Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His Glory. Isaiah 6:3
What is "God's Glory?" God's Glory is the revelation of His being, nature and presence. Sometimes with physical phenomena. This was shown in the cloud which led the Israelites through the desert. Ex. 16:10. Rested on Mt. Sinai. Ex. 24:15-17. And filled the tabernacle. Ex 40:34,35. Isaiah 64:2 - God's Glory is His overwhelming presence. God's appearance is so intense that it is like a consuming fire that burns everything in its path. The Hebrew translation for Glory in Isaiah 6:3 is kabowd. It means, splendor, copiousness. What is copiousness? Websters dictionary says - yielding something abundantly, (a harvest) plentiful in number, full of thought, or information or matter. Profuse or exuberant in words or expression, or style. Taking place on a large scale. That is enough to make you shout hallelujah! Let Psalm 63:1,2 be your prayer - O God, thou art my God; early will I seek Thee: my soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. To see Thy power and Thy Glory so as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary. O Lord, fill my life with Your Glory. Give me revelation of your being, nature, and presence. Let Your overwhelming presence be so intense in my life, that it is like a consuming fire, it burns up everything in its path that is not pleasing to You. May my life yield an abundant harvest, and be exuberant in the expression of praise. This is my prayer in Jesus Name, Amen.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
The "Heart" of the Matter...
The Bible says that the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9
I am learning I really know little about myself. We sing a song, "Open the eyes of my heart, Lord, I want to see you." We should be singing, "Open the eyes of my heart, I want to see myself." Show me myself, Lord. We can't truly see the Lord until we see ourselves. The more of the blinders the Lord removes from my heart, the more clearly I am seeing Him. Your heart is a darker place than you may know. Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on our heart. ISamuel 16:7. It is what you speak from, the Bible says. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Luke 6:45We are masters at showing the world what we want them to see, but the real us, the part of us that is so hidden, we carefully guard. We wear this garment of self-protection. Jesus said that the Pharisees were concerned with the cleaning of the outside of the cup, but their inward parts were full of wickedness. Luke 11:39 Sometimes our heart problems are obvious to the world. We outwardly show anger, hostility, etc. We turn to all kind of worldly pleasures and comforts to ease our hurting hearts. We are addicted to food, alcohol, drugs, shopping, t.v, anything to fill that empty place in our heart. When what we need is not another chocolate chip cookie, what we need is heart surgery. A visit to the great physician. Ask the Lord to show you your heart. Lord, show me, me. The real me. Not the person wearing the garment of self-protection the world sees, but me, what You see.
Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. Psalm 26:2
I am learning I really know little about myself. We sing a song, "Open the eyes of my heart, Lord, I want to see you." We should be singing, "Open the eyes of my heart, I want to see myself." Show me myself, Lord. We can't truly see the Lord until we see ourselves. The more of the blinders the Lord removes from my heart, the more clearly I am seeing Him. Your heart is a darker place than you may know. Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on our heart. ISamuel 16:7. It is what you speak from, the Bible says. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Luke 6:45We are masters at showing the world what we want them to see, but the real us, the part of us that is so hidden, we carefully guard. We wear this garment of self-protection. Jesus said that the Pharisees were concerned with the cleaning of the outside of the cup, but their inward parts were full of wickedness. Luke 11:39 Sometimes our heart problems are obvious to the world. We outwardly show anger, hostility, etc. We turn to all kind of worldly pleasures and comforts to ease our hurting hearts. We are addicted to food, alcohol, drugs, shopping, t.v, anything to fill that empty place in our heart. When what we need is not another chocolate chip cookie, what we need is heart surgery. A visit to the great physician. Ask the Lord to show you your heart. Lord, show me, me. The real me. Not the person wearing the garment of self-protection the world sees, but me, what You see.
Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. Psalm 26:2
Friday, June 26, 2009
The Life and Death of Michael Jackson...
No one can deny his talent. He was a musical genius. From composing, to singing, dancing, choreography, etc. The list goes on. His God given talents were many. Who didn't love to hear and watch him perform? His death was untimely, a very talented man leaving this earth before his time. Why?
His life and death can be summed up in one word. Sad. That's right, sad. It is sad when God gives someone such a talent and they CHOOSE to live their life the way he lived it. I always wondered what he was hiding from. Every time you saw him he looked different. He had numerous plastic surgeries. His home looked like it was built for an 8 yr old child. There were allegations of child abuse in his early life from his father. Was he using his money to buy something money can't buy? How can someone make the amount of money he made and die $400 million dollars in debt? I would dare say no one really knew Michael Jackson, not even his family. There was a part of him deep down in his soul that no one knew and all of the money in the world could not fill.
May his life and death, be a lesson to all. Talent, fame and fortune does not make up for what is missing in one's life. For some the wealth just makes the emotional issues worse. They can afford the alcohol, drugs, food, shopping excursions, or whatever they think will make them feel better, but won't change anything on the inside.
Regardless of what he did, he was still human. You will reap what you sow, no matter what the world thinks. They can idolize you and treat you like you are a God, you are not. There is only one true God. I pray the Lord uses Michaels life and death as a teaching tool, a warning to all.
My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
His life and death can be summed up in one word. Sad. That's right, sad. It is sad when God gives someone such a talent and they CHOOSE to live their life the way he lived it. I always wondered what he was hiding from. Every time you saw him he looked different. He had numerous plastic surgeries. His home looked like it was built for an 8 yr old child. There were allegations of child abuse in his early life from his father. Was he using his money to buy something money can't buy? How can someone make the amount of money he made and die $400 million dollars in debt? I would dare say no one really knew Michael Jackson, not even his family. There was a part of him deep down in his soul that no one knew and all of the money in the world could not fill.
May his life and death, be a lesson to all. Talent, fame and fortune does not make up for what is missing in one's life. For some the wealth just makes the emotional issues worse. They can afford the alcohol, drugs, food, shopping excursions, or whatever they think will make them feel better, but won't change anything on the inside.
Regardless of what he did, he was still human. You will reap what you sow, no matter what the world thinks. They can idolize you and treat you like you are a God, you are not. There is only one true God. I pray the Lord uses Michaels life and death as a teaching tool, a warning to all.
My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
My God, How Great Thou Art
I spent last week at the Marriott Grand Hotel in Point Clear Alabama. It is located on Mobile Bay. I took this picture the first night we arrived. The grounds of the hotel are magnificent. Very meticously kept with flower gardens and lakes and numerous piers and swings and gazebos. The swimming pool is fabulous, with a large waterfall in the middle of the pool and a large, spiraling, water slide. The food is fabulous. I would recommend the hotel to anyone. I have been to several resorts on different beaches and this was my second time to visit the Marriott Grand Hotel in Point Clear, and it is my favorite. If you are looking for a place to unwind, this is definitely the place.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Paradox Of Our Time...
Today we have bigger houses and smaller families; more convenience but less time.
We have more Degrees but less common sense; more knowledge but less judgment.
We have more experts but more problems; more medicine but less wellness.
We spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, read too little, watch Tv too much and Pray too seldom.
We multiply our Possessions but reduce our values; we talk too much, love too little and lie too often.
We’ve learned how to make living, but not a life; we’ve added years to life not life to years.
We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more, but have less; we buy more, enjoy less.
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet our neighbor.
We’ve conquer outer space, but not inner space.We split the atoms, but not our prejudice.
We write more, learn less; plan more but accomplish less; we’ve learned to rush but not to wait; we have higher income but lower morals.
We build more computers to hold more info, to produce more copies but have less communications.
We’re long on quantity but short on Quality.
These are the time for Fast food and slow digestion; tall men and short characters.
More leisure but less fun; more kinds of food but less nutrition;
two incomes but many divorces, fancier houses but broken homes.
We have more Degrees but less common sense; more knowledge but less judgment.
We have more experts but more problems; more medicine but less wellness.
We spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, read too little, watch Tv too much and Pray too seldom.
We multiply our Possessions but reduce our values; we talk too much, love too little and lie too often.
We’ve learned how to make living, but not a life; we’ve added years to life not life to years.
We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more, but have less; we buy more, enjoy less.
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet our neighbor.
We’ve conquer outer space, but not inner space.We split the atoms, but not our prejudice.
We write more, learn less; plan more but accomplish less; we’ve learned to rush but not to wait; we have higher income but lower morals.
We build more computers to hold more info, to produce more copies but have less communications.
We’re long on quantity but short on Quality.
These are the time for Fast food and slow digestion; tall men and short characters.
More leisure but less fun; more kinds of food but less nutrition;
two incomes but many divorces, fancier houses but broken homes.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Only The Ice Cream Shows...
There's something I want to state
about the problem of my weight.
I know that it's a sin-
to let yourself get in the shape I'm in.
I'm going to control it - I can I know-
meanwhile I'm glad that my other sins don't show.
When I don't read my Bible or pray-
or some angry word I say-
I'm so thankful people only see-
the french fries sagging on me.
And when I tell a little lie
it doesn't hang on my hips like apple pie.
I wonder how I'd look if each unkind thought-
tightened around my knees like the pants I bought.
And whatever would I do to hide my hate,
if it hung outside for all the world to see that sin-
hanging there like a double chin.
If my indifference stuck like glue- the way Italian sausages do,
and if gossiping put fat where I once was thin-
oh my, what a shape I'd be in.
If every little doubt were a piece of lemon pie-
my weight scales could not measure that high.
Thank goodness that no one but God knows-
because when you look at me
only the ice cream shows!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
OH LORD, GIVE ME A BACKBONE...
"Oh, Lord, give me a back-bone as big as a saw log, and ribs like the sleepers under the church floor; put iron shoes on me, and galvanized breeches. And give me a rhinocerous hide for a skin, and hang a wagon load of determination up in the gable-end of my soul, and help me to sign the contract to fight the devil as long as I've got a fist, and bite him as long as I've got a tooth, and then gum him till I die. All this I ask for Christ's sake. AMEN! -Bud Robinson
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Life Lessons...
Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio
To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written.
My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's,we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written.
My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's,we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Something Spiritual in EVERYTHING!
To prepare for a colonoscopy you have to fast. You can't eat anything, you are on a clear liquid diet. In mid afternoon you take several laxatives. Then at the end of the day you take a 1/2 gallon of gatorade mixed with miralax. I know this isn't to pleasant, but keep reading.
While reading this morning about preping for my colonoscopy tomorrow the Lord spoke to me. The article was talking about the preparation process. It stated, "Why? The goal of colonoscopy prep is to eliminate all fecal matter from the colon so that the physician conducting the colonoscopy will have a clear view." I laughed when I read that because what is the goal of a fast? To remove all of the junk out of you so you can have a clear view!
So, while the devil has had me dreading this, I am going to turn it around and spend my day fasting and praying. I want to have a clear view of myself. I pray the Lord get all of the junk out me today. Just as the physician shines his light inside of me to get a clear view, I pray the Great Physician shines His light inside of me. Cleanse me thoroughly, spirit, soul and body.
Praise God!
While reading this morning about preping for my colonoscopy tomorrow the Lord spoke to me. The article was talking about the preparation process. It stated, "Why? The goal of colonoscopy prep is to eliminate all fecal matter from the colon so that the physician conducting the colonoscopy will have a clear view." I laughed when I read that because what is the goal of a fast? To remove all of the junk out of you so you can have a clear view!
So, while the devil has had me dreading this, I am going to turn it around and spend my day fasting and praying. I want to have a clear view of myself. I pray the Lord get all of the junk out me today. Just as the physician shines his light inside of me to get a clear view, I pray the Great Physician shines His light inside of me. Cleanse me thoroughly, spirit, soul and body.
Praise God!
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