What God has been doing in my life lately...

I'm sorry it's been so long since I last posted. I didn't feel that I had anything to post about. But God has been giving me the power to make changes in my life, small changes, but nonetheless changes. Many times in my own life, I feel the need to make a big and very drastic change. But I think small changes can be the most important changes to make, because they are what affect our everyday lives, the here and now. But they also affect our future.

Lately I've been reading in Hebrews for my devotions, a great book to read if you want to tap into the vastness of Christ's love and sacrifice for us. In chapter one I read about how Christ hates iniquity and loves righteousness. And that is what is wrong with our society today, it's the opposite.

In chapter two I read of Christ's great love and sacrifice. In verse 11 it says "For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren." One thing that comes to mind when I read this is the fact that Christ loves being associated with us. For instance, it's like one of those times that you're brother or sister does something so embarrassing, and you tell all of your friends that that brother or sister is adopted because you don't want those friends to associate you with that brother or sister. But yet, how many times do you think we have embarrassed Christ, and yet He chooses to be associated with us. That amazes me!!!

Then today, I read in Hebrews chapter three. This was a great rebuke to me, especially growing up in a Christian school where everyone professes to be a "Christian". In verse 13 it says "But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin." Exhort means to encourage in an uplifting way, and how many times do we speak down to one another. The end of the verse says ...."lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin." And before that it says ...."while it is called To day"... We are supposed to be standing up to those who are in sin before it's to late, while their hearts are still soft. Or even while they're still available, some of the juniors and seniors will be gone in a year or two, and even some of the younger class men in our school need to be challenging them to get their hearts right. As soon as some of the seniors step out the door after their graduation, they'll never be back. And they may miss their chance, but we don't want to miss the chance to encourage and challenge others that may be doing wrong. I'm saying a lot of this, because I know that most, if not all of the people who read my blog are from Grace.

Anyway, that's just a little of what god has been burdening my heart for, to see some leaders in our school become what god wants them to be.

I think our entire senior class needs some prayer, so be praying for them. God is still at work.

In Christ,
Dani