Thanks for this ----- Original Message ----- From: "DREW PARKER III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 8:16 PM Subject: {dbilg} Re: A Tender, merciful Father
: : This is so very true. : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Carleeta Manser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: <[email protected]> : Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 1:26 AM : Subject: {dbilg} A Tender, merciful Father : : : > : > A Tender, Merciful Father : > : > Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that : > fear him. Ps. 103:13. : > : > Our God should be regarded as a tender, merciful father. The service : > of : > God should not be looked upon as a heart-saddening, distressing exercise. : > It : > should be a pleasure to worship the Lord and to take part in His work. As : > the people of God meditate upon the plan of salvation their hearts will be : > melted in love and gratitude. . . . : > : > God would not have His children, for whom so great a salvation has : > been : > provided, act as though He were a hard, exacting taskmaster. He is their : > best friend, and when they worship Him, He expects to be with them to : > bless : > and comfort them and fill their hearts with joy and love. The Lord desires : > His children to take comfort in His service, and to find more pleasure : > than : > hardship in His work. The Lord desires that those who come to worship Him : > shall carry away with them precious thoughts of His care and love that : > they : > may be cheered in all the employments of daily life, that they may have : > grace to deal honestly and faithfully in all things. . . . : > : > We dishonor God when we think of Him only as a judge ready to pass : > sentence upon us, and forget that He is a loving Father. The whole : > spiritual : > life is molded by our conceptions of God, and if we cherish erroneous : > views : > of His character, our souls will sustain injury. We should see in God one : > who yearns toward the children of men, longing to do them good. . . . All : > through the Scriptures, God is represented as one who calls, woos by His : > tender love, the hearts of His erring children. No earthly parent could be : > as patient with the faults and mistakes of their children as is God with : > those He seeks to save. No one could plead more tenderly with the : > transgressor. No human lips ever poured out more tender entreaty to the : > wanderer than does He. O shall we not love God, and show our love by : > humble : > obedience? Let us have a care for our thoughts, our experiences, our : > attitude toward God, for all His promises are but the breathings of : > unutterable love. : > : >>From That I May Know Him - Page 263 : > : > : > > : > : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.7.1/1688 - Release Date: 9/24/2008 6:29 AM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
