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July 2, 1776
I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more. You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. -- I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and... Read more...
Living with a Purpose
I will walk with integrity of heart within my house. How does one walk with integrity of heart in his house? And is the Psalmist speaking of his actual house or inside his very self? Walking with integrity within yourself means aligning yourself to God. Asking Him to fill you up with Himself. His very wisdom and power. And choosing to keep doing that, looking away from evil. I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. How does one not look upon worthless things? Things not worthy... Read more...
Friendship with God
"The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear Him, and He makes known to them His covenant. My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for He will pluck my feet out of the net." Psalm 25:14-15 God, who created ALL things, wants to be my friend when I place my trust with Him. When I declare He is my God, He becomes my confidante. When I decide to live how He wants me to be, He becomes my personal companion. Someone who listens when I'm lonely. Who watches... Read more...
Abiding in Him
Abiding in Him
His soul shall abide in well-being, and his offspring shall inherit the land. Psalm 25:13 Remember last week? We talked about fearing the Lord. And when we do that, God instructs us in His best way for us. The psalm continues this week as we note your soul abides in peace or well-being when you... Read more...
Fearing the Lord
Who is the man who fears the Lord? Him will He instruct in the way that He should choose. Psalm 25:12 Are you someone who fears the Lord? Fearing the Lord is not cowering in the type of fear we think of first. It's honor. Respect. Submitting to the One who created all things. Putting God first and foremost in all things. Knowing how small you are in comparison to all of creation, eternity, and God Himself. I know we cannot always put God first, but you can think about... Read more...
Inferiority
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. Isaiah 60:1 When you feel inferior from the words of another, that's all you. Only you can allow those words to turn into feelings of inferiority, confirming the lies previously placed from a different time. If instead, words are said and you shrug them off, inferiority is not bred. Doesn't take root, growing into believing you are not valued. Measure words from others against God's truth. Against what you know to be the absolute truth.... Read more...
Valued
O Lord, You have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You discern my thoughts from afar. you search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. Psalm 139:1-4 Repeat after me. I am loved. I am safe. I am valued. Again. I am loved. I am safe. I am valued. Do you believe it? You should. God, who created... Read more...
Loving Your Spouse
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. Proverbs 24:3-4 Communication is fundamental to any relationship. Not only communicating, but listening to the other person. Really listening. Not half listening while also paying attention to your phone. Not listening just to let them vent, then forgetting all of it and moving on. Real communication is when two people come to an understanding that things need to and must change. One voices a need. The... Read more...
Punch Me
Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! Psalm 126:5 Not literally. Thanks. Because I get it alot. Often. A punching bag. I seem to garner the offense of the children. Regularly, maybe because I'm safe? I'll never reject them? While I'm happy to be their safe person, I detest conflict. I hate being their punching bag. I'd rather see marshmallows and rainbows. Why, God, are mothers treated so? Why, when we try our hardest to build little respectful humans do our children respond with anger? It's... Read more...
Weeping
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled. John 11:33 Jesus was fully human and knew sorrow. He wept with us. He was filled with compassion. Sorrow moved Him deeply. Just like you and me. Our weeping friends or loved ones move us deeply. Sometimes we are the ones weeping and others are moved to compassion for us. Weeping signals sorrow. That something is deeply broken. Wrong. Needs to be fixed. That's when... Read more...
Jesus
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people, from this time forth and forevermore. Psalm 125:1-2 Jesus is our everything. Our absolute everything. Life will disappoint. People, situations, even ourselves. All will disappoint. Instead, of anything else, just give me Jesus. He is all that we need. All we will ever need. He will cover you with Himself. When you are sad, He will cover you with His complete comfort.... Read more...
Words
Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Proverbs 18:21 Wow, that's a contrast. Literally, death can come through your words. Your words can eat through a person's soul, confirming lies they might already believe. Words can crush a person, crumpling them down to the floor. They can create a rift, that without repair, grows over time. Words can belittle. Shame. Or curse. All of these bring death. Maybe not immediate physical death, but emotional or spiritual damage, which becomes death if not removed. But - the Bible... Read more...