SIMPLY BE WHAT I WAS CREATED TO BE

There are times when I come to a place of confusion when I try and be a witness to my Faith.  I do not want to appear arrogant enough to think that I am right and so many others are wrong, but these days that is how it feels to me.  I have followed Jesus and walked with God intentionally now for over forty years.  I know what works and what doesn’t work for me.  But I am living in a world that significantly changed the worldview that I have been living with and they think I need to change with them.  I am unwilling to do that, even if others whom I love and respect do.  I find myself feeling abandoned by many that I love and respect, who have walked this walk with me for many years, but who now greatly differ from what I believe.  This has caused me pain and confusion at times, but now I feel I have reached a place of peace.

I know WHO I believe in even if WHAT I believe in is not clear to me at the moment.  If I believe that God is my one true Source and is in absolute control of all of my circumstances, then I can stand back from those things I am unclear about when dealing with other people.  I know for sure what He has told me about my life and that is sufficient enough for me.  I can witness to my experience and God’s intervention in my life with absolute clarity.  Maybe that is all I can and should feel responsible for.

When I look at my trees that is what they do.  They simply live as God created them to live and do what God created them to do.   They don’t try and defend themselves.  They don’t try and force me to be a tree.  They don’t form opinions about me or try and reform me.  They simply BE God’s creation and witness His power and glory.  When I look at all of God’s creation that is what I see and stand in awe of…God and His ways.  Spoken without words but clearly stated.  That is a goal that is worthy to pursue.

PROMISE OF THE PRESENCE

“The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,

which shines brighter and brighter until full day.”

Proverbs 4:18

I have fond memories of my life at the beach.  In the morning I would walk down to the water and wait for the sunrise.  I loved sitting in the darkness of predawn and watching the dark clouds on night yield to the coming light of day.  The seagulls would begin to arise, calling to one another to gather together on the shore.  That would be the first sound that would fill my ears.  Then I would watch the darkness leave and the bright colors of red and yellow fill the sky.  Finally the red glow and then the tip of the sun would show itself.  Slowly the tip rose and the big ball of light would appear to rise on the horizon out of the sea.  As it rose higher its light would completely fill the sky and a beam from that light would make its way to where I was sitting.  Then the day would begin.

Every morning since the beginning of time this is how it has been.  Nothing can change it, stop it, add to it, or subtract from it.  It is God’s Promise to the world of His great and abundant faithfulness.

“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;

His mercies never come to an end;

They are new every morning;

Great is His faithfulness.”

God reveals Himself everyday, bringing light to the darkness, revealing the Path I am to follow.  The more I watch and wait, the more I know and understand His Ways.  He has not put me here without a Promise of His Presence and He seals that Promise with every Sunrise.

Someday there will be no need of the sun.  Someday the Promise will be fulfilled.  The light of the world will only rise once and the glory of God will shine forth forever.  The light of the Lamb of God will be all we need, that we might walk in the way of righteousness forever.

MARANATHA

COME LORD JESUS, COME