Greetings Free People...Warning, Danger, LOOK OUT!
"Wine is a mocker...strong drink is a brawler...and whoever is led astray by it (the mocking wine and brawling strong drink) is not wise (aka...a fool)."
(Pro-Verbs 20:1 with Ruminator emphasis)
"Wine is a mocker...strong drink a riotous brawler, and whoever errs or reels because of it is not wise."
(Pro-Verbs 20:1 The Amplified Bible)
QUESTION:
"Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness and dimness of eyes?
(Pro-Verbs 23:29 The Amplified Bible)
ANSWER:
"Those who tarry long at wine, they who go to seek and try mixed wine. Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the wineglass, when it goes down smoothly. At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder (poison snake). (Under the influence of wine) your eyes will behold strange things [and loose women], and your mind will utter things turned the wrong way, untrue, incorrect and petulant. Yes, you will be [as unsteady] as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, and [as open to disaster] as he who lies upon the top of a mast. You will say, they struck me, but I was not hurt! They beat me [as with a hammer], but I did not feel it! When shall I awake? I will crave and seek more wine again [and escape reality].
(Pro-Verbs 23:30-35 The Amplified Bible)
In a world filled with alcoholics...is it any wonder...the Bible is filled with warnings against excessive drinking?
NOTE: I do not believe that there is a prohibition against drinking...but there are enough warnings against the excessive imbibing we have have in this country.
Christians are not immune to this thing called alcohol. A cursory look at the deeds of the flesh...in Galatians 5:21 lists drunkenness and revelries. Sometimes...a Christian feels they have freedom to do certain things...thinking they will not reap the consequences.
"In [this] freedom Christ has made us free--completely liberated us; stand fast then, and do not be hampered and held ensnared and submit again to a yoke of slavery--which you have once put off."
(Galatians 5:1 The Amplified Bible)
"Everything is permissible for me--allowable and lawful...but NOT ALL THINGS ARE HELPFUL--GOOD FOR ME TO DO, expedient and profitable when you considered with other things. Everything is lawful for me, but I will not BECOME THE SLAVE OF ANYTHING...or brought under it's power."
(I Corinthians 5:12 The Amplified Bible)
There are just to many Christians who are SLAVES to the things/deeds OF THE FLESH and SIN.
"And do not get drunk with wine...wherein is excess/for that is debauchery...but ever be filled and stimulated with the (Holy) Spirit."
(Ephesians 5:18 The Amplified Bible)
r.l.b.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
PRO-VERBS 19:27 Dear Son...Love Dad
Dear son,
"Cease listening, my son, to discipline, and you will stray from the words of knowledge."
(Pro-Verbs 19:27)
"...discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness; for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things since it holds promise for the PRESENT life and also for the LIFE TO COME." (I Timothy 4:7-8)
"Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech (what you say), conduct (how you act), love (what your motivation is), faith (what you believe) and purity, (what you allow in your life), show yourself an example of those who believe." (I Timothy 4:12)
The word discipline means to practice naked...unencumbered as your train for the race.
As of this writing...it is Father's Day. As a Father...along with Brenda my wife...we poured into our son...life lessons, love, discipline, correction, etc. If Phillip listens...and does...he will not stray from our words of love. However there comes a time when he must DISCIPLINE HIMSELF...for the purpose of godliness.
My Father's Day prayer is that seed planted will grow and bear fruit.
I love you son.
Dad
"Cease listening, my son, to discipline, and you will stray from the words of knowledge."
(Pro-Verbs 19:27)
"...discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness; for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things since it holds promise for the PRESENT life and also for the LIFE TO COME." (I Timothy 4:7-8)
"Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech (what you say), conduct (how you act), love (what your motivation is), faith (what you believe) and purity, (what you allow in your life), show yourself an example of those who believe." (I Timothy 4:12)
The word discipline means to practice naked...unencumbered as your train for the race.
As of this writing...it is Father's Day. As a Father...along with Brenda my wife...we poured into our son...life lessons, love, discipline, correction, etc. If Phillip listens...and does...he will not stray from our words of love. However there comes a time when he must DISCIPLINE HIMSELF...for the purpose of godliness.
My Father's Day prayer is that seed planted will grow and bear fruit.
I love you son.
Dad
Saturday, June 18, 2011
PRO-VERBS 18:10 STRONG SECURITY
Greetings Tower Dwellers...
"The name of the Lord is a strong tower...the righteous run into it and are safe (secure...set on high)." (Pro-Verbs 18:10)
I just returned from a trip to Chicago...and while there we took a tour on top of a bus...viewing the city. The pride of the city was touted...from the food...to the history...to the intellectual prowess and to the architecture with the largest buildings...the strongest buildings...the most unusual designs in buildings. It was truly amazing to see the unharnessed potential of human beings manifested in large and tall edifices.
I remember back to 9/11...when two large airliners were plowed into the side of the Twin Towers in New York City by terrorists...and the towers came crumbling down with thousands of lives lost...and shock, despair, fear, anger and disdain swept across our nation. In those two tall towers...nobody was safe...secure...set on high.
There was another tower in history...in the land of Shinar. At that time the whole earth had ONE LANGUAGE and ONE SPEECH. (Genesis 11:1) These were descendants of Noah (post flood) and had returned to their pagan ways. As they rolled into the land/plains of Shinar, they said..."Come, let us build ourselves a CITY...and a TOWER...whose top is in the heavens; let us make a NAME for ourselves...lest we be SCATTERED ABROAD OVER THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH." (Genesis 11:4)
These one language/speech talking people...thought that their security would be in a city, a tower, a name (to be feared)...and that be binding together...the would NOT be scattered over the face of the whole earth. The only problem is that they DID NOT include God into their plans.
The Lord came down to see the city...and the tower...that the sons of men had built. This is the Lord's observation..."And the Lord said Indeed the people are ONE (united)...and they all have ONE LANGUAGE (code of speech)...and this is what they begin to do...now NOTHING THAT THEY PROPOSE TO DO WILL BE WITHHELD FROM THEM." (Genesis 11:6)
The Amplified Bible states it this way..."...Behold, they are one people, and they have ALL ONE LANGUAGE...and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and NOW NOTHING THEY HAVE IMAGINED THEY CAN DO WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO THEM."
(Genesis 11:6)
Wow...man's imagination can harness the impossible. That's not a surprise to me. God is the ultimate Creative Being...and the Creative Being CREATED us in HIS IMAGE...so we as humans have a CREATIVITY IN US. The problem is...our choice...as with Adam and Eve... and we can choose to OBEY...and have this creativity to flow or we can DISOBEY...and have creativity stifled.
The cause and effect of their ONE LANGUAGE/ONE PURPOSE...was the Lord SCATTERING them. The very thing that they FEARED...came upon them. "So the Lord SCATTERED THEM abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and THEY CEASED BUILDING THE CITY. Therefore its NAME is called BABLE (mixed up/confused) because the Lord confused the LANGUAGE of all the earth; and from there the Lord SCATTERED them abroad over the face of the earth." (Genesis 11:8-9)
Their purpose and tower were scattered...compared to THE NAME OF THE LORD...which was a STRONG TOWER...and instead of being scattered...they were (1) safe(2) secure (3) set on high (away from the enemy trying to get at them).
The NAME OF THE LORD...is where we run into. The ONE LORD...has many names to describe is multiple colours. From Jehovah-Jireh (supply), Jehovah-Tsidkenu (righteousness),
Jehovah-Shalom (peace), Jehovah-Nissi (banner), Jehovah-Rhoi (shepherd)...and on and on and on and on. Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Prince of Peace, Jesus (God is Salvation), Emmanuel (God With Us), Lord (one in control). This just scratches the surface of our STRONG TOWER.
I have found since 1970...when I plan something to lift me up...I am SCATTERED...but when I run into the NAME OF THE LORD...my STRONG TOWER...I am SAFE...SECURE...and SET ON HIGH with a God's eye view of my life.
Love and Safe Kisses
Rodney "In The Strong Tower" Boyd
"The name of the Lord is a strong tower...the righteous run into it and are safe (secure...set on high)." (Pro-Verbs 18:10)
I just returned from a trip to Chicago...and while there we took a tour on top of a bus...viewing the city. The pride of the city was touted...from the food...to the history...to the intellectual prowess and to the architecture with the largest buildings...the strongest buildings...the most unusual designs in buildings. It was truly amazing to see the unharnessed potential of human beings manifested in large and tall edifices.
I remember back to 9/11...when two large airliners were plowed into the side of the Twin Towers in New York City by terrorists...and the towers came crumbling down with thousands of lives lost...and shock, despair, fear, anger and disdain swept across our nation. In those two tall towers...nobody was safe...secure...set on high.
There was another tower in history...in the land of Shinar. At that time the whole earth had ONE LANGUAGE and ONE SPEECH. (Genesis 11:1) These were descendants of Noah (post flood) and had returned to their pagan ways. As they rolled into the land/plains of Shinar, they said..."Come, let us build ourselves a CITY...and a TOWER...whose top is in the heavens; let us make a NAME for ourselves...lest we be SCATTERED ABROAD OVER THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH." (Genesis 11:4)
These one language/speech talking people...thought that their security would be in a city, a tower, a name (to be feared)...and that be binding together...the would NOT be scattered over the face of the whole earth. The only problem is that they DID NOT include God into their plans.
The Lord came down to see the city...and the tower...that the sons of men had built. This is the Lord's observation..."And the Lord said Indeed the people are ONE (united)...and they all have ONE LANGUAGE (code of speech)...and this is what they begin to do...now NOTHING THAT THEY PROPOSE TO DO WILL BE WITHHELD FROM THEM." (Genesis 11:6)
The Amplified Bible states it this way..."...Behold, they are one people, and they have ALL ONE LANGUAGE...and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and NOW NOTHING THEY HAVE IMAGINED THEY CAN DO WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO THEM."
(Genesis 11:6)
Wow...man's imagination can harness the impossible. That's not a surprise to me. God is the ultimate Creative Being...and the Creative Being CREATED us in HIS IMAGE...so we as humans have a CREATIVITY IN US. The problem is...our choice...as with Adam and Eve... and we can choose to OBEY...and have this creativity to flow or we can DISOBEY...and have creativity stifled.
The cause and effect of their ONE LANGUAGE/ONE PURPOSE...was the Lord SCATTERING them. The very thing that they FEARED...came upon them. "So the Lord SCATTERED THEM abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and THEY CEASED BUILDING THE CITY. Therefore its NAME is called BABLE (mixed up/confused) because the Lord confused the LANGUAGE of all the earth; and from there the Lord SCATTERED them abroad over the face of the earth." (Genesis 11:8-9)
Their purpose and tower were scattered...compared to THE NAME OF THE LORD...which was a STRONG TOWER...and instead of being scattered...they were (1) safe(2) secure (3) set on high (away from the enemy trying to get at them).
The NAME OF THE LORD...is where we run into. The ONE LORD...has many names to describe is multiple colours. From Jehovah-Jireh (supply), Jehovah-Tsidkenu (righteousness),
Jehovah-Shalom (peace), Jehovah-Nissi (banner), Jehovah-Rhoi (shepherd)...and on and on and on and on. Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Prince of Peace, Jesus (God is Salvation), Emmanuel (God With Us), Lord (one in control). This just scratches the surface of our STRONG TOWER.
I have found since 1970...when I plan something to lift me up...I am SCATTERED...but when I run into the NAME OF THE LORD...my STRONG TOWER...I am SAFE...SECURE...and SET ON HIGH with a God's eye view of my life.
Love and Safe Kisses
Rodney "In The Strong Tower" Boyd
Friday, June 17, 2011
PRO-VERBS17:3 Trials, Temptations, Testings (Heart Examination)
Greetings Tested and Tried...
"The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold...but the Lord TESTS the heart."
(Pro-Verbs 17:3)
The HEART is the core of who we are. It is the place where only we know our motives...our true desires, or reasons for doing the things that we do. "The spirit of man...is the LAMP of the Lord...searching all the INNER DEPTHS OF HIS HEART." (Pro-Verbs 20:27) "But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit SEARCHES ALL THINGS...yes the DEEP THINGS OF GOD. For what man KNOWS THE THINGS OF A MAN...except the SPIRIT OF THE MAN which is in him? Even so...no one knows the THINGS OF GOD...except the SPIRIT OF GOD." (I Corinthians 2:10-11)
This testing...searching that God will do in us...truly works better for us...if we INVITE Him to do it. It's going to happen either way. "SEARCH me...O God...and KNOW MY HEART...TRY (test) me...and know my anxieties, and see if there is ANY WICKED WAY IN ME...and LEAD ME in the way everlasting." (Psalms 139:23-24)
We are encourage by Paul...to EXAMINE/TEST YOURSELVES. "Examine yourselves as to whether you are IN THE FAITH...TEST yourselves...that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed you are disqualified/do not stand the test." (II Corinthians 13:5-6)
Whether it is a refining pot or a furnace...the common denominator for both of them is heat. The fires of testing...will determine...purity, strength, faithfulness...and see who you turn to when the heat is up.
James...talks about testings...trials...and temptations and how our response should be.
"My brethren...COUNT IT ALL JOY...when you fall into various TRIALS...knowing that the TESTING of your FAITH...produces patience/endurance/perseverance. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect/mature and complete, lacking nothing." (James 1:2-3)
So...these negative things...if we persevere...will turn into a positive thing. Remember that TEMPTATION is not designed to pull you into something...as much as it is designed to pull you away from who you really are...or pull you away from your destiny. Also remember that..."Blessed is the man who ENDURES TEMPTATION...for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him."
There is a big difference than the devil (little d) enticing us away to evil...and the Lord TESTING our hearts. "Let no one say...when he is TEMPTED, I am TEMPTED by God...for God cannot be TEMPTED by evil...NOR DOES HE HIMSELF TEMPT ANYONE...but each one is TEMPTED when he is DRAWN AWAY...by his OWN LUSTS and ENTICED."
The progression of this TEMPTATION...is the first mention of L.S.D. in the Bible. "Then, when lust (L) has been conceived...it gives birth to sin (S) and and sin, when it is full-grown brings forth death (D)." (James 1:15)
The Lord's TESTING...draws out impurities...and strengthens us. The Lord can use the devil's own temptations...and turns the table on the devil...and builds us up. It's like someone trying to put out a fire...and throwing what they thought was water on the fire...but it turns out to be a bucket of gasoline. Ooops. What the devil...means for harm...God means for good.
"Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have PEACE with God through our Lord Jesus Christ...through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. and not only that...but we also GLORY IN TRIBULATIONS, knowing that TRIBULATION produces PERSEVERANCE...and PERSEVERANCE...PROVEN CHARACTER...and CHARACTER...HOPE. Now HOPE does not disappoint...because THE LOVE OF GOD...has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us."
(Romans 5:1-5)
Well...the heat is on...the temptations come...the testings come...and God will get us through it. You will come out the other side...stronger than ever...as in your weakness...He becomes STRONG.
Love and Heart Tested Kisses
Rodney "Tested and Tried" Boyd
"The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold...but the Lord TESTS the heart."
(Pro-Verbs 17:3)
The HEART is the core of who we are. It is the place where only we know our motives...our true desires, or reasons for doing the things that we do. "The spirit of man...is the LAMP of the Lord...searching all the INNER DEPTHS OF HIS HEART." (Pro-Verbs 20:27) "But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit SEARCHES ALL THINGS...yes the DEEP THINGS OF GOD. For what man KNOWS THE THINGS OF A MAN...except the SPIRIT OF THE MAN which is in him? Even so...no one knows the THINGS OF GOD...except the SPIRIT OF GOD." (I Corinthians 2:10-11)
This testing...searching that God will do in us...truly works better for us...if we INVITE Him to do it. It's going to happen either way. "SEARCH me...O God...and KNOW MY HEART...TRY (test) me...and know my anxieties, and see if there is ANY WICKED WAY IN ME...and LEAD ME in the way everlasting." (Psalms 139:23-24)
We are encourage by Paul...to EXAMINE/TEST YOURSELVES. "Examine yourselves as to whether you are IN THE FAITH...TEST yourselves...that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed you are disqualified/do not stand the test." (II Corinthians 13:5-6)
Whether it is a refining pot or a furnace...the common denominator for both of them is heat. The fires of testing...will determine...purity, strength, faithfulness...and see who you turn to when the heat is up.
James...talks about testings...trials...and temptations and how our response should be.
"My brethren...COUNT IT ALL JOY...when you fall into various TRIALS...knowing that the TESTING of your FAITH...produces patience/endurance/perseverance. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect/mature and complete, lacking nothing." (James 1:2-3)
So...these negative things...if we persevere...will turn into a positive thing. Remember that TEMPTATION is not designed to pull you into something...as much as it is designed to pull you away from who you really are...or pull you away from your destiny. Also remember that..."Blessed is the man who ENDURES TEMPTATION...for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him."
There is a big difference than the devil (little d) enticing us away to evil...and the Lord TESTING our hearts. "Let no one say...when he is TEMPTED, I am TEMPTED by God...for God cannot be TEMPTED by evil...NOR DOES HE HIMSELF TEMPT ANYONE...but each one is TEMPTED when he is DRAWN AWAY...by his OWN LUSTS and ENTICED."
The progression of this TEMPTATION...is the first mention of L.S.D. in the Bible. "Then, when lust (L) has been conceived...it gives birth to sin (S) and and sin, when it is full-grown brings forth death (D)." (James 1:15)
The Lord's TESTING...draws out impurities...and strengthens us. The Lord can use the devil's own temptations...and turns the table on the devil...and builds us up. It's like someone trying to put out a fire...and throwing what they thought was water on the fire...but it turns out to be a bucket of gasoline. Ooops. What the devil...means for harm...God means for good.
"Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have PEACE with God through our Lord Jesus Christ...through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. and not only that...but we also GLORY IN TRIBULATIONS, knowing that TRIBULATION produces PERSEVERANCE...and PERSEVERANCE...PROVEN CHARACTER...and CHARACTER...HOPE. Now HOPE does not disappoint...because THE LOVE OF GOD...has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us."
(Romans 5:1-5)
Well...the heat is on...the temptations come...the testings come...and God will get us through it. You will come out the other side...stronger than ever...as in your weakness...He becomes STRONG.
Love and Heart Tested Kisses
Rodney "Tested and Tried" Boyd
Thursday, June 16, 2011
PRO-VERBS 16:1-3; 16:9 ; 16:25; 16:32-33 Preparation H (Heart)
Greetings Planners...
"The preparations/plans of the heart belong to man...BUT...the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the WAYS of a man are pure in his own eyes...but the Lord weighs the spirits. Commit you WORKS to the Lord and your thoughts will be established."
(Pro-Verbs 16:1-3)
"A man's heart PLANS his way...BUT the Lord directs his STEPS." (Pro-Verbs 16:9)
"There is a WAY that seems right to a man...BUT...it's END is the way of death."
(Pro-Verbs 16:25)
"He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty...and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. The lot is cast into the lap...but its every DECISION is FROM THE LORD."
(Pro-Verbs 16:32-33)
I don't know about you...but over my 60 years of living life on planet earth...I have had many dreams, plans, visions, ideas...about how my life should be. I have gone many times...three steps forward...and two steps back (sometimes 5 steps back). Many times...I come up with some hair brain scheme to make a million bucks...and just go out full force...ending up making tens of bucks. Going to school I changed majors faster than Bruce Lee with nunchucks.
Oh how much better my life would be...if I would take my preparations/plans...my ways...my decisions...lay them on the altar of the Lord...and let Him breath life on them...and THEN step out. "There is a way that seemeth right unto Rod...but the end fizzled in the end." (I Rod 1:1)
I find myself getting angry, frustrated, discouraged, depressed...when MY plans fail...my spirit is out of control...my soul is downcast. When the Lord WEIGHS my spirit...and my spirit is heavy with the funk.
I must learn to take my preparations...plans...ways...works...thoughts...and COMMIT them to the Lord...and let Him DIRECT my steps...and allow Him to ESTABLISH my thoughts.
"Come now...you who say...today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell and make a profit...whereas you DO NOT KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW. For what is your life? It is even a VAPOR/MIST...that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say...IF THE LORD WILLS, we shall live and DO THIS OR THAT. " (James 13-15)
Love and Established Kisses
Rodney "Vapor Man" Boyd
"The preparations/plans of the heart belong to man...BUT...the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the WAYS of a man are pure in his own eyes...but the Lord weighs the spirits. Commit you WORKS to the Lord and your thoughts will be established."
(Pro-Verbs 16:1-3)
"A man's heart PLANS his way...BUT the Lord directs his STEPS." (Pro-Verbs 16:9)
"There is a WAY that seems right to a man...BUT...it's END is the way of death."
(Pro-Verbs 16:25)
"He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty...and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. The lot is cast into the lap...but its every DECISION is FROM THE LORD."
(Pro-Verbs 16:32-33)
I don't know about you...but over my 60 years of living life on planet earth...I have had many dreams, plans, visions, ideas...about how my life should be. I have gone many times...three steps forward...and two steps back (sometimes 5 steps back). Many times...I come up with some hair brain scheme to make a million bucks...and just go out full force...ending up making tens of bucks. Going to school I changed majors faster than Bruce Lee with nunchucks.
Oh how much better my life would be...if I would take my preparations/plans...my ways...my decisions...lay them on the altar of the Lord...and let Him breath life on them...and THEN step out. "There is a way that seemeth right unto Rod...but the end fizzled in the end." (I Rod 1:1)
I find myself getting angry, frustrated, discouraged, depressed...when MY plans fail...my spirit is out of control...my soul is downcast. When the Lord WEIGHS my spirit...and my spirit is heavy with the funk.
I must learn to take my preparations...plans...ways...works...thoughts...and COMMIT them to the Lord...and let Him DIRECT my steps...and allow Him to ESTABLISH my thoughts.
"Come now...you who say...today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell and make a profit...whereas you DO NOT KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW. For what is your life? It is even a VAPOR/MIST...that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say...IF THE LORD WILLS, we shall live and DO THIS OR THAT. " (James 13-15)
Love and Established Kisses
Rodney "Vapor Man" Boyd
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
PRO-VERBS 15:13--18 Have Yourself a Merry Little Heartmas
Greetings Continual Feasters...
"A MERRY HEART makes a cheerful countenance/face. But by SORROW OF THE HEART the spirit is broken. The HEART of him who has understanding seeks knowledge. But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness. All the days of the afflicted are evil...but he who is of a MERRY HEART has a continual feast. Better is a little with the FEAR OF THE LORD...than great treasure with TROUBLE. Better is a dinner of herbs/vegetables where LOVE is...than a fatted calf with HATRED...A wrathful man STIRS UP ANGER...but he who is SLOW TO ANGER...allays contention." (Pro-Verbs 15:13-18)
There is an old song sung at Vacation Bible Schools back in the day..."If you're happy and you know it clap your hands...(clap, clap)...If you're happy and you know it clap your hands (clap, clap)...If you're happy and you know it...then your hands will surely show it...if you're happy and you know it clap your hands (clap, clap)." (If You're Happy And You Know It by Unknown)
The song continues with stomp your feet, raise your hands, etc. Well...let's add in our face... "If you're happy and you know it...notify your face (smile real big)...."
The COUNTENANCE...can be the indicator of inner emotion. When Cain killed Able (because Cain was Able)...in the first recorded murder and cover up...we see that when God did not respect his offering versus respecting Ables offering...Cain was VERY ANGRY (inner emotion). The cause and effect of this inner emotion of anger...was manifested on his FACE. "...and Cain was VERY ANGRY...and his COUNTENANCE FELL." (Genesis 5:5) Well this FACIAL MANIFESTATION was noted by the Lord..."So the Lord said to Cain...why re you angry? And why has your COUNTENANCE FALLEN? (Genesis 5:6) The Lord...had a solution for his anger...that would have averted the murder of his brother. "If you DO WELL...will you not be accepted? And if you do NOT DO WELL...SIN lies at the door. And its (sin's) desire is for you...BUT YOU SHOULD RULE/MASTER OVER IT (sin at your door)." (Genesis 5:7)
Well...Cain's UNMERRY HEART...that was manifested on his face...was not dealt with and was manifested in his actions...which was murder.
"Unrestrained thoughts (what we think)...produces unrestrained words (what we say)... resulting in unrestrained actions (what we do)" (Unknown)
It all hinges on the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of knowledge and understanding. Feast on the goodness of God...not the emotion of the moment...and AND HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE HEARTmas.
Love and Veggie Kisses
Rodney "Merry Heartmas" Boyd
"A MERRY HEART makes a cheerful countenance/face. But by SORROW OF THE HEART the spirit is broken. The HEART of him who has understanding seeks knowledge. But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness. All the days of the afflicted are evil...but he who is of a MERRY HEART has a continual feast. Better is a little with the FEAR OF THE LORD...than great treasure with TROUBLE. Better is a dinner of herbs/vegetables where LOVE is...than a fatted calf with HATRED...A wrathful man STIRS UP ANGER...but he who is SLOW TO ANGER...allays contention." (Pro-Verbs 15:13-18)
There is an old song sung at Vacation Bible Schools back in the day..."If you're happy and you know it clap your hands...(clap, clap)...If you're happy and you know it clap your hands (clap, clap)...If you're happy and you know it...then your hands will surely show it...if you're happy and you know it clap your hands (clap, clap)." (If You're Happy And You Know It by Unknown)
The song continues with stomp your feet, raise your hands, etc. Well...let's add in our face... "If you're happy and you know it...notify your face (smile real big)...."
The COUNTENANCE...can be the indicator of inner emotion. When Cain killed Able (because Cain was Able)...in the first recorded murder and cover up...we see that when God did not respect his offering versus respecting Ables offering...Cain was VERY ANGRY (inner emotion). The cause and effect of this inner emotion of anger...was manifested on his FACE. "...and Cain was VERY ANGRY...and his COUNTENANCE FELL." (Genesis 5:5) Well this FACIAL MANIFESTATION was noted by the Lord..."So the Lord said to Cain...why re you angry? And why has your COUNTENANCE FALLEN? (Genesis 5:6) The Lord...had a solution for his anger...that would have averted the murder of his brother. "If you DO WELL...will you not be accepted? And if you do NOT DO WELL...SIN lies at the door. And its (sin's) desire is for you...BUT YOU SHOULD RULE/MASTER OVER IT (sin at your door)." (Genesis 5:7)
Well...Cain's UNMERRY HEART...that was manifested on his face...was not dealt with and was manifested in his actions...which was murder.
"Unrestrained thoughts (what we think)...produces unrestrained words (what we say)... resulting in unrestrained actions (what we do)" (Unknown)
It all hinges on the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of knowledge and understanding. Feast on the goodness of God...not the emotion of the moment...and AND HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE HEARTmas.
Love and Veggie Kisses
Rodney "Merry Heartmas" Boyd
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
PRO-VERBS 14:12 The Right Way....Ooops!
Traveling Mercies O Ye Sojourners...
"There is a way that seems right to a man...but is end is the way of death." (Pro-Verbs 14:12; Pro-verbs 16:25)
Say it once...listen...say it twice...LISTEN! This verse is found twice in the Pro-Verbs...and there are multiple allusions to this thought throughout Pro-Verbs.
"What fruit did you have then in the things which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:21-23)
My Dad and I use to have arguments. Imagine that. He would have a point of view...and he was convinced that he was right and I was wrong...and I was convinced that I was right...and he was wrong. In this perpetual butting of heads...my Dad would reach the point of exasperation and he would say..."Am I right or wrong?" That was suppose to end the argument. Of course being 16 going on 35....I would respond to his question..."Am I right or wrong?"...with..."you're wrong." Oh how that would send his blood pressure up.
In C.S. Lewis' book MERE CHRISTIANITY...in the chapter entitled THE LAW OF HUMAN NATURE...he lays out the scenario of people quarrelling about various topics. Each quarrelling party...thinks their way is the RIGHT way.
"Now what interests me about all these remarks is that the man who makes them is not merely saying that the other man's behaviour does not happen to please him. He is appealing to SOME KIND OF STANDARD OF BEHAVIOUR which he expects the other man to know about." (C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity). Lewis calls this expectation of each party in a belief that there is some kind of rule or law that would be a judgement call of this RIGHT...or this WRONG. "It looks, in fact, very much as if both parties have in mind SOME KIND OF LAW OR RULE of fair play or decent behaviour or morality or whatever you like to call it...about which THEY REALLY AGREED." (C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity)
"Quarrelling means trying to show that the other mans is IN THE WRONG. And there would be no sense in trying to do that unless you and he had some sort of agreement as to what RIGHT and WRONG are..." (C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity)
"Am I right or wrong?" The Swirling Eddies have a CD called OUTDOOR ELVIS. One of the songs is called DRIVING IN ENGLAND. "I was driving in England down the Santa Ana freeway...somebody's screaming out. You're going down THE WRONG WAY." (The Swirling Eddies Driving In England) Of course the thought is...Christians go against the mainstream...in what they (the mainstream) consider to be right and the Christians are wrong. The mainstream non-believers are convinced they are right BUT...it is not the road...it is the final destination...which is either going to be life or death.
Larry Norman's song One Way speaks of the fork in the road...from The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost..."One way, one way to heaven, hold up high your hand...follow, free and forgiven, children of the lamb. TWO ROADS diverged in middle of my life, I heard a wise man say...I took the one LESS TRAVELLED by... and that's made the difference every night and every day." (One Way by Larry Norman)
Here's the diverging road...one way seems right to a man...but the end is death.
r.l.b.
"There is a way that seems right to a man...but is end is the way of death." (Pro-Verbs 14:12; Pro-verbs 16:25)
Say it once...listen...say it twice...LISTEN! This verse is found twice in the Pro-Verbs...and there are multiple allusions to this thought throughout Pro-Verbs.
"What fruit did you have then in the things which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:21-23)
My Dad and I use to have arguments. Imagine that. He would have a point of view...and he was convinced that he was right and I was wrong...and I was convinced that I was right...and he was wrong. In this perpetual butting of heads...my Dad would reach the point of exasperation and he would say..."Am I right or wrong?" That was suppose to end the argument. Of course being 16 going on 35....I would respond to his question..."Am I right or wrong?"...with..."you're wrong." Oh how that would send his blood pressure up.
In C.S. Lewis' book MERE CHRISTIANITY...in the chapter entitled THE LAW OF HUMAN NATURE...he lays out the scenario of people quarrelling about various topics. Each quarrelling party...thinks their way is the RIGHT way.
"Now what interests me about all these remarks is that the man who makes them is not merely saying that the other man's behaviour does not happen to please him. He is appealing to SOME KIND OF STANDARD OF BEHAVIOUR which he expects the other man to know about." (C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity). Lewis calls this expectation of each party in a belief that there is some kind of rule or law that would be a judgement call of this RIGHT...or this WRONG. "It looks, in fact, very much as if both parties have in mind SOME KIND OF LAW OR RULE of fair play or decent behaviour or morality or whatever you like to call it...about which THEY REALLY AGREED." (C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity)
"Quarrelling means trying to show that the other mans is IN THE WRONG. And there would be no sense in trying to do that unless you and he had some sort of agreement as to what RIGHT and WRONG are..." (C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity)
"Am I right or wrong?" The Swirling Eddies have a CD called OUTDOOR ELVIS. One of the songs is called DRIVING IN ENGLAND. "I was driving in England down the Santa Ana freeway...somebody's screaming out. You're going down THE WRONG WAY." (The Swirling Eddies Driving In England) Of course the thought is...Christians go against the mainstream...in what they (the mainstream) consider to be right and the Christians are wrong. The mainstream non-believers are convinced they are right BUT...it is not the road...it is the final destination...which is either going to be life or death.
Larry Norman's song One Way speaks of the fork in the road...from The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost..."One way, one way to heaven, hold up high your hand...follow, free and forgiven, children of the lamb. TWO ROADS diverged in middle of my life, I heard a wise man say...I took the one LESS TRAVELLED by... and that's made the difference every night and every day." (One Way by Larry Norman)
Here's the diverging road...one way seems right to a man...but the end is death.
r.l.b.
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