you know..
sometimes...of my cross roads to Life...I forget about the stars..
and remember..
as I look up..that we are all part of a much bigger picture.
One that is so much more than words...
when we trust in His time for us...not ours.
a place that life..
can either end to Begin..
Pauls farewell to the Ephesians
Acts 20
36When he had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed. 37They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him. 38What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
or begin to end...
Matthew 26
Judas betrays Jesus
50Jesus replied, "Friend, do what you came for."
of the 7 Judas in the bible...
this Judas , He called friend.
... the One who could save Him...
is the One who never closed the eyes of His heart.. to His Father.
Judas was as necessary then..as he is Today..for us to choose
to walk in the Spirit...
or the world.
so that you have the opportunity to say.."Friend.."
34Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."
but...are the eyes of your heart...are upon a very... very... awesome... star creating...
God?
-Today-
'me and my Arrow,
taking the High road,
wherever we go, everyone knows
its me and my Arrow.'..
(Me and MY Arrow - Harry Nilsson- 1971)
Before I can place my foot on the snow covered asphalt,
my furry 'prayer partner' has jumped through the open door of my car,
and on ahead... to one of our many favorite places to exhale.
After relieving herself on one of the snowbanks , she dives onto a cross country skiers tracks, and spins around to face me
as if to say...
' You coming or what???'
I am ________ .
- what ever you put in the 'blank' ...makes all 'the difference'.-
Funny.. I don't think 'Tootsie' has a 'blank'...
she just... 'is'.
... and that makes me look at her and think ''dog' spelled backwards....'
She spins around in the deeper snow beside the path...
quickly plunges her whole head in it, then back out ..
looking at me, with a face full flakes...
mouth open..and a smile from the tip of her tongue back to her waggin butt...
she tells me with her entire being
I am !
I finally have my snow shoes on..
waiting was probably an 'eternity' for her...and
- I am.. on the trail.
I had come into Today, with my bags packed..
with 'people' disappointments...
disappointment in myself..
and holding on tight to them.
Get the picture?
maybe you are there right now.
ok, think... just a moment...
as you look down upon my snowshoes...in the midst of a brief but beautiful snow flurry..
and looking up to see my little pal..and Life
- I am -
..now..
I remember...
we are the ones who put ourself in Spiritual bondage..by the energy 'we' .. not God..pour into a circumstance...
it can get so very dramatic...struggling with the 'core' issue..
.. about not letting go..
and even trying to get others to see the necessity..
of pouring still more energy.. into the circumstance...as if to give it life.
as we struggle .. and resist learning to walk in the Spirit...not in the flesh.
John 6
63The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit[e] and they are life. 64Yet there are some of you who do not believe."
'God...but this burden..I just want You to ....'
- I stand before my canine friend.. who has now resorted to jumping up
and playfully nipping at my coat...my gloved hands..
to let go...and ' lets go'!!.
I looked down... and scooped up a handful of good packing snow.
you see, when I do this..my dog thinks I pull a ball out of nowhere..
every time I scoop up some fallen snow..
and she LOVES playing ball.
I give it a good toss, and she is just gone...leaping bounds of gone
God says to my heart..'Paul.. it is really just that easy'
-Tootsie blasts through the snow to the small crater created by the 'ball' , and dives into it with her head..
only to come out..spin around and look back at me...
just all 'lets get crazy' happy ...
cause the ball I just threw ...has vanished...
the ball I tossed is gone. ! !!
her tail wags like it is on a spring... as if to say....
YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!
DO IT AGAIN !!!
I see her joy...and it makes me think of His...when I choose Him as Creator of All
Star God...Ocean God....Judas God
my God.
as I reach down to scoop another ball from its secret place...to throw
she is now positively ballistic with Joy..
remembering Him, as He spoke to my heart..
'it really is that easy'
God simplifies things for Moses
Exodus 3
14 God said to Moses, "I am who I am . [a] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
join Moses.. someday...
Today
I Am... send me.
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