No and Its Intended Meaning

The "entitlement" generation in which we live presently needs teaching in how to accept the answer, "No". 

We raised a generation of  children who ask permission while demanding the answer be one of blind  affirmatives.  It is like their Christmas Wish List informing caretakers of their intentions.

Piercing the Holy Hush

When the Lord visits a service with Tongues and Interpretation, men of God, seek His face.  You do not need to talk during the Holy Hush. 

Comparison

Every morning one of my neighbors and I leave for work close to the same time.

This morning time got away from me and I wasn't able to accomplish all I usually do.

When I came down the stairs to leave I see my neighbor. I think to myself, "Maybe I am not as late as I think."

But then I am reminded of the scripture that admonishes us to not compare ourselves to each other but to walk our own walk.

After the Altar

After a powerful service where souls are kissed by the Almighty and there has been a visitation by the Most High, there is a tendency to believe that we must encapsulate the experience and attribute it to time, place and group of people.  There is the want to “build a tabernacle” on our high place.  We leave encouraged and patting each other on the back knowing that our week is going to be one of power and God-led steps ordered by the Lord.

Good for us and our children.

Or

He is positioning us for the purging He is preparing.

If perchance we are part of a powerful move of God it is only by His great mercies we are not consumed and we must set our face and keep our eyes on the ultimate prize and any dip in intensity is not an indication of anything other than the many sustaining attributes of our Jesus.

We must prepare our congregation for the inevitable and the best time to teach this reality is during the moment when their hearts are the most open.  Let’s live for the victorious times but remember to seal and protect the vulnerable by calling on the Name which is above all names until they can mature to be able to carry and fit into the whole armors of God and have the wisdom to know when to attack or retreat into Him.  The vulnerable can include the newest regenerated saints or it can be those who are standing where sin is waiting at the gate.

Get their attention when they are turning to pick up their Bibles and purses; teach them, prepare them, time is short and the Lord is returning for those who are looking for Him.

Scatter us as You will to spread Your Kingdom, Lord.

Can You Believe It

I am back!

Wanted to explore this subject.

Came home from off the road and thought the grandbabies would like a little something from the hotel so I gave them the bars of soap. They didn't know what they were. My grandkids do not know what bar soap is!!!

Saturday my eldest granddaughter was riding back from Dallas with me and she became frustrated because the radio station she normally listens to here in Austin wasn't coming in. She asked why wasn't it playing. I explained that the signal isn't strong enough. She hadn't experienced that yet. I wonder if the younger ones will never experience a weak signal because of the digital age.

I am feeling very middle aged. Wait a minute - if this is the middle then I will live to 104? Oh, no, I am passed middle age!!!

Another Dumb Funeral Statement

Two days after you called to tell me your husband died, someone hit my truck. We're both having hard times.

Maturity

I recently came across this clipping I saved from a newspaper a long time ago. I am constantly trying to understand behavior in myself and others and thus the interest.

Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence.

Maturity is patience, the willingness to pass up immediate pleasure for long-term gain.

Maturity is perseverance, the ability to sweat out a project or a situation in spite of heavy opposition and setbacks.

Maturity is the capacity to face unpleasantness and frustration, discomfort and defeat, without complaint or collapse.

Maturity is being big enough to say, "I was wrong." And, when right, the mature person need not say, "I told you so."

Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it.

Maturity means dependability, keeping one's word and coming through in a crisis. The immature are masters of the alibi. They are the confused and the conflicted. Their lives are a maze of broken promises, former friends, unfinished business and good intentions that never materialize.

Maturity is the art of living in peace with what we cannot change, the courage to change what should be changed and the wisdom to know the difference.