http://www.5milechurch.org/bruces-blogs/get-connected/get-connected-in-support/ Bridging the Gap Between God and People Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:46:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.5milechurch.org/bruces-blogs/get-connected/get-connected-in-support/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Bruce Stoker Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:56:10 +0000 http://www.5milechurch.org/?p=853#comment-10 This passage also lets us know that when we take care of others he "has our back." When I read through this comment to approve it, I thought that the word "rereward" was a misspelling; it's not. It's a more archaic spelling of "rearward"; the NIV and NASB translate it as "rear guard." So when we become concerned about our own well-being, whether as individuals or as the church, when we're helping others, we can be assured that God is there to cover us; he's our rear guard. This passage also lets us know that when we take care of others he “has our back.” When I read through this comment to approve it, I thought that the word “rereward” was a misspelling; it’s not. It’s a more archaic spelling of “rearward”; the NIV and NASB translate it as “rear guard.” So when we become concerned about our own well-being, whether as individuals or as the church, when we’re helping others, we can be assured that God is there to cover us; he’s our rear guard.

]]> http://www.5milechurch.org/bruces-blogs/get-connected/get-connected-in-support/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Like Mephibosheth Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:45:33 +0000 http://www.5milechurch.org/?p=853#comment-9 I think what I love the most about reading God's Word is that He lines it constantly with promises. One of His promises I was looking forward to when I went to Slidell, was His promise outlined in Isaiah 58:7-8 which reads: "7 ...and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? ...that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward." This is significant to me because I know that when I need to renew my spirit as Paul tells us, I can always relay on that scripture to remind me that I need to get out and help people, and when I do, He will renew me speedily. (Note: this is one of the few times God works quickly in the Bible!) Slidell for me was not only a time of getting sore even to the bone, but it was a time of renewing. When I returend from there, I was flipping through our church directory and seeing all the pictures of the folks I was down there with, and I thought to myself - this is my family. What a great family! I think what I love the most about reading God’s Word is that He lines it constantly with promises. One of His promises I was looking forward to when I went to Slidell, was His promise outlined in Isaiah 58:7-8 which reads: “7 …and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? …that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.” This is significant to me because I know that when I need to renew my spirit as Paul tells us, I can always relay on that scripture to remind me that I need to get out and help people, and when I do, He will renew me speedily. (Note: this is one of the few times God works quickly in the Bible!) Slidell for me was not only a time of getting sore even to the bone, but it was a time of renewing. When I returend from there, I was flipping through our church directory and seeing all the pictures of the folks I was down there with, and I thought to myself – this is my family. What a great family!

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