, quoted in Matthew 16:13-18

Again, straight out of Jesus' mouth we hear the reality that the Father reveals truth! It was not that Peter chose rightly to guess the true identity of Jesus. Peter knew the true identity of Jesus because the Father revealed it to him! And on that revelation, says Jesus, He builds His church! It is not that we are just smarter or better than our neighbor and therefore we choose rightly to believe a story about God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit and heaven and hell. No! It is that salvation is of the Lord! Not us!

Two central important distinctions that you need to be aware of as a professing believer in Christ is:

1) There is a massive difference between Arminianism and Calvinism. 

2) Monergism - God is solely responsible and credited for our salvation. AKA: Calvinism

    Synergism - The teaching that we are in part responsible and credited with God, by our cooperation, for our salvation. AKA: Arminianism.

    Also, a term that is helpful in understanding the popular false teaching that is prevalent in many churches today is decision theology. It is the culprit of many false converts that are professing to be Christians that haven't the slightest clue about the Jesus of the Scriptures or Scripture itself. i know this all too well as i was one of them before the Holy Spirit regenerated my soul. Another term that is of importance is the doctrines of grace. Dig in! Do the research and see for yourself! And most importantly, to quote the Father in regards to His Son, (Matthew 17:5, Mark 9:7, Luke 9:35), "This is My Son, My chosen One; listen to Him."

    All of this as a backdrop for my opening lines of how different evangelism has to be for an Arminian and a Calvinist. If you're an Arminian you must be sharing Christ with someone and hoping that you are saying just the right things at just the right time in full dependence upon the person you're talking to. How so? You're depending on them making the right decision to believe what you are telling them. And not only are you depending on them, you're depending on your own abilities as well. Not that we should be utterly irresponsible and loose with the Gospel, but an Armianian is more likely to look to self and the person they're witnessing to because they believe they actually took some part in the salvation of their own soul. Whereas a Calvinist, knowing that they had absolutely zero, zilch, nothing to do with their salvation is in absolute full dependence upon the Triune God for the regeneration of the soul of the one to whom they are witnessing. Knowing that God, and God alone, CAN give life to a dead soul leaves us as we always are, at the complete mercy of God! Not looking to our intellect, our communication skills or our abilities. Nor does it leave us at the mercy of the intellect of the person with whom we are speaking. We are entirely dependent upon the Triune God of the Scriptures to breathe life into the person we are speaking to. In other words, the result of the conversation is in God's hands, not ours and not the person we're speaking with.

Let us consult the Scriptures and listen in on a letter Paul wrote to the Corinthian church as he is helping them understand how they came to have faith in Christ:

    

                     "What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through who you believed, as the 

                      Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 

                      So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who 

                      gives the growth." - Paul, recorded in 1 Corinthians 3:6-7

    We can no more be a part of our salvation or anyone else's for that matter than we were a part of our own existence in the first place. Salvation of any human being is fully dependent upon God! Not His people! But what an incredible privilege we have been given to have been entrusted with the truth to proclaim! And that God Almighty chooses to use His word about His Son coming out of our mouths as a means for the Holy Spirit to reach His people! Amazing!

    One last thought! Once you have been given the eyes to see this reality in His Word, you see it everywhere in Scripture! You'll wonder how you could have missed it all this time. The thing is, we allow the words of others, even when it comes to God's Word, to have influence in our thinking and our view of things. We tend to listen to others and what they have to say about God's Word more than we listen to God Himself in His Word. Thank God He gives more grace and grants us repentance! 

Grace and Space for you and for others, no matter what it looks like!  

Romans 11:36; solideogloria!

Psalm 19:14; coram deo!

Here is the video clip i ran across this morning of R.C. Sproul as well as a link to a chart that gives a visual of the differences between Arminianism and Calvinism. May the Lord bless you with knowing His salvation! 

Comparison of Arminianism and Calvinism

  

                     

                     

  

Lies

Often, our sinful nature convinces us that we must lie to protect ourselves, or perhaps to protect others. 

This is why God’s Word tells us:

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭5‬-‭8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

When we have fear, especially the fear of someone finding out an ugly truth about us, our sinful flesh drives us and rules over us to lie for our own “good” and our own “protection.”

But God, from whom all wisdom and truth is given, first in Exodus 20:1-17 and again in Deuteronomy 5:1-21 commands and directs His people in the 9th commandment not to bear false witness, aka: do not lie. And later in Proverbs, chapter 3, verses 5-8 we are given direction by the Word of God to trust in the LORD with all our heart. This includes even when we have fear and are scared. And then His Word proceeds to tell us HOW to trust in the LORD with all our heart. 

We are NOT to lean on, depend on or trust our own understanding.

We ARE to acknowledge and consult Him, by His Word, in all our ways. 

We are NOT to be wise in our own eyes. Rather, 

we ARE to fear/respect/believe/honor/trust the LORD by turning from evil. 

From what evil?➡️From leaning on and trusting our own understanding. This sounds extremely familiar to Jesus’ command to deny yourself daily! And lastly, what does God say is the result? Proverbs 3:8 reveals the reality behind these commands of God. 

“It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

And these words sound extremely familiar to Jesus’ proclamation and command from Matthew 11:

“All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.””

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭27‬-‭30‬ ‭ESV‬‬

In the above few verses and commands Jesus reveals to us a reality that the sin IN us hides from us. The sin IN us rules our flesh, our nature, our desires and ultimately or hearts. He confirms this reality elsewhere. For example in Jeremiah 17:9 and Mark 7:21-23. We are defiled humans. The Triune God revealed to us in the Holy Bible, KNOWS the reality of our condition and desires to rescue His people from trusting our sinful flesh! 

Why?➡️Well, in our sin we are only deserving of His wrath. 

Why?➡️Because we continue to be wise in our own eyes and we trust our own understanding of the world and the creatures (us) He created. And as long as we continue to be our own god or follow a god we’ve imagined to be like us - in our sin - we continue to pursue, not His purpose for creation, but our own wicked, evil purposes. 

And what does that produce?➡️Tears, hurt, pain, and ultimately the death we not all only observe around us, but that we inflict upon others and that others inflict upon us. 

Sin IN us and sin around us deceives us. It leads to destruction 100% of the time. And  destruction is a reality that sin convinces us to long for. Does that sound silly to you? It does to me. It sounds ridiculous to say we long for destruction. But it’s the truth. In our fallen state we come to enjoy and take pleasure in sin. We like it. It makes us feel good. But God has created us in such a way to never be fully satisfied in sin! He created us to only, ever and finally be satisfied in Him! 

Why?➡️

Because He knows us far beyond what we could know about ourselves!

Because He desires better for us than we desire for ourselves!

Because He loves us far beyond what we conceive love as!

He IS our Creator! 

He is God and we are not! And by His grace alone are we delivered from sin and death. Aka: trusting self. 

Look to Jesus alone for reality!

Look to Jesus alone for truth!

Look to Jesus alone for rescue and help!

Look to Jesus alone for what is good!

Look to Jesus alone for protection! 

Look to Jesus alone for freedom!

Look to Jesus alone for forgiveness!

We cannot EXPECT The loving & justful Triune God to make sin comfortable for His images! But we can ASK our Creator of all that is, was and ever will be, to gift us faith! Faith in His Son Jesus Christ, the One & Only Savior of all His people!

In reality, there is only one race that lives upon the earth. ➡️The human race!

But make no mistake about it; the human race is divided!

Those whom trust themselves, honor themselves, worship themselves and obey themselves in rebellion to The Holy Triune God of the Scriptures. 

And those, whom are His! Those whom He has called out of the world and rescued from sin by His grace alone! 

Unbelievers, born only of the flesh that look at God’s commands and trust they know better for themselves.

And believers, born twice, of the flesh and of the Holy Spirit from above that look at God’s commands and KNOW they are for our good and are our protection! 

Whose are you?

Only God - Father, Son and Holy Sprit will make your paths straight! 

Grace and space for you and for others, no matter what it looks like! 

Romans 11:36; solideogloria!

Psalm 19:14; coram deo!