A Tuesday afternoon hello before I tackle some ironing! Or not. :)
The Hydrangea by the front walk gave me a smile today. It’s beginning to flower!
Looks blue to me! The first blooms in three years! I am excited and giving thanks!
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Gifts
I was delighted to capture these digital frames this afternoon and I am further delighted to share them with you.
You know ABBA is so good to give us these beauties to behold. May we sufficiently slow down to admire His lovely gifts.
18 For thus says Adonai, who created the heavens, God, who shaped and made the earth, who established and created it not to be chaos, but formed it to be lived in: “I am Adonai; there is no other.
21 . . . There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; there is none besides me. 22 Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God; there is no other.
via Isaiah 45 KJV;CJB – Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to – Bible Gateway.
Day 136 of 2014, a day to give Thanks.
Kathie
Light Bulb
The Sweet Side of Suffering. That’s my newest read. The Author is M. Esther Lovejoy and she has given me a new insight.
How many times have you heard this verse quoted?:
3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
via Psalm 34:2-4 KJV;CJB – My soul shall make her boast in the – Bible Gateway.
Magnify.
Doesn’t that mean make larger? Like:
1. To make greater in size; enlarge.
2. To cause to appear greater or seem more important than is in fact the case; exaggerate
3. To increase the apparent size of, especially by means of a lens. via magnify – definition of magnify by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
Now I can tell you right now that definition as presented just did not fit well with me, not for the GOD I know. And so I had just kind of tabled that — until now.
M. Esther Lovejoy wrote:
“We are often encouraged in Scripture to “magnify the Lord.” I have thought a lot recently about what that word means. In its most practical use, magnify means to view something, usually through a lens, in a way that allows us to see it more clearly and in greater detail.”
And the light bulb came on!
We magnify the LORD when we come to see Him more clearly, to see Him in greater detail. This magnification comes through the LENS of His Word, His Creation, the tutoring of the HOLY SPIRIT. We magnify Him when we are attentive to Him, when we allow Him to correct our vision of Him. And when we see Him in greater detail, see Him more clearly, we will not hold back exalting Him! Oh yes let us magnify the LORD together!
Thank You, ABBA, for fresh insight! For enlightening us; oh yes, LORD, be magnified in our eyes that our mouths will give You praise.
