Things Learned

So, I haven't posted in almost a month because, well...I got sidetracked. The devil is good at that. But I'm back! I'm going to share a passage of Scripture that helped get me through my divorce.  It is Isaiah 55:4-17 (*Correction: Isaiah 54. Thank you Lydia :) (4) "Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more." (5) "For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name, and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called." (6) "For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God." (7) "For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee." (8) "In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but wit...

Revival last night was amazing at Somerville Baptist, my church :) I'm proud to call it "my" church because God is present there each and every service and it is affecting me for the better. I love my church so much! Dr. Ron Comfort is our guest speaker for the revival (ending tonight..don't miss!) and he has been a wonderfully convicting and inspiring preacher. I can't thank him enough for how God has used him in MY life this week, and I hope other attendees would say the same thing. Last night, the subject of the sermon was "What is True Love?"  1. True Love is Discipline. If your love is NOT disciplined, you can pay in 2 ways: - with your marriage - with your body - You must be disciplined with your marriage. The Bible speaks quite a bit on the subject of marriage, but one passage that I'm going to use is I Corinthians 13:4-8a. "Charity (love) suffereth long (is patient), and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself (does ...