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Help!

Here at the house I was cleaning up yesterday. I happened to throw some of the blankets over me and they landed on top of River. He started to cry and I thought maybe he got knocked over and hurt. So I turned around and he was holding up the blankets yelling Help Tannant. Which is his way of saying Help Canaan. I looked and he was holding up the blankets looking at me saying help. The solution obvious before him he still made the choice that he would rather have me take them off rather than try to get out himself.

     I think alot of people namely Christians are like this. At some point in time Some blanket gets dumped on them, and they scream and cry for someone to take it off. What they should be doing is just getting with it and shucking the blanket off, so that when the dump truck with the load of dirt comes, They can dig out and have friends standing by to make it easier. The stronger a person gets the more is reguired of their strength.

Selling my truck….sniff.

This is my s10 that I am selling. I really don’t want to because most cars for me carry more sentimental value than breakfast, a gold ring, or some family members.

Verse for the Week.

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Shadow of the Almighty IV

It had been a few years since that last experience, the magi, angels, Gaspar, a few bales of hay and a stall to bear a king in. Now we see Jesus, God and man, at the age of approaching adulthood, which in Hebrew culture is the age of 13. We pick up a few years  later from His birth.

“Joseph, how many are in your family.” Asked Mecana as they where walking up to Jerusalem for the yearly sacrifice. “Oh, just my wife and son.” Replied Joseph while pointed some yards back to Mary who was chatting with some other women. “Why?” “Well, I don’t know you that well, but you are the best carpentar and everyone knows it. And every time we go buy your place you have just all these kids laughing, playing and hanging around. Some of them even look like you.” Joseph laughed out loud. “No, Mecana those aren’t my kids. They just love the place and there’s enough to keep them busy.” “Plus I tell them stories, something they seem to thoroughly enjoy.” ” I suppose.” Said Mecana as together they crested one of the hills that seemed to never boast a top of reachable height. “You know, I make this trip every year.” Stated Mecana who after a few seconds pause resumed, “Every year I make sacrifice, and every year I am read to from the Prophets, letters those of Isaiah, with forth telling of the Immanuel.” “Joseph I am 57, I’m getting old, this trip is getting longer and still have I yet to see this King, this Redeemer who will take away all of my transgression, all of the need to sacrifice.” ” My existence on this earth bears no sign of a coming entity that will change the course of time forever. Doesn’t it strike you as odd?” Joseph didn’t really know what to say. He could see the scenario folding out in front of Him. Quickly he allowed himself to picture it. He saw himself telling his good friend that His son was the foretold fulfillment of prophecy and that an angel told him many things many times and such goes the list and that He was the Redeemer, that He was Immanuel. And at that moment Mecana would laugh so hard hiccups would follow and everyone would ask why Mecana was slowly dying, and Mecana would speak his disease to all and Joseph would be highly criticized. Not even to mention the trouble this would bring with the Sanhedrin council, if such word were to travel with accuracy to his name. Having thought of this in the space of two seconds he answered, ” To this day evidence has yet to be seen, in the world of the Christ, I would say tho, now would be a good time. Speaking of time, what time is it?” Said Joseph trying to push the cart in a new direction so to speak. Mecana obviously on a new course answered that it was just after the 2 hour. Joseph then took this opportunity to exit back to the line of women not far and discuss some things with Mary. While making his way back Joseph thought to himself, “Someone is going to find out, and when they do, it will not be an easy thing.”

Inservice not enslaved.

While I was cleaning last night I got a thought from God that was really profound. I’m going to do my best to relay what I got. This is really powerful watch this. I really don’t even know where it came from. I was scrubbing a toilet not thinking about much and it came so here it is.

The tongue is one of the parts of the body that is talked about in the Bible that is only talked about on two respects. Positively and Negatively. Come with me to the beginning of time. There isn’t anything there, all the earth is a formless mass. IT has no form, shape. There isn’t anything about it that is marvelous, lovely, or that gave glory to God. Then God makes the earth and things that do exactly what they weren’t doing before. Then he comes to his greatest creation- MAN. And in what does he make him, in his image. And how does he make him, by his tongue. As he spoke, God made things. He spoke light, trees, biological forms, everything. Follow me, you’ll get it here in a minute. God spoke to me, it was just powerful.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Most people who even aren’t Christians know this as a verse. Think it’s not important- read this. So we know that it was God who started life with an order and in systematic way.

Now God created man with the word of his mouth. Creating in the Hebrew is the word bara. In the original hebrew it literally means to reveal. So God revealed man with the word of his mouth. To speak in the Hebrew is the word rbd -Dibbur and it means to lead. So by disecting this verse, it says God reveals his greatest creation by leading it. Or God lead his creation to be revealed. Now the Bible goes on much much later and describes things about the body which are consistant. Such as how the body works together, how each part has an assigned duty and that how none can do another’s job. But the tongue is separated from the rest of the body. And it is actually compared to a snake. Proverbs 13:3 says, “He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.” So we see here that the tongue can create life. We see in James 3:2 that is says, “For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.” Do you see this! If you can control what you say and what comes out of your mouth not only are you a perfect man, but you have successfully controlled your entire body. That is the foundation now here is the thought I got. You are a blueprint and your tongue is a carpenter. Here is why. Think of it again- How where you created by God. In his image. Right. And how did he do it? By the speaking. By rbd -Dibbur. God created you in His image and by the word of His mouth. Therefore you create things by your mouth, and you create an image. When you speak to someone you have the ability to determine the state of the physical being. What happens from storms, damaging tornadoes, freaks of nature that people can’t explain. Things have to be replaced or repaired. When you tear someone in your words you tear down there building. You are destroying things. Things have to be replaced. The thing about this is that it is your tongue that is the builder. But that’s not all. The builder doesn’t what to design unless he has a blueprint or a design with various measurements with which to make something. That is why you are the blueprint. God created you based on His image, on His blueprint. Everything thing that you build onto other people is a direct copy of what you look like. If you look like crud, that is what will come from your tongue. If you aren’t well grounded in Christ, and you lead someone by speaking, you give them the same foundation that you have. Your tongue replicates you the blueprint and builds it. If you have a strong form, and are built so that when the storms come and the fire burns and you are still standing having stood form and done withal to stand, then when you speak the form that you have is what you build onto others. When you lambast bast someone with just evil talk and untrue things, they are damaged. Why do you think people have to go to thereaputic services. Why do people end up socially insecure, and troubled? It’s because your building something on them that is meant to fail. Imagine building a Mall out of cardboard. IT costs you pennys to make and it looks good. But when the test comes it falls over. More often than not this is people. Watch your tongue, Check your blueprint.

Touching the Sceptor.

Most people are familiar with the book of Esther. Most people know of the ratio that was existent applied to her to be picked as the replacement of the queen. Most people are familiar with the plot against the race of Jewish lineage such as Queen Esther was as well in the line of. Most people know the phrase,” for such a time as this.” One of the things that people also know is that Esther was a Matriarch and a saving entity in her day. Most people don’t remember why. Those well versed in the Bible and its stories will recognize and pick up the small details, but the majority won’t.

Esther was an orphan girl who knew little of the world definition of wealth, happiness, and the fulfillment of life. She was a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin. So was David, Christ, Gideon, Saul. I mean come on! And I love this because God is so backwards. He’s the one who takes the people who everyone else deems unqualified.  Well, there was a king, who had a wife, the queen. This queen received a request by the king to come and perform in front of the honored guests that he was holding in the court. This was a 180 day party followed by a 7 day feast. A huge elaborate display of his power. But with immense power comes people who want you to die and your end to be near. The queen refused the request and was shown the door. Long story short, the country needed a queen. So one was to be picked. Now let me lay out for you the staff of the court. We have Haman,  King Xerxes, Queen Vashti and the servants of the High Court, Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Carcas.

Chapter 2 starts out with an assination plot for the king by way of a piano dropped on his head by two french peas. ( Veggie Tale Flashback.) Mordecai, the uncle of Esther alerted the king of this plot and because of it the kings life was saved. However, Mordecai was never rewarded for this great and noble deed. This of course is where Haman comes into play. Haman had been promoted in the palace and much authority was given to him. In this palalce there was a personal historian and timer to the king. This entailed a very detailed account of what happened during the course of the day taken down and recorded. These where then read to the king upon his request. This particular time the hours where read of Mordecai and his saving the king, who then asked what was done for him, upon which the reply, nothing. So king Xerxes asks the historian,” Who is in the court?” Upon which the reply that Haman was in the Court. The Bible records it like this- ” When Haman entered, the king asked him, “What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?”
Now Haman thought to himself, “Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?”  So he answered the king, “For the man the king delights to honor,  have them bring a royal robe the king has worn and a horse the king has ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head.  Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them robe the man the king delights to honor, and lead him on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!” This all happens after Haman manages to get an edict for the death of all Jews because Mordecai would not bow in respect to his new position.

Though this story has some real nice plot and sequence to it, it isn’t about Mordecai, the king, or Haman. It is about Esther.

The high point of this story is that after preparing herself for a year, she would be ready to be seen of the King. But, the year wasn’t over.

Esther has the odacity to come before the king without having finished the preparation required to see him. She comes on behalf of the race to which she belongs that is about to be annialated. She comes and the phrase that she uses is priceless, ” if I perish, I perish.” She comes and after all the time that she has put in it, is willing to lay it all down and give it all up because it isn’t about her. This is so amazing to me, because I know that the mark of a true leader is not only the one who shows holiness, and walks in obedience and the presence of God, but they also that take the risk of their life all for the will of God, for the sake of the call of the kingdom. And the story goes that the king found favor and upon the touch of the sceptor, the first steps to the freedoms of many were restored and evil was done away with. The point I want to make here is that we miss the sceptor. Alot of the time we miss the very thing that lets us into the realm and presence of God. We bypass the doors and the sceptor and we go straight to the king, filthy, with issues and demanding. I would encourage you, get your act together, get cleaned up, make yourself ready, because if I’m not mistaken Christ is coming back for a pure bride and a glorious church.