Transcending

Holy--set apart. 

Sin--falling short

 

Time and space: part of the creation of a timeless, spaceless, personal creator: God.

Realization of the dimensions of God.  In the Old Testament God specified the dimensions of His holy temple.

In the New Testament, God's temple became living and then spirit:  transcending time and space.

 

All His creation is good and holy.  All is for His glory.

LISTENING

          

Hearing is the perception of sound.

Listening is a conscious choice.

Listening requires concentration.

Listening leads to learning.

Learning leads to knowledge

Knowledge leads to wisdom

Need

Need

Need is a towards me kind of thing.

I need..

Yet, it is also a to them kind of thing.

You need, they need...

 

But need always fills an empty space.  Because need is opposite of have.

 

Need draws into;  Have is already there.

 

To need or to have....requires recognition.  Either I recognize or somone else recognizes. 

 

Need is like desire without the passion of excess pleasure.

Have is like greed without the passion of desire.

Need is greater that have; for once one is full in having, one no longer is needing.

 

I need the Lord, I have the Lord.

TEARS

     TEARS

   

Tears – salty, irritation,  flowing, cleansing

Associated with

Weeping, sorrow, grief.

A broken heart, a prophetic knowledge.

Falling Tears – destruction, rejection.

Tears of empathy, of sympathy, of compassion

Tears – self-centered or God-centered.

Tears – caring, loving, devotion

Tears – loss, suffering, rebellion

Tears – move us towards action:

hope, satisfaction, restoration

Rejoice!

   

Integrity

Oh Lord, it is so hard to understand.

Integrity, the great congregation: who are my mother and father and sister and brother?

Who are the sinners to be swept away?  Who are the hypocrites, the company of evildoers, the wicked?

Who are the idol makers:  what of the devotion and diligence to their work making the idol?  They do not know, they do not comprehend.  Will they?  Can they?

Pray for the Holy Spirit to blaze in all people.

The Living Things

My morning thoughts……

And wonder if we quit caring for the living things.

And wonder if we focused on the trivia and not on the person.

And wonder if the petty details keep us from the important things.  Like people. 

Luke 10:17-20  Jesus has given us authority over all the power of the enemy and nothing will hurt us.  Rejoice that our names are written in heaven.

The Future

THE FUTURE

Always been, someday soon

At any moment, at anytime

God’s eternal plan

Beginning---Ending

Creation---Fall

Destruction---Creation

Old---New

You---Me---Us

Eternal