Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Fresh Air & Other Excesses
Amy’s down to 9 days of treatments! She & I are SO ready to be done with this. She woke up a bit queasy this morning but has made it through the day so far with keeping everything down.
Yesterday was beautiful here! It got up to about 72 deg. and Amy told me that her and the kids spent a great deal of time outside enjoying the wonderful weather! We have a small white dog and her name is Feliz. She is a Bichon Poo, she’s only about 6 months old and normally she is quite active and wants to play with me when I get home from work, but not yesterday. She was napping when I got home and barely moved a muscle. It wasn’t until after supper that I found out that she too had spent a good share of the day outdoors and basically wore her little self out! Funny how something that can be SO good for you, like fresh air or spending time outside, can actually be detrimental or wear on you. Now, in 1 Corinthians 10:23 Paul says “Everything is permissible—but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible—but not everything is constructive.” It’s clear if you read the previous verses that Paul is trying to settle a dispute between Jewish born & Gentile born Christians. The Jewish born Christians were raised with the scripture of Leviticus 11 which dictated which foods were clean and which foods were unclean and before God told Peter differently in Acts 10:9-16, they were right. My point is that what Paul says in 1 Corinthians can be applied to the basic of things in that anything used or done in excess generally isn’t good for you. Now, Paul isn’t saying ‘Hey! Everything’s permissible so go out and sin without fear or care.’ God wants us to be totally dependent upon Him. He tells us that not everything is beneficial, then sends the Holy Spirit to guide us away from those things that are not beneficial. He tells us that everything is permissible, then tells us to do everything to His glory. Depending on where we are in our relationship with Jesus, this can be a big "Ouch!" or a big "Hallelujah!" Because the only way that we can enjoy the freedom He grants to us is by totally relying on the Holy Spirit for guidance. He will prompt you when He wants you to do something. He will convict you if you're about to do something wrong. He will open the doors of opportunity that He wants you to step through, and He will close the doors He wants you to stay away from. If you listen and follow His guidance, eventually everything you do will be to the glory of God and you wont want to do the things that aren’t beneficial or unconstructive.
This is Amy's story as seen and told by me - V
Yesterday was beautiful here! It got up to about 72 deg. and Amy told me that her and the kids spent a great deal of time outside enjoying the wonderful weather! We have a small white dog and her name is Feliz. She is a Bichon Poo, she’s only about 6 months old and normally she is quite active and wants to play with me when I get home from work, but not yesterday. She was napping when I got home and barely moved a muscle. It wasn’t until after supper that I found out that she too had spent a good share of the day outdoors and basically wore her little self out! Funny how something that can be SO good for you, like fresh air or spending time outside, can actually be detrimental or wear on you. Now, in 1 Corinthians 10:23 Paul says “Everything is permissible—but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible—but not everything is constructive.” It’s clear if you read the previous verses that Paul is trying to settle a dispute between Jewish born & Gentile born Christians. The Jewish born Christians were raised with the scripture of Leviticus 11 which dictated which foods were clean and which foods were unclean and before God told Peter differently in Acts 10:9-16, they were right. My point is that what Paul says in 1 Corinthians can be applied to the basic of things in that anything used or done in excess generally isn’t good for you. Now, Paul isn’t saying ‘Hey! Everything’s permissible so go out and sin without fear or care.’ God wants us to be totally dependent upon Him. He tells us that not everything is beneficial, then sends the Holy Spirit to guide us away from those things that are not beneficial. He tells us that everything is permissible, then tells us to do everything to His glory. Depending on where we are in our relationship with Jesus, this can be a big "Ouch!" or a big "Hallelujah!" Because the only way that we can enjoy the freedom He grants to us is by totally relying on the Holy Spirit for guidance. He will prompt you when He wants you to do something. He will convict you if you're about to do something wrong. He will open the doors of opportunity that He wants you to step through, and He will close the doors He wants you to stay away from. If you listen and follow His guidance, eventually everything you do will be to the glory of God and you wont want to do the things that aren’t beneficial or unconstructive.
This is Amy's story as seen and told by me - V
# posted by Vince @ 4:48 PM 
