In our house, we just prefer a total darkness when it comes to bed time..no we don't usually use a "nawassa". So for waking up at night, and avoiding to bump your little toe in bed (ouch!) or your knee in the table corner, it requires a high infra-red dark-radar-sight photographic memory skill!
After few months in our new house in Madrid, we started knowing by heart the dimensions of the rooms and I could walk blind folded even to reach anywhere i want..funny enough, the kids were better and faster learning it specially the way from their room to ours. Until one night, sleeping in peace i woke up at the sound of a BOOM..Loud noise..then my daughter crying out. I put on the light to find her on our room floor..she tripped over something..yup..it was there, i knew why..i have left my 47 sized shoes in the middle of the way..it was a trap (quite a big one) waiting for somebody to stumble upon and fall..fall and cry! Since then Aline and I took a commitment to discipline ourselves in keeping all the paths of our house "clear" from any traps and obstacles..all should be back in place right where they belong!
Yes, I realized that I need in prayer to ask our Heavenly Father for strength in keeping my life and my conscience CLEAR AND VOID of offense not only towards Him but towards my fellow human beings..I need to keep clear any traps of lies, cheating, anger, lust..i need to train my thoughts and seek the Holy spirit liberating my conscience from traps on the way as it has the power to pull me down..and trip others along! I pray for that in Jesus name, Amen.
After few months in our new house in Madrid, we started knowing by heart the dimensions of the rooms and I could walk blind folded even to reach anywhere i want..funny enough, the kids were better and faster learning it specially the way from their room to ours. Until one night, sleeping in peace i woke up at the sound of a BOOM..Loud noise..then my daughter crying out. I put on the light to find her on our room floor..she tripped over something..yup..it was there, i knew why..i have left my 47 sized shoes in the middle of the way..it was a trap (quite a big one) waiting for somebody to stumble upon and fall..fall and cry! Since then Aline and I took a commitment to discipline ourselves in keeping all the paths of our house "clear" from any traps and obstacles..all should be back in place right where they belong!
This story reminded me of a verse I have close to my heart:
لذلكَ أنا أيضًا أُدَرِّبُ نَفسي ليكونَ لي دائمًا ضَميرٌ بلا عَثرَةٍ مِنْ نَحوِ اللهِ والناسِ. (أعمالُ الرُّسُلِ 24:16 AVDDV)
Therefore I always exercise and discipline myself to have a clear (unshaken, blameless) conscience, void of offense toward God and toward men. (Acts 24:16 AMP)
Yes, I realized that I need in prayer to ask our Heavenly Father for strength in keeping my life and my conscience CLEAR AND VOID of offense not only towards Him but towards my fellow human beings..I need to keep clear any traps of lies, cheating, anger, lust..i need to train my thoughts and seek the Holy spirit liberating my conscience from traps on the way as it has the power to pull me down..and trip others along! I pray for that in Jesus name, Amen.
Commit to keep your conscious clear my friends!
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