A Post that Matters to Me
December 27, 2009 by Lillie
Joanna Young at Confident Writing has challenged us with a group writing project: Essential Lines from 2009.
1. Select your essential post
Sift through what you published in 2009 to select the post you’d call ‘essential’.
You can define that in different ways, for example:
- A post that matters: that mattered to you then, that mattered to your readers, that still matters to you now
- A post that captures what your blog’s all about
- A post that reflects what 2009 has been about, for you or for others
- A post that models essential writing
Joanna further instructs us to explain why we chose that post and encourages us to include a few “knock ‘em dead lines” from the post.
I narrowed down the choices in What I Learned from … 2009 for Middle Zone Musings’ groupwrite project. For Joanna’s challenge, I’ve chosen a post that mattered to me when I wrote it and still matters to me now.
Adversity? What Adversity? reminds me—and I hope you—that I—and you—have been blessed beyond belief with salvation through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All we have to do is accept the gift and proclaim Him Lord of Lord and King of Kings.
Nothing I have ever experienced or ever will experience can compare to our Lord and Savior being beaten, mocked, tortured, and murdered in the most vicious way.
And why? For my sins and your sins and the sins of the whole world. If I were the only person who needed redemption, Jesus would have died for me alone. My sin makes me Judas betraying Him, the chief priests and scribes condemning Him, Pilate washing his hands of Him, the crowd calling “Crucify Him!,” and the Roman soldiers killing Him.
Yet Jesus prayed on the cross, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34, KJV)
Thanks be to God for the gift of salvation!
Lillie, thanks for taking part. It’s such a powerful feeling when we access those words that get to the heart of things – what we’re about, and what we believe. Thank you once again for sharing them.
.-= Joanna Young´s last blog ..Happy Christmas! =-.
Joanna,
Thank you for creating the challenge. You always make me think!
I would like to post about the horrible incidents occured around my area that have put a great effect on my mind as well as soul.
mark,
I’m sorry you’ve experienced those bad things. I hope you can take these concerns to the Lord and find peace.
Amen, Lillie! Well-said!
I missed the original post, so I’m grateful for the opportunity to get the highlights here. And I so agree with you! When we suffer adversity, it’s so comforting to know that Christ suffered first, willingly partaking of the frailties of humanity on our behalf. He knows firsthand what suffering is all about and therefore He understands exactly what we’re going through.
We live in a fallen world that unfortunately contains much evil and many failings of the natural realm (weakness, illness, natural disasters, death). And while God usually allows nature to take its course and doesn’t control the choices people make or shield them from the natural consequences of their actions — and even the innocent often suffer, just as Christ (who was also innocent) did — He is always there to help those who trust Him through even the most devastating times. One day all will be made right, and those who have suffered much will reap great rewards. And that’s the wonderful hope He’s given us to anchor our souls!
Jeanne
Jeanne,
Absolutely—so often people are tempted to ask “why me?” when bad things happen. The answer “why not?” sounds flippant, but it is really a profound truth.
Lillie, I add a hearty Amen to those words!
.-= Karen Swim @Marketing Consulting´s last blog ..What You Need to Know about Business in 2010 =-.
Thank you, Karen.
This is a great inspiring article, Lillie. This is the reason why keep coming back to your blog so often.
BTW, whenever I face an adversity I pray, and while it may not lessen the adversity, it certainly gives me some peace of mind.
Martha,
You’re right. Prayer does help us deal with adversity even if it doesn’t always help us avoid it.
What a very interesting project. I would have a difficult time culling through all the posts and choosing one.
The words you wrote and chose for this project are very moving and clearly from your heart. I’m glad you shared them then and now.
Helen
Straight From Hel
.-= Helen Ginger@writer editor´s last blog ..Best Books Read in 2009 =-.
Helen,
It was hard enough for me to cull through my posts to find just one (even to find one for each month for the earlier project). It would be even harder for you because you post every day, at least twice as much as I do.
i’m following middlezone blog too.
what i’m learned from 2009 let see…
more grateful to god
more peaceful, success, happy family.
a lot of good things
tommy,
Good things to learn!
Lillie,
That truly was a wonderful post.
Thank you for sharing on it so openly about some of the very serious experiences of adversity which you have had during your life and about the sheer awesomness of god’s wonderful and amazing grace.
.-= Andrew´s last blog ..Merry Christmas and Happy New Year =-.
Thank you, Andrew.
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