On the 7th day, He rested.. Genesis.
There is a Sabbath (day of rest) because He rested.
He created everything.. literally everything in the universe.. and then He rested. Therefore, as followers of God, we rest, to remind ourselves that work is not life. We keep ourselves away from busyness as a reminder that rest is essential.
Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
Surely he took up our pain and are our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before it's shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Yet it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LRD will prosper in his hand.
After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the sails with the strong, because he poured his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
The Lord is a jealous God, filled with vengeance and rage. He takes revenge on all who oppose him and continues to rage against his enemies!
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
What is common sense?
How common is this .. sense?
"sound practical judgment concerning everyday matters, or a basic ability to perceive, understand, and judge in a manner that is shared by nearly all people."
"good sense and sound judgment in practical matters."
"sound and prudent judgment based on simple perception of the situation or facts"
It doesn't seem like this is very prevalent right now.
Can we go back to this, please? People all in agreement about what is practical and understandable?
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven.
- that you may be children of your Father in heaven. we are to focus on how he loves unconditionally.. in order to love people that don't love you back, you must love them with God's love. our human nature would have nothing of that.
He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- we are all equal in His eyes. none of us is better than the other. we should not act like any of us deserves more or better than the other.
46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48
- if you do only what you want to do, stick to your comfort zones, stick to what you know, and never push outside of that, expand yourself, learn and grow and change, you don't allow yourself fullness of life. God wants our lives to be full and for us to spread his unconditional love everywhere. you can't do that living in a bubble and hiding behind other people.
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
I feel like I have to have reasons to do things that would be considered a normal self-care thing, but because of anxiety, I have the need to speak it out as if I have to validate things like they are excuses.
reasons why I go to bed early every night.
1. I do get tired
2. Either I need to have the quiet or just relax away from the noise of the day and wind down.
3. I need time to myself.
4. A lot of the day I'm vertical and my back and neck need to have horizontal time. I figure what better way to do that than lay in bed.
5. It helps me get some more physical rest.
6. I don't watch tv with my husband before bed anymore, and I'm kind of okay with that, because I'm not really into that much tv anymore.
7. Sometimes when I get in bed I'm not tired anymore, so I'm wide awake, and that sucks health wise, because my body makes extra adrenaline and I can't help it.
8. It does help me be awake and ready in the morning, I feel more rested when I go to bed soon after the kids.
A belief system is the set of interrelated beliefs held by an individual or society.
A belief system is similar to a worldview but is based on conscious beliefs.
Worldviews are sets of beliefs and assumptions that express how cultures interpret their experience.
Worldviews are essential for humans to make sense of their life but can be skewed by bias, stereotype, and prejudice.
A worldview connects us with the inner workings of meaning.
Our belief systems help us find a lens with which to view the world.
So in a sense, our belief system and worldview are one and the same, or at least compliment/effect each other.
(basic information found by using www.google.com to search the topic)
Christian atheism is a form of Christianity that rejects theistic claims of Christianity, but draws its beliefs and practices from Jesus' life and/or teachings as recorded in the New Testament Gospels and other sources.
Christian atheism takes many forms:
And acknowledging the inner change that happens when you believe with no visual
The peace, the change of mind and heart
The true feeling that is greater than happiness, namely joy
