All posts by Kathie Whitestone Thompson

Follower of Yeshua. Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother. Some call me a teacher. Some say I'm a prayer warrior. A few accredit me with some writing skills. Me? I say I'm a work in slow progress, looking for perfection in eternity and until then having all the holy fun I know how.
Sight

20/20

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I have an eye exam scheduled for today. I prayed for healthy eyes . . . and now I am here. You know why don’t you?

Healthy eyes.

My eye doctor can access the quality of my vision, he can measure eye pressure, he can prescribe corrective lenses to give me 20/20. And I am delighted and grateful that he can and I am expecting he will. But 20/20 and good eye pressure and no eye disease looking out this window onto my street is not all there is to healthy eyes. At least not for this present writing piece.

What about my soul sight? How does my soul see? Does my soul’s eyes have 20/20? 

What about my spirit sight? How does my spirit see? Does my spirit’s eyes have 20/20?  Tricky question, huh? We think the humble answer is no, right? But is it?  

16 Now the glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 The sight of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. source Exodus 24

If I were an artist I would draw their faces with larger than life opals and high-pitched brows and mouths making O shapes all around the camp. And quickly two hands covering faces of peeking amazement. Can you see it: the Hebrews in awe of the sight of the glory of GOD?

I’d like to gaze at this a while.  LORD willing we will revisit this another day. 

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Christian Living

Nary a Hiccup

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Glorify.

John 17 (TLV) 17 Yeshua spoke these things; then, lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, so the Son may glorify You.  source 

A simple definition: To make glorious, or cause so to appear

So as I see this JESUS was asking the Father to cause it to be so that JESUS would appear (to the world, to us) as Who He really is. 
And why did He want to do that?
Could it be so He would be enabled to cause the Father to appear as He is, you think?

Now.

Does not the Word say we, you and I, are to bring glory to GOD?

1 Corinthians 10:31 (NKJV) 31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.  source 

There it is in orange and white.

So everything you and I do  – e v e r y t h i n g – even our eating and drinking, day-to-day stuff we have to do to live in this world stuff, all of it we are to do in such a way that we make GOD known doing it!

Now how in the world are we going to do that?! 

Perhaps we should follow JESUS example; after-all He did get the job done without nary a hiccup! 

This wordier definition of glorify helps me understand. I hope it will you too.

A wordier definition: To glorify God is to extol His attributes—His holiness, faithfulness, mercy, grace, love, majesty, sovereignty, power, and omniscience, to name a few—rehearsing them over and over in our minds and telling others about the singular nature of the salvation only He offers.

This is a lot to think on and I think it will take some practice (a lot of practice) but I think I need to. tws-signature

Guests

Five for Him, Four for Her

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I’ve opened The White Stone page again today to share a couple inspirational sites I discovered a little bit ago.

5 Powerful Prayers Every Wife Needs to Pray over Her Husband

Praising God and praying His will for your spouse is guaranteed to be your most rewarding work as his wife. With these five powerful prayers, you will be arming your marriage with God’s Word and investing in his role as your spiritual leader.

Satisfaction in God Alone

I praise You, the God of all wisdom for husbands. Thank You, God, for knowing the longings of my husband’s heart far better than I do. You know why he hungers for ______ and ______. You know how these yearnings affect his decisions and how those decisions affect our marriage.

You are the God who satisfies the longing soul. You fill the hungry soul with good things. Here is _____’s heart and soul, Lord. I lift him up to You and ask You to fill him with the good You know He needs (Psalm 107:9; Matthew 6:8).   Click HERE to read more.

And not to leave the men out:

4 Prayers Every Husband Needs to Pray over His Wife

You’ll never love your wife more than when you pray for her. Humbling yourself before an all-powerful God and asking Him to do what only He can in her life—that’s a level of intimacy beyond anything the world has to offer. Praying for her makes you realize how much of a treasure she is, the woman God gave you. You’re pouring yourself into her complete physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

Let these four prayers guide you as you cry out to God for her each day.

Protect Her Joy

Thank you, Father, for the gift of my wife. You are the giver of all good and perfect blessings, and I’m amazed how You show Your love through her. Please help me to cherish such an amazing gift (James 1:17).    Click HERE to read more.

Good stuff. tws-signature