Comments on: Let me be singing when the evening comes https://anitamathias.com/2014/09/12/let-singing-evening-comes/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Sun, 28 Sep 2014 15:11:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2014/09/12/let-singing-evening-comes/#comment-61871 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 15:11:47 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=62016#comment-61871 In reply to Chimezie Jude.

Thanks Chimezie for following.
Spend time with God, and meditate on Scripture, starting with 5 minutes and increasing it until you feel your soul to be full of faith and joy and trust.
No substitute for that.
Blogs can remind you of the treasures in God and Scripture, but, of course, you have to dig deep into these yourself.
Blessings, Anita

]]> By: Chimezie Jude https://anitamathias.com/2014/09/12/let-singing-evening-comes/#comment-61869 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 14:28:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=62016#comment-61869 In reply to Anita Mathias.

I just joined you today Anitha pls bring my faith up to speed because I have long be searching for God and I need His refreshment. Do it for me if you can

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2014/09/12/let-singing-evening-comes/#comment-61821 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 22:42:35 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=62016#comment-61821 In reply to Dave Malnes.

Dave, thank you, and thank you for reading!

]]> By: Dave Malnes https://anitamathias.com/2014/09/12/let-singing-evening-comes/#comment-61818 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 02:26:48 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=62016#comment-61818 Good post today. Appreciate your blog. The reference to Mr. Woodward was touched my heart. I, too, would want to know where he received his countenance of peace despite pain. It must be joy since happiness can be so fleeting. Happiness can depend on events where joy is reflective response despite circumstances. Perhaps that’s why Jesus referred to joy as a fruit of the spirit. Those who are connected to Christ — bear the good fruit. And a consistent attitude displays great faith. Something I continually ask God for.

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2014/09/12/let-singing-evening-comes/#comment-61815 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 22:07:48 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=62016#comment-61815 In reply to Virginia Woodward.

Virginia, he was an inspiration–as you, Dwight and Ginny are in your selfless love and service to him, and each other. I was privileged to have met him!

]]> By: Virginia Woodward https://anitamathias.com/2014/09/12/let-singing-evening-comes/#comment-61799 Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:43:11 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=62016#comment-61799 Anita – Papa’s pain was a 24/7 reality, yet he CHOSE an attitude of gratitude. When pain woke him up in the night or morning, he’d begin ‘weighing’ his blessings. He always said, ‘my blessings outweigh my challenges,’ – but he started on the blessings side of the scales. Thank you for remembering him! You’ll be happy to hear the MBC is still going very strong in numerous languages all over India. grace, peace & grateful hearts – Virginia

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2014/09/12/let-singing-evening-comes/#comment-61780 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:10:04 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=62016#comment-61780 In reply to Marlene.

Yes, people who have the least often give the most. It’s makes me annoyed, both because they have given so much, and because those who have so much more give so little.
But I have also noticed that those who have much but are not generous also lack joy and happiness, and the generosity of the poor is accompanied by joy.
So who am I to wish the poor were less generous, when they have the pure joy of exercising a divine trait and gift!

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2014/09/12/let-singing-evening-comes/#comment-61779 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:07:40 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=62016#comment-61779 In reply to John MacArthur.

Oh John, I so want it to become habitual. When my mind seems to be on a rabbit trail of negativity, I try to stop and a) think of something good about whoever is annoying me, b) repent of my own, often similar, sin.
Having done that, so that I don’t suppress the negative, I think I would like to move to thankfulness, to be singing when the evening comes!

]]> By: John MacArthur https://anitamathias.com/2014/09/12/let-singing-evening-comes/#comment-61778 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 14:44:40 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=62016#comment-61778 As an ex-drunk, unless I learned gratitude, I was dead. Not metaphorically but, alarmingly, literally. When it becomes habitual, life gets better.

]]> By: Marlene https://anitamathias.com/2014/09/12/let-singing-evening-comes/#comment-61777 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:17:14 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=62016#comment-61777 I often find that it is the person who has the least who gives the most. It is real fun and a source of joy whenever I give something. Jesus experienced the joy of giving in His suffering on the cross. “But for the joy set before Him, he endured the cross, despising its shame…” Hebrews 12:2 And His joy was in knowing He was giving all for us, taking the punishment for our sin so that we could have a love relationship with Him that is real and personal.

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