This is a powerful message for everyone from Joy Cottage. Have a blessed day!
My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgment and discretion; they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck. Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble. When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your […]
Return to Me!
I hold out my hands
Only love warms,
Fills
My heart of hearts
I long for you
Return to me
O child of my love
Return to me
Bliss awaits, safety,
Rest for every
All who return
To the embrace
Of my arms.
Give up the illusions
Of a world gone mad
Drunk, full of lust for
Only itself
Deluded by a dark
Voice calling
From the slime
Pits of hell
You know him
Look away
See only me &
I will return to you.
Come home
Come home
Follow my Grace
This warm embrace
Waiting for
You. I await,
Calling your
Name ceaselessly.
We hear a lot today about Relative Morality. The goodness or badness of your behavior is only relative to what you think or feel it should be. There is no longer for a lot of people a universal morality—no general idea of good or evil. So therefore, could we conclude that people are all okay no matter how they act?
In our culture in the U.S., one of the S words, sin, has just about been taken out of existence, sadly, even in a lot of our churches. Some churches just say God loves you and wants to bless you which is true. But they forget He is a god of justice and is also our truest judge. This world belongs to Him.
1 John 8 says If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. Later in verse 10 is stated If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us. 1 John 2:2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
God is not stupid. If there had not been a powerful need for Jesus to die on that cross, God would not have sent Him to earth to suffer through such a horrific death. We are simply put impure sinners unable to perfect and save ourselves. We are overwhelmingly blessed that someone as beautiful, perfectly pure and wonderful as our Creator wants to loves us as much as He does. May God bless your day. Praise God!!
We Dream
This dream, only a sigh,
Imperfect as of yet on
this side of the waters,
we stand waiting,
to be departed,
Soon, but hoping not too soon
until we finish the singing of this life’s song.
Obliterate my senses, my knowledge
So I no longer feel, see, taste,
In order to forget this world.
We dream, long, lust for
That other side of the water,
That other shore whose name,
As of yet, only Whispers
within my heart.
We dream a dream unseen but
Felt
inside, this hidden glory.
We speak of and seek for this
Our never-ending story.
May God bless your day!
Light
Beams, thick shafts
This light
So clear, illuminating
The air
Around me
Enclosed, surrounded
In the middle
I stand
Inside this pure essence
Of light
I look to see, observe
feel
Raise a hand
I too am made
Of light
Mingling, becoming,
Blending
Transfixed, held by,
Composed of the
ephemeral Light
From overhead.
Until
I join, melt into
The material falling
From above
No longer separate,
Joined now,
Together with,
No longer the I
Of me
Only the us
Of we, together
I stand
Within the essence of
You
Every human on this planet has an inner need to be joined with our Creator. We are made of the same eternal spiritual material as our Father. We get ourselves into trouble when we go trying to meet that need in the wrong places: sex, alcohol, drugs, ego, temporary pleasure. Only a close, intimate relationship with Him can give the fulfillment, joy and contentment that only He can give. Praise God!!
We were created by Love, through Love and for Love’s own pleasure. God created us because He was so full of goodness it could not be contained. So, He wanted to share all of Himself with someone. God is a giver and literally needs nothing from us. He already lives in perfect harmony with God the Son and God, the Holy Spirit. I believe writer/pastor Timothy Keller called it their dance of perfect harmony in one of his books.
God is the key, we are the lock waiting to be unlocked to get to know Him better. He just wants to share all of his beauty and glory with you every day. Won’t you take the time to get to know Him better? He can be found within the pages of the Bible, waiting for you to get to know Him. It is a truly amazing book.
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