The Pulse

The pulse fades and then pumps fresh blood throughout. Life comes at us in waves and the life that we live has moments where the impulses that come at us are quite strong and very difficult to control.

Kaboom. Kaboom. The sound heard from within the internal walls of the heart. Also heard from within the internal walls of our soul. Sometimes not knowing exactly what to do when we are within a spot of ourselves. A spot that is very comfortable and comforting at times. But not within the transplanted heartbeat of the Lord Jesus who is deep seated within our very being.

Help us to keep within your rythym, within your ryrhymn of life.

Crescendos building up to a rhythmn and crashing in unto itself. gently washing away from the hard rock that is being etched away with time.

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Our Easter Pilgrimage

To we Pilgrims who travel afar from our land of Nod, our land of sin that may seem overwhelming at times, to the land of Golgotha where on a hill, God has accepted our lives through His son, Jesus.

From various videos and dramatizations that I have seen over the years, I reflect on how God has covered our sins so well. the Psalmist states that God has removed our sin as far from the East to the West. Leaving a shadow of His presence behind and before us just as it was portrayed in the famous Footsteps poem.

Let us remember therefore as Hebrews states, to throw off all that hinders us from the journey of faith and to run the race with the goal of the heavenly crowns in mind. Given not because of how talented we are but because of the great love that the Father has lavished upon us.

We are victors in Christ. So look to the Hills of Zion and see the Lord mighty in our battles as well.

Praise be to God.

Look up!!!

God is all powerful and all strong. He came from His throne in heaven to be with us men and women on earth for 33 years. A small number of years. Some could say that He was struck down before His prime.
God knows a lot. Yet, experientially, He never experienced humanity until His spacesuit arrived through the virgin conception 27 weeks before Christmas. Yet Jesus handled the battle of humanity and Godliness of being 100 percent of each. I desire to have that blend. Yet, I ooze too much of myself in the process.


I am going to tell a personal parable re temptation. Some rocks came tumbling down around me today. I was still and calm and had the usual encounter with the devil. When my mind and spirit had been " shut off so to speak." I was reminded of the encounter Jesus had with the devil before His ministry began. One of the tests the devil presented to Jesus was the full command of the world offered before Him. Yet Jesus said, scripture says.
I am offered tempting realms sometimes and right now, the close physical intimacy that I crave has not been offered to me through another person yet. I know God's standard and am toeing one part of the line to the tee. Yet, the pull from the tides of desire is too strong. I can not fully reign them in. Just as the moon and the earth are counterpart magnets, the Holy Spirit is supposed to be my counterpart magnet as well. I just need to LOOK UP and see Christ walking alongside me on the beach. Offering the intimacy I desire in the flesh while being engaged to Him for the wedding supper in Heaven. Yet this rehearsal dinner of life seems to be taking so long between courses.

Yet, God you made the menu and the feast will be stupendous-beyond compare. let me just look up and sense what you are doing around me. May these words bless others as I make the strides to be like Him.

And splash with others along the way in holy huddles of humor and endurance while awaiting for the Messiah to appear today in my life.

an irresistible journey

Life has for itself an irresistible journey. To jump into the pond with both feet first getting wet and making a real big splash.

temptation 2

I am not going to be held by the demands by the hostage taker of the enemy Satan. Lord help me to stand firm to Jesus instead,

His wounds cover up our tears

The body of Christ is in the e.r. Rush. Scalpels, Needles, stethoscope, gyroscope, ekg, gps, ... the list goes on.
Wounded at Calvary Hill. Multiple lacerations, beatings, floggings. Left half naked on the cross. Too grim to bear.

Code Blue. Get a doctor in the house immediately. We must rescue Him. We are losing His vital signs.


That is what the scene probably would have looked like if played on a modern C.S.I. detective series. 'But it is a good thing that Jesus went the way he did. And the detectives in this case keep changing to try to win the case to their side, but God has covered up the wounds by our tears. It is the involvement of sharing in the suffering that we will all draw closer to Him. No matter what the personal struggle or pain you have experienced. glory to God.

temptation

all the way from Genesis to James and Revelation, the scriptures warn against temptation. It may feel like a relief from whatever one experiences. Looking back at times of temptation brought me to a verse from Genesis in which God looked at what He created and remarked about man, "now that is very good" I applied that to my particular temptation which I thought was fairly cool but it did not satisfy and was not very good. So, a good analogy I draw from this is that I need to respect how God created me and focus more on Him and less on me which is very hard for me to do since I like to see life fully mapped out with all the pieces along the way. I do not like surprises.


In James, it compares the tongue to a fire. A very small part of the body that can consume the parts of the world that it touches. Other small insignificant parts of the body can have a strong effect on ourselves and can consume our waking thoughts and essences of our lives.

So in faith, I am bringing the issues on my back side of my blog to the front so I may bless the community I have been blessing anyway so that I can become more of what Christ intends me to be.

And several times this morning the verse which states we all must give an account for how we have lived at the judgement seat of Christ for believers. For every careless and worthless deed. Yikes. I hope to be in the 12 items or less line. I don't want to hold others up for their rewards. But thank you Lord that you already redeemed me and I am in your thank you line. Let me live in a way worthy of my calling.

between the sinews and marrow

a phrase that i like is between the sinews and the marrrow. That is where much of Christianity takes root. In the very recesses of our crevices in our brain, in our guts where we often have to make gut-wrenching decisions. Not an easy place to navigate but Jesus did that as he bounced between Pilate and Herod as to exactly what would happen to Him on Good Friday. So whenever any of you readers feel like you are bouncing off the walls, Jesus has already shown the way of how to do it. May the Glory be to God.

I am left alone

I am left alone. Alone at first to get me used to living on my own. Tethered to the phone line. To keep a watchful eye on their son. When I first began to be left home alone, there were the periodic check-in visits to make sure all was okay. I used to hide in my room at times for fear of the constant b....ri..n....g of the phone. Then I ran down the stairs or up the stairs to catch the ringing phone. May sound silly, but to a 13 year old left alone for the first few times, that was the reality of it.

But as time went on it became a ritual and looking back on it now, maybe it is kind of silly. But then was the reality of that very moment.

At times, Lord, I forget that you are there. watching out for me and checking in on me with your b...ri..n..gs from your Holy Spirit. I am sure that I will be getting a ring from you soon since I misbehaved and broke some of your 10 commandments. But Lord be gracious to me for I know how to behave. Lord, grant me patience to trust you to provide for me what you desire. And let me take the back seat in patience for the lady that you will provide for me. All in your perfect timing. But for now Lord, I have you and that is all that I really need for a godly way of life.

Allow me Lord to see you clearly in my life so that I will have no other idols or gods before you. Let me see you in all the mundane moments of my life.