Man goes to war with tools of death, that he may bring a “ceasing” to his enemy.
God goes to war against the “deceased”, that he may bring them to life.
Man’s enemy says to him, “We will not die today. It will be you who’s eyes will close!”
God says to his enemy (the dead), “Ask of me and I will open your eyes”.
Curiously, how many say “NO!”, choosing instead to remain in death.
What in odd battlefield the Holy One inhabits.
The façade is quite complete. The wall erected between heaven and earth is unmovable by man.
People stare at the wall. They imagine all kinds of things on the other side. And how quick they are to believe in their own imagination. “My mind can see it. It must be true!”
Even scientific medicine promotes more imagination. “We can stave off death. We can bring many back from the brink of death.” They proudly say, “We are saving lives”. Still, the wall arrives, and their proclamation falls empty on the ground. Having spent a fortune, the people still bury their dead.
Consumed with the trivial and temporary things, people waste the moments of their life without the slightest care. They entertain themselves with an insatiable lust for more. Still, the wall looms like a shadow over Man.
All the while, the Bible lay closed. An earnest searching for the will of God is pushed aside. The populace prefers their own imagination. Religions of man abound. Science-fiction appears to be more believable than the words of the Living God. The unmovable wall takes no notice.
Here is today. It is filled with the things that ARE. Imagination is like a boy filled with fear; eyes wide, screaming at the top of his lungs, and arms flailing about. He will not listen to the calm voice of his parents. Lacking wisdom, woven tightly in his fear, his ears are firmly shut.
Is there a better day to read the words of God and believe what you read? Is there a better day to pray for clarity? Will there be a better day to ask God for sanity?
The new bride came home to her new home!
She said a quick “Thank you and I love you” to her new husband. Then she went about adoring the walls and furniture, ceiling and floor.
Not a problem you say. That was the last time she paid serious attention to her husband.
She would cook for him is if it were a duty. And all the other chores of a wife she carried out without fail. She would let her lips brush his four head, as if that were a substantial sign of love.
Her heart was so detached from him he might well have not been her husband at all.
But do not judge her for infidelity. There was no other man in her life. The problem is, there was no man in her life at all. Still he was faithful to keep her as his wife.
Does this draw a picture of your relationship with your husband Christ Jesus?
“Wherefore, if you see another sin openly or commit a serious crime, do not consider yourself better, for you do not know how long you can remain in good estate. All men are frail, but you must admit that none is more frail than yourself.” Thomas à Kempis
BE SOBER!
There is no one more vile than I. For no one is more adept at destroying the work of God than my selfish nature which lives within me.
No matter what knowledge I have concerning righteousness, my roommate called selfishness knows nothing, desires nothing, and can produce nothing on his own. At the base of things, he only knows how to play with mud.
What counsel is there in these things? I see this: be careful not to judge the sinners all around us. For with one touch of the love of God, anyone of them can out strip us with the doings of the Holy Spirit. Despise the action, but be ready to embrace the actor.
The one to whom much is forgiven, the same will love much. The one who is released from the deepest and darkest of dungeons will love the open spaces more. He understands captivity, and now embraces freedom with a violence.
But the one who does not perceive his own wickedness, this one sees no need to praise. Righteous humility eludes him.
God has raised mighty men from the sewer in the past. Rest assured, he is doing so today.
Countless people were crucified in the days of the Romans. The people of that day understood the meaning of a cross.
The cross without the living Christ is no different than a shadow.
The symbol itself has no power at all except to generate fear, superstition, and death.
It is the living Christ who provides life. Yes, the intangible and invisible glory of God. Do not think that evil has respect for any object on earth.
P. S. The same can be said of Mary, the apostles, and the Saints.
What is the shape of your God?
The Lord will move a mountain for the one who is ever thirsty.
Though he is in the desert of deprivation, God will bring the streams of heaven to encompass his encampment.
Every day the man’s feet took him where he did not want to go, until the man thought he had no choice.
Every day the man cried out for help.
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The Lord has heard his prayer.
With the strength of his great sacrifice, the mountain is moved to the man.
“This far you shall come and no more. See, I have set a restraining upon you; as a man will halter horse, so I have blessed you with restraint.”
Victory comes when the man least expects.
Only let him continue to call for help.
Let him prove his desire to betray his own flesh.
Even as his flesh betrayed him.
God will move when the wisdom of heaven allows.
When his strength has arrived, all is well.
Now he worships like the 10th leper.
The impossible has come like warm clothing in the winter.
Believe and live.
We: Live, Die, Face Judgment. Jesus or die twice.
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