DID WE WAKE UP SINGING THIS MORNING? Or, did we plunge into our plans for the day, "jump" to finish an undone job, and then immediately start thinking about tomorrow? Psalm 5:3, "My voice shalt thou hear in the morning...I will direct my prayer to THEE, and will look up." Psalm 149:5, "Let the Saints be JOYful in Glory; let them sing aloud upon their beds." There is no satisfaction in striving to "serve things of the world" FIRST, there is no love in what we do, and the day just fades away before it begins. It will be a day to remember when we start with; GOOD MORNING GOD. Just saying IT MAKES YOU SMILE.
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Did you lost everything in life? Have you tarnished, destroyed or taken for granted GOD'S Mercy? Did you abandoned the HOLIEST values? Did you disappointed and abuse your family and friends beyond what you think can be forgiven? "But something inside enlightens your HOPE, you begin to taste the Heavenly GIFT of the goodness of GOD'S WORD.." (Hebrews 6:4). No matter what you've lost, YOU KNOW YOU ARE FORGIVEN BY GOD, AND THE GOD IN YOU, LETS YOU FORGIVE YOURSELF. THE LOVE YOU KNOW, YOU WANT OTHERS TO HAVE; AND YOU NEVER WANT TO GO BACK AGAIN. THANK YOU JESUS!
Rainy days have a way of saying, "this is what I want you to do today". No matter what we have planned, "it either changes or at least slows down". The people we meet are smiling, even buoyant as though we have a NEW BEGINNING. GOD'S WORD is not just written in the SCRIPTURES, it is written in the clouds, the flowers and our hearts. As we are Blessed by GOD, we become the Blessings to others. Ephesians 1:3, "Blessed be the GOD and FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, who has blessed us with all Spiritual Blessings..." The rainy days turn the deep thoughts into TRANSPARENT hearts that give THANKS and PRAISE; TO GOD AND TO THE GOD IN EACH OF US. With THANKSGIVING and PRAISE we accept the GIFTS OF, RAINY DAYS AND SUNNY SPIRITS.
To experience the depth, intensity and aura of someone's BEING goes beyond words. It is a drawing that our thoughts cannot express in their fullness. Romans 8:26, "...we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the SPIRIT intercedes with groanings too deep for words." It is not that the HOLY SPIRIT prays some "Theologically Correct" Prayer in our behalf; HE prays the yearnings of our heart, the PASSION of our life in such a way, our incompleteness is complete. We say more, with a sigh, a smile, a look that lets others know our heart's desire, WITHOUT WORDS.
Do we marvel at all that technology has to offer? Does our mind become a "collection bin" of KNOWLEDGE where we are prevented from thinking our own thoughts? Do we focus so much on our hardships and trials that our hearts shrink where we no longer DREAM as a child? Are we "tossed to and fro by the waters and carried by every wind of doctrine..." (Ephesians4:14)? Has all of the technology through media "done our thinking for us"; where we become only "STORAGE BINS" of their thoughts and we no longer experience the HOLY HUSH of BRIGHT VISIONS AND DREAMS? Today, let us leave the obvious, superficial and trivial to others; let FAITH reach deep into our Hearts where DREAMS, VALUES and VISIONS come alive in THE HOLY HUSH
Is the FIRE so great that it tests all of our Faith, and tests even the Faith we didn't know we had? Does the BURDEN and PRESSURE of affliction seem as though it will destroy us? 1 Peter 1:7, " Pure gold put in the FIRE comes out of it proved PURE..." Coal is only Coal until TIME and PRESSURE are applied; then it becomes a DIAMOND. FIRE does NOT DESTROY "the precious" GOLD, it only REMOVES THE IMPURITIES. If we asked a "GOLD SMITH" how he knows when all of the IMPURITIES are removed and the GOLD IS PURE; he will tell us, it is when HE CAN SEE HIS REFLECTION IN IT. Can our FATHER of fathers SEE HIS REFLECTION IN US?
May everyday be the Blessed FATHER'S DAY, for our FATHER OF FATHERS. Everyone, including the Israelite, is on a JOURNEY to the PROMISED LAND. Or is each step of the JOURNEY the PROMISED LAND? Do we really believe that ETERNAL LIFE with JESUS is the END TO OUR Pilgrimage? Acts 9:27, "Barnabas told them how Saul on his JOURNEY saw the LORD and the LORD spoke to him..." Do we look forward to the END of our JOURNEY so much, that we don't realize it's the JOURNEY that matters in the END? Arriving lasts only a few seconds, THE JOURNEY IS ETERNAL.
Is this world like a "foreign place"? Is its form and values, meaningless to us; even though we try to make them meaningful? Do we feel like "aliens" living in another world? John 17:16, "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world". We do not leave this world by death, we leave this world by TRUTH. "THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME, I'M JUST A PASSING THROUGH; GOD BECKONS ME FROM HEAVEN'S OPEN DOOR AND I CAN'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE.
We "jump to conclusions" not because "Appearances are Deceiving", but rather, because that is what we chose to think. Whether it be about people, circumstances or ourselves, we look for "any thread of evidence" to "justify" what we want to think or continue thinking. John 7:24, "Don't judge by what you see, and don't try to judge a person's heart or motives..." We think of Angels as dressed in white, gentle wings and a halo while they "float" along singing HOLY, HOLY, HOLY. In reality if we came face to face with any angel described in the Bible (Seraph or Cherubim) we would never be the same (WHICH IN MOST CASES WOULD BE A GOOD THING). Before we "JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS TODAY", remember, "What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, GOD calls a butterfly".
Be Encouraged and Let Faith accomplish its Perfection .... When we have thoughts of GOD or pray to GOD, do we consider HIM separate from ourselves? Is that why we do not experience the PERMANENCE OF GOD? Are our worldly relationships temporary because our relationship with GOD is distant and occasional? Do we mistake the IMPURE for the PURE? John 17:23, "...that they may become perfectly ONE..." If we have only "moments of Belief and Faith", we have NO FAITH AT ALL. We are an extension, A ONENESS in UNITY with GOD, not separate. SEPARATE WE DIE, ONE IS BEYOND FOREVER.
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December 2015
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