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Lines Drawn

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I Corinthians 13.  The LOVE chapter.  Perhaps a portion of Scripture read more often than many others. Perhaps even a passage used to promulgate unholy tolerance. Tonight I am here to differ. Tucked right there in those 13 verses in chapter 13 of I Corinthians are these words.

 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. [source]

One caveat. The application I make here is only ONE that can be gleaned from this chapter. There are many more. That being said. 

Love. Real Love. God’s kind of love does not delight, celebrate, condone, or any other descriptive word man can come up with to shame Christians into embracing what GOD has rejected. Love does not celebrate and does not participate in what GOD has condemned. What does love do? Love rejoices with the truth. Love tells the truth. Love pleads with words and in deeds with every willing soul to come to the Truth. The Truth of I Corinthians 13 and every chapter before it and every chapter following it. 

I admit it’s not an easy path. Lines get drawn in the sand and we are pushed and pummeled with hateful words by those who are yet to believe, but in CHRIST JESUS and by HIS SPIRIT we will learn to walk in Love and in Truth even up hostile avenues. 

So let us take I Corinthians 13 and the Whole of Scripture and boldly embrace it, confident that there is not one Word in GOD’s WORD that gives us permission to call evil good and good evil. EVER.

One more verse. It is my prayer that we learn to live it. I think it is imperative for these days and I am certain that the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD will teach us if we will follow Him closely.

16 Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves; be wary and wise as serpents, and be innocent (harmless, guileless, and without falsity) as doves. Matthew 10 [source]

ABBA, thank You for allowing us the privilege of living in these hostile days; help us to honor You; help us to learn Your Ways, to be wise and harmless as we act and interact with the Peoples of this world. And, ABBA, help us fearlessly share Your Gospel with every willing soul You bring into our spheres of influence and those that we meet who are not yet willing, help us love them enough to do them no harm, and help us to always know the difference. And this we ask in and for the Mighty Name of JESUS, Yeshua HaMashiach.

Thank you for visiting with me today. Blessings be yours. Until Next Time ~ ~ ~ Kathie
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Forevermore No Less

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Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands. Psalm 112:1 [source]

Delight. Who doesn’t want it? Who isn’t on a quest to find it? 

Delight.
1. a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture.
2. something that gives great pleasure.
3. to give delight to.
4. to have or take great pleasure [source]

Perhaps the word pleasure will help define delight. pleasure – a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience [source]

We are all looking for it – delight, pleasure. All the media sources at our disposal attest to humanities quest for pleasure.

Yet the one place we are guaranteed to find it, society at large is not looking.

Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands.

Delight. Pleasure. Pleasures forevermore no less! Is found in obedience to the commands of THE LORD.

For our mediation and pleasure today :)
Until Next Time ~ ~ ~ Kathie 
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Everyday, Every Day

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“Sacred, everyday moments of life.”  (Day Twelve, Page 59; A Grandmother’s Prayers by Kay Swatkowski)

Strikes me today; so I’m writing! :)

What is sacred about an everyday Wednesday? Or Tuesday? Or Friday for that matter?

Sacred:
1. Dedicated to or set apart for the worship of a deity.
2. Worthy of religious veneration.
3. Made or declared holy
4. Dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use, purpose, or person
5. Worthy of respect; venerable.
6. Of or relating to religious objects, rites, or practices.
Wow! Let us carefully examine these definitions of sacred.
What if we considered:
1. This day as exclusively devoted to Jesus?
2. This day to be worthy to be regarded with reverence?  See Psalm 118:24 24 This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
3. This day as having been declared holy by The LORD Himself – what if we agreed with Him and so embraced it – this ordinary (holy, sacred) Wednesday?
4. This day devoted exclusively to pleasing Him with our conduct and activities? Like riding our bikes? And looking for Him in everything as we go! :)
5. This day we respected theses 24 hours and used them wisely? See Ephesians 5:16  16 Use your time well, for these are evil days.
6. This day is related to worship just as much as Sunday? Just as much as Sunday, we dedicate this day to worshiping Jesus in everyday things we do today?
What if?
What if this everyday, ordinary Wednesday was sacred ?
But it is!
It really is!
Oh I hope I remember this when this post is sent and I am on my way into this everyday sacred Wednesday or  Thursday, Friday . . . 
Until next time ~ ~ ~ Kathie

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Ambition

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Reading. Early morning. A little rain. Quiet.

James 3:16. 16 For where there are jealousy and selfish ambition, there will be disharmony and every foul practice. [source]

Jealousy. 

Selfish Ambition.

These two, give birth to much evil. Every foul practice The Word says. 

Does this mean if I stay clear of jealousy and selfish ambition, I’ll sin less? I think it does! 

Ambition (number 4) for today: staying clear of jealousy and SELFISH ambition.  Pray me obedience! :)

What’s your ambition for today? 

Until next time ~ ~ ~ Kathie