David looked around at all of his possessions. He admired the finery of his life and the people who appreciated and even adored him. His was a challenging but rewarding life. It had been well described as “Blessings galore and ten thousand beside”.
He surveyed all which was before him. He realized that there was nothing he desired which would be denied him. He was a man of the people and a leader beyond compare. There was but one thing David did not fully comprehend of all his blessings. Why was it that Uriah had a blessing which David did not have? Continue reading
My Teaspoon is Bigger
Unseen Calamities
It is horrible that in the midst of all our concern for the calamities befalling our nation and our planet, that we could ignore such a great crisis with such flippancy. We spend millions of dollars and dedicate hundreds of thousands of hours and pour thousands of top researchers and volunteers into far less imminent issues. Cancer, global warming, the internet, universal health care, even the oddest and rarest diseases are approached with tremendous resources and yet no one seems to be addressing this. There are no political speeches, no groundswell funding, no Hollywood clamoring and yet it is almost upon us. Continue reading
Protected
I suppose it was inevitable for me to wonder why I was locking the door for the third time as I left the house to travel to work. I had been prepared to leave fifteen minutes earlier as usual. At least I thought I was. Then I remembered to take my morning medication. I went out and locked the door, remembered the umbrella I needed that day. I locked the door again and remembered the steaming hot cup of coffee I had poured, still sitting on the counter. Was I just being absent minded or was I being protected?
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The H Things of God
What ever Happened to:
Holiness – The state of belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power. There is only one divine power. How is your state with Him? This is the evidence of His control. For His command is that we be as He is. If He is in us, working through us, conveying our most intimate thoughts to the throne room in heaven by His indwelling Holy Spirit, then how can we be otherwise?
Leviticus 11:45 For I am the LORD that brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. Leviticus 20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be you holy: for I am the LORD your God. Ephesians 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 1 Peter 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be you holy in all manner of conversation; Revelation 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.