Ruthie's Inspirations

 From once upon a time to happily ever after! Oh, wait, oops! I'm thinking of a fairy tale romance. But did you know our relationship can be that way now? Having happily ever after in your relationship with your spouse (or future spouse) is highly dependant upon your relationship with your heavenly father.  So I ask this question: How's your relationship? I find there are a lot of varying opinions and standards when it comes to courtship/dating and what is and isn't allowed. I decided to look into it myself and see what the Lord would show me. I couldn't find a dating chapter in the Bible with a code of conduct for courtship. Neither could I find examples. Then I realized that, that makes sense. In Bible times there were arranged marriages and people were married at very young ages. That was the culture then. Courtship looks much different today. So I started looking for and discovering some practical applications. After doing some thinking and praying God reminded me t...

 "And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.   Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.   And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.   And Jesus said unto him, Friend , wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him."     Matthew 26:47-50 A couple things came to mind when I read this passage.  1. Judas has one goal in mind: to betray the Lord Jesus. After he gives Jesus the kiss of betrayal, Jesus looks and Judas and calls him friend. I can imagine the guilt that had to have washed over Judas as he heard that word straight from the Savior he had just betrayed! 2. How good our God is! To know that Judas had just given him the kiss of betrayal and still call him friend! He still loved Judas...

 " For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Timothy 1:7 As I was praying yesterday, I came across this verse I have in my prayer list. I started thinking about this verse and something occurred to me.  Now I know some of you will be like "duh", or "obviously" when you read this, and it's not like I didn't know this before but something just clicked and became real to me about this verse.  Confession time! One of the things I struggle with the most in life is fear. If I'm not careful, and not walking with the Lord like I should, fear permeates every thing. I'm not just talking about being afraid of the dark, or monsters under the bed and such. Although I do prefer not being in the dark...but who would? :]  I become afraid of everything from the crazy stuff that's happening in our world, to the unknown of the future, to losing the love and affection of friends or family to someone el...

 I have been reading my Bible in the book of Exodus for the last few days. As I was reading a couple days ago, an interesting thought came to me. I had just finished reading about all the plagues God had put on Egypt because Pharaoh would not let God's people go. I thought to myself, wow, it sure took a lot of persuasion to change Pharaoh's mind before he let Israel go. At the first visit, and after God removed each plague, he hardened his heart. After going through the plagues of all their water turned to blood, frogs, and flies, Pharaoh agrees to let them go and sacrifice but only in the land of Egypt. But Moses told Pharaoh that, that's not what God wanted and after the flies were gone, he hardened his heart and wouldn't let God's people go. After going through three more plagues, all the animals dying, the boils, and dangerous hail and fire along the ground, Pharaoh tells Moses if he asks God to get rid of the hail, he will let the people go. But when it's g...

 I thought sharing my testimony would be a good way to start things off! I made a profession of faith when I was 5. The years passed by, and I had doubts here and there like most people do. But I just reminded myself of my profession of faith and kinda shrugged it off. I can't remember if there was a certain message that made me think about whether or not I was saved, but one message stood out to me. I believe it was an evangelist that was preaching and he asked the question: If you stood before a judge for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you? Honestly, I didn't think there was. Not only that, I struggled a lot with jealousy, envy and bitterness for a few people. I struggled with my salvation a little longer. Then me and I believe my siblings sand the song Is Your All On The Altar for church. The phrase: You can only be blessed, and have peace and sweet rest, if your all on the altar is laid. I remember that hit me pretty hard. I struggled a little ...

 Hello everyone! I've been wanting to have a blog for a while now. A place to write my random inspirations that are too long to share in a social media post. Chances are, I won't write very often but it's nice to have a place to share thoughts and things I learn from life and from the Bible, in hopes that it will encourage you!  Have a blessed day! Love in Christ, Ruthie