The footsteps. I see my path, it runs back, crazy and wndering. Up and down, going sideways, front and back.
I look back as the tide rolls in, erasing my footprints...erasing me?
I walk on and on. Trudging through life, only to turn and watch the timeless, unchanging time wipe my steps away.
We walk,hand in hand down along the shore. In the fading light, we alk together unassuming in out happiness. The sun sets, the sun rises. We go on blissfully unaware of the consistent waves, lapping at our heels, erasing our past. Walking high upon the shore, moving away from the waves.
Things get rocky. Splittig ways, I wander back down, down to the shore. Glancing back, yet again-the waves do not reach the rocks, unable to erase my steps, the pain lingers.
My heart grows heavy. My feet drag, I wander closer to the edge of the shore, closer and closer to the edge of the shore. No longer walking close to the edge. But in the ocean, leaving no trace, always going deeper and deeper into the numbing cold.
The place of mindless repetition.
Knowing God (July 19)
"Then God spoke to Moses, telling him, 'I am Yahweh, I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as GOd Almighty, but I did not make My name Yaweh known to them'" -Exodus 6:2-3
A God has walked with His poele through the generations, He has progressively revealed His nature according to His purposes and teh needs of His people. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob knew Him as God Almighty, because they needed His mighty power to pretect them from thie ememies. Moses and the Israelites learned that God was Lord, Master over every nation and every thing. God not only delivered them from the most powerful ruler in teh world, but also brought them into the pRomised Land. They came to experience Him as Lord, preeminently powerful over the pagan gods of their day.
God will contintue to reveal His character to you according to your needs and according to His purposes. You will come to know more and more about Him as you obey Him. When you grieve, He will come to you as Comforter. When you are in need, He will demonstrate that He s the Provider. When you face a serious challenge, He will reveal that He is God Almighty.
Your understanding og God's character ought to be greater now than when you first became a Christian. You ought to know Him today better than you did five years ago. Sadly, some Chritsians continue to live year after year with the same basic knowledge of God that they had when they first began walking with him. Whatever your present situation, view it in the light of what God is teaching you, through circumstances, about Himself and you will come to know God in dimensions you have know Him before.
Experiencing God Day by Day: A Devotional Journal.
A God has walked with His poele through the generations, He has progressively revealed His nature according to His purposes and teh needs of His people. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob knew Him as God Almighty, because they needed His mighty power to pretect them from thie ememies. Moses and the Israelites learned that God was Lord, Master over every nation and every thing. God not only delivered them from the most powerful ruler in teh world, but also brought them into the pRomised Land. They came to experience Him as Lord, preeminently powerful over the pagan gods of their day.
God will contintue to reveal His character to you according to your needs and according to His purposes. You will come to know more and more about Him as you obey Him. When you grieve, He will come to you as Comforter. When you are in need, He will demonstrate that He s the Provider. When you face a serious challenge, He will reveal that He is God Almighty.
Your understanding og God's character ought to be greater now than when you first became a Christian. You ought to know Him today better than you did five years ago. Sadly, some Chritsians continue to live year after year with the same basic knowledge of God that they had when they first began walking with him. Whatever your present situation, view it in the light of what God is teaching you, through circumstances, about Himself and you will come to know God in dimensions you have know Him before.
Experiencing God Day by Day: A Devotional Journal.
A work in progress.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Sitting, sitting, under the tree,
wandering, wandering, in my mind.
The thoughts flow,
one to another, unceasingly.
Hate, such a strong word.
An even stronger feeling.
Deeply cemented into my heart...
unable to root it out.
Betrayal,
Lies. Everywhere, everyone.
No one is left unaffected.
The withering touch, pulls,
pulls apart families and lives.
wandering, wandering, in my mind.
The thoughts flow,
one to another, unceasingly.
Hate, such a strong word.
An even stronger feeling.
Deeply cemented into my heart...
unable to root it out.
Betrayal,
Lies. Everywhere, everyone.
No one is left unaffected.
The withering touch, pulls,
pulls apart families and lives.
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