I’m sorry for my silence over the past few weeks. This has been partly due to my having a nasty
virus which dragged me down. It is at
times like these that we find how our outlook on life can become quite
negative. The Lord we honour and love in
normal times can seem far away when our health is affected. But we know that God does not change and He
is still looking after us and caring for us just the same as always. The old christians used to talk about our “frames,”
meaning frame of mind and how changeable they are, but God does not
change. We may not feel this truth when
we are low but we can still declare it to be true thus showing our belief. Belief isn’t a cosy feeling it is a
determined declaring of what we believe.
But then, of course, it is easy for me to say this now that I feel
better. I hope you will be encouraged to
know that just because you feel bad it doesn’t mean that your position with God
has in any way changed from when you felt well.
God loves His children because He loves them and not because of anything
they do for Him.
First of all thanks to Fat Prophet for your interest. I see from your blog you are having trouble commenting. To get back to my assessed service. Criticism albeit constructive is harder for some to take than others. I felt a little crushed after my assessed service but then remembered I had recorded it on my dictaphone. I listened to it all through and although my assessors were quite right about me speaking a little quickly and rushing from item to item, I was actually very pleased with the content of my sermon and how I presented it. So I have decided to take heart. I highly recommend other trainees to record your services. You can hear your good points and your bad and there is no argument about it, it is all caught on the recorder.
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