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thanks blogging in my real name for the first time haha. God bless all.

I am sorry

I am sorry for not blogging and having people get worried about me. Thanks everyone for caring. Things should sort themselves out very soon. I hope you are all well and God bless you. Lots of love, R-E-D.

Tagged! The Book I’m Reading.

Thanks JV for tagging me! (and Mum tagged me also. So this is in response to them both)
I have been really caught up with lots of stuff, I am so sorry I have not been in touch with anyone through email or even updating my blog. Am I hated? *hides more* lol. I am going to answer JV’s tag first- and let you all know that I am praying for you- and feeling good and will be back on and regular as soon as I possibly can–

So the instruction is, page 123 of whichever book I’m reading, paragraph 5- I sincerely hope it wont be from the first 10 chapters of 1st Chronicles… since the only book I’m getting to read these days is the Bible. lol! But nah, I’m reading the New Testament not the old. So here goes…
Acts 2:14-21 [ESV]

[14] But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.
[15] For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
[16] But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:
[17] “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
[18] even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
[19] And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;
[20] the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.
[21] And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

I tag: Paul, Sharla, Oscar, Christine, Mark Wilson and since JV didn’t stop at 5, I also tag Greg and … MBJ

Was Shylock really the Bad Guy?

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. ~ Colossians 1.13-14

I really love those verses. This post isn’t really connected to them but wanted to share… God is so good. The most awesome feeling in the world is to be in prayer, in the Spirit, even in song… To praise His name and know that He is awesome above all, and to see(k) his glory in and through all creation. Hallelujah! Prayer that isn’t “heaping up empty phrases” but truly being in God’s presence, knowing he loves, forgives, sanctifies, prepares… so the words I’m saying in prayer aren’t as important as the heart he gives me… and when the desires I express aren’t a result of deep thought but impulsive love. Just an earnest cry to be redeemed, and infinite joy at being loved… by the Maker of every promise that counts…

So as you know I have been sick. But I am better now, almost fully well. Thank you all very much for praying and loving and emailing and caring and smsing etc.

At school, classes have begun already, for the 4th semester. For English class we’re working on a play by Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”. I skimmed through the script of the play yesterday and am focussing on an in-depth reading of Act IV right now… when I read it a few years ago, in my pre-christian mind, it seemed to me a story about love and wordplay, with Portia the heroine and the rest her sidekicks. Now it just seems like a beautiful, heart-breaking depiction of the psychological state of man’s mind in a majority vs. minority situation. Shylock is the new hero in my mind, he is a character I sympathize with, one my heart goes out to, one I believe was most unfairly treated by those professing the Christian faith. Antonio through the court of Law imposed upon Shylock the “penalty” of conversion to Christianity. I want to study this in much more detail and write a long post sometime God willing.

Sniff

Hi thanks for emails asking what happened to me, I am sick and have a terrible cold and pains and soreness all over my body. It’s very mild and nothing to complain about at all but I just haven’t been able to read blogs or even properly read the comments here. Had a great time in Sharjah I might write more about it when I get back. Thanks everyone I think I will be up again soon I will be back. Lots of love. Sniff. Our God is an awesome God he is keeping me happy I hope you are all blessed. The awesome, awesome God bless you.
-RED