Yesterday
I went to the gym for the first time in a month! I have been wanting to go, but convinced myself it was too crowded after 9am. Jaime went with me and it wasn't nearly so bad. Then we went to Sizzler for dinner! The salad bar is unlimited and comes with every meal... I love Sizzler. Why didn't we go there sooner? It could be that we were already happy with Subway and The Pizza Co. and that the American Sizzler isn't near as clean and nice.
The Daily Bible - Genesis 6-9
God gets sick of the people being so totally wicked and destroys all but Noah and his sons and their wives. Then God promises to never destroy the earth in this way again.
I like the part were God says to all the people of the world - that is 8 people (amazing how the Chinese characters are so connected to these early stories) - you can eat meat! I don't really care about eating meat. In fact, I like meat less and less, but we aren't living in the Garden of Eden where all the vitamins and minerals were so perfect and readily available through the plant sources.
Boundaries in Marriage - Ownership, Responsibility, Freedom
The chapter, "What's a Boundary, Anyway?" continues... mentioning the issues with Adam & Eve pushing the responsibility onto the other person and the snake. (Ultimately they are pushing the responsibility onto God, "The woman you gave me" and "the snake (that you created)" are making God out to be the bad guy.)
The authors (and God) call us to responsibility or ownership of our feelings, attitudes, behaviors, choices, limits, desires, thoughts, values, talents, and love (probably a few other things too).
They also remind us not to be enslaved to our spouse, other people, or anyone or anything because we have been set free in Christ! Galatians 5:1, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." We may be covenantally connected, but that doesn't make us slaves!
Prayer
God thank you for being my God. Thank you for today! Thank you for all the blessings I have in my life, especially my freedom. Everyone in the world has personal freedom, the ability to choose, yet not all can use it to the fullest. Thank you Lord for my wife and our families. Help us to build closer relationships to you and others. Give us hearts for service, full us with your love and patience. Help us to be more holy and healthy, give us greater self-discipline in every area so that we can be more effective servants. Thank you most of all for Jesus! He has given us love, joy, forgiveness and freedom beyond measure.
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