Rustic, rough and warm
Weathered, through life and storm
Eyes of piercing insight
Look me through, unneeded invite
10/8/2014
Rustic, rough and warm
Weathered, through life and storm
Eyes of piercing insight
Look me through, unneeded invite
10/8/2014
James 4:13-17
God is forgotten about, but he is not absent.
Urgency doesn’t equate to rush. Jesus didn’t rush.
My expectations can inhibit my willingness for change.
Most important thing for all eternity is Christ.
Death/physical absence of the other doesn’t discount all that went before in the relationship.
Hard for us to depend on the Lord’s will because we have to put ourselves in God’s way, to go deeper into him.
I need an accurate/truthful picture of God to trust him and be willing for his will over mine.
Why I boast – no appreciation of God’s sovereignty, will, provision. It helps to see each other at eye level, equality.
Do I replace God with myself? Up and down – sometimes yes, sometimes no. Therefore I need accountability – going to church, Bible study, intimate relationships etc.
The Word of God is the yardstick.
Happiness is a by-product, not a goal.
“The thing is, as Christians we know we struggle with sin and we often forget about God. Sin is a big deal before God, yet we don’t often see our sin as that big of a deal. We profess and believe in God, we know God is supreme, we know what his will is and yet we often go and disobey him. The desire to do the will of God is the mark of a transformed life.“
Impressions during a difficult week.
Thanks to Leslie, Tom, Neil, Alison and Lecia.
My precious child, sore-tested
With hunger, banishment and sword
Cast out of home to loneliness
Outlasting by my word
This fire, hot and fierce
This anvil, hard as stone
This faith I planted in you
Is proving pure and true and firm
My bride of beauty fair
I have clothed you with my own
While you waited long, expectant
I’ve prepared for you a home
Behold, I’m coming quickly
Make your preparations sure
None other shall possess you
We shall be one, you shall be pure
11/8/2014
Reflecting on Iraq…Christians…
The eye’s precious apple
Thwarted, oppressed, battered, slain
Though at large in rebellion
A precious few will remain
For the eye to behold
In glory – redeem, restore, reclaim
Till the eye has his purpose
Time, word, fulfillment ingrained
The eye will return on those
Who thwart, batter, slay
In like manner avenge
His apple, since long-past days
11/8/2014
Reflections on Israel…
Take me away…
Away with the wind
Away with the birds
Away on the wing, on the tide, on the road
Take me away…
Away from the struggle
Away from the pain
Away by the path, by the track, by the less-travelled road
Take me away…
Away find the peace
Away find the rest
Away never crying, never lying, never ending…this road
10/8/2014