Christians do not live in someday but today!
The mistakes of the past are forgiven.
The needs of today are promised, and
our hopes for tomorrow are secured,
all through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- M.L. Herring
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
Just Passing Through ...
Psalm 119:19 reminds me that I am a guest on earth, or as I remind myself, I am just passing through. I have to face the fact that I have no control over the time I spend here. As a guest I must also remember I have no right to a house of my own or posessions. I must receive with graditude what my host provides and not complain. I am a guest.
As a guest I am subject to the rules of my host, for it is his house that shelters me and his provision that sustains me. It is not my place to disparage my host, interject my own rules, or code of conduct. I am a guest and owe my loyality to my host.
Many today walk this world without accepting the hospitality of its host. They walk in despair and fear, trying to find shelter from the storms of life. They look to their own strength to sustain them instead of looking to its gracious host who has the power to sustain all.
In this world I am nothing more than a guest. I am weak and having nothing of my own. Yet, God himself shares all that he has with me. He has sacrificed his precious Son for me so that I may be accepted as even more than his guest, as an heir. Many on this earth may look upon me as an unwanted guest, weak, with nothing to offer. But to our Gracious Host, the One who holds this world and all who walk upon it in His hands, I am the favored guest.
Through my Gracious Host, I will find my way through this world, my rights in injustice, my support in times of uncertainity, my strength when I am weak, my hope when I am discouraged. Through my Glorious Host I will find my way home.
RefRev
As a guest I am subject to the rules of my host, for it is his house that shelters me and his provision that sustains me. It is not my place to disparage my host, interject my own rules, or code of conduct. I am a guest and owe my loyality to my host.
Many today walk this world without accepting the hospitality of its host. They walk in despair and fear, trying to find shelter from the storms of life. They look to their own strength to sustain them instead of looking to its gracious host who has the power to sustain all.
In this world I am nothing more than a guest. I am weak and having nothing of my own. Yet, God himself shares all that he has with me. He has sacrificed his precious Son for me so that I may be accepted as even more than his guest, as an heir. Many on this earth may look upon me as an unwanted guest, weak, with nothing to offer. But to our Gracious Host, the One who holds this world and all who walk upon it in His hands, I am the favored guest.
Through my Gracious Host, I will find my way through this world, my rights in injustice, my support in times of uncertainity, my strength when I am weak, my hope when I am discouraged. Through my Glorious Host I will find my way home.
RefRev
Sunday, July 1, 2012
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