"Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light." - Theodore Roethke
What do your roots comprise, I wonder?
There's nothing worth more that would ever come close,
No thing can compare, You're our living Hope,
Your presence, Lord.
I've tasted and seen of the sweetest of loves,
When my heart becomes free and my shame is undone,
Your presence, Lord.
(Holy Spirit, Jesus Culture with Martin Smith)
Taking hold of God's promises:
- Faith
- Obedience
- Courage and readiness
- Timing
- Discipline
- Remembering God
Monday, January 26, 2015
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Thankfulness and gratitude
“Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without
thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness
lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is
maimed and limps along the spiritual road.”
“God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.”
“"The real measure of our wealth is how much we should be worth if we lost all our money.”
“Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.”
- John Henry Jowett
“God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.”
“"The real measure of our wealth is how much we should be worth if we lost all our money.”
“Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.”
- John Henry Jowett
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Expecting the unexpected
Keep your life so constant in its contact with God that His surprising
power may break out on the right hand and on the left. Always be in a
state of expectancy, and see that you leave room for God to come in as
He likes.
- Oswald Chambers
- Oswald Chambers
Thursday, January 1, 2015
An interview with God
“Come in,” God said. “So you would like to interview me?”
“If You have the time,” I said.
God smiled. “My time is eternity. That’s enough time to do everything.
What questions do you have in mind?”
“What surprises you most about mankind?”
“Many things.”
“That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up,
and then long to be children again.
That they lose their health to make money and then lose their
money to restore health.
That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, and
live neither for the present nor for the future.
That they live as if they will never die, and die as if they had never lived.”
God took my hands in His. We were silent for a while, then I asked,
“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons You want
Your to children learn?”
God replied with a smile.
“To learn that they cannot make anyone love them.
They can only let themselves be loved.
To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have
in their lives, but who they have in their lives.
To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.
All will be judged individually on their own merits,
not as a group on a comparison basis.
To learn that a rich person is not the one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least.
To learn that it takes only a few seconds to open profound wounds
in persons they love and many years to heal them.
To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.
To learn there are persons who love them dearly, but simply do not
know how to express or show their feelings.
To learn that money can buy everything but happiness.
To understand that two people can look at the same thing
and see it totally differently.
To appreciate that a true friend is someone who knows everything about
them, and likes them anyway.
To learn that it is not always enough that they be forgiven by others,
but that they have to forgive themselves.”
I sat there for a while enjoying the moment. I thanked God for this time
and for all that He has done for me and my family.
Then Godreplied, “Anytime, I’m here twenty-four hours a day. All you have
to do is ask and I’ll answer. People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did. But people will never forget
how you made them feel.”
James J.Lachard (Jim Brown)
Have you interviewed God recently?
More important, have you allowed Him to interview you?
“If You have the time,” I said.
God smiled. “My time is eternity. That’s enough time to do everything.
What questions do you have in mind?”
“What surprises you most about mankind?”
“Many things.”
“That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up,
and then long to be children again.
That they lose their health to make money and then lose their
money to restore health.
That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, and
live neither for the present nor for the future.
That they live as if they will never die, and die as if they had never lived.”
God took my hands in His. We were silent for a while, then I asked,
“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons You want
Your to children learn?”
God replied with a smile.
“To learn that they cannot make anyone love them.
They can only let themselves be loved.
To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have
in their lives, but who they have in their lives.
To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.
All will be judged individually on their own merits,
not as a group on a comparison basis.
To learn that a rich person is not the one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least.
To learn that it takes only a few seconds to open profound wounds
in persons they love and many years to heal them.
To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.
To learn there are persons who love them dearly, but simply do not
know how to express or show their feelings.
To learn that money can buy everything but happiness.
To understand that two people can look at the same thing
and see it totally differently.
To appreciate that a true friend is someone who knows everything about
them, and likes them anyway.
To learn that it is not always enough that they be forgiven by others,
but that they have to forgive themselves.”
I sat there for a while enjoying the moment. I thanked God for this time
and for all that He has done for me and my family.
Then Godreplied, “Anytime, I’m here twenty-four hours a day. All you have
to do is ask and I’ll answer. People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did. But people will never forget
how you made them feel.”
James J.Lachard (Jim Brown)
Have you interviewed God recently?
More important, have you allowed Him to interview you?
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