Words matter. Wise Words matter most. The wisest words found on the earth in any printed material are found in the Bible. The wisest thing which anyone can do is read it, discern it, believe it, and live it. However for many there is an extra step which gets worked in. Although it is a necessary step, it is often entangled in the interpretation of the deliverer. That is “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”(Romans 10:17) Most would understand this to mean that someone else has to help you in order for you to get the right meaning from the Scriptures. Continue reading
Words Matter. Wise Words Matter Most.
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Normal
Nothing is more telling of the real you than when normal is torn away and unreal becomes reality. Normal is not just the American dream. Normal is what you are accustomed to. Normal is surrounded by predictable bite sized savory morsels of life sprinkled with surprises of joy and disappointment. Normal is agreeing with most around you and tolerating those who are different. Normal is the toilet seat down, toilet paper draping over the top, the dishes needing to be washed and laundry to be done. Normal is life flowing as it usually does at your level of existence with expectation that it will continue. Normal is doing the best you can to enjoy the life you have been given by the choices you have made within the circumstances God has placed you in. Continue reading
When Life Ends
Got nothing profound to say Lord
Perhaps we’re stunned, devastated and distraught
Hurting for those who have had life ripped from them
Totally unable to comprehend their sadness
Wondering if the peace of God really does surpass understanding
Or if the mournful cry is all they know
You are the only hope, the keeper of sanity, the resurrection and the life
You are the one they wake up with
We are never closer to you than when normal is torn from our lives
And never do we feel farther away
Hopes, dreams, loves, future; all undone, all ended
Recovery is impossible, replacement unthinkable, reasoning has ceased
Restoration is the need, from the Most High God
David said “I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me”
Shall the thing made say to the maker “why have You made me so?”
Yes, we will. In sorrow and grief and agony, we will.
Knowing that this is but a momentary terror which is swallowed up in victory
Each bears their burden. Some feel it is more than can be carried.
That is when You carry us. Lord, even now, right now, carry them.
Opportunity
Possibility: What if someone really, truly, had never heard? What if they were not privileged to read the book or hear from someone who had? What if it were actually the case for someone? What if it was you and I didn’t say something, anything? What would their liability be then? Or mine?
Paul addressed this concern when writing in Romans chapter one verse twenty: “so that you are without excuse”. Without proving a thesis here, what that says is that each one of us bears our own responsibility for our choices and eventually our destiny. Continue reading
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