Thursday, November 13, 2008
A poor man's field may produce abundant food,
but injustice sweeps it away.
Proverbs 13: 23
Do I see the plight of the poor?
What do I do for the oppressed?
How do I fight against injustice?
Psalm 37: 1-7
Labels: Devotions
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Fallen, Fallen is Babylon the Great!
She has become a home for demons
and a haunt for every evil spirit,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird.
For all the nations have drunk
the maddening wine of her adulteries.
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,
and the merchants of the earth grew rich from
her excessive luxuries.
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
for her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her crimes.
Give back to her as she has given;
pay her back double for what she has done.
Mix her a double portion of her own cup.
Give her as much torture and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.
In her heart she boasts,
'I sit as a queen; I am not a widow,
and I will never mourn.'
Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her."
Labels: Maranatha
Well, Conan had a very different answer to this question and he can, unfortunately not offer me the type of guidance that he did when I was younger. I have a new Master now and His Spirit is leading me in VERY different directions than the giant Cimmerian of Hyborea.
I am, it seems being molded and worked, prodded and pulled into a new way of life and a new perspective on my life and it is quite uncomfortable, painful even. God seems to be opening my eyes so that I can see how shallow and meaningless some of my pursuits have become over the last year. I have begun to 'love' the world and its trappings, its definitions of success and happiness and I despise myself for it.
My calling is to follow Jesus into the wilderness, not into the slothful consumerism and slavery of our western decadent culture. I choose to follow him and thus have no place to rest my head and I wish to recommit to that response to his request of 'follow me'.
Here is a list some of the lies that I have believed ...
- buying and purchasing can make you happy
- physical health is as important as spiritual health
- security is mine to create
- my needs are more important than my fellow human beings needs
- my time is my own
- I will always have more time
The truth is, love is everything. Love of my fellow 'image-bearers', no matter what faith, background, ethnicity, gender, social status is all. I want to live a life of love like that. I want to follow my Lord and Savior into the type of life that he lived. "No greater love does one man have for another than he should lay his life down for his brother" he taught. I pray for that, I long for that and I know I am so woefully inadequate for that kind of love and I thank God that he has given me His Spirit so that I can be lifted into that type of love in time.
Today I hurt and I mourn for the lack of it.
Labels: Confessions
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
I am very much looking forward to seeing this movie and will probably end up buying it so that I can show it around Victoria at any Church or other venue that will watch it.
Labels: Maranatha
I have, of late been challenged to recommit my energies and focus on the things of God and his calling lately and this change on the 'look' of my blog is part of that. I will be using this blog as something of a journal and/or snapshot into the continued and tentative steps in following my Lord.
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