3.11.2012

Changes (Just gonna have to be a different man)

18Zechariah said to the angel, "How will I know that this is so?
For I am an old man, and my wife is getting on in years."
19The angel replied, "I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, 
have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
which will be fulfilled in their time, you will become mute, unable to speak,
until the day these things occur." (Luke 1:18-20)


The angel said to the priest:
“Watch in silence
these events that you
can not comprehend.

Go home to your beloved.
Lie with her
and let God’s story
start to unfold.”

Today‘s meditation:
Can we keep our unbelief as revealed
in thought, word and deed
silent?

Looking for Answers (from above not below)


For my days pass away like smoke,
(Psalm 102:3)


My days are like an evening shadow;
(Psalm 102:11)


I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
6 my soul waits for the Lord
more than those who watch for the morning,
more than those who watch for the morning.
(Psalms 130:5-6)


You show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of joy;
in your right hand are pleasures forevermore
(Psalm 16:11)



On those days
when life seems dark
and without promise
I wait for You
to give me an answer.


And then when I sense
Your Presence,
There is no great insight,
No enlightenment.


Instead You show me
Your path of life
with a command:
“Follow Me.”

The waiting is the hardest part

the LORD will not forsake his people;
he will not abandon his heritage
(Psalm 94:14)


As we wait
for the second Christmas,


Let us not be anxious
in any matter.

For our faith
is placed in
the Provider
 of all good things
who will not leave
the ones He loves.

3.10.2012

Miracle (David Wilcox)




A bright star in the winter sky
Led to Bethlehem that night
But only three traveled there to see
And the rest just wished they might

Few will chose to follow
Out of all the star invites
Most will hide safe inside
With the lantern turned up bright

Waiting for a miracle

The journey was a long one
So the story's told
These three guys
Walking side by side
With their incense and gold

People all along the highway
They just shook their heads
They looked hard at that distant star
And went back to bed

'Cause they were
Waiting for a miracle

The star was dim and distant
To those who stayed at home
But every heart that follows
Behold a light was shone

Hark! The herald angels sing
The song is bright and clear
It's so quiet on this road tonight
As the travelers' star appears

But right outside my window
Quiet as can be
All that time making up my mind
The angels wait for me

Waiting for a miracle

 

There Will Be a Day

Return to us, God Almighty!
Look down from heaven and see!
(Psalm 80:14)



If you do not wake up,
I will come like a thief,
and you will not know
at what hour I will come to you.
(Rev. 3:3b)




On the second Christmas,
When He returns.



Not as a baby
But as the King.



No star directing those to see Him
But He who is the Light in the darkness



Not escaping to Egypt
But reclaiming those who kept the faith.



No gifts from the wise men
But reviewing what the faithful and unfaithful
did with theirs.




On the second Christmas,
When He returns.

The Last Adam



There’s only one God
whose strength can not be measured
and
whose wisdom is far beyond comprehension.

Who came down from His home
Not to exhibit His mighty power
or show off His knowledge.

But to live a life
like one of His creations -  Adam
As a baby
As a child
As a man
As a Teacher
As a Healer
As the Christ.

3.04.2012

I’ll be watching you





18 Truly the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,
(Psalm 33:38)

9 The LORD watches over the strangers;
he upholds the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
(Psalm 146:9)
Maybe the reason
God’s presence is so unnerving
is that
He can see us
while we can only sense He’s there.
 
 
 
As we meditate on the Magi witnessing
God in the flesh,
let us remember the God of all the universes
is watching you.