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Christian Living, KWT Paraphrasing, The Proverbs

What If?

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Reading Proverbs 4 today. Click HERE to read all 27 verses. Let me go off the grid a bit this morning. 

6 Don’t abandon [wisdom]; then she will preserve you; love her, and she will protect you.  7 The beginning of wisdom is: get wisdom! And along with all your getting, get insight!  8 Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will bring you honor;  9 she will give your head a garland of grace, bestow on you a crown of glory.”

via Proverbs 4 NASB;CJB – A Father’s Instruction – Hear, O – Bible Gateway.

The Father is giving instruction to the son, talking with him about wisdom. He uses words like she and her to describe wisdom. What if? What if this son, every son turned husband, were to make an application here and steadfastly stand by his bride, his wife,  to love, protect, cherish, and embrace her as the Father here instructs concerning wisdom — wouldn’t that be wisdom?!         :)

And Daughters, turned wives, we are not off the hook, would not we do well to do the same? 

Just saying . . . 

A couple more verses and I’m finished for today . . . I think.

13 Hold fast to discipline, don’t let it go; guard it, for it is your life.
24 Keep crooked speech out of your mouth, banish deceit from your lips.

via Proverbs 4 NASB;CJB – A Father’s Instruction – Hear, O – Bible Gateway.

All things good accomplished on this planet require DISCIPLINE.  Don’t let it go; guard it, for it is your life. How plain can it be?

Speech. For sure discipline is needed here, the Father said KEEP. How do we keep, if we do not discipline? Keep crooked speech out of your mouth. What is crooked speech? What do you think it is? How’s this for a description?:

crooked 

1. bent, angled or winding

2. set at an angle; not straight

3. deformed or contorted

4. dishonest or illegal

via crooked – definition of crooked by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia..

And to seal the deal BANISH deceit from your lips. Yep! that takes discipline. But obviously, the son (daughter) can do it or the Father would not command it.

Pretty simple, huh? this wisdom thing! What if? What if we obeyed?

Day 156 of 2014, a day to give Thanks.

Kathie

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James and Beth

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I’m still slowly working in my James Study Guide (Beth Moore) and every day I come to it that’s what I need for the time.  Today we read:

7 Therefore, submit to God. Moreover, take a stand against the Adversary, and he will flee from you. 8 Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean your hands, sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded people!

via James 4:7-8;2 Timothy 2:26 KJV;CJB – Submit yourselves therefore to God. – Bible Gateway.

And this:

26 come to their senses and escape the trap of the Adversary, after having been captured alive by him to do his will.

via James 4:7-8;2 Timothy 2:26 KJV;CJB – Submit yourselves therefore to God. – Bible Gateway.

Now verse 26 in context is speaking of people who are yet unbelievers but in context with Day 3 it is in my face.  Come to your senses and escape the trap of the Adversary. Come to my senses about what? Anything and everything that is troubling, gnawing, frustrating, baffling, — you get the idea?

I have made a PDF of page 143, Week 5, Day 3; it will help clear matters; I hope you will visit the page. Beth Moore James Study W 5 D 3 P 143

At the page, Beth asked: ‘Which “submit to God” encouragement most spoke to you? Why?’

My underlining reveals which for me. See which speaks to you. Click on the words Beth Moore James Study W 5 D 3 P 143  ABOVE and find out.

Thank You, ABBA. I needed this today and I’ll need it another day I suspect. :) Thank You for being YOU and for loving us. I ask that each who comes here will receive Your love, correction, and encouragement even as You have sweetly given me. I love You.  As a dear sister-friend used to say,  Take a reading on our hearts, see others there, their needs, and mine, and do as You will in JESUS’ name.

Day 54 of 2014, praying for revival of the Body of CHRIST.

Kathie

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But Wait!

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I was about to share only one verse with you.

10 (9) Adonai, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you.

via Ps 38 KJV;CJB – O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: – Bible Gateway

And then I read a few more.

11 (10) My heart is throbbing, my strength is gone, and the light in my eyes has left me.
12 (11) My friends and companions shun my disease; even the closest keep their distance.
13 (12) Those seeking my life lay snares for me, those seeking to harm me speak of disaster and think up deceptions all day long.
14 (13) But I’m like a deaf man — I don’t hear it; and, like a mute, I don’t say a word.
15 (14) Yes, I’ve become like a man who doesn’t hear and in whose mouth are no defenses.
16 (15) For it is in you, Adonai, that I hope. You will answer, Adonai my God.

via Ps 38 KJV;CJB – O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: – Bible Gateway.

Do you see it? Have you lived it? Are you living it now?

The complete exhaustion of running. So worn out there is no sparkle, not even a glint of a smile left in the eyes.  And it has been going on so long that people avoid him (her) now; even her closest friends don’t come around as often anymore.  It’s like they are afraid they’ll catch it: the lack of luster, the no vision for a silver lining, the world has betrayed me, all is lost, woe is me.  And so the barrage does not stop for her; constantly, day after day her mind is filled with memories, taunts, dialogues spoken and not spoken, premonitions  of failure and defeat forevermore, the endless sameness of this nightmare; through it all her mind has snared her feet and bound her hands; she performs only what she must to keep the family breathing.

But wait! A revelation comes. She grabs hold and refuses to let go! She stops listening to the taunts, she releases the memories to Another. She ceases to talk the talk of the enemy; she surrenders the debate; she sees it now: her enemy deserves no words from her. Her trust in Him will now speak for her: get thee hence Satan.

How? How could this be?

For it is in you, Adonai, that I hope. You will answer, Adonai my God.

It is You, ADONAI! My hope is in You and even though I do not know all the answers to why or how or what, YOU are my Answer today and tomorrow.

ABBA, thank You. HOLY SPIRIT, I pray You will take this and direct it before the eyes and to the hearts of those You have prepared to receive Your Word and be made whole. Let not a one of us miss what You have for us here in JESUS name.

Rejoicing on this 43rd day of 2014 that none of my longings are hidden from HIM,

Kathie

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Forced Rest

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It is late in the day for posting this, especially since I may not post tomorrow but perhaps some will read it today and others tomorrow. I hope so.

I think I have a better understanding of a practical purpose for the Sabbath.  Let me explain.

Friday (9.20.13) I made a simple awkward movement; the sharp stabbing pain immediately told me it was not good; but it was only for a moment and I went on with my business. However a slow-growing pain and stiffness made my business less enjoyable for the next several hours; and then by Saturday morning I was  — well let me just say giving birth to my daughters was more enjoyable; contractions do give you a break in between.  Aspirin and another much TV promoted product did little to nothing to combat the pain. Sunday came with minor and I do mean minor relief. I began a regime of large doses of ibuprofen and a cartilage building supplement as well as heat/cold pain patches applied every 8 hours.  Late into Sunday evening I began to think it might be okay if I lived. :)

Monday was a new world; still pain, still stiffness; but still a new world for me from Saturday and Sunday.  I rested and I rested and I rested. And that resting included sleeping – hours of it – day and night.  Then came Tuesday morning – better but still some serious stiffness and continuing reduced range of motion. More resting, more sleeping.

As I sit/recline to write this piece I am gratefully aware of my heat/cold patch and I am mindful that I will not be reclining at this angle for an extended period. But for some minutes I wanted to share a word or two with you. 

For more than a year now I have been dragging myself through my life on borrowed strength. Every day the same; tired and sleepy from morning till I fell into bed at night; all to begin again the next day.  I knew I needed rest but just how was I suppose to get it? Really? Our few days away was great and it had a ring of rest to it but there were places we wanted to see and there were trails to walk and waterfalls to ooh and aha over. And we did.  And then we came home to the same old grind.  And then . . . this!  A Forced Rest.

GOD knew better from the beginning. 

Deuteronomy 5:13-15 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

13 You have six days to labor and do all your work,

14 but the seventh day is a Shabbat for Adonai your God. On it you are not to do any kind of work — not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, not your ox, your donkey or any of your other livestock, and not the foreigner staying with you inside the gates to your property — so that your male and female servants can rest just as you do.

15 You are to remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Adonai your God brought you out from there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore Adonai your God has ordered you to keep the day of Shabbat.

 

Egypt worked them 7 days a week, from can to can’t and beyond.  This world will work us the same with its activities, achievements and entertainments.  It is up to us who have been set free in CHRIST JESUS to say No I will not live that way. We can choose it or we can be blessed enough to be forced.  :)

JESUS, I truly prefer to say YESHUA but for the sake of my audience I most often say JESUS.  JESUS said:

Mark 2:Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

27 Then he said to them, “Shabbat was made for mankind, not mankind for Shabbat; 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of Shabbat.”

 

In reading a Rabbi’s comment (I am not familiar with this Rabbi or teachings but)  I thought I’d share this comment here:

Shabbat is a covenant sign between G-d and His people of their relationship and sanctification.  . . .  welcome this appointed time created for us to reconnect and to be recreated[source]

I know for sure that Shabbat (Sabbath) however you choose to speak it is for reconnecting and recreation and we need it!! How you reconnect with Him and other relationships is for you and HE to decide I think and the re-creation of our souls is another choice that HE and you should make together.  At least that’s my paraphrasing. 

I’m still meditating on what a Shabbat should look like for me but this I know unless I want to wear out before my time I must observe this appointed time.  And for it to be on Sunday will take some planning; for you see Sunday as practiced now is the least restful of all days of the week at our house.  NO! I am not advocating staying home from Sunday School and  services but I am thinking some changes are in order. 

When you have had some moments to ponder this what changes could you make and would you consider it and would you consider sharing your thoughts with me?

Thank You ABBA ADONAI.  Thank You for this forced rest. And I know me well enough to know without Your help and reminders I will be before too long head long again into tiredness if You do not help me.  I don’t know what Shabbat should look like for this little Christian with only spiritual Jewish roots girl but this I know I want it to please You. So I pray my back will continue to heal; that my range of motion will become flexible again, even more than before; I pray for wisdom to exercise and sleep properly. I pray for the will to attend this ‘temple’ in ways that please You.  And I pray for means of reconnecting and re-creation that pleases You. I pray these things not just for me but for my family and friends. I pray You will forgive us for our pride and sin that has driven us to be proud of our busy-ness. I pray Your Church LORD JESUS will embrace that You are YESHUA and Your Feasts, Dress Rehearsals and Appointed Times are for us too and we are the losers when we refuse to learn, observe and give You proper reverence. Thank You ABBA ADONAI in JESUS name.

Kathie