Fanciful
Goin' on a Bear Hunt
I have imagined that I may keep what I have
And yet, have what You keep.
Until what I have is Yours,
Yours cannot be mine.
I want to be righteous and holy because
the idea alone sounds so invigorating.
I may as well fancy
that the mere placement of a garland on my head
makes of me a champion.
Oh, the . . .
I Got A Feevah!
Where's my thermometer?
I got a feevah! And the only cure is more Kingdom of God – the presence and power of Jesus Christ – right here, right now.
Some folks say we only get a piece of the pie here on earth; a mere fork full of glory. But, O boy! When we get to heaven, then the floodgates will open. Look out, then!
They refer to the verse in 2nd . . .
What the Father Might Say
Intentions of the Heart
Hear now while I tell you important things.
He who speaks is your Father in Heaven - your Father of mercies and God of all comfort.
First know that as high as the heavens are above the earth – so high are my thoughts and my ways above your thoughts and ways.
This was not always so. I will explain as we go.
Open . . .
Freedom, Like Paul
Mind Your Posture
Christians wishing to explain the great scope of freedom they enjoy in Christ, use statements by the Apostle Paul like, All things are permissible.
What they overlook is that virtually everything Paul said came from the internal posture of being hid with Christ in God, and for me to live is Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but . . .
Stinking, Lowdown, Slimy Sinner
Bearing A False Witness
I came that they might have life.
Jesus is the original, the inexhaustible, the omnipotent LIFE – in whose absence the whole of creation and every inhabitant therein is called ‘dead.’
The father of the lost son said, ‘For this my son was dead, and is alive again.’
Likewise the difference in the ‘Stinking Lowdown Slimy . . .
Holy Arm, Holy Finger
The LORD will lay bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God. Isa. 52:10
The capabilities and talents and powers of men doing their very best cannot express the holiness, the ‘otherness,’ the compassion, the power, the goodness of God. Good men everywhere can and . . .
Placing Weight
Choosing How To Be
We pick which experiences - failures, successes, that which happened or that which didn’t happen - we will give weight to. We attach them to ourselves as truths that shape and define our identity and faith.
Unconsciously, we allow our experiences to justify and excuse our powerlessness. We can site the reasons for our condition, . . .
