Daily Archives: June 22, 2011

Energy to Continue.

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The divine essence

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Ok.  So you’re in love with God.  Ok.  So you speak about nothing without considering God in the conversation.  Ok.  So you wake only to consider Him first.  You look at your dreams and hope there was something there.  Ok.  So nothing you encounter is absent of the presence of God in your mind.

And you speak, think, eat, act, and blog Jesus.  And, to your amazement, no one seems to notice.  What did you expect?  Did you really think the world would run to you and embrace you as a brother?  Didn’t the Lord say that the world would hate you?  And, I know you’ve noticed, nothing you hold dear finds acceptance in this world.  So what to do?

You want to help people discover the Lord’s sacrifice.  You want to elevate the Lord to a prominent place in every person’s life.  You see the truth of Jesus’ sacrifice as if you were right there in person.  You feel the pain of knowing the fate of the majority.  And you are witness to the destruction of hope the lost are experiencing.  Media hold them tight.  The baubles and trinkets of this world capture their every waking moment.  Sin has such a tight grip on their hearts that they hate even the mention of the God of Life.

Just keep blogging.  Just keep speaking.  Just keep thinking God stuff.  It’s ok.  If no one is interested in what you have to say, then testify to the Angels.  Testify to the Lord Himself.   Blog so that the Lord can read what you type.

We are a people set apart for hatred by the Lord Himself.  We will not find love here.  We find love there.  So go there!  Be a Christian!  Be devoted to the One who made you!  And let the world do what it wishes with what you are becoming.  Who are we to stop their insane race to destruction.  Just keep on doing what you do for the Lord.  Nothing goes un-noticed.  And there is reward in His hand.

 

By His grace.

“Who Respects a Fool?”

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The farmer plows his field.  He sets his implements together.  He checks all the connections.  He drives over to the field.  Getting the plow into the field, he lowers the blades.  After putting the tractor in gear, he looks forward and picks a place to use as his guide for a straight line.  Letting out the clutch, he starts another year.

At the end of the row, he lifts the plow and turns around.  He sets his sights on the barn.  And, with plow up, he puts the tractor in “fast” and heads home.  In his mind, he’s done his work.  What?  He’s got 300 acres!  Anyone would think the farmer has flipped his gourd if he really thinks he’s done enough.

Many people have set themselves apart.  They have understood the message of the Gospel and taken it to heart.  Sadly, many who have a confidence in themselves have not understood the message however.  They think, like the farmer, that simply doing the minimum will satisfy the Lord of Righteousness.  But the Christian life is not a one word experience.  It is a life of dedication to growth.  Those who think they can simply attend church or speak nice words are sadly mistaken.  What of sin in your life?  Another row to plow.  What of the movies you watch?  Another row to plow.  What of your prayer life?   Another row to plow.  What of forgiving others?  Another row to plow.  What of reading the Bible on a regular basis?  Another row to plow.  What of learning from God to do everything He tells us to do?  Another row to plow.

57As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

58Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

59He said to another man, “Follow me.”

But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

60Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

61Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”

62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”  (Luke 9)

 

Non Regret

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dramatic dream

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I lay to sleep and dreamt a dream.

Neither long or short ago

Twas a dream of vague import indeed.

I can’t go back or do a deed

No tools of non-regret.

Those days of past are not for me.

To straighten, untie, or uncoil.

What’s done is done, the sage will say.

Yet why then are they real?

I lay upon my bed of sweat, my confidence they steal.

vengeance will not touch those dreams.

They plague a man like gnats.

All hope that’s gained is softly muted.

Regret comes back too often.

I can’t take back what hurt I’ve caused.

I’m broken in the midst.

But isn’t this what He has said?

“I come to heal what’s broken”.

I lay it out and beg for help.

What can I do alone?

They lost, and this because of me.

My portion, now divided.

Will they know their piece?

Will it even appear?

Will my giving help them now?

What’s done is gone for tools to pry.

Only “now” will bend to hands.

What’s to come is promise.

To this I hold, so bold.

For He who cannot lie.

He’s said, “You’re Mine”.

 

By His Grace.

 

And the Forecast is:

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Flag of the United States

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The forecast for America is very bleak.  Many won’t even listen to the news anymore because there’s only bad news.  No matter how they spin reality, the entire nation is on the edge of total ruin.  They talk about hope and change.  They talk about getting a “new start”.  The noise in the conservative camp is that they will jump in the driver’s seat and turn this ole rust bucket around.  But the damage isn’t at the top.

The damage which is causing this nation to plunge into ruin is being caused at all levels.  Obama is only a mirror of the country’s standing before the Most High God.  Look at how you want peace.  But what peace are you securing from the One who created you?

The country will fall into a ruin that cannot be repaired.  How can I say that?  Where is God in the conversations of the American public?  Who is omitting the Lord from every nook and cranny of American life?  Do you really think you can discharge the Lord from life here and not reap the consequences?

The forecast for America is bleak indeed.  But wait!  There’s more!  What is happening to America is happening around the world.  The entire world has jumped on the band wagon which has a banner on it’s sides:  “God is dead or powerless, and of no account in the dealings of man”.  Woe!  Woe to the rebellious!

 

By His Grace.

News Flash

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Elephant in the St. Louis Zoo

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An Elephant woke one morning to see a convoy of trucks passing by.  His tiny brain got an idea.  With smiling eyes, he lumbered over to one of the trucks.  His deft trunk reached into the truck and plucked the driver out of his seat.  Then, to the double amazement of the driver, the elephant began to try to get into the driver’s seat.

This is to all men, women and children.  You can imagine yourself as anything you want.  But the nature of our condition determines who we are.  You can call yourself a Pilot.  But unless you actually can and do fly a plane, you’re just fooling yourself.  You can imagine you’re a Chicken, if you wish.  But unless you’re really that small, feathered, beaked, and stupid, you’re still a human.

You can call yourself a Christian.  But unless the Lord causes you to be one, you’re just making noise with your lips.

“Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain.” (Psalms 127:1)

“11For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.  12Now if any man builds on the foundation with
gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13each man’s work will become evident; for the day  will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself  will test the quality of each man’s work. 14If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. 15If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.” (1 Corinthians)

“Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spiritgives birth to spirit.” (John 3: 6)

Go ahead.  Go to church.  And, as is your custom, continue in sin when you leave that place.  You think the sign you hang over your head causes you to be something you’re not?  Remember the Elephant and the Chicken, and the Pilot.  God is deadly serious about His Holy demands for mankind.  Only the wise will continually reach up to Him for that transformation He demands.  No man will find himself justified by his own desire.  Justification and eternal life are from the hand of the Lord.  Open your hard heart.  Drop your pride of life.  Listen to what the Lord has said.  The verdict on all men has already been rendered.  There is no life other than that which the Spirit of God builds in man.  And there will not be one shred of man’s accomplishments which will enter Heaven.  Unless the Lord has accomplished it in you and through you, you have accomplished nothing.  Pride of man is an ememy of God.  The name you give yourself is less than nothing in the eyes of God.

By His Grace.