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JimfromOhio

I am happlily married with 5 kids. I am an accoutant and worked in an accounting field for over 25 years. I like to make a habit of writing down whenever I have deep thoughts about God (so I won't forget). I really into Reformed Theology that is connected to Presbyterian Church in America.

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Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States

I enjoy having deep thoughts about God and put down what I actually think about (so I won't forget).

Monday, November 14, 2005

Pondering of Past and What to do now.....

Galatians 2:20, "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." Today I was reading Galatians 6. It is about what I am reaping whatever I have sowed in the past. The point is that Christ lives in me now. This means I am always to believe and surrender my soul to Christ to continue to His work, reaching out to others who do not know Christ. Back when I didn't serve Christ and served sin, I was fooling myself and have been reaping the consequences. I was thinking about the time when I was away from God; I lived to satisfy my selfishness that I rejected God’s values and holiness. I am aware of the consequences that I have done and left undone. As a sinner, I worry about my sins and my sinful nature is motivating me to find ways to undo my past. I know I can’t because I am harvesting (reaping) my consequences. However today, I do not fear of facing up my failures (sin) because Jesus forgave me and He is in me. He forgets my sins (Hebrews 10:17) and I just need to have a personal relationship with Jesus by reading the scriptures and pray faithfully. Galatians verse 10 reminds me that I now have the opportunity to use my experiences to help fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Ga 6:1 is telling me that I am to gently and humbly help a person back onto the right spiritual path. Then in Gal. 6:2, "Share each other's troubles and problems, and in this way obey the law of Christ. If you think you are too important to help someone in need, you are only fooling yourself. You are really a nobody." (NLT) I understand that this is telling me that without God, I am a nobody however when I serve Christ as He is in me, I am somebody. Christ commanded me to love God and others with all of my heart, mind and soul; I am to live in the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.(Galatians 5:22). The church I am now a member of encourage members to remember that we are to worship joyfully and celebrate the glorious presence of God in order to know Him and to make Him known in every area of my life. As part of my worship to God, I am encouraged to employ my spiritual gifts to serve others. That I serve to know and enjoy God by helping to meet the spiritual and material needs of brothers and sisters in Christ.