Day 24 – Jonah 4

Lord,

There are days when I get so wrapped up in myself and my own desires that I forget what my purpose is here on this earth. I forget that your ways are not my ways. I forget that your plans are not my plans. I can only learn a small part of what has happened before my days, and only see limited amounts of the present. How can I ever question any of your actions?

There is a day coming that you have planned since the beginning when all of your actions will manifest into the return of our Savior. Looking back, we will know that your plan was perfect. Looking around at such a great cloud of witnesses, we will know how perfect your love is.

I fear that I fail constantly in practicing your compassion in the lives around me. I fear that some may needlessly suffer because of my fear and hard heartedness. Father, give me your eyes to see those who struggle so that I may share their burden. Give me your ears to hear the suffering cries so that I may comfort them. Plant in me your truth that I may pass it on. Let them hear you when I speak. Let them see you when my actions come to their attention.

Protect my heart oh God and make it yours.

Day 17 – Matthew 20:20-28

The truest measure of a man isn’t measured by men, but by the God he serves. Greatness cannot be achieved by merely asking, this is a faith of action.

Learn from the great men of the past. Take for instance Martin Luther King JR and Abraham Lincoln. Both are not known for the great things they did for themselves, but for the great things they did for others. The highest example of this of course is Jesus dying on the cross for us. No love could be greater than for a man to lay down his life for a friend; much less for all of them.

Day 10 Matthew 28:16-18

I have spent the entire day today in meetings. I want to thank the Lord that I have a job where I normally work from home without all of these distractions. It can be very overwhelming. I am going to keep this days entry short and sweet because I have been up since 4am and I am mentally exhausted. I should practice what I preach and give God what is right; not what is left.

Reagardless of whether you worship him whole heartedly or with some reserved doubt, all authority has been given to Jesus. He resides at the right hand of God. It is inn your name, I will "Go". Here I am, send me.

The Love of God - Old Hymn sung by Mercy Me.

The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell
It goes beyond the highest star
And reaches to the lowest hell
The guilty pair, bowed down with care
God gave His Son to win
His erring child He reconciled
And pardoned from his sin

Could we with ink the ocean fill
And were the skies of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade

To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky

O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure
The saints' and angels' song

I thank you Lord for the blessings you have given me even in the smallest of measures for I know each has a single heavenly purpose. May the lamb that was slain receive the reward of his suffering. I am eternally grateful and I will eternally thank you.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Day 3 – Psalm 119:2, 19, 105, 165

Love, they say, should be reciprocal and for the most part I would agree. I take issue however with some of the teachings that I have seen/heard lately. To keep things simple, let this be stated:
We love Him, because he first loved us. We have a Blessed Hope because He gave us Jesus, what more could we need? If you’re looking for your best life now, you’re nearsighted. Be careful that you don’t trade your birth right for a bowl of soup.

I am blessed, because I try to keep his testimonies and seek him with my whole heart. I am crushed when I fail Him. “I’d rather have Jesus than anything that this old world affords me”.

I am just a Sojourner in this earth. Although princes and principalities may oppose me, He who is in me is greater than he who is in the world.

Don’t we get it? Do we not realize that even though Satan and some of the angels fell, that God never sent them a redeemer?

God, who am I that you are mindful of me? Hold me accountable always. Help me to hear the words in my ear when you say “This is the way, walk in it.” Whenever I turn to the right or left, bring me back to the path. Narrow was the Gate, but the path is also. Illuminate this way. Keep my feet secure as the hind feet of the deer. Do not hide your commandments from me. Keep your precepts before me. Get glory from a wretch.