2 Timothy

I haven't blogged in a while, and I never did a follow-up to my 1 Timothy Blog.  So in a nutshell...I'm going to sum up my thoughts.  Paul is Awesome!  I long for a relationship with a mentor like Timothy had with Paul, and the wisdom that Paul gives in this letter cuts to my heart. 

In the first chapter, Paul writes in Chapter 1 verses 11-12, "I was chosen to tell that Good News and to be an apostle and a teacher. I am suffering now because I tell the Good News, but I am not ashamed because I know Jesus, the One whom I believe..."

I can't believe God has chosen me to spread his Word.  Before I breathed my first breath, God chose to use me to further his Kingdom, and that responsibility is more than I can fathom.  As I move to Charleston, and live purposively in a specific apartment complex--I know that God will protect me.  I am in awe that how God cares for his people.  God cares for the people in this apartment complex so much, that he placed a burden on the hearts of not only me and my future husband, but of many other believers too.

I write this in reflection of re-reading 2 Timothy today.  I long to live out God's word, not just to say it.  I long to be a disciple and teacher of God's word, and I am so excited that God has chosen Michael and me to carry out his work as a team.

1 Timothy

I'm celebrating right now because it is the third day in a row I have woke up to spend time with Jesus!  I'm sipping on some delicious, warm carmel vanilla tea and reflecting on what I've read over the last few weeks.


I just finished journeying through 1 and 2 Timothy. I'm going to blog about 1 Timothy today, and hopefully get around to 2 Timothy by the end of the weekend.


One of my favorite verses of 1 Timothy is 1:16, "But I was given mercy so that in me, the worst of all sinners, Christ Jesus could show that he has patience without limit. His patience with me made me an example for those who would believe in him and have life forever." This is awesome!  I think about the patients God has with me, and how he took me a horrible sinner to do his work.  I know that God does not need me, but he chose me and gave me the opportunity to bring him glory.  My prayer always and through reading this is that I am truly an instrument of God.  I pray that I use my past and my screw ups to make His name great.


My other favorite part of 1 Timothy is when Paul warns Timothy of the false teachers and then goes on to tell him how to be a good servant of God in Chapter 4.   I love the bluntness of this chapter.  It is so easy for us in America to get wrapped up in false teaching about possession and stature, but if we are looking at the prize being God those thing do not matter.


I also love in Chapter 4 Paul tell's Timothy "Do not follow stories that disagree with God's truth, but train yourself to follow God."  I love the word train here. Honestly, it kinda makes me feel better too that Paul, one of the most respected Christians in history had to train himself to serve God, it did not just come naturally.


Thus, as I train to get in shape and as I train myself how to coupon.  I must remember the most important training is to train myself to serve God.  I hope I continue to wake early in the morning to give the best part of my day to my King. It's part of my training :-)