Monthly Archives: February 2015

The Crucible of the Blood

We excuse so much for a pathetic and ultimately cursed allowance. May the power of God reveal to you the vastness of the inheritance that is yours.

What is the price you ask? Pride for some:  you will always know you didn’t earn it and never could.  Self-hatred for others:  you have been given an identity that reaches deeper than condemnation.  Or a hybrid of both:  you have been shown a place beyond survival to possibilities beyond your imagination.

This could be the source of great joy and freedom, or interminable fear and frustration which would explain why you choose to enter in or not.

This, the crucible of the blood of Christ.

When it comes to Waterfalls

“Jesus, You are my Lord.  My life is Yours.”

I say it every day.  Do I believe it?  Or do I say it out of fear, to convince myself that I do?  Have I bought into all that is said by those who call themselves atheists?  Do I agree with the group that says it’s all a lie?  That the Word of God is a tattered cloth barely recognizable as a historical document let alone as something to be used to limit and direct science and life.

No, I do not say it out of fear.  I say it out of love.  I say it because He gave His life for mine.  Atheists have no respect for authority, and as it turns out, neither do scientists who toss the Bible aside as if it has no say in what they do.  Of course, they need it all to be a lie, of course, they need God to not exist, that is the pill they believe will set them free.

My words may all seem nonsense to many.  I try to not make it hard for those who want to find fault in me, for those who want to say I am the deluded one.  For when it comes to waterfalls, I am one you’ll find with his head in them.  They are as the blessings of the Lord washing down on me.

All of my experiences both good and bad reveal to me that God is real and that He is love.  So yes, once again I say,

“Jesus, You are my Lord.  My life is Yours.”

Cultivating Context

One thing that seems to be consistently missing in the minds of children, and many adults, is a context for knowing the difference between right and wrong and why that is even important.  What is parenting other than teaching the next generation how to successfully navigate life?  Whether it is teaching a skill or a trade, how to enjoy life, and how to help others, parenting is about planting the right seeds in the right soil as best as we can.

Spirit Fire is parenting in the ways of God.  It provides a context, a view from which to understand the world.  Many people only know the world through the lens of what makes others angry, or what will get them punished.  Spirit Fire gives the foundation for wisdom and understanding, this is different from merely knowing what it takes to defend oneself. 

If you want your children to grow beyond your own limited perspective, if you want to establish a road that elevates their thoughts along the path of God, if you want to give them the tools needed for a godly life, then establishing a time in which your family encounters God together is a great way to begin building that holy foundation. The harvest from which will bless you and your household for generations to come.