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Bill used to belong to a local charitable organization that didn't have a physical address. The group met at the same place each month and could be reached through its members via email. They provided a valuable community service, but folks couldn't just drive up to a home-base to make a connection. They'd have to hear about the group and search out a contact.
Jesus, in His earthly lifetime, had no address, so people had to hear about Him and then search for Him. He doesn't have an earthly address now, so we still have to hear about Him from someone else and then begin our own search for Him.
Generally, the things we search for most diligently are those we value most. That's certainly true with Jesus.
Luke 9:58 ...the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.
Bill was digging around in a junk drawer in the kitchen this morning. He got so intrigued about what he ran into that he completely forgot what he was actually looking for. There were three screws from some nameless source, two packets of fresh flower food, a couple of clothes pins, enough stray bag ties to weave a good-size place mat, a forgotten pair of really good scissors.... He thought about straightening it all out, but it looked like such an overwhelming job that he quit.
We all have junk drawers, often in our kitchens. Sometimes we have them in our lives, too--closed off areas inside where we conceal various parts of ourselves so others can't see them. Once in a while, we may slide our internal junk drawers open, poke around inside a bit, then close them quietly and walk away.
This seems like a perfectly sensible plan, but it entirely leaves God out of the picture. Without Him, going through all the junk in our lives can be overwhelming; but if we allow God to open the drawer and poke around, He'll find the one thing we're ready to work on and He'll bring us the resources to do that. Over time, He'll help us sort through our stuff and get our junk drawers straightened out.
Psalms 69:33 ...The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people."
Aren't car alarms great?! Somehow Bill set his off a while ago. (This was before we moved.) As he raced into the house and up the stairs to grab his keys, the annoying din continued in our garage. When he tore back down the stairs, in desperation he aimed the clicker at the wall separating the living room from the garage and pressed the button---and wonder of wonders--the alarm stopped. I never would have believed that invisible beam could go through walls and hit its target.
It was just like Jesus appearing to His disciples after His Resurrection--walls and doors didn't stop Him. They still don't. Waves don't. Stones don't. Crosses don't. Wherever we are, He can get through to us. The only thing that stops Him is the human heart. He won't force His Presence on anyone--but nothing stops Him from being with those who choose Him!
Luke 24:36 ...Jesus himself stood among them....
Bill and I ran in to the grocery store for a few things the other day. There weren't many people there, so we got to the check-out pretty quickly. While we were waiting our turn, I became aware of all the noise around us. It wasn't from people! It was from the environment. Scanners were beeping loudly, the mechanical voices from several self-check-out stations were announcing to the whole store what customers had bought, obnoxious music was cascading down around us from the loud-speakers, and there was a constant rustle from plastic bags. It all got to be pretty overwhelming after a short time.
All that racket drowned out any quiet thoughts we might've been able to connect with. We were glad to head for quieter waters.
Sometimes, in the rest of life, too, racket surrounds us and we just need to become aware of it and make our escape, if only for a short time. Whether it's inside us or outside, noise pollution is stressful. Gotta get away from it!
Psalms 23:2b ...he leads me beside quiet waters....
A friend of Bill's mom has a pretty garden. It contains mostly perennials accented by various forms of yard art: birdbaths, feeders, ceramic or stone creatures, large shells and various natural rocks. One of the most outstanding rocks is a "rainbow rock" from Colorado. The stone is ivory and terra cotta with interesting lines and swirls in it. With full sun on it, the colors are gentle pastels. But one day we happened to see it on a miserable rainy day. Wetting the rock deepened the colors dramatically and made it even more impressive than when it was dry.
This can happen in our lives, too. Sometimes, when the dark and miserable days come, they bring out in us a depth of character we hadn't realized was there. And as we make it through the storms of life, others are given courage.
Romans 5:3 ...but we rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance....
Isn't there a song that speaks of the Wild Blue Yonder? Bill was humming it the other day, I think. The Wild Blue Yonder always sounds so welcoming, so hopeful, so clean; a place I'd willingly go, a place where I'd be happy and effective at what I'm doing, a place where others are also happy in doing satisfying things.
But what if the Yonder isn't so blue? What if it's looking kind of gray--or black, even? What if the journey isn't toward joy and success and fulfillment? That's when we need to pull inward and tell our concerns and sorrows to the One Who understands, even when we don't. Then we can open our hearts and lives to the resources and people God has placed along our paths to accompany us on the journey.
For God is always in the Yonder, no matter what color it seems to us.
Psalms 46:10a ...Be still, and know that I am God....
Not too long ago, Bill went to use the computer and completely forgot his password. That's understandable since he was tired at the time and in a hurry as well. Still, without a password, he was locked out.
Isn't it great that we don't need a password to get to Jesus? We have nothing to remember except His Name and the fact that He's there. Even if we're tired and dashing around, we can get "in" to God at any time. Wonderful, don't you think??!!
Psalms 4:3b ... the LORD will hear when I call to him.
We visited Bill's mom the other day. She's a plant-lover. One of her favorites houseplants is a variegated ivy. It has green and white leaves. It's kind of pretty. It certainly has interesting leaves. It recently grew two new leaves, both of which were entirely white. Without green coloration, the leaves can't make food for the plant, since it's the green chlorophyll that enables the leaves to manufacture nutrients.
If we neglect prayer, Bible reading, service and fellowship, we're in danger of becoming like those white leaves. We'll wind up empty and unfed--starving spiritually really, if we let it go long enough.
All living things need food and as Christians we need to be sure to make time for feeding ourselves spiritually as we go along life's rugged pathways.
Psalms 130:5 ...I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.
Bill really likes birds. He found in interesting birdhouse on sale recently at a garden center. It had a gently sloping roof, four sturdy sides and hung from a substantial chain. The only problem was that there was no entry hole for the birds to get into it. No wonder it was on sale!!
Before long, though, Bill discovered that it wasn't a birdhouse at all; it was a suet-feeder. It had a metal basket tucked up underneath, where it was safe from squirrels and inclement weather. Clinging birds could easily hang upside down long enough to peck out a tasty morsel.
Sometimes our lives are like that, too. As we walk through a seemingly useless experience, God may ask us to look at things from a slightly different angle. That usually takes time...and trust in Him and His Eternal Plan.
Proverbs 3:5 ...Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding....
One day not too long ago, Bill and I spotted a car's hood ornament. You don't see them too much anymore. They're just ornamental, really--something to look at but not actually having much of a purpose.
Sometimes, if we're not vigilant, our Christian lives can become like hood ornaments--nice to look at but useless to God. Better to be rather drab, perhaps, but fulfilling our purpose in Christ, than to be lovely to look at but without benefit to His Kingdom.
Matthew 6:5 ...And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men.
Today Bill and I got behind a car towing a trailer. It was one of those metal trailers with open gridwork. The trailer was empty, so it jumped and bumped and clanged along behind the car. It followed the car ok, but it wasn't serving any useful purpose.
Empty Christians can be the same. If we're not in relationship with Christ, even if we're following Him, we, too, can be just following along with noise and movement but not with any eternal purpose. It's only as we're loaded with Christ's love and compassion that we're able to live joy-filled lives and reach out to others in His Name.
1 Corinthians 13:1 ...If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have no love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
Bill and I were at the dining room table this morning when I saw a hawk fly over our back yard. It slowed a bit, checked out the yard for available small birds, found none and flew off. It reminded me of Satan scanning the world for victims.
Satan - and hawks - look for victims who are available, out in the open, tired, distracted, unaware, weakened, alone, injured or unhealthy in some way. In other words, they look for someone who won't fight back. Both swoop in silently, descending rapidly when their prey is most vulnerable.
Birds and people need to be most alert when they're most fragile. Otherwise hawks - and Satan - will quickly take advantage.
Job 1:7 ...Satan [came from] roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it.
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