Notebook #2
(Please note- information taken from my old notebooks may be altered by me to take what I think is pertinent from among all that is written. All additional writing which will be my current thoughts on past writings will be in parantheses. Thank you.)
July 5, 1983
People teach that their religion is the only way to be saved, however a pearl of wisdom comes from one writer and holds true.
'Among the heathen are those who worship God ignorantly, those to whom light is never brought by human instrumentality yet they will not perish. Though ignorant of the written love of God, they have heard his voice speaking to them in nature and have done the things that the laws required. Their works are evidence that the Holy Spirit has touched their hearts, and they are recognized as the children of God.'
The Desire of Ages p638 E.G. White
( I find this thought very comforting. We live in a world where you hear over and over that all people have already been given a chance to know Jesus. We live in the age of technology that has allowed information to speed to people around the world in mere seconds. Still there are remote villages, there are tiny cities, there are many who are too poor to own their own computer. No matter what the circumstances there will be situations where not every single person will be set down and talk from the Bible.
This is why that passage really touches my heart as being true.
The voice of God in their daily lives is alive and well. The Holy Spirit is touching their hearts, their minds and they are God's children. These uneducated people like all people the world over will have an opportunity to live their lives as God would accept. It's a natural love that flows from the Holy Spirit and to me this is a great comfort. )
'The written testimonies," it is explained in Mrs. White published works, 'are not to give new light, but to impress vividly upon the heart inspiration already revealed. Man's duty to God and to his fellow man has been distinctly specified in God's word, yet but few of you are obedient to the light given. Additional truth is not brought out, but God has through the testimonies simplified the great truths already given.'
Testimonies for the Church Vol 2 p 605 E.G. White
(I used to belong to the SDA Church, in fact when I wrote things at that time I was active in the church. However I left the SDA Church when I realized that they left the truth as originally given to them. I was not going to be found counted among the apostatized so I left the church, but I haven't left the beliefs found true.
Ellen White to me was just as she proclaimed to others- A messenger from God, infallible and as she writes above, any writings she does is not adding truth to God's word because you can't add anything to the Word of God. All she's done is simplified great truths. And while I'm not the prolific writer Ellen White was, nor will I ever be one proclaimed a prophet or such, I like to think that anyone, even me, who takes the Word of God and relates what it is saying to them is also doing the same thing as she did. )
From - The Art of Learning to Love Yourself by Gail G. Osborne. Page 83.
'The wise are content with contentment studded with the occasional peaks of happiness.'
(So true. If we would all live by such a statement how much more content we'd be. If we stopped looking for that ~high~ of excitement as a telltale sign we are living life as it should be lived we'd all be so much better off. But when someone asks what you're doing this weekend and you answer nothing little alarm bells sound that say that's boring! In truth it's just as wonderful as others doing ~things~ , those who have a busy schedules planned for the weekend. We can't think in terms of life being boring or exciting, if we get caught in that trap we will never be content.
Yes, I like the saying above. The wise are content with contentment studded with the occasional peaks of happiness.
To me that mean the occasional peaks of excitement and yes, something that can be called happiness.
If I asked you if you were happy and you couldn't say yes, there is nothing in the world wrong with that. We shouldn't be geared towards thinking we need to be happy all the time- we don't. We need to be alright within our lives with being at peace, being content with our day to day life without being made to feel we need to be constantly seeking the next high of happiness to be truly enjoying life.)
July 8, 1983 Sabbath
1 Peter {5:10} But the God of all grace, who hath called us
unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have
suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen,
settle [you. ]{5:11} To him [be] glory and dominion for
ever and ever. Amen.
Praise God, Praise God for His blessings on us He lay.
Praise God for all His love.
Praise Him for He'll stay.
God will not fail as we often do.
Praise His love again and again.
Strength, love, treasured gifts on us He gives freely.
Believe is all He asks, believe and with Him always be!
Hebrews {13:5} [Let
your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be]
content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will
never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Genesis {28:15} 'And, behold, I
[am] with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] whither
thou goest,...'
Deut. {31:6} Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be
afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go
with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Deut. {31:8} And the LORD, he [it
is] that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not
fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
Isa. {41:10} Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not
dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I
will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of
my righteousness.
(Praise God!)
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