Monday, June 11, 2007

Lessons in Faith

My son, James, eleven years old asked me if it was taking advantage of God to pray for something when you knew He was going to answer!

My neighbor, Nati, who has known the Lord now for two and a half years was telling me about her days.  She said, "sometimes I wake up grouchy.  Then, I think why am I angry?  And I pray to God to touch my heart and then I forget why I was angry and I'm happy."  Then she said she has a pain in her side, but when it hurts she just gets up and works and praises God.  Then it feels better.  Her joy in believing is  infectious.

Then I listen to my other neighbor, Dani, also a Christian for about two and a half years.  She says, " I know it's only by faith that we can have anything.  I know because I used to try to change myself before and it never worked.  Then I just gave up and didn't worry about it anymore and now I'm changed.  It was God who did it all!"

These expressions of faith teach and humble me.

"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God..."
Rom.5:1

Kelly


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