Katy’s Weblog
Jesus calls us to be servants – the greatest is the servant of all.
I don’t mind being a servant, if I am the one who volunteers and chooses to be a servant. I determine what I will or will not do.
But I don’t like to be forced to be a servant – when…
I love Psalm 121.
When I first learned to drive, in the pre-GPS, pre-Thomas Guide days (all we had were those maps from AAA, you know, the ones that are impossible to refold), I was taught that if I am lost, look for the mountains – the mountains are north. We lived against the foothills in Pasadena, so if I just head towards the mountains, I will eventually see something familiar near home.
Life’s disappointments can wear you down. Rejected for a date, not invited to a friend’s party, didn’t get what you wanted for Christmas – may be relatively minor disappointments and inconsequential in the scheme of things, but still, it can chip away the joy of living.
Yesterday the sermon in church was on knowing God, the foundation of the Christian life.
I heard a couple of comments that the content of the sermon didn’t fit the title. They were expecting a different type of sermon about knowing God.
In the sermon, our pastor talked about knowing God as holy, a prominent…
Another sermon on the Lord’s prayer on Sunday, but it never gets old.
The sermon reminded me that acknowledging God as our Lord and to submit to him is the first step of prayer.
This week, I’ve been praying the words “God, be the Lord over…” when stating my concerns. It gives me the right perspective as I pray.
In 1990, our family moved to Walnut from Pasadena to open a real estate office. (We closed that office a year ago due to the downturn, but that’s another story.)
We started attending a small church that met at an elementary school, because we knew a few people there and because the pastor was our client – we sold him his house. :)
On Sunday, I taught the concept of Lent to the children.
Lent is generally practiced among Catholics, but it doesn’t hurt if we Protestants practice some kind of giving up of something in preparation for Easter.
I explained to the children that whatever we sacrifice, it’s nothing compared to what Jesus did for us when…
It is true what they say, that the more you know, the more you realize how much you don’t know.
I became a Christ follower when I was 16. After 30+ years of being a Christian, you would think I have it down pat basic concepts such as Loving God, Loving People, Knowing the Bible…
When you are posed with several options or courses of action, and all of them are good, how do you decide which one God wants you to choose? How do you determine God’s will?
I’ve been reading biographies of famous Christians, the children’s versions in story form. They are easy and fun to read, so engaging that you wouldn’t want to put it down. It only takes a few hours to read one.
Our pastor said his senior quote was, “I’ve been crucified with Christ, and it’s no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.”