Duality?

Time passes and I still don’t understand. The weakness I exhibit abounds while the strength that carries me through the difficult seems to remain. How can I possibly stand as I am, while yet lacking what appears to be focus? Yet when disaster strikes I stand in his strength and exposure doesn’t seem to matter. Time doesn’t seem to matter, only my circumstance.

Am I secretly seeking Daddy as I walk about or am I just fat dumb and happy without need until at once the devil uses my complacency to act up and at once I am reminded from where my strength comes. What a reactionary faith that is, what a situational adherence to the praise of my God. It is that a subtle difference that causes me despair while waiting for salvation. When in reality I need never despair.

What if, What if I truly acted as I do in crisis all the time? How much more would I accomplish. There has never been a circumstance that God was not able to deliver me and my family from and I know he is there for me but what if I walked in that understanding at all times. What if I really believed what I walked in, while in times of crisis? I mean I know how because he delivers me from evil so why not now for instance.

As I listen to peoples difficulties I hear the duality of their positions. Why then can’t I see mine as they occur? What prevents us from discerning the truth of a situation? Why do we allow ourselves a duality?

That is the meat of our faith that is the stuff that makes things shine and become epiphanies and moments of clarity of faith. We all have that in us.

I am convinced that is the cross we are instructed to put on us daily our affirmation of choice in deciding that God isn’t a liar and we are not him and that no matter the enemy he is with us and will take care of us.

It is a choice.

Choose.

Issues?

We are ever concerned with many things about this church and that church and this worship and that worship . . .

What about this issue?


Mark Rosen, When considering whether to provide fetal anesthesia during an abortion, he says, it’s not “erring on the safe side” to endanger a woman’s health in order to prevent fetal pain that may not exist.

Every Christian should read this article and decide. Will you is the question ?

The full article is below as a link to the NY Times magazine that posted it.

I defy you to read it and not feel moved.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/magazine/10Fetal-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=3

Dance

Dancing
Free

Stopping
Never

Christ Always

So when the music is death of the world
Pummeling you into the earth
Causing great pain
Remember David

Dance

Never Enough

Never enough is what we learn from day to day.  Never enough time. Never enough effort Never enough love. Never enough justice Never enough money. Just Never enough.  .  .

It warps the view we have of our God, it changes how we expect him to move. Never enough runs through us so complete that it burns holes in our heart and destroys what we have been given freely.

Stop now and answer me - what in your life is never enough?

Now know - Jesus  - IS - Enough.

you need not try to pray enough, struggle enough, fix yourself enough.

If you have accepted JESUS - HE IS ENOUGH IN YOU - 

so act like what you are a Christian and rejoice and stop trying to be enough because you cant- YOU WILL FAIL.

Jesus is enough, rest in him. Let Jesus be your King instead of trying to be your own by pointing out your and the flaws of others.

Jesus is enough.

.  <--note the period  no and, ifs or buts. 

be still and stop making more of it than it needs be - JESUS  not you ( insert name here ) IS ENOUGH PERIOD.

now deal with it and move on.

JESUS IS ENOUGH 

Unrepentant

Unrepentant  son 

Helpless father

Unrepentant daughter

Helpless father

Mother weeps but can change nothing.

In Jesus arms they weep together.

HE WILL MAKE PROVISION

The peace of our joining together of love between us and our God is something we can do and share every moment of every day.

Who is it that says it ever has to end. Why do we feel that we can not pray continually. Are we afraid that something would happen while we were praying?

Would we wreck that car or stop our work or neglect our children?

Does God not give us the ability to pray as we walk in our path?

Have you ever been faced with the urge to pray yet did not because of some pressing business or that phone call coming?

I have learned in my usual slow witted way that Jesus makes time for prayer.

I feel the need, his call on my soul and spirit to pray and I force my flesh aside to answer the call. I have learned that God freezes  time around your prayer call. He sets aside time to answer his call for praise, ministry, and worship. Deep in your heart you know your masters voice, the voice of your shepherd. Heed his call brother and sisters for there is time sufficient for answer to his call for you to pray. Set aside for a worship call on his will. He will provide time for his call. Just as he provisions all things in your life when you are in his will he will provision time for your answer to his call for prayer.

I have myself been working on a aircraft computer that normally would be a time consuming complex repair (they do not come to us in good working order as it is my job to fix them) and had Jesus call me to prayer and his hand has moved on the surface of that computer and they complete the test run with no failures and thus not requiring my attention at all.  The time for a complete test run unattended is 3 hours. All time that now because of his intervention and provision, I have to give him for prayer. He will do that to two units one after the other and that gives me six hours for him. He will provide that provision. Answer his call to prayer and he will honor the obedience and submission to his will in covenant with him.  He is not playing Church or God He requires your worship and when he calls answer in faith. He will provide.

Hear him calling?

Feel him moving?

want some Joy?

Need a faith boost?

Step out of your box and answer his call.

Now is the time no excuse move to his song and he will place Joy in your heart no way out just pure love.

Happiness in his worship is where you are do not hesitate and miss the great grace that he will provide you now is the time to act go for it. 

HE WILL MAKE PROVISION.

Pass me the Ribeye

I'll pass on the skim milk, give me 100% whole milk and while your at it add a Ribeye.