Tea cups

Shine — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:54:16 -0400

"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean." Matthew 23:25

Self-indulgence~

· indulgence: an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires

· intemperance: excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Hypocrite~

1 : a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion

2 : a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings

I’m flip-flopped… I am usually so consumed with taking care of the body God gave me (which is not bad until my body becomes my idol) that I crawl into bed many nights and realize I haven’t paid much attention to the most Important Person in the world!! I too am a hypocrite in that I believe spending time with God and developing a relationship with Him is the most important thing I can do, but …. I don’t walk the walk very well. I try my best to have the outside of the cup clean (by exercising, etc), but inside (my relationship with God)… is a different story. It’s very hard for me to read the Bible and pray for an hour, but I can easily exercise for the same amount of time. God is opening my eyes to see that He wants to be my life not just be in it! Slowly but surely, I am growing closer to God.

Has anyone heard the song “The only thing that’s good in me is Jesus?”

Strength

Shell — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:40:00 -0500

The Lord (is) my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he (is) my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and Ib will exalt him. -Exodus 15:2

Christian Women - scripture

Tea cups

Strength