Statues of Sin

 

The kings came to power, but each of them left the high places standing where 

the gods were worshiped in place of God and suffering increased in the land.

She approached the statue with sorrow for what she had once believed. Here sat a man made of mortar. Nothing else. The city was vacant. The war of the gods had scared almost everyone away. 

She remembered this place from her youth when she came with student friends and wandered to all the sites. It took a million exhausting steps to see it all. With her many years she stood again with the man of stone. He had been a hero, but now merely a symbol of what had happened. The tower had fallen. The museum was closed. Giants had built this place but  they were gone. The war had set us free.

The symbols they left behind were covered with code, markings to be deciphered, and messages to eachother. With secrets they had built this city to control the Earth. It did not remain, but the Earth did.

"What do we do with their symbols now?"

The statue spoke, 

"If the people's hearts are humble before God, these stones are powerless. Your children will not even know what they mean."

And with that the last of the high places came down and no one remembered them.

Rest

 

John 3:16-20

 

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, 

that whoever believes in him should not perish but have 

eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world 

to condemn the world, but in order that the world might 

be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not 

condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned 

already, because he has not believed in the name of the 

only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has 

come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather 

than the light because their works were evil. For everyone 

who does wicked things hates the light and does not come 

to the light, lest his works should be exposed.

Who is first?

 

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Philippians 2:3-4

Modern culture tells us to seek Me first. It means me, not He. It instructs us to follow after ourselves and serve no other.

But...

We were not made to function that way. Especially women who nurture naturally. In my experience, Me first will not make us happy. 

What do you think?

Free Indeed

 

"I will set you free," He said.

Did I believe Him?

He gave me this song. 

Why? Lots of wandering? 

But here I am, now unwandered. He has set me free.

How about you?

Have you been set free?

It's not your imagination, something is very wrong with our world.

A return to Our Creator is the only Answer. It's time.

I worry I am stealing this song by putting it here on my blog, but when you click it goes straight to youtube. I am not paid for it or for anything here. Just words on a page for you to read. Well, hopefully not just words.

God bless you.

"So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." 

John 8:36

The Shema

 

Are You the Enemy?

2 Kings 6:15-23

When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. 

And the servant said, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?” 

He said, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” 

So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” 

So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha. And Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” And he led them to Samaria.

   

As soon as they entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.” 

So the LORD opened their eyes and they saw, and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?” 

He answered, “You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.” 

So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel.

God saved them and their enemies.