{"id":11590,"date":"2007-03-08T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-08T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/todayslegacy.wordpress.com\/2007\/03\/08\/in-fine-linen-and-purple"},"modified":"2007-03-08T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-08T13:34:00","slug":"in-fine-linen-and-purple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/2007\/03\/08\/in-fine-linen-and-purple\/","title":{"rendered":"In Fine Linen and Purple?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smu.edu\/theology\/images\/Chapel\/pulpit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smu.edu\/theology\/images\/Chapel\/pulpit.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">WHAT a task!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">I woke up this morning and God spoke to me instantly&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">much is coming,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">much to be excited about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">Funny thing? The message came in a hidden picture. I was looking online for a website that Tamara had suggested for personal studies. Being as how my personal studies really bite the big one lately&#8230; I wanted to find some Bible Study material to learn myself. Being a big ol&#8217; nerd&#8230; I was really looking forward to sinking in to study, study, study the Word. But I couldn&#8217;t find the website. So.. I&#8217;ll be contacting Tamara soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">Nonetheless, I did find a random website that made me wonder about Apex&#8217;s site. So I turned to <\/span><a style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apexcommunity.net\/\">Apex&#8217;s site<\/a><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\"> and looked under the &#8220;listen&#8221; section to check out Rob&#8217;s sermons. I scrolled down the page a bit and realized that the page went much further than I imagined. I smiled a painful smile as I read the sermon titles that I sat throught. A little hurt grew up in my heart as I thought about leaving it Apex. Then there was a time period that I wasn&#8217;t familiar with. Way back in 2002&#8230; April 21&#8230; &#8220;When God gets ahold of Estrogen&#8221;. It was funny but I wondered what Rob sounded liek when Apex started. Back in the dark ages&#8230; in the beginning&#8230;. of Apex. I clicked on the sound clip and my friend&#8217;s voice blared from the recording. I smiled thinking of how &#8220;little&#8221; Rob sounded. And how poorly it was recorded. Rob introduced Proverbs 31, the first half, and promised to continue the second half the following week. But a few words rang in my ears&#8230; words in passing&#8230; &#8220;I just wanted to thank all the people who helped in moving us in here this week&#8230;&#8221; the congregation cheered.  A biginning was established.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">I thought about Matt&#8217;s beginning. I thought about the opportunities Matt has right now to preach, even prior to him attending Seminary. God is truly at work in him. But in that statement, fear arose&#8230; I just don&#8217;t feel I&#8217;m good enough. I just don&#8217;t feel like I&#8217;m that kind of women. Ever felt inadequate for God&#8217;s work? I really do. And I allow it to scare me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">&#8220;How big is God?&#8221; I used to ask the kids at work.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">&#8220;He&#8217;s bigger than&#8230;&#8221; began their train of thought as they proceeded to list everything big that they could think of.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">Monica, How big is God?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">A beginning has such an adventurous start, such an exciting start&#8230; and when I get fearful, I wish I&#8217;d look at how big God is and stop relying on my sight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">Oh, but I&#8217;m not going to lie&#8230; my sight is often my default. &#8220;Just have faith&#8221; a pastor could say&#8230; oh and it wouldn&#8217;t be untruthful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">But sometimes I just feel&#8230; inadequate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">But I will go. I will go. Lord, I will go!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">And I will learn what &#8220;by faith and not by site&#8221; truly means.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">For the glory of the Lord<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">[I surely can&#8217;t do it.]<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">For the glory of the Lord!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(102,0,0);\">And I need to hold to that.<br \/><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Oh, how I need to hold to that.<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT a task!!! I woke up this morning and God spoke to me instantly&#8230; much is coming, much to be excited about. Funny thing? The message came in a hidden picture. I was looking online for a website that Tamara had suggested for personal studies. 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