Family Gregg

I am well aware that many may read my recent posts and think to themselves..."What the heck is she going on about? She's rambling!"

I simply want to share what I am living. Plain and simple.

With that said..............

It is wild...living within a "Christian" culture which does not recognize, acknowledge, like, or choose to call sin sin.

We've found ourselves getting a lot of blank stares and raised eyebrows over the years...when addressing certain situations. Sometimes people get angry with us. Usually, we are ignored.

That can get depressing. That can be frustrating. That can exasperate. I can recognize in my own life..the times when truth (confirmed by the Word, the Spirit, and Godly counsel) has been rejected...triggering me into bouts of depression...episodes of frustration and seasons of exasperation.

But we know because the Word tells us... that when we ourselves act or react in sin....it is because we follow after the evil desires of our own hearts.

Pride = Sin
Arrogance = Sin
Fear = Sin
Apathy = Sin
Bitterness = Sin

Matthew 7:3-5

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

This walk with the Lord really is like the peeling away of an onion. With it comes some tears...then often a sharp bite...and after some slow cooking...

...sweetness.

I have been encouraged lately through unfolding circumstances to walk in integrity...humbleness, conviction, and strength....submitting to the Lord while exercising the spiritual gifts He has given me.

Also...I am personally convinced more than ever...that repentance is the avenue by which grace travels.

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Here is what is ringing in my ears...

"A disciple is not better than his teacher. But everyone who is fully-trained will be like his teacher." Luke 6:40


Who are our teachers?


Education System? ??????????? Good thing?

Government?????????? Good thing?

Entertainment? ????????????? Good thing?

Friends? Similarities? Good thing?

Parents? Family resemblance? Good thing?

Church Leaders? Are we like them? Is that a good thing?