A Brand New Day :0)
Written by FAVORED1 on January 21, 2009 – 11:22 am -
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the LORD; He guides it wherever He pleases.
Proverbs 21:1
A Brand New Day
Good Morning Beloved,
I hope you’re having a good morning. The last couple of days have gone by so fast. I say it all the time, but time is FLYING! I was telling my daughter, that it only seemed like yesterday I was flipping channels, and ran across Oprah talking to a young Ilinois Senator I had never heard of. He was talking about his plans to run for President. I remember thinking, ‘hmmm… that’s interesting, well he doesn’t seem like a bad choice. He was obviously intelligent, educated, articulate and seemed like a pretty decent person.‘ Yesterday he became the 44th President of the United States…. I saw many beautiful images throughout the day. My family watched inaugaration events from early yesterday morning, until 10:00pm last night. What touched me was the dignity and respect President Obama and First Lady Michelle showed to Mr. and Mrs. Bush. I thought to myself, what a gentleman… what a lady. I have heard the most vile and ugly comments, jokes, and cartoons about the former President… even from those who name the name of Christ. President Obama, demonstrated the love of Christ in a way that we all should take note. Whether or not you agree or disagree with a person, whether of not you like them or not, there is a way to disagree respectfully. I noticed that he ran his campaign that way as well. I’m often reminded of the story of Saul and David. Saul was a king (that never even wanted to be king in the first place), who put the voices of the people, above the voice of God. Towards the end of his life he was a paranoid, miserable wreck. The Spirit of God had departed from him, and he was tormented by an evil spirit. His one mission in life was to kill David. God was with David and Saul knew it. David went on the run from Saul. He had many opportunities to kill Saul. His men told him that he would not have to do it… they would kill Saul for him. David steadfastly refused. He said that he would not be the one to kill ”the Lord’s anointed”. David, respected the mere fact that Saul had been anointed by God as king… he respected the office. He told them that God would deal with Saul, he would not. At no time do you read of David even so much as speaking an unkind word to or about Saul. As a matter of fact, one of the most beautiful songs he wrote was about the death of Saul and his son Jonathan. You may ask, “does that mean I can’t have an opinion, or be angry about a situation?”. Absolutely not. There is nothing wrong with having an opinion, they are like belly buttons … everybody has one. We should get angry over injustice, but the bible says to “sin not”. As an individual and as a nation we have much work to do. Jesus told us to ‘occupy’ (do business – live) until He comes. God has called us to be good stewards of the life he has given us and to do our part. For me that is a sobering thought. There is coming a “reckening” day -my Grandma used to call it (sooner than we think), when each of us will be called by God, to give an account of what we did with our time here. On that day, it won’t matter who did what to whom, who liked us or didn’t like us, what was fair and what wasn’t, or any of the multitudes of ways in which we divide ourselves. The scales will be tipped in the favor of those who trusted their lives to Jesus, and the only words that will matter will be, “well done, good and faithful servant, you have been faithful over a few things, now I will make you ruler of many…enter into the joy of the Lord”.
….and that favored child of God is Good News!
U Blessed
Have A Fabulous Day
Regina
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