The Pace of Life

I've been a little slow writing as of late. Yet, I am still growing in the Lord. I am busy growing up. I am not the same anymore because of grace. The pace of life for me has been set by God. This is a recap of God's growth in my life.

http://dmac2000.blogspot.com/2007/11/character-iii.html
The start of a lot of things. Just confessing my sin to a friend and pursing humility, fellowship, empathy, and care has done wonders as a means of grace. It is because the Lord has blessed it for this self-sufficient, sufficiently sinful loner.

http://dmac2000.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-and-excellent-way.html
Very Prophetic. I have to confess some unbelief at the time of writing this post on the amazing things God has done with respect sin and preparing me for marriage. I am almost there. This serves as a monument. I remember editing out some of the more spectacular thoughts I had during this post. They seemed too wonderful. Too good to be true. I had some problems with sin that ran deeper than the sea. Luckily, the sea fits in the hollow of God's hand. Why did I doubt God in such? Perhaps its a greater sin.

http://dmac2000.blogspot.com/2007/11/gods-care-for-me-recently.html
This speaks to God's Clarity and care in the beginning a really long process. His continued clarity sits within the post's scriptural promises. (At least for this season.) It was his prophetic care. He declared many things beforehand so that I, an obstinate person, would see His Glory and say it was not my hand that has brought these things to past. I am still in that process a year later. It has proved true as long as there is trust in God, opposed to trust in that which is merely psychological or my own analysis, things are great.

http://dmac2000.blogspot.com/2007/12/let-darkness-be-light.html This post was right before 2 people died in my church. The pastor had to conduct his first few funerals. Coincidence or Not? It confirms I am where the Lord has me. I had several other incidences like this for the next few weeks. Everything got preempted by the Holy Spirit. No sermon convicted me because God convicted me the night before for 2 months. I was at a crossroads here to.

http://dmac2000.blogspot.com/2007/12/needs-2.html
http://dmac2000.blogspot.com/2008/11/spiritual-blindness.html
This is what has been working itself out as far as sin. I had forgotten about writing this when I did. I never realized this was SO very true, at least for me.

http://www.blogger.com/posts.g?blogID=22795418&searchType=ALL&page=0
I am still stuck here. I am still learning to care for people. Right now my empathy is still very particular, especially towards my best friend. I pray for that to grow outward just as my other new emotions have.

The difference between judgmentalism and discernment

Without love its only a hair's width.

God moves

God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants His footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm.

Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never failing skill
He treasures up His bright designs
And works His sov’reign will.

Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy and shall break
In blessings on your head.

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for His grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.

His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flow’r.

Blind unbelief is sure to err
And scan His work in vain;
God is His own interpreter,
And He will make it plain.

-William Cowper-