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Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Taking me to the streets
well ( deep thought) i am simply changing my focus from what is right here before me, a disappointing election, to what is in God's view.
What is He looking at and concerned about?
If He used the United States to grow His church around the world then it may be my privilege to be part of that international movement.
If He uses wonderful Christ honoring organizations like Compassion International and World Vision to aid the poor and suffering, could He also use me to go, or to contribute to His work of grace and mercy around the globe? I pray it may be so.
Hineni, here I am Lord, send me.
1 Thess. 5v4
But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
What is He looking at and concerned about?
If He used the United States to grow His church around the world then it may be my privilege to be part of that international movement.
If He uses wonderful Christ honoring organizations like Compassion International and World Vision to aid the poor and suffering, could He also use me to go, or to contribute to His work of grace and mercy around the globe? I pray it may be so.
Hineni, here I am Lord, send me.
1 Thess. 5v4
But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
my home is a gross polluter. the chimney belches wood smoke all winter long.
but we are very warm, and we leave some extra natural gas in the pipeline for the rest of you.
wood burning does not always seem to make sense, its messy inside and out, its slow to bring heat to the home unlike the big blaster furnaces that many are used to. there is no thermostat, so you have to be willing to get out of bed at 2 or 3am to feed the stove, but then i usually need to get up once a night anyway.
On the other hand, I clean my part of the forest of downed limbs and dead trees, and i recycle hundreds of pounds of scrap lumber every season that would have gone into a landfill. Every year the forest sheds way more wood than we humans can burn, but if we let the regulators have their way, pretty soon it will be against the law to burn wood in your own home. does this seem wrong to anyone else?
but we are very warm, and we leave some extra natural gas in the pipeline for the rest of you.
wood burning does not always seem to make sense, its messy inside and out, its slow to bring heat to the home unlike the big blaster furnaces that many are used to. there is no thermostat, so you have to be willing to get out of bed at 2 or 3am to feed the stove, but then i usually need to get up once a night anyway.
On the other hand, I clean my part of the forest of downed limbs and dead trees, and i recycle hundreds of pounds of scrap lumber every season that would have gone into a landfill. Every year the forest sheds way more wood than we humans can burn, but if we let the regulators have their way, pretty soon it will be against the law to burn wood in your own home. does this seem wrong to anyone else?
Sunday, September 16, 2012
not unlike the Matrix
so here is what goes round in my mind, frequently.
All that we see with our eyes, and taste and smell and hear is a cover.
What we call reality is a thin paper wrapper that hides what is true and lasting and substantial. what we have in our human bodies is a soul and a spirit, yet we catch only glimpses of these because we are so distracted by the sights and sounds of this momentary world, the one that is passing away. Our bodies will fail; Eyes will stop seeing, teeth will stop chewing, legs will fail to walk or run, and some day you will not be able to hear the sounds of a stream, the ocean or the singing of birds outside.
What will remain is what you have in your spirit. If you allow God to renew you and dwell within you, then He will give you new eyes and new ears that hear what His spirit is saying and see what He wants you to see.
John 14: 16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; 17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
All that we see with our eyes, and taste and smell and hear is a cover.
What we call reality is a thin paper wrapper that hides what is true and lasting and substantial. what we have in our human bodies is a soul and a spirit, yet we catch only glimpses of these because we are so distracted by the sights and sounds of this momentary world, the one that is passing away. Our bodies will fail; Eyes will stop seeing, teeth will stop chewing, legs will fail to walk or run, and some day you will not be able to hear the sounds of a stream, the ocean or the singing of birds outside.
What will remain is what you have in your spirit. If you allow God to renew you and dwell within you, then He will give you new eyes and new ears that hear what His spirit is saying and see what He wants you to see.
John 14: 16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; 17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
The Highest One
Supreme: .
1.highest in rank or authority; paramount; sovereign; chief.
2. of the highest quality, degree, character, importance, etc.: supreme courage.
3. greatest, utmost, or extreme: supreme disgust.
4. last or final; ultimate.
You must find that one, supreme thought. Not a relationship but THE relationship that will rule over all others. To be able to say, "this must come first" is a great gift that clears away all other confusion and doubt.
One hope, that is all you get, place yours in the savior and reject all other false hopes. One person who will understand and accept you, and lead you on to victory. Make yourself single minded in your pursuit of Him and his path for your life.
As you walk with Him others will be drawn not to you, but to Him. To Jesus be all the praise and to God be the glory, great things He hath done.
1.highest in rank or authority; paramount; sovereign; chief.
2. of the highest quality, degree, character, importance, etc.: supreme courage.
3. greatest, utmost, or extreme: supreme disgust.
4. last or final; ultimate.
You must find that one, supreme thought. Not a relationship but THE relationship that will rule over all others. To be able to say, "this must come first" is a great gift that clears away all other confusion and doubt.
One hope, that is all you get, place yours in the savior and reject all other false hopes. One person who will understand and accept you, and lead you on to victory. Make yourself single minded in your pursuit of Him and his path for your life.
As you walk with Him others will be drawn not to you, but to Him. To Jesus be all the praise and to God be the glory, great things He hath done.
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