Alright, hopefully I’ll not overwhelm you with sentimentality but perhaps my heavenly countrymen may understand the genuine delight I find in this day.
Today there was one of those moments where I was just suddenly smacked in the face with the sweetness of His orchestration and creation. I don’t know why I always must be “smacked” in the face by such things.
The beauty of sun gleaming through a leaf on a tree, the fun of walking against a hearty wind when you feel as if this might just be the time it actually knocks you over, or even the halcyon effect of a really good cup of coffee. Why is it I do not daily…no hourly, see these simple yet wonderful felicities of life? Well maybe I forget to look, or perhaps choose not to see them just to be contrary. Whatever the reason it’s truly a shame because the moment I open my eyes and the eyes of my heart to such things it’s pretty much better than an adrenaline rush.
I find it exhilarating when I realize that something that brought such uncomplicated enjoyment was His orchestration. Maybe I’m all alone in that sentiment, I don’t know. But, it’s as if by taking notice of the little bird jumping around in the flower bed, and the sun brightening the hillside beside me right now I’ve been reminded of what a caring and loving God we have. Granted, sunshine has this affect on multitudes but just so you know I’m in earnest, I’ll tell you that my favorite kind of days are actually quite opposite weather wise. I’m not quite sure why I feel apologetic explaining this lovely moment, perhaps I think I’ll be thought frivolous. Why is it that we’ve gotten into our heads that reveling in frankly affable moments is foolish or makes us look unintelligent? Maybe I’ll blame Pollyanna, she always annoyed me.
Anyway, today the Lord has lead me to see that sometimes the reasons for your cheerfulness must be sought. We don’t always have to be cheerful, it can be fleeting, unlike joy. However if one isn’t looking for glad moments how can one expect to find them? What a lazy seeker of the purely charming I can be!
“Never distrust Him, for you see what He can do, even in this world which is so full of evil and trouble.”-Roe
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
just let the kettle whistle....
My dear gentle
readers,
“Wait, my soul,
upon the Lord, to His gracious promise flee, laying hold upon His Word,
As thy days thy strength shall be?!? And right after that the Lord says that He ‘rideth upon the heaven in thy help’!! (Deuteronomy 33:25&26) Ok, well it’s one thing to read or hear this and a very different thing to truly believe it and live in a manner that shows evidence of that belief. It is difficult to wait for the ceasing of a trail or the culmination of a long awaited desire. However the waiting does not negate the presence of His help and the implementation of His strength.
So often once I furnish my being with the rebellion of impatience in His will, I find it seems like I soon catch the stones and dirt with my face as I am hurled to the dust by hardship. Or perhaps I am convinced that my heart has become so cold that it has begun to freeze and soon the benumbed organ will shatter with a sound like cannon fire.
However if instead, I strap patience to my side, I am blessed through my waiting by the God who supplies “…angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone” {ps91:11&12} So I needn’t be slammed to the dust.
His own affectionate care will revive my bleak heart. “If I say, "My foot slips," Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up. In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.” {ps 94:18&19} “The eyes of all wait upon Thee; and Thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest Thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.” {ps145:15&16}
When climbing a tree do I grasp the sturdy branch rather than at the crushable blossoms? I read something like that somewhere once. It seems to me a pretty necessary question, for, after examining my heart I find the reason of my impatience has an earthly meretricious glare at its core. And what has more of the crushable likeness to a fragile and fast withering blossom as the festooned traps of temporal ease?
I will be forever grateful to whoever it was that pointed out the timeline relating to Acts 3:1-10. Jesus would have gone through the gate beautiful and most likely passed that man. His purpose was already known, He was going to heal that man, but a better time had been ordained.
Something you
probably don’t know about me: I very much enjoy the whistle of the kettle as it
boils. The sound is strangely comforting
to me. There was a six month period of
my life where I lived with an electric kettle and I came to the conclusion that
its better efficiency wasn’t really worth it to me. That being said, I often
snatch my kettle from the burner before it pipes its squealing song into the
kitchen. Why you may ask? Because that added minute or less it’s going
to take to make that sound I so love, will mean waiting. And I do not like waiting. There’s an opportunity for me to have a tiny
little happy moment as the kettle whistles, but I deny myself the moment. That being said, I show the same woeful
ability to be cheerfully patient in many areas of life.
As thy days thy strength shall be?!? And right after that the Lord says that He ‘rideth upon the heaven in thy help’!! (Deuteronomy 33:25&26) Ok, well it’s one thing to read or hear this and a very different thing to truly believe it and live in a manner that shows evidence of that belief. It is difficult to wait for the ceasing of a trail or the culmination of a long awaited desire. However the waiting does not negate the presence of His help and the implementation of His strength.
So often once I furnish my being with the rebellion of impatience in His will, I find it seems like I soon catch the stones and dirt with my face as I am hurled to the dust by hardship. Or perhaps I am convinced that my heart has become so cold that it has begun to freeze and soon the benumbed organ will shatter with a sound like cannon fire.
However if instead, I strap patience to my side, I am blessed through my waiting by the God who supplies “…angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone” {ps91:11&12} So I needn’t be slammed to the dust.
His own affectionate care will revive my bleak heart. “If I say, "My foot slips," Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up. In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.” {ps 94:18&19} “The eyes of all wait upon Thee; and Thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest Thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.” {ps145:15&16}
When climbing a tree do I grasp the sturdy branch rather than at the crushable blossoms? I read something like that somewhere once. It seems to me a pretty necessary question, for, after examining my heart I find the reason of my impatience has an earthly meretricious glare at its core. And what has more of the crushable likeness to a fragile and fast withering blossom as the festooned traps of temporal ease?
I will be forever grateful to whoever it was that pointed out the timeline relating to Acts 3:1-10. Jesus would have gone through the gate beautiful and most likely passed that man. His purpose was already known, He was going to heal that man, but a better time had been ordained.
And so my heavenly countrymen, the sky may seem a bit black
at times. But then look again and see the stars lending some splendor! Your
soul’s darkest night will still be illumined by the bright Morning Star! You may wonder and wander but not one sigh is
unnoticed or one tear left to stain the cheek.
He numbers His jewels and He knows them that are His! His eye rests upon you with the most supreme,
enduring, radicle, and fascinating love ever to be known.
“Wait on the
Lord, wait joyfully, for then shall thy heart be strong; Lo! by His hand He
leadeth thee, and thou shalt be filled
with song.”-Fanny Crosby-
giving myself a pep talk...
Let not anguish eclipse from your soul the beauty of His affection! You must cling to the hope He lovingly placed within you, He’s hid not what eternity holds. You must bear it as a good solider and be delightfully cheered by the everlasting reality He has in store. You are daily drawing nearer to the only home where you will be at rest, take comfort and withstand bravely.
The literal pain you suffer in body or circumstance is real, there’s no need to deny its existence or pretend it hurts you not. But where are you to go when hurt? There is One who mends. Perhaps He will mend your heart instead of body or circumstance but His mending will be the balm and succor your ailment is truly in need of. You must have faith in His will as God and Lord! Oh how you will see His better plan one day! His ways are far better than yours and you MUST remember that. He is the author of all that is best for you. Refinement would not be pleasant for the metal, but gold is an esteemed and precious outcome. Above all remember that His ability is not lacking, He can heal all, pray fervently and hope with ardent expectation.
Think you not that the lover of your soul has left you to writhe uncomforted in your harrowing travail, these are lies. The devil would try to break you with such deceit. The truth is rather opposite than that, your beloved Lord keeps an unceasing vigil by your side, He has entered into your suffering voluntarily. He bears your grief and carries your sorrows. May the ailing take heart!
Is it not quiet common place among us to realize that if we’d not met with a certain ordeal, life would be very different? And often we realize that the different life would have been void of what we now hold dear. How well the life of Joseph teaches us that we cannot imagine what He can bring from trial!
It is the courageous prepense to bear things in His strength which will enable one to face the unknown with mettle, to consecrate everything, to pass breaking point and not break.
To endure with patience and fortitude the agony that one day may be known as a mercy will take the greatest of your courage. Go to His word and find all He’s strengthened you with there. Hold fast to it, make Him your confidence, and hold fast!
“Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours.
Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all. In Your hand are power and might, and in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.”-1 Chronicles 29:11&12
The literal pain you suffer in body or circumstance is real, there’s no need to deny its existence or pretend it hurts you not. But where are you to go when hurt? There is One who mends. Perhaps He will mend your heart instead of body or circumstance but His mending will be the balm and succor your ailment is truly in need of. You must have faith in His will as God and Lord! Oh how you will see His better plan one day! His ways are far better than yours and you MUST remember that. He is the author of all that is best for you. Refinement would not be pleasant for the metal, but gold is an esteemed and precious outcome. Above all remember that His ability is not lacking, He can heal all, pray fervently and hope with ardent expectation.
Think you not that the lover of your soul has left you to writhe uncomforted in your harrowing travail, these are lies. The devil would try to break you with such deceit. The truth is rather opposite than that, your beloved Lord keeps an unceasing vigil by your side, He has entered into your suffering voluntarily. He bears your grief and carries your sorrows. May the ailing take heart!
Is it not quiet common place among us to realize that if we’d not met with a certain ordeal, life would be very different? And often we realize that the different life would have been void of what we now hold dear. How well the life of Joseph teaches us that we cannot imagine what He can bring from trial!
It is the courageous prepense to bear things in His strength which will enable one to face the unknown with mettle, to consecrate everything, to pass breaking point and not break.
To endure with patience and fortitude the agony that one day may be known as a mercy will take the greatest of your courage. Go to His word and find all He’s strengthened you with there. Hold fast to it, make Him your confidence, and hold fast!
“Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours.
Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all. In Your hand are power and might, and in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.”-1 Chronicles 29:11&12
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