Right with God

Someone used the term "Right with God" last week. To me, this term no longer makes sense. For my whole life, God has been on the move in my own personal internal life changing my Stinkin' Thinkin', my attitudes and uprooting strongholds that I didn't even know were wrong! When God chooses to reveal this JUNK to me I certainly don't feel "Right with God". I feel like the skanky sinner I am. The only RIGHTEOUSNESS I know is what HE gives me. I have none of my own.

I might DO some acceptable things judging by this world's standard (or not) but this REALLY is not what makes me righteous. If my sins are nasty stuff like pride, arrogance, hatred, jealousy, and they fit just fine into my religious culture, then I'm "right with God"????? If my sins are addiction to drugs, and all that entails then I'm not "right with God"????? I think I saw somewhere that God sees our HEART. Last time I checked, Salvation was a free gift. Nothing I could do to earn it.

New book

I've been reading John Grisham's new book. It is much darker and more humorless and this isn't like his novels. As I was getting to the middle of the book, I finally realized it was NOT a novel but a true story. Talk about the truth being stranger than fiction. No one would believe this story if it had been a novel. Our justice system needs a HUGE overhaul.

Settling In

When I arrived home in Thompson there was a LOT of snow and the mercury dipped to -27 as a welcome home gift. Winter wonderland!! It actually is pretty when the sun is out shining on the trees and bush.

My office desk was piled high with paper and I only had one day to wade through the deep piles and put them in stacks of priority.

The next day I started a course on Sexually Expoited Youth. It finishes up tomorrow. One of the little known facts about this is that expoitation starts on an average between 2 and 8 years old. Thank God for Angels!! As I often say, these kids are the ones that no one sees. The invisable ones that are sad and afraid. Help us have eyes to SEE!! One persons concern and care can make all the difference in these lives. This is too much sad information in 3 short days.