Was doing some work outside with my husband about mid morning yesterday! It was a cloudy day and cool, so mowing the grass was a delight! It helps keep one trim and strengthens those upper arms and shoulders besides keeping your core strengthened. And while enjoying the cool of the morning, I took notice of the hanging bait cylinder in one tree. It is a yellow colored cone designed to draw those pesky wasps away from the back door and patio area of the house and yard. And after a trip down one side of the lawn and around the tree, I made another cut closer to the tree and slowed to view this hanging " tomb " for stinging insects! It was interesting to note that those insects that had come into that cone in the last day or two had eaten those that were already dead. Yes, at the base of the cone-shaped object there laid row upon row of insect body parts.
Now I want to point out here that if the morning had been hot with a blazing bright sun, and sweat appearing on the brow I might have missed seeing that display of brutality upon the other. Because if one is really suffering to cut the grass in hot temps. you might not be taking in the beauty of the day and only spend time noticing what you missed in that last swath of cutting since you are only viewing the ground area!
Was praying as I walked along with the mower. Was trying to hear God above the noise of the mower but did not have to slap at mosquitoes or the such while I took each cut nearer to the completed goal of a groomed lawn. No yesterday was quieter where insects were concerned, but the week before I noted there were some out to get me and my ankles showed the marks of their piercings by the end of that work time outside.
But let's get to the point here: are people like those insects? Yikes! Is it possible to eat others and take away lives by bitterness when confined by yellow-coned objects and no freedom is found? Scripture makes it clear that God sent peace on earth! He sent His Son and we say His name: Jesus! For in Him is only life and peace found!
So if insects can get rattled when trapped within a small space, what happens when man is sent into a small space to hunker down for say a "flu-type" illness for how many months? What happens when those you love can not be touched by your hand or a pat on the back? What happens when you do not have time to be with them but only by Skype or the such where you try to be on your best behavior, pushing back tears or trying to force that smile so others think you are fine? I have seen these things appear on those people in those stories related on one television viewing of those in lock-down alley!
But God sent His Son. I say His NAME: JESUS! He is REDEEMER of the world. But if people do not see Him nor hear Him then they are set for that which is "lost forever". He came to set captives free.
The insect world is amazing to me and even more so are the areas like the "marsh" areas, and the " prairies of the this nation that runs hundreds of miles through a few states like Wyoming and eastern S. Dakota, then southward through one end of Nebraska. And within this region is where certain grasses grow, where Buffalo roam grazing on these grasses. It is where prairie dogs live and build those security places for themselves in the ground, where also snakes can move to when hunting out one of those plump little prairie dogs to eat. It is place where certain birds live among the buffalo and move along with them as the graze their way around the land. It is where foxes, and certain rabbits make their home. And what I found out was this world of dry grounds, and prairie grasses provides safety to many creatures that God thought of and not us! Such a world so planned and beautifully detailed for animals to live, to eat, and yes, to survive in that dryness of the prairie and then I wonder why people cannot see what He has planned for them, each man and woman, to enjoy in the here and now!
No, we can see people acting with resistant to the things of God and even question if He exists! But He surely exits, and He is surely alive. In those documentaries I have seen of late, they all point to the creature living on the prairie has an agenda to be alive at the end of that day. And we can see that today, as people move from flu scares to riots in streets and hurricanes rushing in to drown a society. Still God is certainly alive and are we stopping to notice His presence?
If we would take a moment and look into that which Jesus brought from heaven, is this: "he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. ( Matthew 16:24) Following Jesus certainly brings some things to mind quickly in that one must surrender to Him and His way of doing things! If we are struggling to give up our plans for His, why are we doing that ? He is life everlasting and He is peace!
Are we desiring our own agendas? Are we looking for platforms in using someone's demise to use for ourselves and our own agenda?
What I mentioned earlier in this writing, that when I was finding yard work pleasing, mowing the grass without excess heat, I was motivated beyond the work itself and see what was going on around me and mine. When taking my mind off the work itself I was free to enjoy the moment I was in.
In our Christian faith we believe God is one! We believe Him the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We believe what is given that Jesus is the only way to the Father. We live by faith in Jesus as our Lord and Savior and we believe we will be with Him forever. He has gone to prepare a place for those who believe. ( John 14:1-6)
When you consider say Hinduism: it has two known non-negotiable beliefs: that is karma and reincarnation. They will not stray from that belief. Islam believes that Mohammad is the last and final prophet. They believe that their Quran is the perfect revelation given. To deny those two precise points, one has denied Islam.
My husband and I have been watching at times some adventure trips of an archaeologist who travels around the world looking for that which is a part of this mystery earth. He has looked for the ark, to looking for Yeti, searched the areas where the dead sea scrolls were discovered and finding gold from treasures of the early Spaniard explorers.
In this I was thinking of the last few days of Moses who had tried to relieve the oppression of the Israelites on his own strength and nothing happened. He had this pull toward his people the Hebrews yet, he had been raised as an Egyptian. And although well educated and trained to live the life he would live, he still had the dress of an Egyptian, and he wore the classic coloring on the face and the jewelry to match that lifestyle.
There was some changes that had to occur for Moses. And like him, we too can run headlong into the thing we think God is allowing but the time is not right nor is He with you in it. God was tuned into what He desired for Moses to complete. That was to lead a million or so people out of the hand of an Egyptian Pharaoh. Was Moses sincere in what he believed? Yes, but no matter how sincere the person, anything outside the will of God is futile!
It amazes me today to see so many desiring to help a race of people which is all wonderful. But the best place to start is at the beginning. In the beginning God....created the heavens and the earth. And another place is to find where one's ethnic group has been in history is of your nation. For where we live in America it is found in the Wallbuilders by David Barton.
We certainly need to see where we have come from to know where we are going. If you asked citizens of this nation how many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were slave owners....you might hear all fifty-six of them. But in truth only one: Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner. The others all held the black man free to live as others in freedom.
If you asked someone within this nation of America, how many black leaders were with Washington in the boat when he crossed the river at winter time, in the depths of winter, cold, and ice....to battle? You might hear none! Yet at the front of that boat were two military leaders who were men of color and who served for some seven years alongside Washington himself. Again, go check this out in Wallbuilders by David Barton!
We must be in the will of God for in that we work together to build something God has in His plan. It does not matter if you think you have a noble or the pure heart but that the real success comes from God and when the enemy does not want you to know your true heritage you are doomed.
Yes, in remembering Moses and his willing to help God....he should have waited for God. And God's will for Moses came some forty years later! So what had occurred in that time period for Moses? Well, he became the truly humbled and
converted. He had given himself to God to such an extent that he was almost
afraid to move, and God had to bring him back a way to restore some of his
initiative. However, now that initiative would be used in harmony with a strong
relationship with Him. Since Moses truly had the fear of God, he took God into
account in every action. That is what the fear of God does to a person: It
makes a person consider God and His desires in everything that he does.
Yes, there are many people who have strong beliefs. They believe in reincarnation and karma. They are those who believe Mohammad is the last and the final prophet. Others believe Jesus and satan are somehow related. And still others believe they cannot tell you about someone who is going through a situation for in that you the person might cause them harm by words spoken over them. A belief must not only be strong but it must be right. It is proved right in the process of living. It is where righteous actions will produce that godly fruit. This is why Jesus said, "You will know them by their fruits. " (Matthew 7:16) It is in this that the fruit of a person's life will reveal what that person believes. Because those in God will reveal God-ordered actions and one will not turn to the right nor to the left to change them.
Yet, there exist Christians who choose lie about a health condition of a loved one. Instead of denying that ugly thing that has appeared in that loved one, they would rather lie, turn from God, choose that which is of the enemy and bring destruction on their heads.
It is God Who desires us to come into the capacity He created to not only release but to also demonstrate the levels of His kingdom power and authority. But many belief systems in the Christian must become to that upgrade in Him! Is our security in trying to protect we four and no more? Are we coming into an "unbelief' that revels that we unwilling to let go of that security package we have held for so long? I have seen it in so many families the last ten years. Someone is going through something, and they hide it. They say all is good and then you find out these folks were seriously ill to the point of dying. Lying to protect something going on with a family member, the loving member tries to throw sand on it and think it is covered like Moses did! Nothing stays covered if you are lying about something as to a health issue. Why put yourself in a box and be like that wasp who will eat others like him only to die like he did!
We had a small poodle many years ago that she thought she could bury her dog treat in our daughter's boot. And all "the poodle" had was carpet and no dirt, and she would scratch the carpet with her small paw, and push that same carpet using her nose to cover the treat. YEAH, that did not work at all!
I certainly will not encounter what the wasp encounters when entering a yellow-colored cone shaped object beckoning exploration. I will certainly not share the life experiences that say my neighbors have next door nor will have have the same life experiences my sister and brother-in-law have encountered.
Except one thing like the Eagle Creek Fire of 2017, the people of this small community and many others like this one would relate to it when seeing the hills on fire when someone decided to throw live fireworks on dry brush. Yeah stupid is as stupid does! But one thing we all must take note in, as I am certain the wasp did, that within in his dire strait fear became real to him.
And we, a people, can identity with pain, identify with suffering, with rejection, with heartache and loss indeed. We have to know where we have come from to where we are headed. We must know truth and hold that truth. As the body of Christ, I nor may husband can be everyone's rock but we know the Rock and can introduce you to HIM! And you and I can be drawn to other people to embrace them, yes in their hurt and give them truth. For it is only in unity of God's word and prayer do we hold together a people for God. When we do not do that, we are held in bondage of the enemy!
I ask you today to let ago of those days you lived in trenches of abuse, the trenches of hate and bitter resentment, trenches of disease like cancer..., the trenches of trying to protect others in religion instead of in the fear of God for it is God Who has given us life to live that is a good life. He did not come to make people sick, He came to heal!
Proverbs 6:16 These six things the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: 17 a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift in running to evil, 19 A false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren.
There are things that are out of our control and lying is not a way to keep control. We must submit to God, James 4:7 reminds us of this: Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Freedom from demonic assault and oppression is accomplished by submitting to God. It is a complete dependence on His word with a trust of faith that we walk with Him.
I wonder how many will be alarmed to find they lived their life on a lie and that which was false although appearing good and had nothing to do with God?
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