THOUGHTS FROM THE LAST FEW DAYS

Friday July 2006

SOMETIME HE CAUSES ME TO TREMBLE

I can never get over the fact of what it took for me to be where I am at a certain tome to meet someone at just the right moment to get or receive a Word from God. Even this site is one of those God had to have His hand in for it to happen the way it did. Situations.

We go through life and see and hear all the time of unusual things taking place. There is a car wreck and this doctor who never traveled this route just happened to e behind the cars and saved life. The young lady who got shot in the neck, the bullet fragmented into pieces but still went in -- between her spinal column and her jugular vein. We all know stories like these and we hear people say how lucky or the hand of God had to be there. Well, I do not believe in luck. I BELIEVE IN GOD.

God is active and busy each moment of our life. He knows exactly what we need and when we need it. But what does it take for us to be there at the right moment saying and doing the right thing. What if the doctor had not followed the urge to go that way that morning? What if the young lady had been even a centimeter different in the placement of her body?

How then do we make sure that we are where we are supposed to be at the right moment. By starting each day with prayer, and asking God for His most perfect will in our life, asking Him to let us know the sound of His Voice. That quiet still voice that says don't turn, go straight. It is a joke some of my friends that they will not have a wreck with me in the car. Once I get out it is a different story. We have to pay heed to the Spirit and act on it. This will keep us in line with the Word that is planted inside of each of us. And get us in agreement with God.

It does cause me to tremble when I think back over all times when I was in the right place at the right time, when it wasn't where I was going to be in the beginning. But, by listening and obeying the Sweet Voice of the Holy Spirit, I was able to do what God intended for me to do.

If you do not hear God speak to you then please ask Him to let you know the sound of His voice. We have not because we ask not.

God's blessing to each of you,

rECj/LJG




Monday July 2006

DO NOT JUDGE

Today I want to travel down an off beat path with you...I am going to describe a person and I want you to take a guess at what they do for a living.

Willing to take a risk
Willing to go against the norm
Willing to lose friends and family
Willing to serve time
Willing to put in overtime, nights and weekends
Willing to be bold
Willing to deal with the outcast of society
Willing to be woke up at all hours
Willing to be approached anywhere, even when you have plans
Willing to give up your life for your work
Willing to have/carry protection

Okay do think you have the answer? What abilities does it take to a Christian? Before I give you the answer I want you to think back to who Jesus had around Him. Oh, He did have some rich people who came to Him, and even invited Jesus to their homes. But on the whole, the people who traveled in Jesus' close circle of friends were not the cream of society. We don't wonder why this was, Jesus, Himself, told us the healthy don't need a doctor. The people who needed Him were those considered to be the sinful. We are never to judge a person by their looks, you never know who you are talking to. The abilities above might belong to any of the ones that followed Jesus.

Have you got an answer yet?

Well, they are the abilities of a drug dealer.

Hope you enjoyed this one. Take a minute to think about abilities you have that can be used for Jesus and use them for that purpose.

God's blessings to each of you,

rECj/LJG


Tuesday July 2006

WHERE IS YOUR HOUSE BUILT?

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock; and when the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon the house; and it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock. Matthew 7:24-25.

And again I ask where is your house built? We are not talking about a building. We are talking about your life. What is it built on? It is important what you feed into your life, and we are not just talking food. We know to be healthy we need the eat healthy, and exercise and take care of our bodies. The same is true with what we watch, listen to and read. This is our foundation and it is what we are built on.

Have you ever watched a house be built from the ground up? First, you have to clear the land, completely. No rocks, sticks or broken glass. Then they take a bulldozer and they level the ground. Some areas might need to be built up, others need to be lowered, the ground must be level. Next they build a form around the entire area and the form itself is braced. This is so the form will not shift any when the concrete is poured. Wire is put inside the form from edge to edge; this is to insure there will be no cracks as weight is later set on the slab. Pouring concrete is messy, there is no way to do it without getting in on your clothes and your skin, and it itches. It is really fun in the summer. The concrete comes down a shoot from a truck and as it star to fill the form it has to be pushed into all the form. Men with boots on work to push and spread the concrete out while standing in concrete. Once all the concrete has been poured the real fun part starts.

First a couple of men take a board and level's the top, working from the center out. Other men are working the edges of the slab. As the concrete starts to set a machine called a trolley machine is placed on slab, there is a bucket of water usually on one arm of the machine. This is to keep the top of the slab moist as it is finished, which again is a form of leveling and smoothing the slab. Now the slab has to cure, which can take a couple of days. The form is then removed and the frame can start being built. With the frame comes openings for doors and window, rooms and please don't forget the closets. Do you know that there are requirements as the size of closets? All measurements must be exact; there is no room for error. A lady and her husband I know decided to build their house themselves, it is beautiful. There is also no stairs to the second floor and no room to add any.

We must be careful. Have you ever lived in a place with not enough outlets in a room? Another lady I know has this beg bedroom with a huge closet. All her outlets are on one wall. She can only arrange her room one way so she can plug in a bedside lamp and clock.

Just as we must follow instructions and leave the hard work to the professionals so we must do without house, our body. If we are going to let God live in us, because we are His temple, then we should let Him build the house. We also need to be careful what we put in our house, does everything in our house meet God's approval. If we built without the Master Planner, we built in vane.

God's blessing's to each of you,

rECj/LJG