Sorry for the tardiness of this post... I had a busy day at work, and my wife reminded me right before I left that I had not had a thought yet today. (That doesn't sound good!)
Anyway, Thank You, Lord, for the Family. I don't only mean Thank You for MY famly, althought I have been tremendously blessed with a great family all the way around: Parents, siblings, spouse, children, in-laws... I truly have been blessed with a great family, and I do thank God for it.
But, I want to thank God for the family as an institution. God created a help for Adam, a help that was meet for him. That is what marriage is. Marriage is two people becoming one flesh - a new "man" so to speak. This marriage and family is a unit that is there to help each other, that is there to love on each other, that is there to bear each other's burdens. Without that, you would have to rely on society to provide all of those 'social' needs... Thank you, but not in this society -
Anyway, I am thankful for MY family, but I am thankful for THE family... And to think that God has made me a part of His family... Hallelujah!
Just a thought...
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Thank You for the Word of God
To get to Heaven, you have to go to the river Jordan and dip seven times. After that, go dash your foot against a stone while jumping off the pinnacle of the temple. When that is through, go eat stones in the wilderness for forty days. If you hear voices after all that, then you should be OK. If not, you need to go into your mother's womb a second time. You get there by paying money to the church and lighting some candles before putting on the white robes for 40 days after Christmas...
You know what? On the other hand, I am thankful for the word of God, the Bible. I am thankful that God did not ask us to rely on man's oral traditions. Without His written word, I suspect that things like what I wrote above could be taken as truth. But God has not left us without His witness.
God gave us His creation to show that He is eternally powerful. Only an Eternal God could have made this world. And only a Powerful God could have made it as He did. But, creation isn't enough. He also gave us His law, that law which is perfect, able to convert the soul.
Before the Bible was completed, He called His apostles and prophets to speak the word audibly to men. To confirm that what they were saying was truly His word, He confirmed their speach with signs and miracles. I imagine it would have been easy to believe what Paul was saying right after he raised somebody from the dead. I'm sure when Peter walked by and some sick folk were healed, it would not have been too difficult to hear and listen to what he was going to say. God confirmed His word by miracles before it was fully written down and completed.
One of the passages in the Bible that has intrigued me for a long time is II Peter 1:16-21. Peter talks about how he heard the word of God audibly from Heaven. God spoke His word to him out loud. And Peter tells us that in the written word of God, we have something that is more sure! It is more sure than the audible voice of God.
Seeing a miracle would be pretty neat, but I have the completed written word of God. It will never change, I can always go back to it and depend on it. It is able to make me wise unto salvation. It will keep me from sin (or sin will keep me from it!). It can cleanse my way. It will establish me as a tree planted by the rivers of water. It will teach me. It will reprove me. It will correct me. It will instruct me. If I meditate on it, observe it, so that I can do it, then I will find that I can make my way prosperous and have good success. It comforts me in my affliction. It is a lamp unto my feet and light unto my path. It will keep me from being offended. It will equip me and bring me to perfection.
Oh, how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
I am thankful for God's word.
You know what? On the other hand, I am thankful for the word of God, the Bible. I am thankful that God did not ask us to rely on man's oral traditions. Without His written word, I suspect that things like what I wrote above could be taken as truth. But God has not left us without His witness.
God gave us His creation to show that He is eternally powerful. Only an Eternal God could have made this world. And only a Powerful God could have made it as He did. But, creation isn't enough. He also gave us His law, that law which is perfect, able to convert the soul.
Before the Bible was completed, He called His apostles and prophets to speak the word audibly to men. To confirm that what they were saying was truly His word, He confirmed their speach with signs and miracles. I imagine it would have been easy to believe what Paul was saying right after he raised somebody from the dead. I'm sure when Peter walked by and some sick folk were healed, it would not have been too difficult to hear and listen to what he was going to say. God confirmed His word by miracles before it was fully written down and completed.
One of the passages in the Bible that has intrigued me for a long time is II Peter 1:16-21. Peter talks about how he heard the word of God audibly from Heaven. God spoke His word to him out loud. And Peter tells us that in the written word of God, we have something that is more sure! It is more sure than the audible voice of God.
Seeing a miracle would be pretty neat, but I have the completed written word of God. It will never change, I can always go back to it and depend on it. It is able to make me wise unto salvation. It will keep me from sin (or sin will keep me from it!). It can cleanse my way. It will establish me as a tree planted by the rivers of water. It will teach me. It will reprove me. It will correct me. It will instruct me. If I meditate on it, observe it, so that I can do it, then I will find that I can make my way prosperous and have good success. It comforts me in my affliction. It is a lamp unto my feet and light unto my path. It will keep me from being offended. It will equip me and bring me to perfection.
Oh, how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
I am thankful for God's word.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Thank You for the Cross
Happy Thanksgiving week, everyone!
The first time I ever heard the song, Worthy Is the Lamb, tears welled up in my eyes. Imagining myself, when I see my King, and am able to look Him in the eyes, and say, "Thank You for the Cross, Lord."
Thank You!!! Thank You!!! Thank You!!!
"Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift." (II Corinthians 9:15)
Without God, I am without hope. I thank God that I don't have to hold my own salvation. I thank God that Jesus' payment was sufficient for ALL of my sins of all time. I thank God that He does not reward me according to my iniquities. I thank God that He loved me when I was His sinful enemy, dead in my trespasses and sins. I thank God that He is preparing a place for me.
Thank You!!! Thank You!!! Thank You!!!
(Revelation 11:17) Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
I thank God that He is going to gather all things unto Himself. That He is going to put all things under the feet of Jesus to rule, to reign, and to make all things right!
The first time I ever heard the song, Worthy Is the Lamb, tears welled up in my eyes. Imagining myself, when I see my King, and am able to look Him in the eyes, and say, "Thank You for the Cross, Lord."
Thank You!!! Thank You!!! Thank You!!!
"Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift." (II Corinthians 9:15)
Without God, I am without hope. I thank God that I don't have to hold my own salvation. I thank God that Jesus' payment was sufficient for ALL of my sins of all time. I thank God that He does not reward me according to my iniquities. I thank God that He loved me when I was His sinful enemy, dead in my trespasses and sins. I thank God that He is preparing a place for me.
Thank You!!! Thank You!!! Thank You!!!
(Revelation 11:17) Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
I thank God that He is going to gather all things unto Himself. That He is going to put all things under the feet of Jesus to rule, to reign, and to make all things right!
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