To See JESUS CHRIST!
Isaiah 60:1, “Arise, shine, for your LIGHT has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you!” Heart Light Reflections! As night-lights guide scared children to the bedrooms of their parents… so CHRIST’s glowing WORD enlightens us to be HIS Light’s reflection. Then when a child of GOD despairs, in need of HIS […]
Read More Heart Light Reflections!2 Timothy 2:2 “And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.” Three for the Crossroads! In summary, HE knows of all of our needs: HE threads them together with sovereign solutions. Priority given is then to those pressing…according […]
Read More Three for the Crossroads!Jeremiah 10:23 “I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks…to direct his steps.” Beside or Behind! Retiring ChiefJustice positionsmust we of thesetitles assumed…which GOD neverappointed to us. Like “independent”,“self-made” or as “king”,so these labels nevergave HE. At least not tothose of HIS […]
Read More Beside or Behind!1 Samuel 12:24 “Only fear the LORD and serve HIM faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things HE has done for you.” “Regardless!” Service These bodies which house our souls are fatigued by bumps and bruises. Some have breaks yet also blessings for our rest in YOUR embrace! For! YOU devour every […]
Read More “Regardless!” ServiceJames 1:22 “But be doers of The WORD, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” Living Context! Our lives lack larger context IF — for us — we take each breath. Yea, since all that is seen cannot be all one needs; so Escape can’t be met through one’s death. And! Context lacks in life WHEN […]
Read More Living Context!Psalm 113:2 “Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forever!” With Endless Gratitude! While Unequal Gratitude some might choose to give… it must not be for praising HIM; WHO’s due our souls’ Thanksgiving! Instead it then be Flesh with sins — embellished… … whose thoughts exalt themselves to turn the […]
Read More With Endless Gratitude!Song of Solomon 2:1 “I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.” “Standing” with HIS Roses! Two viewing a flower bouquet. Two claim very different perspectives. One sees every petal’s most brilliant display while the other scene is less descriptive. So where one’s sight centers is crucial indeed. Else “beholding the […]
Read More “Standing” with HIS Roses!1 Corinthians 12:7 “A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.” The “Cost” of Connection! There are gains that our sensesprefer over others;for Fellowship’s Favor whichour SAVIOUR leads.For to draw nearest CHRISTin the midst of the Bodymeans we must reflect HIMwithout one restraint. Yea, without holding back, sowe […]
Read More The “Cost” of Connection!Romans 8:28 “And we know that for those who love GOD all things work (are woven) together for good, for those who are the Called… according to HIS purpose.” (KJV) Well Woven! HE owns the livestock, all life and each hill. By HIS will and control, HIS designs become fabric! For HE threads and HE […]
Read More Well Woven!Proverbs 4:25 “Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you!” Directly Drawn! A “race to the endzone is futile” whenever one runs empty handed.The finish line — fruitless — when someone’s direction is opposite of course completion. Yet countless, excessively erring, decide to remain in the darkness.Spinning their wheels; running […]
Read More Directly Drawn!Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled!” Better than Coffee! Since the hunger of our lives cannot be satisfied by Self, it stands to reason that our only SOURCE is JESUS. Communion, though a wafer with a thimble full of liquid… is the grandest feast […]
Read More Better than Coffee!Luke 10:31 “Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.” Subtraction signs arepathways whileAddition’s look likebridges… One’s a street withseparate linescompared to crossingroads — connecting. To intersecting Iives,instead of passingby each other… …are we called asHE commissioned;sharing grace, asHIS additions. So […]
Read More HIS Great Subtraction!Hebrews 13:16 “Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to GOD.” In Other Works… Hallelujah, Heaven’sLamb…SON of GODand GOD of man.So with lifted voice wechoose this day topraise YOUR NAME. Hallelujah, Glory’sKING; LORD of all…and everything.Here outpoured ourgifts and talents arebefore YOUR NAME. Seen then […]
Read More In Other Works…Luke 19:10 “…for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Priority: One! Place no faith in numbers whichmanipulate flesh…whether likings or lovings nor all of the rest. For such tests are to try us, to spurnus to action which often conflicts with GOD’s purpose. For the one […]
Read More Priority: One!1 Corinthians 15:14 “And if CHRIST has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.” Without Vanity! Should one confessagain those sins theyonce rememberedwhich had committedbeen…to the KING ofCalvary’s Cross? Although Remorsereminds of the faultsonce stained inside,HIS stripes withcleansing Light…left no record ofsuch wrongs. So press gratefullyforward for […]
Read More Without Vanity!Titus 2:13 “Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great GOD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST…” With Perpetual Motion! So many are asking,“Just when will HEcome for me? “ And HIS WORD replies,“Just when will you runTO ME? “ By engaging so manydistractions, the eyesof the heart then turnfrom pursuit. By […]
Read More With Perpetual Motion!Ephesians 5:16 “Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil!” Choosing by Doing! What’s free rarelycarries great valuelike a handful of gravelthat’s “gifted”. It’s meaningless,uselessand absent of wantunless there was aneed which existed. So measure bothgiving and taking;calculate costs foryour efforts and Time. Noting mostly howmuch is taken for Selfversus given […]
Read More Choosing by Doing!1 John 2:6 “Whoever says he abides in HIM ought to walk in the same way in which HE walked.” With HIS View from Above! At Life’s intersections,people linger and goforward daily. Or! Turn they aside to theleft or the right.But! They never gobackwards whilefocused on JESUS. As such, at theseCrossroads, sightsmissed while we’removing then […]
Read More With HIS View from Above!Hebrews 13:16 “And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices GOD is pleased.” “Pleasing” People! “Please!” intercedes for those struggling. Accompanying Prayer, so its words are most urgent. No thanks then is given to Flesh because GOD provides answersthrough Sovereignty’s filter. Then, with Zeal, cling to HIM […]
Read More “Pleasing” People!Matthew 6:3 “But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing…” RE-lentless & RE-Silent! Good works and greatdeeds, no matter theirdepths and regardlessthe needs… …must yet remain silent.Clothed quietly — all —without praise, accoladesor recalls. For such are GOD’s giftsfor us to walk in […]
Read More RE-lentless & RE-Silent!Psalm 118:8 “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.” The Wait-less Line! At the doctor’s;with reasonsand symptoms to shareSitting patiently,waiting…our pains to explain. In the moment;over Time…so many beforein their officeswatchingthe hours crawl past. Then when we’re calledwe give thanks!But! Just for secondsthey try to relatewith us…until we’re […]
Read More The Wait-less Line!Ephesians 5:1 “Therefore be imitators of GOD, as beloved children.” Universal and Eternal! So many languages escape us! Both their motives and intentions……are often lost within translation. Vaguely then, one’s heart is felt. How very shallow — Understanding which is limited profusely…unless we speak in “Common’s tongue”. Save this then…Confusion reigns. But within HIS HOLY […]
Read More Universal and Eternal!Philippians 2:4 “Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Perpetual Moving Days! How can we not be wholly moved by YOU when everything follows the script in YOUR WORD? Love’s elevation seen greatest at Calvary and Grief’s very depths; What extremes we observe! Yea, […]
Read More Perpetual Moving Days!Romans 10:4 “For CHRIST is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes! Hallelujah! Embracing Law’s AUTHOR and SAVIOUR! There’s reverence found in one’s solemn behavior where preference is given…(instead of “deferred”) …to The ONE due our praise! Yes to JESUS our SAVIOUR yet found are delays and undue hesitations. See those […]
Read More Embracing Law’s AUTHOR and SAVIOUR!Luke 14:33 “So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be MY disciple.” The Net Net of “Less than!” Should one humblethemself with exceptionsoutstanding,then frail is their offeringfound in HIS eyes. Thus surrendered inpart with one half of a heart song.Though “longing for GOD”, theyinstead Compromise. Consequently, submitand […]
Read More The Net Net of “Less than!”2 Corinthians 4:7 “But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to GOD…and not to us!” Our “Empty” Pursuit! How great is our FATHER’sso gracious abundanceWHO moves without maliceand gives without price.WHO chooses us alwaysand never forsakes! HE granted our soulswithout measure nor summarybecause of Forever we […]
Read More Our “Empty” Pursuit!Romans 12:11 “Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the LORD.” Doing 3 Things at Once! How we long for YOUR appearingwith the greatest of Impatience…knowing all of Timing followsWHEN YOU say! For “the WHAT” — already known— is that YOU shall draw us home.So we wait with every expectation growing! […]
Read More Doing 3 Things at Once!1 Peter 2:21 “For to this you have been called, because CHRIST also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in HIS steps.” Posthaste! Known foreverTransforming soulsSo long awaitedEmbraced each day(Forgotten too)Our Risen SAVIOUR! Thus redeemingthose crimson boundwith Resurrection.So Calvary’s tombstill empty lays.What Truth! HE reigns! Though satan fight;though flesh […]
Read More Posthaste!John 10:9 “I AM the door. If anyone enters by ME, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture!” The Only Waymaker! Unaccepting of breaks save those fracturing Error; unwelcoming things which detract from HIS WORDS… Thus single-minded in unison serving…are we who agree by HIS SPIRIT’s indwelling. As the […]
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