Genesis 1 Excerpt from my Diary

Genesis 1 is about creation, but notice "In the beggining GOD created the heaven and the earth." So who made the heavens and the earth? God. Next it goes on to say in vs 2 that "the earth was without form, and darkness was upon the deep." What does that mean? That God started with nothing, and made something.

The 1st day he made day and night. Verse 5 had been bugging me, "the evening and morning were the first day" I asked mum: It probably means that God started with the evening, (it wouldn't make sense if it was "the evening and the evening were the first day") but it still hadn't gotten through everything Mum said. Then the thought came "Ask God". So I did, and when I got off my knees it was like I heard: "the first 24 hours". That was it! The evening and the morning were the first day and the evening coming was the next 24 hours - the next day. Like as with Sabbath - it starts at sundown and ends sundown!
The 2nd day the heavens are made - atmosphere.

On the 3rd day God gathered the waters together and made dry land - earth, then named the waters Seas. Next He made grass, herbs, and fruit "and God saw that it was good".

The 4th day God made the sun, moon and stars "to rule the season and to be signs". He put them in the "firmament" - space.
The 5th day - God made/formed the birds and sea animals.
Day 6 - Land animals created/formed. "...and God created man in His own image..." God created Adam and Eve (not Adam and Steve!!) He didn't stop there - He said "be fruitful, and mutiply and replentish the earth." Thus was creation ended and the Sabbath came.

Power Steering

Have you ever had your car get low on power steering? And experienced having to pull on the car steering wheel to make it go the right way? Car steering wheels are difficult and stubborn without power steering. It was built that way and we can't expect better.


Some people seem to think that when something goes "wrong" with someone else, that it means that "that" person should be on drugs. Well the problem is that WE were NOT built to run on drugs. I read this (true) story of a boy that had dissability's and was hyperactive, and his mother (Eve) could not change things very easily. Well at first Eve didn't know much, and put her son on "medication", when her son (Justin) was on the medication, he behaved normally, but she said he was like ice emotionally. The problem was, he wasn't wired for drugs, as we all aren't, unlike cars with power steering.

If drugs were meant for us, God would built that need into us, and told us about it in Our Manual. I don't believe in drugs for man or animal except for anaesetic.

What do you think?

What do you think of my new blog style? Since I am still figuring everything on blogger out, I am quite excited. Comments are very welcome. ;) ~ Jana

Physical and Spiritual Life

I recently read a facebook status of my friend's. She said that she was spiritually hungry because she'd been so busy lately and said "What happens when you are too tired to eat?" Well that got me thinking. What happens when you a really distracted. For instance, once we had someone coming to visit, and we were hurrying and cleaning everything. Well, I was so distracted that I didn't even think of food. I wasn't even hungry. I didn't even feel like eating until I made myself eat, then I realized that I actually was really hungry once I started. And I needed it to keep going.

Well it is the same with our spiritual life. We get distracted, we get busy and forget our spiritual need, and slowly we start to die. We get a bit sick, and if we don't eat and regain our strength, we get weaker still and our spiritual life dies.

Manuals

Cars have manuals. And if you don't follow them, well what happens? The car breaks down. I remember how my brother once accidently put petrol in our diesel driven 4WD. Yes it broke down! We had to drain all the petrol out, and refill it with diesel. Only then we could we drive it.

I realized that we have one too. Written by our Creator’s secretaries. The Bible. It doesn’t leave us in doubt. It tells us, what we should eat, how we should dress, how we should live, what day we should rest on. But not only that, it also has stories in our manual! (I like that.) So much more interesting than car manuals. Stories of other people, stories of what they did and didn't do. The consequences and the rewards.

It also has prophecy in it. Did you know that the French Revolution was because they rejected the Bible entirely? Well it was, and not only that, but the Bible said that would happen. In Revelation, it says where the two wittnesses were rejected, many would be slain. If you are wondering what the two wittnesses are, they are the Old and New Testament. Can you remember the main thing that happened in the French Revolution? That's it! Many were sent to the guilotine. It is sad, but God said that is what would happen to those who reject the Bible.

Let us go back to our manual, and see what it says. I'm sure we don't know enough about it.

Surrender

Why the cover?
Why the truth you try to smother?
I don't understand
why you the secrets have banned

Are you proud,
boisterous and loud?
Are you afraid?
Lo, look up at the who you he made.

Share it with Him if none else
To Him uncover yourself
He'll love you no matter how bad
you think youself. Don't be sad.

Surrender to Him your love and life
Sever with anyone all strife
Allow Him to hug you and hold you tight
Allow Him to lead you in the light.

By Jana

Modesty

"John was to stand as a reformer. By his abstemious life and plain dress he was to rebuke the excesses of his time."

 "In the broad way all are occupied with their persons, their dress, and the pleasures in the way..... I saw many traveling in this broad road who had the words written upon them: 'Dead to the world. The end of all things is at hand. Be ye also ready.' They looked just like all the vain ones around them, except a shade of sadness which I noticed upon their countenances. Their conversation was just like that of the gay, thoughtless ones around them; but they would occasionally point with great satisfaction to the letters on their garments, calling for the others to the have the same upon theirs. They were in the broad way, yet they professed to be of the number who were traveling the narrow way. Those around them would say: 'There is no distinction between us. We are alike; we dress, and talk, and act alike.'"

Our appearance speaks. If we are covered in jewlery, immodest clothes, pants, tight dresses and skirts, they might even be modest, but don't speak anything because they are tight. We need to be true witnesses. Our lives speak - by there fruits we shall know them. Let us bear Jesus' fruit and follow the example of John.