Most of us, if we are honest, if we have to be remembered would like to be remembered for something good and positive. Our contemplation today is about a woman who is remembered for the wrong reasons and whose memory should teach us, sinner and saint alike, many valuable lessons. Jesus, when speaking to his disciples in Luke 17:32 said “Remember Lot’s wife.” This was a discourse about the Kingdom of God and end times and in the Scripture it is found in Genesis 19: 1-26 where we see the calamitous situation giving rise to Jesus’ quotation. As we proceed with this meditation it is useful to keep in mind some important things: Lot’s wife represents a certain type of churchgoer. She was blessed and privileged in many ways. The abundance of blessings …show more content…
(Mark 11:13- 22) She messed up her hope Hope is never in the past but the future, it's always forward not backwards and Lot’s wife did not appreciate that, “But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt” (Genesis 19: 26). Her looking back was not just physical but emotional and mental for she looked longingly, wistfully in the wrong direction. Like so many today in church who are doing the same thing. She coveted the past rather than craved the future. Her love of the old life curtailed her aspirations. She became frozen in a futile past fearing an unknown future. She messed up her salvation She forfeited her chance to be saved. Who could have believed that a simple act like looking back could be so costly? God sent supernatural messengers to conduct this chosen family to safety, he could have given them dreams to follow or a visiting prophet with instructions but he gave them the best; angels. She tired, fell behind, forsook the right path and ended up with her final disobedient act, “And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.” (Genesis 19: 17). She looked back, she said no to God for the final time; the Spirit of God took flight and she was …show more content…
I will humbly suggest the following. We should understand, appreciate and give thanks to God for the many blessings, in whatever form, he has bestowed upon us. We should realize that opportunities, however abundant, will be of no consequence if we fail to make use of them. We need to be mindful of the fact that being surrounded by godly people or being in church regularly or having Christian parents or relatives will not save us. Only by accepting Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Saviour and having faith in his redeeming work on the cross of Calvary will guarantee our salvation. We should remember that rebellion can have awful consequences and the Bible compares it to the sin of witchcraft.(1 Samuel 15:23) We should take serious note that time belongs to God, and so too does our life, and when He is ready he will call time on us. (Luke 12:20) May God help us never to forget this unfortunate woman who in the end turned out to be a woman well worth
“Thousands of our noble soldiers have gladly given up their lives for their country. Should I hesitate to do as much?” This is a direct quote from the famous heroine, Pauline Cushman. She was a courageous Union spy and American actress. Not only was she a mother of three, but she also had a total of three husbands.
She overcome traumatic events and accomplished many great achievements.
Imagine being torn from your home, forced into camps, discriminated against to the extreme, separated from your family, and possibly even killed just because of your religious beliefs. Many of Europe's Jews suffered this treatment. About 5-6 million jews out of 9 million Jews died in the holocaust. Marion Blumenthal-Lazan, was a jew who did not die. She should receive the Holocaust Medal of Honour.
Not keeping any of her photos or memories of her past life causes this identity in a way to neglect who she used to be. “She has kept no costume, no photographs, no fliers or posters” demonstrates the emptiness in her past and disremembrance of her youth (Erdrich 37). Because she kept no souvenirs from her former band of trapeze performers, it seems apparent that some event discomforted her; she wanted no memory of the pain. To what time and place has the narrator flashed back?
Her memory will remain forever as a testament to true faith and
Her thought was going to change, and she thought the matter of trying to exist and trying to improve herself
She was fed scraps of food here and there that were few and far between. While still carrying her wounded child, starving and struggling Rowlandson states “I thought we should here have ended our days, as overcome with so many difficulties. But the Lord renewed my strength still, and carried me along” (Rowlandson 76). She persevered to carry on in the face of adversity, she constantly searched for fellow Christians, and would push the boundaries of her captors. She was eventually afforded the opportunity to make things and trade them for coin and food.
but she did replace and find a way through that with “love”. However she found ways to accept it being old through her memories and the love that she had found in this quote has shown
Due to these brave women they changed the country for the better and making the future for all
How does one live a life as a Christian that honors and glorifies God? The answer is by reflecting Christ’s image by acting as He would in every situation. Because of what Jesus has done for sinners on the cross, they desire to live by His example in order to give Him glory. However, living a Christ-like life can only happen through the work of the Holy Spirit, who comes in to sinner’s hearts when they first put their trust in Jesus and the cross, growing them and making them more like Jesus. Many characters in books, stories, and movies have Christ-like qualities and characteristics, an example of this being Harper Lee’s masterpiece.
Her faith in God also advanced since it is evident in the novel that she has total dependence and faith in God despite all the hardship that she
While reading the story, you can tell in the narrators’ tone that she feels rejected and excluded. She is not happy and I’m sure, just like her family, she wonders “why her?” She is rejected and never accepted for who she really is. She is different. She’s not like anyone else
Even though she didn’t survive her story is an empowering one that should be remembered because she
The political cartoon of Rosa Parks portrays the significance of her civil rights movement in 1955 by referring to the rhetorical triangle and its appeal to pathos, ethos, and logos. Mr. Toles, the cartoonist, touched on all three critical elements (pathos, ethos, and logos) in a manner which perfectly conveyed his message. He removed any doubt or confusion over the intent of his message. The rhetorical triangle presented in the cartoon involves the speaker, audience, and subject.
Sometimes it is easy to take the gift of salvation for granite, which is why we should review how and why it was given to us. The sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” was so effective because it showed people who they really are. The sermon opened people’s eyes to where they were spiritually, how powerful God truly is, and the things He can do but chooses not to. The sermon described how we are all born sinners and deserve to go to hell.