Dead Dogs at the Dinner Table

"dead dogs at the dinner table?"Another of my favorite stories in the Bible...Mephibosheth & David
 2 Samuel 9:8 "What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?" Talk about 'Amazing Grace'...The knock on the door meant that Mephibosheth was no longer hidden from David. Would David do as other kings did and massacre every potential rival to his throne? No, instead David went against the 'norm', he demonstrated love and grace...just like Jesus! A similar promise is given to the followers of Jesus. Jesus told the disciples that they would eat and drink at His table in heaven (Luke 22:30) This story of Mephibosheth & David, I can totally relate to "M", I feel the exact same way..."how could Jesus possibly do what He did for such a dead dog like me?" "Amazing Grace...that's all I have to say about that!"
"Thank You Lord, Thank You Jesus!"

Speaking of feeling overwhelmed

more prayer needed Lord....I just blogged on the importance of prayer, and wouldn't you know it...these 'feelings' of being overwhelmed, come in like a flood! The CNC Machining class I'm taking is pushing into "overload"...3 quizzes next week! Class time, on-line modules, work, cars that won't run right, the "stuff-of-every-day-life", is wanting to mount up on me Lord....and so, I pray another day...."Lord, help me!"

Be Prepared

"always, be prepared" Ah, the old boyscout motto...Mark 13:33  says, "Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is." Calamity, it seems, is all around us...it can be overwhelming. "What can I do?" Ephesians 6:18 says, "with this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying" Want a good 'weapon'? Prayer!..prayer is one of the most, if not the most, powerful weapon we have. Are you praying always? After the Word of God, prayer is our best weapon! "Thank You Lord, for both!"

Little g, or Big G

"define God" Psalm 121:1-2 "I lift up my eyes to the hills— where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth." Because there are so many god's (little g) whom people worship and serve today, I must classify Our God (Big G)... "The only true and the living God, the Creator of the heaven and the earth." Now you're defining Him. That's the God that we worship!

One of my favorite Psalms, thank you Lord!

Gap standers wanted

"There is one Man" Ezekiel 22:30 "I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall, but I found no one." Throughout history, God has asked us 'to stand in the gap' for His Name...but we fail Him! Thankfully one Man has, Jesus Christ, our intercessor has reconciled us to God through the blood of His cross. I often have these "grand illusions", these desires...to be this "mighty man of God", but fail miserably. The Lord is merciful. The Lord is plenteous in mercy, slow to wrath and slow to anger. But will He always be so? There will come a day when God must judge. Though He is reluctant, His hand is forced. Now as we see the conditions that brought upon the destruction of Israel, the things that were going on, we look around the land today we see the things that are happening here. History is repeating itself. The principles are still the same; God is still merciful, plenteous in mercy, and God is still looking for men to stand before God for the land. To build up the hedge, to stand in the gap lest He destroy. But God's judgment, though it lingers of a long time, will surely come. "What must I do to be saved?" "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved" Acts 16:30-31
"Thank You Jesus", You make me want to be a better man

Interruptions May Be From God

"doin' my own thing?" Proverbs 16:9 "We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps." Ever make plans...and your plans get disturbed? Maybe, just maybe God is trying to stop me...How many times our plans have been changed by the Lord, God throws the monkey wrench in and stops us...If I pray and ask God to help me to do His will, and I pray and say "God, keep me in Your way"...and interruptions come, perhaps that is God?

"Help me Lord to be "open" to interruptions, they could be from You."

Repeat, Often As Needed

"waiting = trust?" Isaiah 30:18 "But the LORD still waits for you to come to Him so he can show you His love and compassion. For the LORD is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for Him to help them." I often wonder why the Lord waits to do things in my life...Whenever the Lord waits or seems to delay, it always has a loving purpose behind it. We can trust that even when we don’t understand it. Say it with me now..."I can Trust in My Lord!"....Repeat as often as needed!"

Psalm 37:7 says..."Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act."