My heart is tender tonight. I just received word that an all through school classmate of mine got news on Saturday night that her youngest brother and her mother had been killed in a car accident and her daddy was critically injured – he’s on life support. His name is Jack Bell. So please remember Kathy and all the Jack Bell Family.
I have not seen Kathy since we were 16 but this tragedy is fresh and painful. I covet your prayers for Kathy and her family.
Thank you for praying,
Kathie +++
1. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name.
I read it and rested on — and all that is within me.
What’s in me, I asked me. The answer was not coming quickly. Other than the answer one would expect a Christian to answer – The HOLY SPIRIT.
It was my beloved who astounded me with the answer. He began with attitudes. He says we all have them within us. He so totally bowled me over with the sobering truth of what is in me. He enumerated emotions that he has seen in me. Some I’m humbled to hear he sees; some I am ashamed to admit.
Attitudes.
Like
eagerness for some things and apathy toward other things (perhaps people too, and not just things)
willingness for and stubbornness against
love and hate
tenderness and callousness
procrastinating vs impetuous
generous and selfish
Perhaps you could name others.
Now back to — and all that is within me.
With all that is within me, all my attitudes, wounds, hurts, strengths, weaknesses, prejudices, fears, doubts, knowledge, wisdom, experiences, victories, defeats; with all that is within me I am to bless the LORD.
Let me say it again. Let it sink in. I am to bless the LORD with all those things jumbled, tangled, running, still within me! So are you.
How can that be? How can we bless Him with bad attitudes, wounds, hurts, weaknesses, prejudices, fears, doubts, defeats?
Surrender I think.
Surrender the good. Surrender the bad to the LORDSHIP of JESUS CHRIST.
He can use it all, you know. Really.
The good, ministering to others. And the bad? Well, once we are healed, even the bad will minister in His name.
And what would bless Him more than for us to help others and be made whole ourselves?
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
And all that is within you too, bless His holy name!
Prayer for the Christian is breathing.
JESUS LOVES YOU +++
Kathie
A, I suppose best described as a secular movie with GOD tones made me cry and say thank You to Father this afternoon.
Neither of the Names by which we know our Triune GOD were spoken; He was only referred to as ‘They’. Not a theologically sound movie but certainly a feel-good movie. Not a movie to teach us the doctrine of salvation by grace; not a movie to teach us that without the saving work of Jesus Christ perfected in each of us individually the soul collector who comes when we die will not be benevolent. Truth is not every soul leaving planet earth will be escorted by a Collector who is filled with love and kindness. But I’m off my point.
My tears came and I thanked Father for making me human. I have been known to lament that I am human. To lament my flaws and frailties; to lament that I am not perfect; lament that I have feet of clay. However, from the perspective of the movie, I could praise and thank God for loving me so much that He would create me human.
Oh, how He loves us! Flawed, frail, rebellious, proud, arrogant, foolish, on and on goes the list. BUT God loves humans! We are His most treasured, most beloved, most valued creation of all. I think I shall cease to lament that I am human and rather praise that I am a beloved human, saved by the grace of Almighty God; saved to have fellowship with Him forever. Ahh! how blessed to be human!
Hebrews 2:15-17 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
15 and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.
16 For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham.
17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
via Hebrews 2:15-17 NASB – and might free those who through fear – Bible Gateway.
Do you know for sure when your Soul Collector comes to escort you to your eternal place that Collector will be one of the 2/3s and not the 1/3? (Hebrews 1:13-14) (Revelation 12:4)
The movie? Want the name? :) Soul Collector. I might watch it again. I like happy tears!!
Prayer is breathing to a Christian.
JESUS LOVES YOU! Kathie
