April 30, 2010

The first verses in John are some of my favorites in all the Bible.  There is so much glory in them, they seem to shine and glow!  What a contrast to the darkness and insanity going on in the book of Judges, and in today's world as well.  Those times and these have very much in common.  People then did whatever they felt like, and now it is the same. 

The Kingdom of God is a reality that I am now totally and completely hooked on!  Light and life-- the essences of heaven. And a Book whose words are alive with the life of the Author.  What a privilege it is to partake of Him and His words.  I never want to demean this by making devotions into a mindless habit or a religious observance.  I open His book with anticipation, for the Word is the door into heaven, because Jesus is the Word. 

April 2, 2010

“If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Deuteronomy 22:22-23

Meditation on Good Friday

They nailed you and hung you,
Son of God, on a tree,
Cursed you,
Spat on you, reviled you,
Though you'd never sinned.
It should have been me

Hanging there for all my sins,
Rebellion, infirmities,
defects. Mine,
Not yours.  You were cursed
For me, in my place, 
So I could shine
With your forgiveness
And mighty grace.

by Karen Gladys Henry

I am so thankful to the Lord Jesus for all He endured for me, so that I could be saved.  Aren't you?  He did it all for you too.  He said, "It is finished."  On the other side of the cross is freedom!  Freedom from all that pertains to the fall of mankind.  Jesus endured it all, then left it all in the grave.  I am still struggling to comprehend what it means to pick up my cross and follow Him.  To follow Him into freedom.

March 19, 2010

A phrase popped out at me today as I read:  "a pleasant odor, an offering by fire to the Lord."  I want my life to be fragrant and pleasing to the Lord.  I will be meditating on this today, waiting on the Lord to see what He would receive from me as an "offering by fire."