Category: Growth Process

For the past two decades I have been journaling during my quiet time.  Recently I started to feel like I should go back and review those journals and type out the lessons. There are many things that I have learned over the years that are engrained in my life, they have become part of who I am. There are some lessons, that like the parable of the seed, fell on bad ground.  At the time in my life I was not in a place that those seeds could take root.  I need to be reminded of those so that I can continue to grow.
There are some lesson that I am still learning.  Things I know that God continues to show me time and time again, like the children of Israel because I need them to move forward in my journey.   I need to review them so I can move forward.
These journals are not in order.  I will do my best to date them as they happened, even if they are not typed in that order.  I am hopeful that my journey may help others.  Help others to see:

It is okay to start somewhere.
That God meets us right where we are
He speaks to us in a way that we can understand.
Sometimes it comes in waves and other times in a single sentence.

For me, I grew up in church but never learned about a personal relationship with a heavenly Father that loves me.  I could quote the scriptures and tell the stories, but they were just that words and stories.  I had to start with learning lessons in general.  Grand ideas found in the scripture that were applicable to lives in general.  Then I started to learn how to apply them to my own life.  Now I am able to help others learn to apply the lessons to their life.  If nothing else, I hope that it helps you to grow in faith because for the most part, the person who wrote these journals, is a life transformed.  Below you will find writings from these journals.

Fear God and Honor Authority

Passage -  Be respectful to all — keep loving the brotherhood, fearing God and honoring the emperor. 1 Peter 2:17 Restated in my own words - Be respectful to everyone, love your whole church family, fear God and honor those in authority. Application to my own life - I have a reverent fear of God... Continue Reading →

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Silenced

Passage - For it is God’s will that your doing good should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. 1 Peter 2:15 Restated in my own words - Our behavior towards those in authority silences foolish people with our good deeds. Application to my own life - I want to speak out and so often... Continue Reading →

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Submit to Authority

Passage - For the sake of the Lord, submit yourselves to every human authority — whether to the emperor as being supreme, or to governors as being sent by him to punish wrongdoers and praise those who do what is good. 1 Peter 2:13-14 Restated in my own words - We are called to submit to... Continue Reading →

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Live Your Life

Passage -  but to live such good lives among the pagans that even though they now speak against you as evil-doers, they will, as a result of seeing your good actions, give glory to God on the Day of his coming. 1 Peter 2:12 Restated in my own words - And believers might talk bad... Continue Reading →

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Desires

Passage - Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and temporary residents not to give in to the desires of your old nature, which keep warring against you; 1 Peter 2:11 Restated in my own words - It's important not to give in to the desires of the old nature which come against you. Application to my... Continue Reading →

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His Mercy

Scripture: Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; before, you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:10 How this Scripture applies to my life: Before I was a foreigner, I relate to that sentiment. Sometimes it's easy to feel like I don't belong. I... Continue Reading →

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Stumble or Obey

Passage - also he is a stone that will make people stumble, a rock over which they will trip. They are stumbling at the Word, disobeying it — as had been planned. 1 Peter 2:8 Restated in my own words - People will have a hard time obeying the word, they will stumble and trip. Application... Continue Reading →

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Bold Requests

Passage - But you are a chosen people, the King’s cohanim, a holy nation, a people for God to possess! Why? In order for you to declare the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9 Restated in my own words - I declare the praises of the Lord who took... Continue Reading →

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Cornerstone

Passage - This is why the Tanakh says, “Look! I am laying in Tziyon a stone,a chosen and precious cornerstone;and whoever rests his trust on itwill certainly not be humiliated.” Now to you who keep trusting, he is precious. But to those who are not trusting, “The very stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone”; 1 Peter 2:6-7 Restated... Continue Reading →

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