Psalm 2

Why do the nations rage and the people plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, "Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us." He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, "As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill." I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, " You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel." Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. ESV

This is heavy metal! So many thoughts. How the election and our leaders of our country and planet work in vain. How "man" plots and plans and .... as stated at the very end - "Blessed are all who take refuge in him."  

I love how Jesus is referenced here;  "As for me, I have set my King on Zion...", "You are my Son", "Kiss the Son". 

So often I think....God and heaven, sure belief in those two are easy, but Jesus....JESUS CHRIST being the Son of God, well now that belief requires........ well what does it require - - hope? faith? 

Rest assured...."blessed are all who take refuge in him"
Amen, amen, amen.

PSALM 1

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked  nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he mediates day and night. 
He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgement. nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous  for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. 
ESV

Most times, when reading the word of God, I hesitate to expound upon it. When I read this, I think about how when we seek God and look for Him and work on learning His word and truth, that when we do that,and "mediate on his law day and night"....I think HOW CAN I EVER GO WRONG????

I think when we read "In all that he does, he prospers"  we think that we will have much more then food/shelter/clothing, but have the latest phone and gadgets. And I think all that is being said here is that in prospering we will have tranquility with what we have. I love the opening lines and how our "delight"  is to be in God and not others, especially the wicked. The bottom line here is to delight in the LORD and nothing else.

May we work at this.

May God bless you.

FIFTEEN

There is nothing, nothing I know more powerful then the living word of God. His words are above kings and presidents and countries. For it is He who has made the universe. 

O' Lord who shall sojourn in your tent?

Who shall dwell on your holy hill?

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend; in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved. 

psalm 15

(may your heart be open to hear these words)

Ch, Ch, Ch, Ch Changes.....

New and improved. 

Take an efficient and character filled bench and replace it

 with an artistically and aesthetically improved bench. 

When we separate each other from each other and stop providing for each other...

have we improved?

I wonder.....(actually I don't...wonder, that is)

graffiti

Yes, you are. 

thinking again

My thinking does not get me in nearly as much trouble as my speaking and therefore I BLOG.

Some of my most  intimate thoughts are here and this is some of them -

THINGS I AM THINKING ABOUT

a) JOB 31:1  " I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl"  The key word being "covenant"  or promise.

b) The TSA - man, do I have issues here. My wife has made me promise not to blog about the TSA and let's just say that I go through, in most cases a TSA line at minimum 4+ times per week. Recently my friend Adam stated that there is a lot of money to be made in making people feel safe. Agreed.

c) I overheard a man on the train this morning say that he would not be that upset if his car got stolen, but if he lost his phone...well...that would be devastating as he is so dependent on his phone.

d) a wisdom quote from a grandpop- "your children will never love you as much as you love them"

e) why oh why oh why don't people search for the truth of life? I do not get this at all.

f) I want to work harder and better at causing positive change in the world in regards to feeding the starving and those who die from a lack of clean water.

g) as each hour of each day goes by, I find I love my wife Margaret more.

h) I need to spend more time with my parents and children and wife now...right now more then ever. Time being THE most precious commodity ever!

life lessons

                      in order to accept others

                             one must accepts one's self first