“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
JUDGES 20-21
LUKE 11:1-28
9“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
11“Which of you fathers, if your son asks forf a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
JOURNAL
Again the stories in Judges are just bizarre. The Benjamites go to war after they rape and kill the wife of a Levite...all because the all the Israelite tribes wanted to discipline the men responsible. In the end thousands are killed on each side as well as all the Benjamite women. These are some of the stories in the Bible that are not talked about or preached about. They are disturbing and makes me wonder why...yet I go back to the fact that Israel was without a king and this was the result.
The gift of God is the Holy Spirit...when we ask for things God will grant something greater than anything we ask and that is his presence within our heart and mind. So often I fail to remember that the challenge of life is in facing difficulty...struggle...heartache and walking through it with the same hope, passion, joy and love as when things are easy and going my way. I write this as I have had to come to terms with disappointment. It is easy to get discouraged, angry and feel like you have been singled out and unfairly punished. Yet when I really consider my life and all it's blessings I am reminded again of God's grace, love and the wondrous gifts he allows every moment of every day.
The gift of God is the Holy Spirit...when we ask for things God will grant something greater than anything we ask and that is his presence within our heart and mind. So often I fail to remember that the challenge of life is in facing difficulty...struggle...heartache and walking through it with the same hope, passion, joy and love as when things are easy and going my way. I write this as I have had to come to terms with disappointment. It is easy to get discouraged, angry and feel like you have been singled out and unfairly punished. Yet when I really consider my life and all it's blessings I am reminded again of God's grace, love and the wondrous gifts he allows every moment of every day.
19When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger. 20Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.
But while Joseph was there in the prison, 21the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. 22So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. 23The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.GENESIS 39:19-23
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