Archive for April 2017
Does God Change His Mind?
Does God Change His Mind? Barnes leads out in WHEN GOD INTERRUPTS, talking about Jonah not wanting to go to Nineveh. Jonah says to God, ” I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and ready to relent from punishing.”. Jonah knew that the people in…
Read MoreWhen He Became a She
Great article https://justajesusfollower.com/2016/04/22/when-he-became-a-she-walking-in-love/
Read MoreJust Show Up
Just Show Up. In “When God Interrupts” Barnes talks about the most important thing we do is to show up. We are responsible to show up with a vision of what God is doing in the world. Right now, I am sitting in my chair, drinking my “special” coffee, reading a bit from “When God…
Read MoreTrusting in the Journey
As I continue steeped in grief of the loss of my cousin, my friend, Barnes says in WHEN GOD INTERRUPTS, he talks of the long journey with God being really important. We have to learn how to trust God and the journey is hard. We find ourselves twenty miles south of where we thought we…
Read MoreGetting Back on Track
It is so hard to get back on track after you have been gone. There is lots to do but I am getting there. Continuing my reading WHEN GOD INTERRUPTS, Finding New Life Through Unwanted Change by M.Craig Barnes. He starts of this section by talking about when life is disappointing. He says that often…
Read MoreContinuing When God Interrupts
Still reading the book by M. Craig Barnes, WHEN GOD INTERRUPTS, A Place You’d Rather Not Go. The danger of loving Jesus is that it is really tempting to help others recover their well-ordered lives. When they are in crises that might be exactly where God wants them. It is always tempting to return to something…
Read MoreGod Interrupts Continues
Continuing to read “When God Interrupts, Barnes states, ” If we are convinced that it is God who has interrupted our lives, then we can keep our sanity. I have found that the human spirit can withstand almost any tragedy, if we can make sense of it or at least believe that God is in…
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