Bloggers Paradise

Baskin Robbins has 31 flavors, but I know of a place with more. Each one with the goal of not pleasing me, but of pleasing the one that spoke all things into being. I see Italian Ice Cream - Gelato, and other factories tempting me with with their goods. But I just can't seem to leave the place that stays true to the Master's proven recipes.

Revision

...Three stanzas completed, four lines each of equal meter, alternating rhyme. True and emotive, without error but one, without love. So in this instant, off the cuff age, I found a new friend in button which reads 'Delete,' and in an instant, my error is erased (more accurately, the full consequences of my error are erased).

144,000

An avid music fan since my teenage years, I would often encounter music that just didn't make sense to me. Neither was it pleasing to listen to, nor were the lyrics comprehensible. So much has changed over the years. Just as what spit did in the eyes of a blind man, I feel the same about what I am able to hear. Sometimes what I listen to, others will not understand. But I know that something has been awaken, and I can enjoy what others still don't understand.


Rev. 14:3 And they sang a new song...No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

Longing

Sunlight pierces through the clouds. Closes the day with sherbert clouds and blue skies. Into the evening I return to work. At 2:00 a.m., I should be home. Cars still pass by. Electric devices surround me, and I long to stroll in the cool autumn evening as I did before I knew better. Before the 24 hour pharmacies and the corner head shops arrived. Before the drive-bys and the all night bright lights. Before safety was a concern (how having children can change your sense of reckless abandon). An evening in the remote countryside still declares His glory. But within these four walls, these walls, fluorescent lights, the air is conditioned, the water is chlorinated, and still there is pollution no E.P.A. can tackle - a spiritual battle involving the heart and mind (is there such a dichotomy?). There is also a longing for pure water, pure light, eternity. Yet everything seems to be rags. Wishful thinking to escape the battle grounds. My arms are weary, mental fatigue sets in and I want to rest....

Homeward Bound

Sunday, a distress call came. I knew something was brewing, but I was deep in my own quagmire. It was literally a matter of life and death. Revealed again was why I had undergone the same suffering in the past.

Rev. 7:17 ...and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

Plato Paragon

Plato, a follower of Socrates, and teacher of Aristotle. But how does the surname relate to the first name? One might look for a pattern for comparison. Plato is a model used for illustrative purposes. Why follow Socrates and how can I teach Aristotle if they are dead? Whom then should I follow?

Title Deed

Every year, at least one person asks me, "What is your favorite car?" For a several years, the answer was - a 1995 Mercury Tracer. With a puzzled look on the inquirers face, as if I misunderstood the question or they didn't hear me clearly, they would respond by saying, "A what?", or "No, really." I'm certain they were expecting me to say something like a Ferrari, Maserati, or Lotus. I explained, that the 1995 Mercury Tracer was my favorite car because it was paid for, I no longer owed the bank, and was not in debt to somebody for this car. I held the title. Now I can say the same about a 2001 Toyota Land Cruiser. Although it is very thirsty (11-13 mpg), maintenance has been nothing more than routine. And I hold the title.

I can't say that about my house. But someday, my car will succumb to the elements, and repairs on this house will be constant until its final day. But how narrow minded I would be if these things were my primary concern.

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For quite some time, I thought that I held the title deed to myself. Master of my own destiny I thought. I tried to own something that wasn't mine, and I hadn't paid for.

I am fascinated about a title deed that no man can fulfill the requirements to open it. It's for the greatest closing to come.

Listen

The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

-- Revelation

These elephant ears (colocasia) stretch toward the light to grow well. They also flourish when provided generous amounts of water.

Revelation's repetitions bear repeating.

Connected

I am fascinated with this intrument we have been given, the mouth. Not just the sounds that emanate forth, but the thought (or lack of thought) that precedes. An artist spends hours, days, years, contemplating the right relationship between the notes, the melody, not just the technical aspects of the music and song, but ultimately how it may be received by the listener's ear. People very dear to me have asked, "can you teach me how to say things correctly?" It is true, I have spent a considerable amount of time studying communication, but the crux of the entire matter regarding effective communication lies in the heart. Until one accepts that it is a matter of the heart, all of the rest is just rhetoric.

Unveiling

66 rests on 65, which speaks of 3, that are one; before, now and what is to come. May I be ready to hear, and not neglect what was written to 7, to fear none, and take to heart, the finest instruction.

Rebuilding

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, but searched the scriptures daily, to prove whether those things were so. (Acts 17:11)

Several organizations are currently making efforts to rebuild the Temple. What are the implications if/when the temple gets rebuilt? Why should this concern me?

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I see a pattern in what I read:

Some Good News

The Bad News

An Exhortation

And a Promise

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How does all of this tie together? I need to do some searching, but not alone.

The Dark

When I was 12 years old, I began a fascinating journey through a literary series called The Dark Is Rising. It played well into my my fantasies for something greater in life than what I was currently experiencing - my parents divorce. The series was difficult to read, but thoroughly captivating. And the subject was timeless, the battle between good and evil. Now my son 9 years of age is reading the series.

I have begun a journey into another fascinating book which reads much like a fantasy fiction novel such as The Dark Is Rising, yet the story is neither fiction nor fantasy. Swords and blazing fire, seven stars and seven lampstands, the tree of life, the crown of life, the second death, the white stone, the morning star, the book of life, creatures with six wings, and scrolls and seals. As an adult, I have tried to read this book previously, yet found it difficult reading. It definately requires guidance to understand. I am thankful that I've been assigned the best guide, and am surrounded with a team well equipped to go on this journey with me.

Intentions

Columbus day. 3/4 of staff out of office. Full schedule. Kids out of school and I was to watch them until I got the calls and text messages. I know who I'm up against, but I know who is on my side. Victory will not come from any battle skills I've learned from the world, but from that underacknowledged battle position which begins with one one his knees.

Posts

post under construction...

Two days later -

I purposed to post today

But the day interupted

There was something to say

So I thought

Then my child couldn't wait

And I did what I ought

To say I was negligent

And to that I must say

To post was my intention

But my intentions were not the plans

Someone else had for me today.

Kings

The king pours out his heart, holding nothing back, to the the one who already knows.

From one king to another, I admire the relationship they have shown.

Generations

The brief time that I have had with my grandfather has made an enormous impression on my life. He worked many jobs - owned a gas station, built and tested submarines in WWII, then went to work for LTV. But the work that I remember him for was his avid gardening. I wanted to draw analogies between gardening and life, generations and ancestors, lasting impressions. But the truth of the matter is.......I miss him.

Dark and Light

Dark matter - it cannot be observed by radio, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, X-ray, or gamma-ray telescopes, known by its gravitational effect on normal matter. Dark energy -a mysterious force behind the expansion of the universe. This expansion could continue to accelerate until the universe is ripped apart, or could go into reverse with a giant implosion.

Fascinating indeed, but there is only one presence I need. And the ending has already been written, but it sounds too far fetched for many to believe.

Patterns

Ex.25:40

It is no suprise that a good pattern, with the right tools and techniques will yield the promised results with mathmatical precision. I see the patterns made by a master designer, and know that I must prepare my tools for the work ahead.

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." ---- Abraham Lincoln