Waiting on the world to change

Do as I do

Meditation on Matthew 25:35-36

For I was hungry

and you fed Me

as I provided manna in the desert.

 

 

For I was thirsty

and you gave Me something to drink

as I showed the abandoned Hagar a well in the desert.

 

 

I was naked

and you gave Me clothes

as I did with Adam and Eve.

 

 

I was sick

and you looked after Me

as I took care of a faithful Job.

 

 

I was in prison

and you came to see Me

as I heard the cries of My exodus people.

 

 

The King said

Follow My example

and do the same.

Notes:

Verse 1- Exodus 16

Verse 2- Genesis 21:19

Verse 3- Genesis 3:21

Verse 4- Job 2:6

Verse 5- Exodus 2:23-24

You can't walk away from the price you pay

(Matthew 14:45-46)

The Kingdom of God is like a pearl

That you would pay everything you had in the world.

Would you show off your treasure every day?

Or keep it safe knowing the price you paid?

Or would you wait for the time

When you could buy it on sale?

“He will quiet you with His love”

(Zephaniah 3:17c)

I walked into this empty church I had no place else to go
When the sweetest voice I ever heard, whispered to my soul
I don't need to be forgiven for loving you so much
It's written in the scriptures
It's written there in blood
I even heard the angels declare it from above
There ain't no cure,
There ain't no cure,
There ain't no cure for love.

**Leonard Cohen

 

Slow down.

Shut it off.

Be still.

He will quiet you with His love.

 

 

Listen.

Learn.

Be open.

He will quiet you with His love.

 

 

Forgive others.

As well as yourself.

Be a blessing.

He will quiet you with His love.

 

 

All the Marthas.

Look at the Marys.

Come.

He will quiet you with His love.

Dealing the Authentic

Buy the truth and do not sell it.

(Proverbs 23:12a)

Where can you find truth?

Real truth

not that packaged crap - Trooth.®

I heard there was one guy

who said He was the truth.

The competition came down on Him hard,

but I heard He’s still dealing

the authentic.

He brags that it’s

so good it will set you free.

Baptism

The little saint

comes forward to become

a citizen

of the Kingdom.

The little saint

raises her face

to the empty cross

of salvation and grace

The little saint

knows no wisdom

only love --

the passport to the Kingdom.

O little saint!

For the rest of your days,

worship the LORD for

He is holy.

And

please believe it

precious one -

you are too.

Amen.

Tabitha

(Acts 9:36-42)

There was a female Lazarus named Tabitha

But hardly anyone knows of her story

So when October 25th comes up on the calendar

Let’s remember her part for God’s glory.

Without Love, where would you be now?

(Luke 7:1-10)

　

I am not worthy

to share in Your glory.

Yet You slaughter

the fatted heifer

for us prodigal sons and daughters.

　

I am not worthy

to share in Your glory.

As I hammer the nails in

For my sin.

　

I am not worthy

to share in Your glory.

But say the word

And my soul shall be healed.

When talking around God’s table

Link to ten rules for christian conversation

 

When talking around God’s table
Let’s not act like Cain and Abel.
Your argument should not be a big drama

and please don’t end it with, “Yo mama!”

When discussing around God’s table,

Let your heart and soul be graceful.

In order to be God’s spokesman

Your mind must be faithful and open.

When responding to someone at God’s table

Let not your words be wasteful.

There is a time for your statement.

So be patient, be patient, be patient.

When listening at God’s table

Let your attitude be charitable.

Everyone hasn’t traveled the same road as you,

Listen to the route taken by the girl with the tattoo.

When sitting around God’s table

Understand everyone’s position if you’re able.

Don’t be on Facebook with your iPhone

When someone is making their thoughts known.

When talking around God’s table

Let not your speech be hateful.

And the point you’re trying to sell

Doesn’t improve when you yell.

When debating around God’s table

Do not use stories from your crazy uncle.

If you want the question to have closure

Unite the facts with Scripture.

Have a leader at God’s table.

Someone who can discern fact from fable.

Someone who will let everyone be heard.

Someone who believes:

God first, everyone else second, and he or she third.

At end of the session at God’s table

Does our business return to usual?

Maybe God’s purpose in the end

Was for you to make a new friend.

A place Mapquest can't find

(1 Kings 19)

God saw Elijah‘s little world falling apart,

and asked

“What are you doing here?"

And

God in His mercy

fed and sheltered Elijah

and

waited as a breeze

waited as a tremor

waited as an inferno

then

repeated His question

in a small voice

“What are you doing here?”

And today

God in His infinite mercy

feeds and shelters His children

who are worrying about

their little worlds falling apart.

And He waits

sometimes as a brook

sometimes as a cloud

sometimes as a flood

and

repeats His question

in a small voice

“What are you doing here?”

How do you sleep while your bed is burning?

(Deuteronomy 28)

This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you

that I have set before you

life and death, blessings and curses. (Deut. 30:19)

God gave his answer

to his people:

Follow me and be peaceful.

(14 verses of peace, love and understanding.)

or

Be ready to inflicted with My cancer.

(54 verses of pain, hate and misunderstanding.)

There will be blessings when you go in.

There will be blessings when you go out.

There will be blessings for your next of kin.

There will be blessings for all of the devout.

But woe to the one

who places anything ahead of Me or My Son.

This is not a theological abstraction.

This is the real fatal attraction.

You will build your dream house

However, the contractor will move in with your spouse.

Your children will leave the nation.

Your broken heart will lack medication.

You will turn to the gods of the moment.

However, none of them are potent

against My wrath.

Please child, do the math -

I AM the One.

You will borrow from your foes

It’s a matter of time before they foreclose.

In your world, they are the new boss,

They ain’t the same as the old Boss.

First comes drought,

Then follows famine without a doubt.

In a while, you and the old lady

fight to see who eats the baby.

For the rest of your lives

The goal is to survive.

The total strangers you beg from

give you the finger.

(And it ain’t the thumb.)

WELCOME TO THE EXILE!

Only drowning men can see Him

(Matthew 14:22-33)

　

Peter asked:

“If it’s You,

can I do this too?”

“Come,” He said as the wind blew

And

Out of the boat came apostle from Judah

And ending up standing on aqua firma.

Peter so much wanted to be the ally

of his beloved Rabbi.

Anything the Teacher excelled

was something he wanted do as well.

But the Eleven screamed

“This must a dream!”

Peter heard them through the gales

and realized one little detail:

“I think I’m going to fail!”

Jesus pulled him out

and asked, “Why did you doubt?”

But the Rabbi also learned something that night,

Shortcuts never work out exactly right.