tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082511450971479648.post3650806048872979936..comments2016-01-01T19:14:04.103-05:00Comments on Project Patience : How to Blog (the right way)Hannah Scarletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16792591111451875535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082511450971479648.post-67652204511824836272015-11-18T21:59:37.350-05:002015-11-18T21:59:37.350-05:00Rachel, I've been meaning to respond to this!
...Rachel, I've been meaning to respond to this!<br />And tonight works perfectly, because the verse you mentioned about our righteousnesses being as filthy rags is exactly what I was just thinking about on the drive home tonight... once again, just the fact that everything I try to do on my own strength to be "good enough" in my walk with God is meaningless and futile if I'm not walking by faith. It's absolutely right to want to live a more holy and blameless life, but when the focus gets put on what I can do right, how many times throughout the day I mess up, and allowing those statistics to define how I view myself as an either "good" or "bad" Christian, I've completely taken faith in God and reliance on His grace out of the equation. And "everything that does not come from faith is sin." -Romans 14:23. It can be so easy to just slip into the wrong perspective, and to measure ourselves by our own standard of "goodness" when it is the Lord alone who makes us righteous, looks at the heart, and has said "MY grace is sufficient for You!" <br />Well, I just went into a tangent? XD But they were some great thoughts tonight, really lifting a burden off my shoulders that the enemy keeps trying to put back.<br /><br />(And thank you, I'm very glad you like the new look!) :)Hannah Scarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16792591111451875535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082511450971479648.post-85554917941581747592015-11-14T18:58:13.510-05:002015-11-14T18:58:13.510-05:00Oh Hannah, I tried before to get consistent to wri...Oh Hannah, I tried before to get consistent to writing on my blog but it didnt work if I push myself to write because it doesn't always come. I write only when God push me to write. Whenever and wherever I am I could write - it's called that you write from your heart.<br /><br />So totally agree with your tips about blogging. Leting God involved is a good way.<br />Now I can see that why your posts always inspiring people. :)<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this.<br />Have a wonderful weekend!<br />Blessing,<br />DelvalinaDelvalina Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029847499498280125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082511450971479648.post-289769654797120212015-11-12T18:45:37.892-05:002015-11-12T18:45:37.892-05:00Hannah, I am always humbled when I read your posts...Hannah, I am always humbled when I read your posts. God, through you, brings me back to the reality that, "If I speak with the tongues of men and of angles, and have not love, I am nothing more than a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal."(1 Cor. 13:1). No matter how good I might think I make something sound, without God directing it with His love my words mean nothing. They, instead of being sweet, are annoying and down right disgusting. That might sound a little harsh but is it? <br />Isaiah 64:6 says, "All our righteous acts (this includes the 'good' speech I think I have apart from God) are like filthy rags." When we think our 'good' is good enough to rise above God's grace and love then all our efforts become are dirty rags. <br /> Francis Chan put it this way, he said, "The literal interpretation of 'filthy rags' in the verse is 'menstrual garments. Think used pads...and if you're disgusted by that idea, you get Isaiah's point. It's hard to imagine something more disgusting that we could brag about or put on display. But compared to God's perfect holiness, that's how our good deeds appear."<br /><br />So, thank you for showing me, by your example, to wait for the Lord and to let his love speak through me.<br /><br />Btw, I really like the pictures you have that go along with the blog posts. They're pretty. And the "new blog look" makes it look more like a professional sight.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04034511645214308136noreply@blogger.com