About Me
Fun Facts about Van Walton
My favorite smell: The way the earth smells after it rains.
My favorite sound: The first notes of a grand symphony.
My favorite way to relax: Sitting anywhere outside - on my front porch, on my deck, or by the lake, early in the morning with my first cup of coffee.
My favorite birthday dessert: a Peach cobbler baked by my husband. He’s my fave chef!
I will not eat: Avocado. They turn my stomach into a volcano that never erupts.
Technology I couldn't live without and why: My laptop - it takes me anywhere I want to go.
One thing that makes me smile: My sons' faces!
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6 comments:
Liberates, Lifts and Loves--Good points all.
Those unrealistic expectations you speak of seem to me to be such a trap designed to disappoint and discourage Christians; I'm glad you addressed this.
Amen!!!
Van, the Lord has speaking to me about the word 'hope' all evening.
Thank you for reminding me tonight that the Lord frees the prisoner and liberates the captive. I know this is speaking more in the spiritual sense than the physical, but I am praying this for my Dad and his situation. It's exactly how it feels.
Tonight we have been given a window of opportunity, that a possibility to move my Daddy quickly may present itself. We are praying the Lord will bring that release.
I am a prisoner...but a "prisoner to hope" (Zech 9:12).
Blessings,
Joy
Van I don't think our expectations can be 'realistic' when it comes to God. At least in the way we usually define realistic. We do need to be centered in Him but....this verse blows the thought of being 'realistic' out of the water.
Eph 3:20-21
20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!
The Lord has gotten on to me before when I been realistic instead of looking with eyes of faith. He is out of the box in everything.
Thank you for this today, Van. This was my favorite part:
Maybe I expect something from God that I heard or perceived, something that in reality is not Biblical or godly. ,
I love the idea of studying God's Word for His promises.
: ) Becky
When we base our hope on our expectations instead of what is promised in His Word, we end up disillousioned. But what we are disillousioned with is our own faulty expectations, rather than God Himself.
To me, "realistic" is to mean based on God's Word, which will never fail us.
We can trust God because of Who and What He is-- faithful, true, love, good, and wise. Thanks for your good word--