SHAMED BY A CAT

That is my normal view of the wife's cat.

It is her cat, but it keeps hanging around me.

And really, I would just as soon it went somewhere else.

So!

The crazy cat wants to be with me, and I don't even feed it.

 I don't even want to bother with it.  [I know, that's mean of me.]  

Did you know, God is not like me.  He wants us to hang around

with him.  To bother him.  In fact, God practically begs us to 

come and spend time with him.  But, we would rather do other 

things.

My desire should be like that of the Psalmist;

"As a deer longs for a stream of cool water,

so I long for you, O God.

I thirst for you, the living God..."

(Psalms 42:1,2a TEV)

Does this cat want to be with me more than I want to be
with my very creator?  The one who gives me life and
loved me enough to die for me.

Shame on me.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Instead, when you are invited, go and sit in the 

lowest place, so that your host will come to you 

and say, 'Come on up, my friend, to a better place'

This will bring you honor in the presence of all the

other guests.  For those who make themselves

great will be humbled, and those who humble

themselves will be made great."

(Luke 14:10,11 GNT)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall) 

STILL PONDERING THIS ONE

I know.

The photo above is not spinach.

But someone with my gardening abilities would

not know the difference.

Agnes Sanford was making a point when she gave an illustration.

"We are almost as absurd as the lady who remarked that 

she didn't like spinach and she was glad she didn't like

spinach because if she liked it she would eat it and she

didn't want to eat it because she didn't like it."

(THE HEALING LIGHT.  p.50)

When I figure that lady out I will share it with you.

AN OBSERVATION

"I am old now; I have lived a long time,

but I have never seen good people abandoned

by the LORD or their children begging for food.

At all times they give freely and lend to others,

and their children are a blessing."

(Psalms 37:25,26 TEV)

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FEELING, EMPTY, RESTLESS, DISCONTENT?

Yes.  It is empty.  It was made to hold something.

And until it does, it will be unfulfilled, empty, restless 

and discontent.

You and I are the same way.  We were created to

hold something - God.  And when we do not, we are empty.

Some say it was Emperor Augustus.  Others say it was

St. Augustine who said,

"Thou madest us for Thyself,

and our heart is restless,

until it repose in Thee."

[The Confessions of Augustine
(New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., Inc
1951), p.1.]

We were made for God to abide or live in us.
True contentment comes only when we invite
the creator, Jesus, to come in and take up abode
and control in us.

It was that need that prompted King David to say,

"O God, you are my God,
and I long for you.
My whole being desires you;
like a dry, worn-out, and
waterless land,
my soul is thirsty for you."
(Psalms 63:1 TEV)

Do you want true fulfillment, satisfaction and contentment?
Ask Jesus Christ to come into your life and take over.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"'Do not be worried and upset' Jesus told them,

'Believe in God and believe also in me,

There are many rooms in my Father's house,

and I am going to prepare a place for you.

I would not tell you this if it were not so.

And after I go and prepare a place for you,

I will come back and take you to myself,

so that you will be where I am."

(John 14:1-3 GNT)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall) 

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