Random Musings

The other day, I was talking to a friend about what's going on in her life. She's in the midst of turmoil and needs to make wise choices. She doesn't know what to do and I didn't have any words of wisdom to give her. In fact, there were 4 people on my heart that day. In my conversation with my friend, I cried out, in desperation, for words of wisdom from the Lord. About twenty minutes later, I heard this song for the first time: (You can hear it at http://www.myspace.com/sidewalkprophets ) The Words I Would Say It's 3 in the morning and I'm still awake So I picked up a pen and a page And I started writing just what I'd say If we were face to face I'd tell you just what you mean to me Tell you these simple truths Be strong in the Lord And never give up hope You're gonna do great things, I already know God's got his hand on you So don't live life in fear Forgive and forget but don't forget why you're here Take your time and pray T

WORSHIP And he pitched his tent having Bethel on the west and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar. Genesis 12:8 http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=ge+12:8&sr=1 Worship is giving God the best that He has given you. Be careful what you do with the best you have. Whenever you get a blessing from God, give it back to Him as a love gift. Take time to meditate before God and offer the blessing back to Him in a deliberate act of worship. If you hoard a thing for yourself, it will turn into spiritual dry rot, as the manna did when it was hoarded. God will never let you hold a spiritual thing for your self, it has to be given back to Him that He may make it a blessing to others. Bethel is the symbol of communion with God; Ai is the symbol of the world. Abraham pitched his tent between the two. The measure of the worth of our public activity for God is the private profound communion we have with Him. Rush is wrong every time, there is always plenty of tim