Chris' Christian Blog

August 20, 2020

Prompt: I was traveling the galaxy and found this planet:

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The Dragonfly and the Ladybug  (E) The friendship of a dragonfly and a ladybug. #1590841 by An apple a day....

Read the above item. Good friends will always look out for each other no matter what. Use this line in your Blog entry today.

I think the idea that good friends will always look out for each other no matter what is spot on. I know my best friend has always been Jesus Christ and He watches out for me. He has proven it over and over by pulling me out of scrapes and saving my life. He doesn't always protect me from all of the consequences but when I look back I can see that things could have been much worse.

Have you ever had one of those nights when all you wanted to do was sit at the feet of Jesus? I had one last night. I called the university yesterday and talked to my advisor who suggested I change my schedule slightly. I did and I was doing some printing for my new class. I felt God's presence so strongly that all I wanted to do was soak in it like a hot bath. I love those feelings! What do you think?

I do love those feelings and they often seem so fleeting. They make me want to cry out like the psalter "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Psalm 22:1

The feeling I love even more though is that calm, blessed assurance that even when I do not feel the presence of Holy Spirit He is right there. He hasn't gone anywhere. That feeling of not just feeling His presence but knowing that even if I am steeped in sin or buried under a pile of tribulations He is there. That calm assurance and belief that He will not leave me no matter what is the best feeling. It comes by faith and allows me to trust Him even when I can't feel Him.

"Prompt: What does it mean to be a good neighbor?"

Does it mean I am your State Farm agent? I'm just being silly.

Being a good neighbor means doing the next right thing at the next right time for the next right reason.