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In the previous blog post we looked at the parable of the sower (to read the full blog post, click here). In this post I will be looking at how we can change the wayside, rocky and thorny parts of our hearts in to good ground for the Word of God (seeds).
Our hearts are so important to God. He urges us to take care of it in Proverbs 4:23 (NIV):
Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
Last week at our Bible study group, we talked about the parable of the sower. I carefully listened to what stood out for each person and what this passage meant to them. It is so amazing how God works in each of our lives. All the glory to Him for what he is doing in people’s hearts and lives. The same scripture can hold different meanings for us at different times in our lives.
By Melinda Maidment Photography
A verse that we all know so well, has been a very important verse in our home lately. Matthew 6:33 (NKJV)
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
The other night I was thinking about this verse and the meaning of seeking His Kingdom, when I was challenged to make an effort to seek God in everything I do and everywhere I go. This has been quite a difficult challenge to up hold all the time, but whenever I am reminded of it, I really tried to seek God in everything I do. Continue reading
By Melinda Maidment Photography
The other day I heard this quote:
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
This is so well said and so very true. Continue reading
By Melinda Maidment Photography
When life happens and we get caught up in our routines and our not so bad circumstances, we often loose sight of God. He takes the backseat while we just keep the momentum going forward. When things are not going particularly bad and we just coast by in life, is when we often let go of God’s hand. However, it is in these times when we should be spending more time with God, making the relationship stronger, seeking His face and making sure that if the circumstances get worse, we are standing firm in the Word. These are the times we can prepare, and grow, so when the storms come, we are so focussed on God that the storm passes without us even really noticing. But because we let go, do not grow and do not seek God, we are spiritually weak when the storms come. We seek God only in the rough times, and feel like He abandoned us, yet we were the ones that moved away. Continue reading
Photography by Melinda Maidment
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV)
If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
There are a few things in this verse that makes me so excited! I would like to share it with you! Continue reading
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I have not been posting for a while but I am back, and ready to blog away.
There are some finished posts still in draft that have been waiting to be posted, but today I have something else on my heart. It forms part of the topic I have been writing about since the beginning of the year: Making Life Matter.
We always hear people say, “Life is short”. Sometimes we even use these words ourselves, and often when our lives get shaken. The things that shake our lives can be anything but, usually has something to do with loss or the potential/threat of loss. My first question then is: do we really have to wait to lose something or someone, or almost lose something or someone before we realise how ‘short’ life really is? Or rather how valuable life really is? Then my next question: if we then get a ‘wakeup call’ and re-evaluate the real worth and meaning of life, why do we fall back into our old habits so quickly? Why do we have to wait for ‘bad things’ to happen before we take stock and really put in an effort to live more meaningful lives? I am also guilty of this and today I am mostly talking to myself. Continue reading
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A while ago I had a conversation with someone at work about how we say things. At one point in the conversation I mentioned the saying: “Learn from the mistakes of others, for life is too short to make them all yourself.” When the person said: “What a negative way of looking at it, how about saying learn from the experiences of others…”, this really got me thinking… Continue reading
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The Lord is still busy talking to me about making my life matter, so I am continuing with the theme of making life matter (click here for the previous blog on treasures). A while ago I read Philippians 4:8 (NKJV) again:
“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.”
from Melinda's heart 