I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
-1 John 2:12-14
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That Old Story
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked. For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up in life. Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge.
-2 Corinthians 4:16-5:5
Bread and Wine
“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant with the house
of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like
the covenant which I made with their fathers in
the day I took them by the hand to bring them
out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which
they broke, although I was a husband to them,”
declares the Lord.
“But this is the covenant which I will make
with the house of Israel after those days,”
declares the Lord,
“I will put My law within them and
on their heart I will write it;
and I will be their God,
and they shall be My people.
They will not teach again, each man
his neighbor and each man his brother, saying,
‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me,
from the least of them to the greatest of them,”
declares the Lord,
“for I will forgive their iniquity,
and their sin I will remember no more.”
Mirror Universe
Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech,
and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the
sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading
away. But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the
reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted,
because it is removed in Christ.
But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;
but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty.
But we all,
with unveiled face,
beholding as in a mirror
the glory of the Lord,
are being transformed into the same image
from glory to glory,
just as from the Lord,
the Spirit.
Nightcall
I would have despaired
unless I had believed that I would see
the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and let your heart take courage;
yes, wait for the Lord.
-Psalm 27:13-14
A Capital Engagement
And without faith it is impossible
to please Him,
for he who comes to God
must believe that He is
and that He is a rewarder
of those who seek Him.
-Hebrews 11:6
Of Books and Beans
A rare morning post from my couch and not from work! But this work day presses upon me and while I should get off the couch and get ready to leave soon…I desired to write a few words. Tonight I fly back to Tampa for times with the parents and Laura and Caisson – yay!! Hopefully (maybe) I will have time to write when I’m in Tampa, but I cannot promise any such thing. What else have I to write? I had a sweet time with James last night at the Rockets game – beat the Jazz and clinched the series. On to the Western Conference Finals – Golden State awaits, surprising absolutely no one. And so after I dropped him off at his house last night and drove the long way back here, I realized I would not get a proper amount of sleep alas. Two cups of coffee this morning and I’m still not fully awake! Now I really need to start packing for Tampa so…farewell, friends. Let me briefly share the close of one of my very favourite chapters:
And there are also many other things
which Jesus did,
which if they were written in detail,
I suppose that even the world itself
would not contain the books that would be written.
-John 21:25
Oh how I long for the day that I see my Lord face to face.
Amaranth
Did I mean to write something more creative and fun this morning? Yes. Did I get distracted reading about the Rockets’ win yesterday to put them up 3-1 on the Jazz and the Lightning’s series win over the Bruins? Also yes. Ah well – I cannot complain as I have a peppermint mocha in front of me and a three day week before me. Want to share some of my very favourite words that I happened to read today…thus always my heart:
I cried to you; save me and I shall keep Your testimonies.
I rise before dawn and cry for help;
I wait for Your words.
My eyes anticipate the night watches,
that I may meditate on Your word.
Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness;
revive me, O Lord, according to Your ordinances.
-Psalm 119:147-149
A New Hope
“It will come about in that day that I will respond,”
declares the Lord.
“I will respond to the heavens,
and they will respond to the earth,
and the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and to the oil
and they will respond to Jezreel.
I will sow her for Myself in the land.
I will also have compassion on
her who had not obtained compassion,
and I will say to those who were not My people,
‘You are my people!’
and they will say,
‘You are my God!'”
-Hosea 2:21-23
A Drink of Water on a most Hot Day
Good morning friends! I have not long to write this day(the only reason I’m writing now at all – is that I fear I will not have time to write later on tonight!)…but just wanted to share a few verses that encouraged my soul this morning…be at peace and rest in God, dear friends.
And this I pray,
that your love may abound still more
and more in real knowledge and all
discernment, so that you may approve
the things that are excellent, in order
to be sincere and blameless until the
day of Christ;
having been filled with the fruit of
righteousness which comes through
Jesus Christ,
to the glory and praise of God.
-Philippians 1:9-11
Thus is my prayer this day. Thus is my song.
