What is the Goal

Last Sunday our pastor Fred said something that really sums up where I
have come in life over the past 36 years as a Christian. I listerned
to the pod cast again today and wrote it down and want to share it:

"Maybe some of us have been part of a faith community that the thing
to do is we are going to find the right thing to believe about
everything so that they can prove everyone wrong. That not a lot of fun or
life giving. That is why we are not a part of those communities any
more. I believe the goal is not to have the right picture. But to know
God and live with HIM, and HE makes things clear."

Grace for All Occasions

My Own Fault

By Elisabeth Elliot

Someone who is suffering as a result of his own foolishness or failure may read these words. These griefs are hard indeed to bear, for we feel we might easily have avoided them. We have no one to blame but ourselves, and there isn't much consolation there. Sometimes we imagine that we must bear this kind of trouble alone, but that is a mistake. The Lamb of God, slain for us, has borne all of our griefs and carried all of our sorrows, no matter what their origin. All grief and sorrow is the result of sin somewhere along the line, but Christ received them willingly. It is nothing but pride that keeps me from asking Him to help me to bear the troubles which are my own fault.