Borrowing a thought from C.S. Lewis found in his excellent work on “The Problem With Pain”, I ponder how is it that we love God? How do we declare our love? How is our love generated and transmitted to Him? Lewis says “To love Him we must know Him”. It might seem a bit obvious but my personal experience is that many people who claim to worship him, do not have the kind of intimacy which would indicate they are any more personally familiar with God than they are with the quarterback of their favorite football team or their favorite movie star. Certainly they can admire, imitate, idolize and even esteem Him highly before others, but where is the knowing that reveals love? Continue reading
Do We See Jesus
Let me see Jesus, in your walking
Let me hear Him, In words you’re talking.
Show me His living, In you with Power
Reveal His Grace, In your darkest hour.
IF
If your day is encumbered with the presence of Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
If your morning allows you to see the wife God has given you
If your physical body still breathes and flows with blood
If you see the flowers swaying in the gentle breeze
If trials and struggles of life cause you to pray
If eating is part of your daily routine
If others care about or love you
If you can share anything
If sunset ends your day
If joy comes to stay
If smiles are
If Jesus
If…
Then you have been blessed beyond measure and more than most of the inhabitants of this earth…
Oh Love of God
What sorrow fills my soul. What amazing astonishment for the callous self-righteousness of the human mind. God’s thoughts are far more than can be comprehended with the little knowledge we have and yet we vaunt ourselves so mightily against Him. The puny against the all-powerful. The arrogant self-absorbed master of their own mind, thinking that they have such a towering strength and knowledge over the weak, wondering, worn out, aged Lord of creation. God is not dead, yet He surely must not have long to live if the understanding of their mind is the power upon which he travels. I am devastated to see and know your disdain for His truth just so you can lift the banner of your greatness over His throne. How can I even write this between the tears which fall on my hands? Continue reading