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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.
Bill and I stopped at one of our local grocery stores today. Since it was a bit chilly, he was wearing light gloves, which he dropped into our shopping basket. Because he only had a few items, he headed for the self-check-out. He swiped his card and his first item, and then took a moment to retrieve his gloves from the basket and put them in his pocket.
The check-out machine, figuring erroneously that Bill had enough time to complete his transaction, closed down. Sheesh! An attendant got it going again, but this reminded me of Jesus because this isn't like Him at all. He gives us all the time need to do what we need to do. He doesn't time out or go to sleep just when we need Him. He's ALWAYS with us.
Psalms 73:23 ...Yet I am always with you....
Bill was in a public restroom today. It had all the latest hygienic fixtures: a touch-less soap dispenser, hands-free hot water, and motion-detector hand towels.
Naturally it made me think of Jesus - because He's so not "touch-less." He was always right in the trenches, shoulder-to-shoulder with His people. Contact and relationship were central to His ministry. Some of his favorite times were when He was touching His beloved people.
Have you let Him touch you lately?
Matthew 8:15 ...He touched her hand and the fever left her....
Bill enjoys doing crosswords. Some of the clues can be interesting. He ran into one today: a three-letter word for a "flexible fish." Ah - an eel!
Being flexible implies a willingness to be led. It's a pliable quality, involving an adaptable approach to life. It suggests a lack of rigidity in dealing with life.
These are just the qualities God wants His followers to display - the ability to put aside our goals so that His may be attained. As we navigate the daily rivers and streams of life, we're supposed to be "flexible fish," too.
Matthew 26:42 ...may your will be done.
Bill and I were somewhere or other recently when a very tired and harried checker totaled up our purchases, smiled wearily, handed Bill his receipt and said, "Have a today." She immediately grinned and said, "Oh my! I meant to say 'Have a good day.'"
Her comment - "Have a today" - stayed with me as we departed. That's really what Jesus wants for each of us - that we'd have a "today", untainted by anxiety about the past or worry about the future.
"Today" really means "on this day," which is where Christ wants us to live, peacefully amid His unchanging love and provision.
1 Timothy 2:2 ...that we may live peaceful and quiet lives....
Several years ago we saw a wonderful production at Sight and Sound in Lancaster, PA. At one point, a very impressive-looking Roman guard entered on a beautiful white horse, dismounted and read an announcement to an assembled group of people. As the centurion mingled with the crowd, assuring that the fearsome Roman presence was clearly visible, an underling appeared, took the reins and led the horse off-stage as the play continued.
As the horse exited, it occurred to me that he wasn't led off until it was time. So it is with God's leading on our lives. We often think something in our lives or in the lives of others should move in a different direction or operate with different timing; but things tend to move off in God's timing rather than in our own.
In stage plays and in life, God knows when all the cues are ready to signal movement. It's good to let Him lead the way in His own timing.
Exodus 15:13 ...In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed.
My cat friend Queenie Buttertoes stopped in for a visit today. She's especially fascinated by words. Today we got to talking about airplanes (one flew over shortly after she arrived) and how they can be incoming or outgoing - or in flight.
We decided that an airplane is actually a good example of Christian calling. We're supposed to be "outgoing," of course: headed out into the world to love and to serve. And we're supposed to spend a good deal of time "in flight": actually doing the loving and serving stuff. And we're supposed to do the "incoming" part, too...settling in for repairs and refueling.
It's the "incoming" stuff that many of us don't get enough of: the "come away and get some rest" part. Unless we allow time for incoming refueling and maintenance, we won't be ready to handle our "in-flight" time effectively.
Mark 6:31 ...Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.
We stopped at our favorite Chinese restaurant for dinner a while ago. While we were enjoying our wine, I was watching two families. Each had a preschool child and each had both parents at the table. At the one table, all three were absorbed with technology. Dad was anxiously talking on his cell phone; Mom was glued to an incoming text message; and even the youngster was totally focused on an electronic game of some sort. At the other table, dad was glued to the child, engaging him in "conversation" and manipulating some small object around the table while Mom smilingly looked on, commenting occasionally.
At table number one, the only eye contact was with some mechanical thing. At table number two, the eye contact was with people - which is just what God intended. He wants us to focus on each other and on Him. Without eye contact, there's no true relationship...and someone can't be the apple of my eye if I'm looking elsewhere.
Psalms 17:8 ...Keep me as the apple of your eye....
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