Journalling

The Journey is the Destination. What in the world does that mean? Isn't this all headed somewhere? Heaven? Hell? Death, at least... Right? 

Does what we do here really matter? Yes, it does. Immensly. Words matter. Actions matter. They affect the world around us. We affect the world around us. And if we aren't careful, this life will fly by us without us taking notice.

That's where journalling comes in. It's not just about writing down deep spiritual thoughts. It's not about just about your love life, or a record of your accomplishments or prayer requests. Journalling gets it down. It memorializes life. It gives us road markers to go back to to see where God has been, and where He's led us. It gives us reason for hope, because time and time again He Will Come Through.

Over and over again in the Old Testament, God instructed His people to build a pile of rocks to honor the memory of some event or place. This wasn't just to mark a spot where something happened. It gave them a reference point, something to come back to themselves, or even generations later, and say "God's been here." All along. He's never left.

Join us and start a journal on www.awalkthroughtheword.com! You can write private thoughts that only you will ever see. You can also share your journey with others on the site. We also offer a premium journal subscription that allows you to feed your journal from an external source like your blog, your cell phone (TXT via Twitter), or even through a simple email address. Click Here to find out more!

Or, just Start Journalling NOW.

 
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Matthew 25:1-30 :
Created by 'Dovesdancing' on Feb 6 2010

Looking at the paprable of the 3 servants, or the parable of the talents: I recently came across a post on a discussion board by an atheist who said "what sort of a God takes away from those who have nothing and gives to those who have more?". The implication was that this was somehow unjust. If only I had read this parable a few days ago. The atheist thought that the parable discussed the life circumstances people find themselves in, like rich or poor. This however is not the case. Each of the servants had the same living standards and were presumably on the same wage. The gifts they had been given were surplus to that and were given for a specific purpose - to see how they would be used, not to keep. So really God was not "taking from the poor and giving to the rich".  He was giving to the faithful and taking away from the unfaithful. I hope this helps someone if they have recently struggled with the same problem. Isn't it interesting how those who do not believe find it d [Read More]


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