Thanking GOD

I want to thank God for what HE has done in me through the following people and groups:
Susan, Connor, Bay, Dad, Mom, Don, Ferro's, Murf, Jerry Riffe, Ron Thomas, John Redman, John Dix, Randy Harrington, Grace Church of Glendora, Mapleview Baptist Church, Shadow Mountain Community Church, Norm Daniels, Lloyd Marsden, Ken Shepard, Glenn Amos, Peter Furler, Bob Hartman, Steve Green, Matt Papa, Steve Taylor, Erwin McManus, John Piper, David Jeremiah, Tom Thompson, Wilbur Rooke, Heritage Baptist Church, RiSE, Abraham Lincoln, the plant and animal kingdom, outer space, the arts, to be continued.............

Opposite Gender Neighbor-loving.....

I've been encouraged to write some thoughts on what some might call dating, going out, being a boyfriend/girlfriend, etc. Here are some topical highlights:

• Divorce Practice


• Younger Women as Sisters, in all (physical, mental, emotional....) purity


• Who's the man in her life?


• Starting what you can't (or may not) finish


• The Adam Model


• Happiness or Holiness as priority?

other interesting topics:

• Why was nakedness the sudden realization at the fall? or Why shame of nakedness at the Fall?


• The role of blood in sex


• Languages of the Incarnation and Acts 2

These lists may grow or never be expounded. We'll see :-)

Former description of this blog...

You found it! Thanks for taking the time to find us. We hope we can keep you all connected during this time of transition. If you're not up to speed, the letters in the "A New Path" post in the May 2008 section below will help. Check in periodically if you'd like, and please feel free to email us at ellsworthg@gmail.com

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Love and thanks,

The Ellsworth's

Preparation....

God is not preparing us for the next big event in our lives, be it a ministry, a tragedy (for some these are synonymous :-) a new stage in life, or anything else that seems "final." There is nothing final on this earth. He is not preparing us to minister to other people. He does that naturally as He develops His likeness in us. God is not preparing us for heaven. God is preparing us for glory. The purpose of our life is not to look forward to heaven but to grow forward to glory. He didn't bring us through last year's trial for the crowning achievement of surviving this year's torture. No, the crowning achievement I think, is when we are truly crowned as His glorified, sanctus-ified, HOLY children...Church......Bride - Here comes the Bride.

It seems that even in our "celebration" of suffering and acknowledgement of God's faithfulness in the hard times, we still find a way to make it about ourselves. It is not. It might be about His glory IN ourselves, and He might be trying to restore the glory of His in us that we once had (but have fallen short of) but it's not about us. It's about Him. Pretty sure of that. Our "next big thing" is maybe only God's next level of faith for us (Romans 1) that will eventually land us at the ultimate destination - holiness. God Himself.

Today's Word

Romans 12:9-21 - including v. 17 in regards to RiSE sets
Matt. 18:15 - key word "alone" - precaution to FB