Saturday, May 25, 2013

QUEST

Not all too long ago, I felt that every time I entered a new group setting (my work brings me into new group settings on a regular basis) I was in a different kind of jungle and was constantly trying to quickly learn my surroundings in unfamiliar places.  As I was adjusting to the weather, and the terrain, and the dynamics of jungle animals interacting with one another, I would begin to assess places of danger, places of safety and places of significance.  It is in the search for significance, that my quest is made.  I have no other reason to venture into unknown and uncomfortable places except to further witness and further experience and further make known the unchanging power of God.  This is my quest.

Monday, May 20, 2013

PEOPLE

People are funny creatures.  We laugh.  We sing.  We pray.  We cry.  We live.  People are blessed and people are cursed by other people.  We have this soul within us that serves as a conduit to another realm that impacts the world in which we live.  People are curious.  While we may have established patterns of behavior, we are unique and distinct from any other person on planet earth.  Each person can influence our world in only the way that we have design and desire to do so, for opportunity always exists.  People are part of a greater wealthy chorus of spiritual beings in a universe of glory deciding whether or not to accept our great destiny.  People are made in the image of Almighty God.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

OVEREXTENDED, OVERLOOKED, OVERTIRED, OVERBOOKED

Last week I was feeling a bit overextended.  I am in the middle of ten weeks of off-and-on travel and it was beginning to wear on me.  I am blessed to have two very good friends who were both going through similar "over" circumstances about the same time as me.  Though I don't wish for them to be "over" anything, it has been encouraging for me to know they have both been with me in spirit and I am not alone.

over & out...

Monday, May 6, 2013

My mind is drawn to the greats, whose lives continue to glorify the Great One.  Corrie Ten Boom lost her entire family during the holocaust for having the audacity to provide safe haven for both Jewish friends (she was Christian) and strangers.  She was especially close to her sister Betsie who died while they were together in the same concentration camp.  Did Almighty God say no to Corrie's prayers?  Or did He say yes to life for a far greater number of people?  Olive Flemming, Marilou McCully, Marjorie Saint and Barbara Youderian lost their husbands who were killed while trying to share the Good News of Jesus.  Did God say no to their prayers to bring their husbands safely home?  Even the most devout among Christians may have difficulty acknowledging that their request, much like the pleas of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, was answered in the affirmative.  Perhaps "no" is not the answer we hear from God Almighty.  Perhaps we are asking the wrong question altogether and when we get it right, we will get an affirmative everlasting answer.

Friday, May 3, 2013

MAJESTIC

Majestic is my King!  My Lord & Savior! 

Majestic & Holy is His Righteous Name!

His Majesty allows me in His Presence and in His courts I bear no shame!

His Majesty is in abundance!  There is no limit to His Power & Might & Majesty!

His Majesty draws me near Him while leaving me breathless!

Oh, how I travail through life, at blessed mercy of His Majesty!

I love my Majesty!  I long to be near Him always.

Forever Majestic is He in all ways possible and promised!

It is of no concern to me that which is not or less than Majesty, for there is nothing greater than the Majesty of my Lord & King!