katie rose writes

Ephesians 6:5-9 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him. This morning at church we talked about slaves & masters, in relation to employees & employers.  But the key theme through this sermon series (on "framing" our relationships--Ephesians 5:21-6:9) has been that all of our relationships--whether husband & wife, parents & children, or employers & employees--are a direct relationship of our relationship with Christ.  How we are living between...

Proverbs 6:20-23 "My son, keep your father's commandment,  and forsake not your mother's teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, the will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you. For the commandment is a lamp and  the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life..." These verses really struck me this morning as I quieted down before a test to get into the word.  I've been in kind of a dark place for the past week; I found out last Wednesday that my grandmother has cancer.  Aside from two years ago, hearing that my Papaw (her husband) had passed away, this was the hardest news I've received in a very long time.  I was walking back from work to the dorm, and it was a good thing no one was around because I was a mess.  Total, complete mess.  But God is faithful.  That night I had my first India meeting for my De...