The Bittersweet Paradox

People have been pestering me to post. I still have no real impetus or inspiration to do so, but I thought it would be wise to try.

I read this passage at Sonic during lunch before accidentally taking a little cat nap in my car. I thought it was awesome.

4 Fear not, for you will not be put to shame;
And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;
But you will forget the shame of your youth,
And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
5 For your husband is your Maker,
Whose name is the LORD of hosts;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,
Who is called the God of all the earth.

Isaiah 54:5

Sometimes I listen to Calvary Satellite Network in the car and one of the preachers I hear a lot has been doing a series called "God as He Longs for You to Know Him"...or something like that. He suggested the book "The Knowledge of the Holy" by A.W. Tozer and I went to buy that book. So far, it seems really good. So far meaning the four pages I've actually read of it thus far.

I've come to the realization that a lot of the struggles in my life are because I don't have an accurate understanding of the God whom I want to serve. Worry, anxiety, frustration, joylessness. All products of not being completely sure that I can totally trust God with everything. I believe that if I understood God as He is (granted, we will NEVER fully or exhaustively know God on earth) then so many of those problems and fears I have will be completely overshadowed by the amazingness of my God, my Father; and Christ, His Son, my Savior.

In the words of Paul, I want to know Christ.

you do! Guess who it was that I got the idea from!...OK, maybe the cat nap wasn't so accidental.

Mrs. Carlisle is catching on I see....We even have Clint calling you that.:) I wonder if we can get him to call Becki Boobie?

Diana

You know, I think I want to be referred to as "Big Boobs McGee" from now on!!

BTW, good post and I'll ponder it for now. However, what about posting on our fantabulous Ladies' Weekend?

Sounds like a good book that i need to borrow.

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