The lessons from a Rose!
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The lessons from a Rose!

Two days ago my son brought over a half dozen roses for his mother's birthday. The very next day, the roses were wilted and almost dead. I called the florist to let them know what happened. I was told that the stem end of each rose was to be cut off on an angle to let the water soak into the rose. If this is not done, the rose will wilt faster. This was done, but the roses never came back. The florist was good enough to give us fresh roses in place of the wilted ones. I quickly cut the stems on a angle and put them in water to slow down the wilting process. Now God did more that just put us in the living water, but he grafted us into Christ the root; the life giver.
I always seem to be looking for spiritual lessons to be learned from everyday events, and this was no exception. First, may I say, once the rose is cut from its root, it is dying. It is only a matter of time and it will wilt away. We are a lot like these roses. When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden of Eden they were cut off from God; their root. Now the dying process started. (Ps. 103:15, 16, "As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. For the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
And its place remembers it no more.") We are in the wilting stage of dying, but God in all His mercy and love has chosen to graft us in Christ. (Romans 11:17, where God is dealing with his people Israel, it is said, "And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree..." Here we are talking about Israel being the branches that were broken off, and we gentiles were grafted in and have been made partaker of the root. (New life in Christ). As said in Eph. 2:1 "And you He made alive,(grafted us in to give us life) who were dead in trespasses and sins"

I praise the Lord for the beauty of the Rose, but I also thank him for all the beauty I see in His saints who draw their life from the root; the Lord Jesus.
In the song "The Rose Lyrics" by Bette Midler it said,
When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed
that with the sun's love
in the spring
becomes the rose

I spelled it a little different "sun's" , "son's". And the rose becomes the Christian.
This my lesson from the Rose.

blowlng klssEs at 1:53 AM | | 0 comments

Crossroad

CROSSROADS

You have the chance to stop and sit,
And take stock of your life,
To wonder why the path you walk,
Is leading you to strife,
Are you walking with The Lord,
Perhaps you think you are,
Or taking on your life yourself,
You won't get very far.

The Lord is waiting patiently,
For you to rest in Him,
He wants to show you where you're at,
Your light is getting dim,
Be prepared to face the fact,
Refinement is the need,
The Holy Spirit wants to act,
So be aware and heed.

Your gifts are needed urgently,
By those lost in the dark,
But where's the beacon to the ones,
With whom you make your mark,
Give Him back the things you do,
Your everyday affairs,
And He will tune them into His,
All will be repaired.

blowlng klssEs at 1:52 AM | | 0 comments

Hello God...

HELLO GOD

Hello God,it's me again
I've learnt another way
To come into Your courts of praise
Each and every day
I've dropped all the pretending
My shopping list of greed
I aim to come, just as I am
A hopeless case, in need.

It's You I want, not just Your help
I've always missed the truth
I joined Your top insurance scheme
And then stood back, aloof
But now I know it's not enough
To hang around Your gate
I've got to get to know You Lord
Before it is too late.

blowlng klssEs at 1:50 AM | | 0 comments

Devotion

Devotion

It's been a journey, full of change
You had Your work cut out
Accepting me, just how I was
A sinner full of doubt
But slowly You have done the job
Of stripping down the mask
Today I stand upon the rock
You have fulfilled Your task
Of changing me into the child
That You made me to be
Devoted to Your guiding hand
Which saved a fool like me
From following the world, to death
Defeating satans plan
Through Jesus, I am born again
I'm Your devoted fan.

blowlng klssEs at 1:49 AM | | 0 comments

How...

HOW

How can I tell You how good I feel
Knowing that my walk with You is real
No longer having to strive and strain
I can relax in Your cleansing rain
Washing me daily of worldly grime
Arms reaching out for that special time
Spent with One who has given all
My strong support whenever I fall
Oh how I long to see Your face
Full of compassion, clothed in grace
You are the One who is worth it all
I patiently await Your call
Cleanse me deeply from within
All the things that cause my sin
Jettison and make me whole
Prepare me for Your heavenly role.

blowlng klssEs at 1:45 AM | | 0 comments

Heavy
Wednesday, February 07, 2007

HEAVY

We must be rather heavy
When to self we die
It must take a superman
To carry you and I
A very clever doctor
Who can raise us from the dead
Filling us with life anew
That's clean and pure instead.

We must be rather empty
Drained of worldly blight
Before we can be filled back up
With power, strength and might
Somewhat like a service
That tunes us up to be
A motivated mean machine
To set the captives free.

-=Verseode=-

blowlng klssEs at 11:41 PM | | 0 comments

BARRABAS
Monday, February 05, 2007

BARRABAS

In the cold and damp I waited there
Prepared to meet my fate.
A cruel cross was waiting there
Just outside the gate.

It was early in the morning,
The sun was barely up,
When suddenly a cry I heard
I knew my time was up.

A mob had gathered somewhere near to where I lay
And angry voices shouted
And with fear I listened
To what they had to say.

I held my breath and listened
As I heard them shout my name.
I knew my time had come
When I heard "On us will be the blame"

"Barrabas" the voices hollered
Then "Let him be crucified"
And then "His blood be on us and our children"
And I knew my life would end.

And all at once I heard him
And I knew he'd come for me.
His heavy tread it echoed
As he strolled along the way.

The keys he held, they jangled,
As to my cell he came.
And when it clicked with in the lock
My heart within me sunk.

I thought that I was ready.
I knew this day would come.
But now its here I'm petrified
At what I'm sure's to come

The hinges groaned while opening
as the door comes slowly open.
And the sullen guards just stand there
To escort me to my doom.

Without a word they turn
And lead me down the hall.
And when we reach the gateway
He turns and says "Your free."

I must have stood there blinking
Unable to believe my ear.
Because with a growl he orders
"Your free, get out of here."

"But why" I stammered
As I withdrew a pace
And with an evil grin he answered
"The Nazarenes to take your place."

So away from there I ran
I set a fiendish pace
Like all the host of hell are after me,
To drag me to their place.

How long I ran and where
I never can repeat.
But when I came back to myself
I stood at Calverys feet.

It was there that I first saw him,
The one who took my place.
As He hung upon my cross
I looked into His face.

The beating He received was brutal.
As I gazed upon his face
He hardly seemed a man.
That should have been my place.

But it was His eyes that captured me,
That look of love and grace.
That look He had it haunted me
and held me in my place.

And there it was He captured me,
That one who took my place
The one whose every act was love,
And every word was grace.

unpublished work copyright David Cloud 2000

blowlng klssEs at 6:27 PM | | 0 comments

You are Established

You are Established

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Do you know what it means to be established in righteousness? It means to be in a right place with God. To be able to stand in the presence of a holy, awesome, almighty, pure God, without a sense of guilt or inferiority.

Think about that! What must it be like to be established in righteousness? What must it be like to know without a shadow of a doubt that there's absolutely nothing wrong between you and God? No sin. Nothing. Everything is so right that every time you walk in the door, the Father says, "Yes, Yes, yes" before you can even ask Him for anything.

It is easy for us to believe things are that way between God and Jesus. But realize this. You were made the righteousness of God with exactly the same miraculous occurrence that made Him sin with your sin.

2 Corinthians 5 says, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away, behold, all things are become new... For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him"(verses 17,21).

You have exactly the same entrance to the heavenly Father as Jesus does. He loves you just a much as He loves Jesus (Read John 17:23)

I know that it's hard for you to grasp. It's hard for me too, but we have to keep working on it. We have to keep thinking about it all the time. We have to keep meditating on it and developing a righteousness-consciousness instead of a sin-consciousness. We have to keep becoming skilful in the Word of righteousness (See Hebrews 5:13)

Do you know what will happen as you do that? You won't be afraid to do exploits in the name of Jesus. You won't be afraid to act like Him. You won't be afraid to boldly claim what is yours in Christ Jesus. You won't be afraid to lay hands on the sick, believing they will recover. You won't be afraid to believe God for your healing, or for the finances you need.

So become skilful in the Word of righteousness. Receive that you have been made the righteousness of God in Christ. Receive that you are established in righteousness, stand before Him without any sense of guilt or inferiority and live in victory every day!

=amazzin=

blowlng klssEs at 2:07 AM | | 0 comments

God Is Love
Saturday, February 03, 2007

GOD IS LOVE

Who on earth are you trying to be
Someone deep in human pride
Straining,striving endlessly
To right the wrongs you'd like to hide.

What on earth was expected
Couldn't mould you into type
Put you down for every fault
Tears of pain you cannot wipe.

God is love,He knows you well
Loves you just the way you are
His arms outstretched are beckoning
Come here child, you are a star.

You're the one whom I created
No mistakes are made by Me
I can make you feel elated
And in Me you can be free.

blowlng klssEs at 12:16 AM | | 0 comments

What would your choice be? Whose way will you seek?
Wednesday, January 31, 2007

We are all faced with making hard choices in life.

In Genesis 24:1-67 we read about several people who had to make hard choices.

Abraham- it would have been easier for him to choose a local girl for Isaac to marry.

The Servant- what a tough assignment he was given he had to choose the perfect wife for his master’s son.

Rebekah- had to choose between going to marry a stranger or staying with her family.

We all have to make Choices. Abraham obeyed God, the servant trusted God and Rebekah trusted the servant because the God of his master and her God where the same.

Trust and obey those two words go together. It reminds me of the hymn with the same name

Trust and Obey

1. When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will, He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there's no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

2. Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

3. Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we trust and obey.

4. But we never can prove the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows, for the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

5. Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His feet,
Or we'll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do, where He sends we will go;
Never fear, only trust and obey.
Will you go your way? Or God's way?

Questions to Ponder:
What choice is confronting you today?
What is making it a difficult choice?
How is God asking you to trust Him in this situation? Will you obey Him?

blowlng klssEs at 1:31 AM | | 0 comments

Poem: Cry For Help

Cry For Help

Here I sit inside my cell
Imprisoned by my mind
The world goes by without my help
It manages, I find
The dark and dingy place I live
Brings comfort to my soul
For I am safe inside my tower
My non demanding hole.

Created by almighty God
We've kept apart, so far
I know He'd like to call me son
But I'm locked in my jar
I'm heading for a future, dark
I'm following the one
Who hates the ground I stand upon
But where else can I run.

I'm getting quite depressed, right now
To think, there is a way
Of getting out of this dark cell
So I can go and play
With Father God, who loves me so
His Son was killed for me
Oh come and rescue me, right now
And end this misery.

blowlng klssEs at 1:28 AM | | 0 comments

Wednesday, May 03, 2006