Lord, I lay on my face before You.
Longing to commune with You.
Longing to find my strength only in You.
Longing to lead others to this place.
A place where I find much peace.
A place where I find my identity.
They can not pray emptily to air.
It must be to You Lord.
Strengthen my resolve to reach them everytime I come before You.
Make me effective.
Do not let me seek the lost to appease me.
Let me thirst to share You because I love.
This love must be pure,
Just as the love exuded at the cross.
It is to this structure that I must lead them.
If I don't, do I really care?
It mustn't be from guilt.
The hurt must be genuine.
Make it be so.
O' Lord make it be so.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Family: He Did It a Certain Way
Family is a beautiful thing. We often lose sight of our blessings. God didn't have to create the world in a way that human beings are born to parents that desire to care for them. Many animals do not have as great of maternal instincts as humans, and certainly not as great of a paternal instinct. God could have created humans to hatch from lonely eggs laid 6 months before. It would not have taken much effort from Him; He could have made the decision right after He decided what chemical combinations would be necessary for star formation and right before He decided exactly how far the earth needed to be from the sun. But, He did it a certain way.
In fairness, not all would call their family a beautiful thing. Fathers leave, mothers die, children run away from home, and a great host of other problems. The most tragic scenarios arise when love goes awry. But none would argue that love is not a beautiful thing. Familial problems wouldn't be so tragic if something great wasn't being lost.
If family is so beautiful, it seems that much attention should be devoted to operating as a family correctly. Luckily, the Bible gives direction in the area of family. If family was divinely created, then the most logical place to look for familial direction is to the divine.
I could work to outline what the Bible says about family but I wouldn't do better than what is already outlined here. Go to the link and pray over the verses. Take as many trips to the site as necessary, and even look up the verses and get a better understanding of their context. True knowledge does not come through jamming as many words and experiences into our mind as possible, but through prayerfully considering the truth, praying that God will transform our hearts, minds, and relationships.
In fairness, not all would call their family a beautiful thing. Fathers leave, mothers die, children run away from home, and a great host of other problems. The most tragic scenarios arise when love goes awry. But none would argue that love is not a beautiful thing. Familial problems wouldn't be so tragic if something great wasn't being lost.
If family is so beautiful, it seems that much attention should be devoted to operating as a family correctly. Luckily, the Bible gives direction in the area of family. If family was divinely created, then the most logical place to look for familial direction is to the divine.
I could work to outline what the Bible says about family but I wouldn't do better than what is already outlined here. Go to the link and pray over the verses. Take as many trips to the site as necessary, and even look up the verses and get a better understanding of their context. True knowledge does not come through jamming as many words and experiences into our mind as possible, but through prayerfully considering the truth, praying that God will transform our hearts, minds, and relationships.
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