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Ah Alas!
2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the tent, our earthly home, is torn down, we have a building from God—a home not made with human hands, eternal in the heavens. source
Not my home of brick and mortar but my dwelling of flesh and bone and blood. When this home in which I reside begins to need repair, when it requires more and more maintenance let me not despair for I have a home built by GOD waiting for me. That’s a happy for me.
8 We are confident, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and at home with the Lord.
Maintenance and repair and spiritual maturity – for Paul I think spiritual maturity the more. I think he loved JESUS so much he ached to go home to that building GOD had prepared for him.
9 So whether at home or absent, we make it our aim to be pleasing to Him.
Ah alas! the reason for Paul’s maturity! He aimed to please Yeshua!
Oh to be that mature! May I get there before I leave here. :)
Whatcha Need
Needs? The question was asked of me what are my needs?
What is it that I just imperatively have to have?
And so I thought about it.
I came up with one imperative need.
I am not negating other needs, I mean the kind of needs that without I will not be long for this world. Like.
Water. Now I like some water! for drinking, for showering, for cleaning – – – Yep! water is really important to me.
Food. I like food. And there are not many days I have gone without it and even when I did – well, honestly that was by choice.
Clothing. Yeah. That’s pretty much a necessity! :)
Shelter from the elements. We won’t die quickly, normally, without some shelter from wind, rain, snow, cold, and heat but death will come in a while. So I’d say this is high on the need list.
My beloved hubby says LOVE is the one thing we need.
And I said it is pretty important but we won’t die right away without it and he said well, we won’t live well. I smiled because he was right.
So what is it? What is this all-important need?
In my humble opinion: Air/oxygen!
Without it that heart is gonna stop pumping, right?
Interesting, isn’t it that we were created with that one imperative, ultimate, got to have it need?
Air/breath
Genesis 1 (KJV) 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
See that word Spirit? Spirit of God – Holy Spirit of God.
Do you know what that word in Hebrew is and what it means?
How smart is GOD!
With these natural lives we have been given we must have breath – air or we die. Air, breath. It is an ultimate need!
And in the supernatural; well, in the spiritual realm without AIR – the Holy Spirit of GOD, we are dead already! And I do mean graveyard dead!
5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), Ephesians 2
Romans 8:11 Tree of Life Version (TLV) 11 And if the Ruach of the One who raised Yeshua from the dead dwells in you, the One who raised Messiah Yeshua from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Ruach who dwells in you.
Got AIR?
Philippians 4:19 New King James Version (NKJV) 19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Soup
Soup.
I’m giving thanks today for soup. Not just any soup. This once in a lifetime exact soup. A blending of leftovers and some fresh overs thrown into a pot to simmer. O my goodness! Am I sad that this just for once pot of soup cannot be duplicated?
Not really. I am so thrilled that I get to have it this time! There will be other once in a lifetime soups, LORD willing.
Today is a once in a lifetime day too. So I am taking my own advice – be thrilled about it! :)
So what has thrilled you today?
