Morning Musings
So much is in my head this morning! I don't remember it being like this when I was younger but now it seems the thinking never stops. I guess I am making up for lost time....I am a natural blonde, you know!
So where do I start? I guess I could start with that Purple Hyacinth Bean Vine around the mailbox. I LOVE gathering those dried seed pods off that vine. I don't know why. I guess there is a feeling of awe at the magnitude of the harvest. Yes, and then there is the sheer child-like joy of hunting for them. It's almost like an easter egg hunt. It's such a small thing but it has given me much pleasure this summer. It is almost time to pull it up, along with the Morning Glory that took over one whole side of the mailbox and completely covered the door. We have another week for it probably.
In the "Deep Thought" area, I have been mulling over several things about introspection and appearance. I was reading a blog last night by a conservative guy named Bill Whittle. MAN! He said some good things even though they were interspersed with profanity that could have been left out. He got the point across.
He was writing about New Orleans, 9/11, Iraq, Abu Garib and other such current catastrophes. In reading them, I realize that I am with him on most everything. I don't agree with a couple of things but he has some very good thoughts.
He made me look a little deeper at myself and realize that I am a liberal at heart. By that I mean that, if left to myself with no spiritual grounding, I would be just that. I would be hugging trees and idolizing penguins and whales. I would decry the demise of the ozone layer and would lauch a patriotic march against the abusers of those poor prisoners of war at Abu Garib. I could be easily impressed with the liberal media and be mad at President Bush and every other person that had the audacity to have any confidence.
I realize that I want to analyze everything. I analyze my family, my church, the bus kids, the culture and even the mice that have built a nest in the blower of Grandma's car. I can rationalize anything as long as it SOUNDS reasonable.
I want the world to be a wonderful place where Christians are good and kind and never have ulterior motives and where the bad people are easy to spot by the tattoos and piercings and unkempt look they sport. We have a culture now that says that is impossible but I wonder!
This musing could get very deep but my time is limited this morning so I will end this by saying, I want my children to present to the world an honest front. I hope they learned that in their home. I hope they understand that doing less is a lie. I hope they also understand that trying to blend into the world by appearance is truly hypocrisy if in your heart you know that you really are NOT like them. What is it about the world that is so appealing? Is it the fear of not "fitting in"?
We need to understand Who God is. We will someday stand before Him and give an account for the deeds done in our flesh.(Lest anyone misunderstand, I do realize that as a christian, my sins are already judged on the cross. I am speaking here of the supposed works done in the flesh that make people know I am a Christian.) What difference will the judgements of the world make at that time? Will I stand before Him embarrassed and truly crushed in my heart because I wasted the time He so freely gave me for a few measly crumbs from the table of popularity or entertainment? Things will seem different then. I will see Him as He is and I believe that my heart will be filled with that perfect love that I have tried so hard to achieve here on this earth. I will understand the depth of His love for me and the shallowness of my love for Him. And I am sure I will be ashamed!
I need to spend more time with Him!!
Ps 139:23 (KJV) "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
So where do I start? I guess I could start with that Purple Hyacinth Bean Vine around the mailbox. I LOVE gathering those dried seed pods off that vine. I don't know why. I guess there is a feeling of awe at the magnitude of the harvest. Yes, and then there is the sheer child-like joy of hunting for them. It's almost like an easter egg hunt. It's such a small thing but it has given me much pleasure this summer. It is almost time to pull it up, along with the Morning Glory that took over one whole side of the mailbox and completely covered the door. We have another week for it probably.
In the "Deep Thought" area, I have been mulling over several things about introspection and appearance. I was reading a blog last night by a conservative guy named Bill Whittle. MAN! He said some good things even though they were interspersed with profanity that could have been left out. He got the point across.
He was writing about New Orleans, 9/11, Iraq, Abu Garib and other such current catastrophes. In reading them, I realize that I am with him on most everything. I don't agree with a couple of things but he has some very good thoughts.
He made me look a little deeper at myself and realize that I am a liberal at heart. By that I mean that, if left to myself with no spiritual grounding, I would be just that. I would be hugging trees and idolizing penguins and whales. I would decry the demise of the ozone layer and would lauch a patriotic march against the abusers of those poor prisoners of war at Abu Garib. I could be easily impressed with the liberal media and be mad at President Bush and every other person that had the audacity to have any confidence.
I realize that I want to analyze everything. I analyze my family, my church, the bus kids, the culture and even the mice that have built a nest in the blower of Grandma's car. I can rationalize anything as long as it SOUNDS reasonable.
I want the world to be a wonderful place where Christians are good and kind and never have ulterior motives and where the bad people are easy to spot by the tattoos and piercings and unkempt look they sport. We have a culture now that says that is impossible but I wonder!
This musing could get very deep but my time is limited this morning so I will end this by saying, I want my children to present to the world an honest front. I hope they learned that in their home. I hope they understand that doing less is a lie. I hope they also understand that trying to blend into the world by appearance is truly hypocrisy if in your heart you know that you really are NOT like them. What is it about the world that is so appealing? Is it the fear of not "fitting in"?
We need to understand Who God is. We will someday stand before Him and give an account for the deeds done in our flesh.(Lest anyone misunderstand, I do realize that as a christian, my sins are already judged on the cross. I am speaking here of the supposed works done in the flesh that make people know I am a Christian.) What difference will the judgements of the world make at that time? Will I stand before Him embarrassed and truly crushed in my heart because I wasted the time He so freely gave me for a few measly crumbs from the table of popularity or entertainment? Things will seem different then. I will see Him as He is and I believe that my heart will be filled with that perfect love that I have tried so hard to achieve here on this earth. I will understand the depth of His love for me and the shallowness of my love for Him. And I am sure I will be ashamed!
I need to spend more time with Him!!
Ps 139:23 (KJV) "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
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