Holiness

I read this post on a blog that I follow this morning. It was such an encouragement to me that I wanted to pass it on. So with permission of the owner of the blog lifeinskunkhollow.blogspot.com I am passing this on. My prayer is that it encourages you in your walk with our Lord.

Thanks Julie!

Holiness

"I learned early on that to be "set apart" is not a punishment; it is not an attempt on God's part to deprive us or to condemn us to a cheerless, joyless lifestyle. It is a priceless privilege - it is a call

* to belong, to be cherished, to enter into an intimate love relationship with God Himself, much as a groom declares his intent to set his bride apart from all other women to be his beloved wife

* to fit into the grand, eternal plan of our redeeming God for this universe

* to experience the exquisite joys and purposes for which we were created

* to be freed from all that destroys our true happiness."

". . . Sooner or later, sin will strip and rob you of everything that is truly beautiful and desirable. If you are a child of God, you were redeemed to enjoy the sweet fruit of holiness - to walk in oneness with your heavenly Father, to relish His presence, to rejoice in His mercy, to know the joy of having clean hands, a pure heart, and a clear conscience, and one day, to stand before Him unashamed. Why settle for anything less?"

-- Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Holiness - The Heart God Purifies

Little Boogers

For all those mom's out there that need a chuckle I decided to post a mom moment in our home this morning....One I think only a mom can appreciate.  Our littlest son is suffering from a very stuffy nose and we usually have him " play in the rain " better known as taking a shower and then blow his nose really well afterwards to get out what we call great goobly gops.  A definite home vocabulary! Well, as he was getting out this morning, I proceeded to help him with his "great goobly gops" and he said, " there's probably not much, I took care of it in the shower."  Of course I didn't let my oooooohhhh show but said, " that's good but next time let's wait for the tissue".  You just have to love the little boogers :-) no pun intended!