cornerstone church
  • Home
  • About
    • Pastor
    • Elders
    • Deacons
    • Director of Women's Ministry
    • Membership >
      • Membership Covenant
    • Statement of Faith
    • Contact
  • Adult
    • Women's Ministries
    • Men's Ministries
  • Youth
    • Children's Ministries
    • Teen's Ministries
  • Missions
  • Resources
    • Bible Reading Plan
    • Calendar of Events
  • Sermons
  • Blogs
    • Blogs By Pastor Jeff Owen
    • enCOURAGEment for Women
BLOGS

enCOURAGEment for women

I Am Not Fine and Things Are Not Okay...

5/5/2016

 
…but God is good and I will praise him anyway.  I am a Christian and I live in this sinful world right along with the rest of you.  I have good days and I have rotten “please don’t make me get out of bed” days.  Life can feel full of blessings one day and curses the next. 

Yet, once you are a heart-deep, follower of Christ these highs and lows do not determine or deter your purpose for breathing.  Every day and every night is meant for praise.  Praise for the gracious God who plans our steps and has written out our days – the easy breezy, the messy and the miserable (Ps. 139:16).

Things will not always go well for us, there is no such thing as karma and you don’t deserve easy living no matter how hard you work.  When in doubt, take some time to talk to my good friends Noah, Moses, Aaron, Abraham, Sarah, Leah, Job, Ruth, Naomi, Daniel, Rahab, Joseph, Joshua, Esther, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Jonah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Mary, Peter, Paul, John, and Stephen.  And then sit down and have a chat with my best friend, Jesus, and ask him all about his life on this planet. 
True Christians are not allowed to be fair-weather followers and neither are they to be storm-soaked beggars.  We praise, because that’s what were created to do.  “…all things were created by him and for him.” Col. 1:6.  We praise God day in, day out, in sunshine and hail, at the beach and knee deep in the swamp.   

Why?  I think the better question is why not?
 
Is God always good? Yes (Ps. 136:9).  Does he promise to have you, hold you and never let you go? Yes (Heb. 13:5).  Does he promise that everything he does is for your good and that you will receive a glorious eternity?  Yes and yes (Rom. 8:28, Jn. 3:16).  Umm…why are we complaining again?  Praise seems the only logical expression when you serve a God this wonderful.

Peter said it well, “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” 1 Peter 2:9.  If you have been called out of darkness into his light, you are to declare his excellencies.  That is the purpose that he called you for.

So, ladies, while we are living in this world together, let’s praise God.  On the days of cute selfies, happy children, helpful husbands and clean houses.  AND on the days of ugly tears, unruly homes, rude spouses, and fat clothes.   Praise God.  Whether it is a victory shout or a whisper of hope in the darkness - praise God!
​
“Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.” Hebrews 13:15

Comments are closed.

    Archives

    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014

    Categories

    All
    Adversity
    Anger
    Assurance
    Beauty
    Bible Study
    Biblical Womenhood
    Body Of Christ
    Children
    Christ Likeness
    Christ-Likeness
    Christmas
    Church
    Contentment
    Covenant
    Creation
    Death
    Depression
    Discipleship
    Easter
    Encouragement
    Endurance
    Evangelism
    Faith
    Forgiveness
    Giving
    Glory
    Gospel
    Happy
    Heaven
    Hell
    Holy
    Holy Spirit
    Homeschooling
    Hope
    Husband
    Jesus
    Joy
    Knowledge
    Love
    Marriage
    Missions
    Modesty
    Money
    Mother
    Obedience
    Prayer
    Preaching
    Purpose
    Relationship
    Resurrection
    Risk Taking
    Sanctification
    Satan
    Satisfaction
    Sin
    Singleness
    Sovereignty
    Spiritual Gifts
    Sufferring
    Thankful
    The Word Of God
    Time
    Treasure
    Trials
    Trust
    Wife
    Wives
    Worship

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • About
    • Pastor
    • Elders
    • Deacons
    • Director of Women's Ministry
    • Membership >
      • Membership Covenant
    • Statement of Faith
    • Contact
  • Adult
    • Women's Ministries
    • Men's Ministries
  • Youth
    • Children's Ministries
    • Teen's Ministries
  • Missions
  • Resources
    • Bible Reading Plan
    • Calendar of Events
  • Sermons
  • Blogs
    • Blogs By Pastor Jeff Owen
    • enCOURAGEment for Women