Jun 01, 2004 23:46
i'm still in the book of daniel, almost done, and it's very cool but has all these references to the end of time and stuff that was going on presently at that time, but anyway, back to the cool verse...
Daniel 10:19 "don't be afraid," he said, "for you are deeply loved by God. be at peace; take heart and be strong!"
The cool part about this verse and I already have mentioned this before in a comment but when daniel got this message he was confused, scared and uncertain of the future. i think to a degree everybody falls in that boat but i know a lot of people are there right now in particular. i must say, i'm not tooo enthusiastic about change myself especially when it comes to rocking the boat i'm quite comfortable in that is holding the people i enjoy sitting with, but i think it is all part of setting ourselves aside and opening ourselves up to what God has for us which is waaaaaaaaaay the best thing in the long run. otherwise, kev and i wouldn't even be here which was totally the best thing that ever could have happened to us. josh and maria reminded us of that decision and change this weekend. jacksonville was comfortable to a point, not what God had for us but we LOVED our people (particularly those two) and the change was scary and confusing but a total blessing. the cool thing is God constantly reassured us through his word and through his people and it was just up to us to get rid of our own selfish desires and listen to him and let him go to work.
yeah, i'm sooo refocusing myself.