Friday, September 18, 2015
Mentoring Woman: I'VE GOT A SECRET!
Mentoring Woman: I'VE GOT A SECRET!: When I was a kid in (back in the Stone Age) there was a television game show called "I've Got A Secret." You can tell it is o...
I'VE GOT A SECRET!
When I was a kid in (back in the Stone Age) there was a television game show called "I've Got A Secret." You can tell it is old one, because when it was in production, there was no color television. Reality check....I am old!
It was hosted by Garry Moore (back) and had a regular panel of members on it, like
Bill Cullin, Audrey Meadows (who was married to Steve Allen), Henry Morgan, and Betsy Palmer.
The whole idea of the show was this: a contestant would come onto the show and the panel would try to guess through a series of questions, their secret. An example might be: "I clean the outside windows on the Empire State Building," "I am the chauffeur for the President Of The United States,""I rode an unicycle across the United States", etc. The viewers at home could either see what their secret was, (it was always written at the bottom of the screen) or not look, and play along with the panel. They would try to ask questions such as: "Is what you do part of your profession?" "Are there several people involved in accomplishing what you do?", etc. They could only ask questions that could be answered by "yes or no."
That leads me to today's thought. We who know Christ as Saviour have a secret inside us also. It was placed there by God and guaranteed by the deposit of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Ephesians 1:13b-14 says "Having believed you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory." (NIV) What is this secret we are guarding? "And he made know to us the mystery of his will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment--to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ." (Eph. 1:9-10, NIV)
We who name the name of Christ, know how this world is going to end and we also know what God's ultimate purpose is: To bring all things into subjection to Christ. "For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God." (Rom. 8:20, NIV) Christ came to free us and His creation. Think of the Lord's prayer which says: "your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
This world is getting crazier each day and it can sometimes give us a feeling of hopelessness. But we have this secret inside us that should put a smile on our face, that one day it will all be made right! However, we have a privilege and responsibility to let as many people know the secret that lies within each of us!
I have a secret....let me share it with you! Christ died for you!
It was hosted by Garry Moore (back) and had a regular panel of members on it, like
Bill Cullin, Audrey Meadows (who was married to Steve Allen), Henry Morgan, and Betsy Palmer.
The whole idea of the show was this: a contestant would come onto the show and the panel would try to guess through a series of questions, their secret. An example might be: "I clean the outside windows on the Empire State Building," "I am the chauffeur for the President Of The United States,""I rode an unicycle across the United States", etc. The viewers at home could either see what their secret was, (it was always written at the bottom of the screen) or not look, and play along with the panel. They would try to ask questions such as: "Is what you do part of your profession?" "Are there several people involved in accomplishing what you do?", etc. They could only ask questions that could be answered by "yes or no."
That leads me to today's thought. We who know Christ as Saviour have a secret inside us also. It was placed there by God and guaranteed by the deposit of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Ephesians 1:13b-14 says "Having believed you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory." (NIV) What is this secret we are guarding? "And he made know to us the mystery of his will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment--to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ." (Eph. 1:9-10, NIV)
We who name the name of Christ, know how this world is going to end and we also know what God's ultimate purpose is: To bring all things into subjection to Christ. "For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God." (Rom. 8:20, NIV) Christ came to free us and His creation. Think of the Lord's prayer which says: "your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."This world is getting crazier each day and it can sometimes give us a feeling of hopelessness. But we have this secret inside us that should put a smile on our face, that one day it will all be made right! However, we have a privilege and responsibility to let as many people know the secret that lies within each of us!
I have a secret....let me share it with you! Christ died for you!
Friday, September 4, 2015
Mentoring Woman: YOU ARE MOLLYCODDLED!
Mentoring Woman: YOU ARE MOLLYCODDLED!: Ever just have a word pop into your brain and you think to yourself, "where did that come from?" Well, that happened to me las...
YOU ARE MOLLYCODDLED!
Ever just have a word pop into your brain and you think to yourself, "where did that come from?" Well, that happened to me last night. I was speaking to my husband about something and I said to him: "I don't want you to have to mollycoddle me." His instant reply was: "What? Is that even a word?" I don't think it is a word men use frequently, and I think it popped into my mind from reading too many historical fiction books lately! I also laughingly said to him: "I wonder how I can work this word into my blog tomorrow?" His reply: "Oh, knowing you, I'm sure you'll find a way!" Well here goes:
The word comes from our friends in Great Britain, so put on your tiaras, pinkies up, and we'll drink a cup of tea while we contemplate it.
The word mollycoddle means to "pamper," "to spoil," and "to overprotect." It is sometimes used to describe "spoiled children." No wonder he is so spoiled his mother "mollycoddled" him.
This got me to thinking about our relationship with God. First of all, keeping to our British theme, we are "heirs to the throne." Romans 8:17 says: "Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory." (NIV) When we ask Christ to be the Lord of our lives, the scripture says "We are adopted into God's family" and with that adoption, comes all the rights and privileges as His heirs. How wonderful, or as our British friends might say "Bravo!"
I John 3:1 says: "How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are!" (NIV) As his child, God lavishes (gives to us in great amounts, without limits) His love on us! Do you feel lavished upon this day? It is not just a feeling but a fact! Sometimes when things are going all wrong, we don't feel very lavished upon, but if we just begin to think about it (such as the fact that we are breathing, we got out of bed, etc,) we begin to see how much our King does mollycoddle us.
He also protects us from the harm that threatens us daily. Remember the 23rd Psalm you might have learned as a child? "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." (NIV) I truly think we will all be amazed someday when we see how the Lord has protected and mollycoddled us down through the years!
Also in that same Psalm it says he pampers us "You prepare (God does it) a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows." I had a note in my bible (yes, it is okay to write in them) that the oil was used in biblical days for kings. Remember David's head was anointed by Samuel when he was chosen king? How about when the tabernacle was dedicated? It was anointed with oil because it was where the king,God Himself, came down to dwell! How about in the New Testament when the woman came into the room and anointed the Lord by pouring the costly perfume on Christ's head in Mark 14:3? It was a costly perfume oil called "Nard" signifying that Christ is King and was used to prepare him for burial! That should make all you essential oil people happy today! Since we are children of the king, I guess then it makes sense that he tells us in James 5:14 "Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord."
Yes, my dear friends you and I are definitely mollycoddled by the greatest of Kings, and I for one, am thankful and don't mind it one bit! Now I challenge you to go out today and try to use that word at the grocery or on your kids and see what kind of reaction you will get!
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