Monday... I wonder what He is like?

Do you ever ask yourself that question or maybe someone else that question? I wonder what God is like? That is a good question to ask, isn't it? And the Bible is a great place to search for your answer.

Solomon wrote a book called Proverbs. In chapter 6 he gives us some insight about God. In verse 16 (NLT), Solomon says, "There are six things the Lord hates - no, seven things he detests:" Now knowing what someone hates gives us some understanding about them. Verses 17 & 18 says, "haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that plot evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family." That tells us what we need to not do if we want a relationship with Him.

Here is the way The MESSAGE Paraphrase puts it, "Here are six things God hates, and one more that he loathes with passion: eyes that are arrogant, a tongue that lies, hands that murder the innocent, a heart that hatches evil plats, feet that race down a wicked track, a mouth that lies under oath, a troublemaker in the family." Anyone of those describe you?

Here's another picture about God. David was Solomon's father and he writes in Psalm 36:5 - 9 (NLT), "Your unfailing love, O Lord, is as vast as the heaven; your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the ocean depths. You care for people and animals alike. How precious is your unfailing love, O God! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings. You feed them from the abundance of your own house, letting them drink from your river of delights. For you are a fountain of life, the light by which we see."

Now I want a relationship with God and I don't want to mess it up with doing what He hates. Just a thought. Now His grace and forgiveness can wipe the slate clean, if we ask Him. But we probably shouldn't keep doing what He hates. Don't you think? Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together!

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together! They really do. And this is what caught my attention this morning as I was reading Proverbs 2. Verse 1 (NRSVUE) says, "My child, if you accept my words and treasure my commands within you." Verse 3 (NIV), "Indeed i f you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, Verse 4, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, Verse 5, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God." And verses 9-11, " Then you will understand what is right and just and fair - every good path. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you." There will always be some effort we must do, some ifs for the thens to be realized in our lives. So many of us want to understand without the ifs. But the thens are so worth, so very worth the effort. Verses 5-6 in the Ampli...

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless.

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless. It really can. I have found that unless I give the correct email of my wife then I can't get what I wanted. I put an extra i in her email and I have been working for 5 days to get it changed. Unless has been useless. The writer of Psalm 94 uses this word and shows how important it is. Verses 17-19 (NLT) says, "Unless the Lord had helped me, I would have soon settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, 'I'm slipping!' but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." "Unless the Lord had helped me." So many people go on and on and on striving to live their life on their own but they keep slipping and doubting and living without hope and cheer. Yes the Lord has such unfailing love for us, he really does but unless we have a relationship with him and we turn to him and ask him for help then the unless turns in to useless because h...

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