May the mumbling commence!
Today is my tenth wedding anniversary to my lovely
Anita. I am hers. She is mine.
Our relationship is supposed to reflect the relationship between Christ
and the church, his Bride. We are each
other’s helpmate. It is a
twenty-four/seven job. Read Psalm
One-hundred Twenty-one:
I look up to the mountains—
does my help come from there?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made the heavens and the earth!
He
will not let you stumble and fall;
the
one who watches over you will not sleep.
Indeed,
he who watches over Israel
never tires and
never sleeps.
The Lord
himself watches over you!
The Lord
stands beside you as your protective
shade.
The
sun will not hurt you by day,
nor
the moon at night.
The Lord
keeps you from all evil
and preserves
your life.
The
Lord keeps watch over you as you
come and go,
both now and
forever.
It’s no wonder that this grouping of Psalms is called the
Psalms of ascent. What can better lift
us up than thoughts like these? Our help
comes from the Lord – ever and always.
The Lord is there for us at any time of day or night. Thank You, O God, for being our protective
shade.
May the relationship between Anita and I be so
protective and constant. It’s not about
loving her more. It’s about loving her
more constantly in the moment. That’s
the splendor on the love of God.
We are made new.
I remember an old commercial that said, “Is it live or is it Memorex.” Our God is a living God. We no longer need to depend on poor
substitutes. Read from Hebrews chapter
eight:
Here is the main point: Our
High Priest sat down in the place of highest honor in heaven, at God's
right hand. There he ministers in the
sacred tent, the true place of worship that was built by the Lord and
not by human hands.
And since every high priest is required to offer gifts
and sacrifices, our High Priest must make an offering, too. If he were here on earth, he would not even
be a priest, since there already are priests who offer the gifts required by
the law of Moses. They serve in a place of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was
getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning: "Be sure that you make everything
according to the design I have shown you here on the mountain." But our High Priest has been given a ministry that is far superior to the ministry of those
who serve under the old laws, for he is
the one who guarantees for us a better covenant with God, based on better
promises. (Verses 1-6)
Let’s not settle for Memorex anymore. Nothing but the real, living God, Baby.
Enough mumbling for now…
Peace Out
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