Sharon Sharing God: CHIP OFF THE OL' BLOCK

Monday, August 9, 2010

CHIP OFF THE OL' BLOCK

"You're just like your dad..."

I hear this quite often. Evidently, I'm a lot like him - a regular "chip off the

ol' block."

Most of the time, this remark is meant as a compliment - I'm glad. There are many things about my dad that I really admire. And to think that I have some of his qualities is awesome!

Want to know some of those things?!

I am the oldest child and oldest grandchild in my extended family - he is too.
I am the only one of the kids who has his hazel eyes.
I am conscientious and responsible.
I'm reliable and dependable.
I really love reading!
I really love sports!
I really love my mom (OK, that one was easy!!)
We both have analytical minds.
He's intelligent...(I don't lay claim to this one anymore, but I used to be smart in school!)
He likes to travel.
He loves the outdoors.
He likes to talk.
He's fascinated by World War II documentaries.
He deeply loves his family, and appreciates tradition.

He's the one who taught me how to ride a bike, how to throw a baseball like a boy (Thanks for that one, Dad!), how to (sorta) understand geometry, how to think and question, how to speak up and "hold my own," how to properly wash a car...

The list could go on and on...

I owe my dad a lot!

And truth be known, I'm glad that people think we're alike!

Yes, he has weaknesses (and I share some of those, too!) - but they are far outweighed by his good qualities. I'm honored to share some of those qualities with him!

But, what about my HEAVENLY Father?

Am I like Him?

What are the qualities that I want to have?

It's pretty much summed up in Galatians 6:22-23:

"...the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."

ALL of the qualities GOD possesses:

LOVE: "For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son..." (John 3:16)

JOY: "Honor and majesty surround him; strength and joy fill his dwelling."

(1 Chronicles 16:27)

PEACE: "For God is not a God of disorder but of peace..."

(1 Corinthians 14:33)

PATIENCE: "And remember, the Lord's patience gives people time to be saved." (2 Peter 3:15)

KINDNESS: "Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous." (Romans 3:24)

GOODNESS: "Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness...The LORD is good to everyone." (Psalm 145:7, 9)

FAITHFULNESS: "Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning." (Lamentations 3:23)

GENTLENESS: "Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart..." (Matthew 11:29)

SELF-CONTROL: "But when the leading priests and the elders made their accusations against him, Jesus remained silent...[He] made no response to any of the charges...(Jesus' behavior during His trial and His crucifixion showed remarkable self-control) (Matthew 27:12, 14)

Yeah, when people look at me, I just want them to see God in me and say...

"You're just like your Dad!"

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3 comments:

MTJAugust 9, 2010 at 1:51 PM
Hi Sharon,

Those are good qualities to possess. I'm thankful for the Holy Spirit producing good fruit in me as well.

Thanks for sharing the fruit of the Spirit.

Blessings

MTJ
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KarenAugust 9, 2010 at 2:18 PM
Beautiful tribute to your earthly dad and loving words about our heavenly Father...I want others to see the His resemblance in me, too!
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DebbieAugust 9, 2010 at 6:11 PM
Oh Amen to this one, Sharon.

I want so much to be a chip off the old block and more so every day! I loved your scripture journey through the fruit of the spirit, too.

And now, I'm going to hunt that rainbow post you mentioned. Blog hopping right on over...

and thanks!
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MY WORD FOR 2016

GRATEFUL

Grateful: feeling or showing thanks to someone for some helpful act; appreciative of benefits received; warmly or deeply thankful; indebted; beholden.

Word origin: 1550's, "pleasing to the mind," also "full of gratitude," from obsolete adj. grate "agreeable, thankful," from Latin gratus "pleasing" – derived from the same word origin as the word "grace."

The trick to changing your behavior is to become more thankful.

The practice of gratitude involves a focus on the present moment, on appreciating your life as it is today and what has made it so.

Let us begin an eternal quest to express in new and creative ways our thanks to God.

So I'm breathing in Your grace,

And I'm breathing out Your praise.

Let our prayers be the overflow of a grateful heart to God.

Three steps in prayer:

PRAISE – praise, reverence, worship, adoration, and awe for who God is and what He does

ASK – honest, earnest, and intense requests

THANK YOU – always end with thanksgiving for everything

Pulpit commentary:

In everything give thanks.

In every circumstance – in joy and in sorrow; for everything – for prosperity and for adversity; in every place – in the house of God and on the bed of sickness.

Christians should not only be engaged in constant prayer, but in constant thanksgiving.

For this – this thankful spirit – is the will of God, His desire.

God by the gift of his Son has laid us under the obligation of perpetual thanksgiving. Our whole lives ought to be one continued thank-offering for all the blessings of redemption.

Gill's Exposition:

Thanks are to be given to him for all things…

For all temporal good things;

for our beings, the preservation of them;

for food and raiment, and all the mercies of life;

for the means of grace, the word and ordinances, and the ministers of the Gospel;

for spiritual blessings, for electing, redeeming, regenerating, adopting, pardoning, justifying, and persevering grace:

for a meetness for heaven, a right unto it, and a good hope of it;

and especially for Jesus Christ, for such a…Saviour, and advocate with the Father, as he is; and for life, peace, joy, comfort, righteousness, and salvation in him.

Thanks should be given to God in every circumstance of life; in adversity, as Job did; when not in so comfortable and agreeable a frame of soul as to be wished for…even under the temptations of Satan…since the grace of God is sufficient to bear up under them, and deliver out of them.

[Give thanks] in afflictions of every kind, since they are all for good – temporal, or spiritual, or eternal.

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Love is when you are missing some of your teeth but you're not afraid to smile because you know your friends will still love you even though some of you is missing.

By Emma K. - Age 6

"Out of the mouth of babes..."

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

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When you are uncertain, it helps to have someone remind you what is true – someone who knows you well, who sees you, and keeps track of you – not just your body but your soul.

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CHIP OFF THE OL' BLOCK

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