Friday, May 25, 2007

Ten Things I Need to Remember

I have been thinking about things on which I need to reflect and continue to work out, then make effort to recall . Like Jeremiah--or whoever wrote Lamentations

--This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. --Lamentations 3:21-24.


So here's my list. Does anyone else have some thought to add?
1. Joy is rooted in eternity.
2. The Holy Spirit who lives in me does not take on my pers0nality, but I am to take on His.
3. Christ in me is the hope of glory
4. God loves all people. I need to agree with Him.
5. It is fruitless to try to get God to agree with me.
6. The Valley of Achor is a door of hope.
7. Faith and love spring from hope (Colossians 1:5
8. Find some cheer in tribulation (John 16:33)
9. My thoughts are not always my friends.
10. My need to control shrinks or grows in opposite proportion to my view of God's greatness.

2 comments:

Ana Schaetzle said...

I love those things you've listed, especially numbers 9 and 10. They are SOOOOO TRUE AND HELPFUL if we do apply them to our lives daily. In my case, I would have to add one more thought about self-hatred because that's the big issue that God is helping me to deal with right now. I have to constantly choose NOT TO act out of self-hatred because self-hatred is a sin and prevents me from loving God and others in a healthy way. Thanks for checking out my blog Donna. I miss you and I especially miss talking to you. I'm glad we have the blog to keep in touch easier...

Rachel said...

Great things, mom. I think I'll print some of them and put them on my mirror.