Usually, I post a devotional here or, as of last night, a music video that I love, but today we need to observe the passing of time and the horrendous occurrence on September 11th, 2001. We watched in horror as the second plane plummeted into the second tower, the first already smoking from a 747 hitting it. It was obvious by that time that it was a terrorist attack, very deliberate.
When the news came out that a third plane had hit the Pentagon, we were all thinking that we were not only under attack but that it was possible that hundreds of other places could have the same problems. A fourth plane had crashed in Pennsylvania. Would this nightmare ever end. Then the unthinkable…the first tower collapsed. The second followed soon after. My tears would not stop that day and I am having trouble writing this right now.
Through it all, I was praying and, with confidence and a knowledge of God I knew that thousands of Christians all over the world, as they heard the news, were also praying for the families, for the survivors, for those who would commit this awful act. Yes, we must pray for those people too. They have no idea what they are doing, led by fanatics and maniacs, totally deceived in their beliefs.
Today, on the anniversary of this horrifying event, we must do what we did then, pray for those who are hurting, the families of those who lost their lives and for those who still wish to hurt us. This day, six years ago, was the saddest day I think I have had except when my Dad, Grandfather and Grandmothers died (separately in different years). Even then, it was not horrifying, simply sad and hurting. I cannot imagine the hurt and pain that was felt by those who lost loved ones in the planes, at the Pentagon or at the World Trade Center.
Please join now with me in prayer for those who are hurting:
Father, I come to You today in pain and hurting for others who are hurting even more than I. Please touch them with Your Peace and healing hands that they may feel the Peace of God that passes all understanding. Please show them who You are, their Creator, their life, the Love of their life. We honor You this day with our prayers of thanksgiving even in the tough times. We thank You that You are here for us. We pray that all who ask for You will receive You into their hearts. Thank You, Lord, for Your sacrifice for us. In Your Name, Amen.
This day is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it! (Psalm 118:24)
While I would love to put a new devotional here today, I will be taking my niece back to college and won’t have the time to put up a new post. I’m here for a brief few moments.
This would be a good time to think about some of the things that have already been brought up, like…can Christians be deceived? The answer, sadly, is yes they can. In fact, I can give you a scripture that proves it.
(2Th 2:1-4) Now we beseech you, my brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, that you should not be soon shaken in mind or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word or letter, as through us, as if the Day of Christ is at hand. Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God.
Notice in the part where it says “Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away,”? The words “deceive” and “falling away” pop out very boldly to me. I went to God and asked Him what those meant. He taught me that those who love the Lord can, indeed, be deceived if they are not grounded in the Word.
But what about “falling away”? Those two words bugged me because it implied that some who do believe in God and Jesus Christ will decide that the belief is no longer true. Whoa! Wait a minute there. Seems to me that the ones falling away would be those who just THOUGHT they were Christians, not real Christians. But that didn’t fly because you have to actually have a belief before you can turn your back on it, which is the meaning of falling away from God.
So, before I go, I want to leave you with this thought. We need to be grounded so far into the Word that we do not miss the obvious. When we do miss God on something, we need to run back to Him so He can continue to protect us like Dads do. It is very possible for a Christian to buy into something that sounds so very much like Christianity because the deceiver is so good at what he does, deceive. So, God says that if we are willing to be grounded in the Word and we spend time in prayer with Him, then you will not be deceived because you will be seeking Him and looking at Him instead of what the world provides.
Tomorrow’s Topshelf will be a little later than usual. Enjoy your day with the Lord!!!
It is absolutely amazing the pressure I feel to post something every single day. That ought not to be so but it is. In fact, I had the lesson ready to go but things sort of stacked up here at home and it didn’t get published. It will tomorrow.
Frankly, I think I let the “cares of this world” get to me. (Mar 4:19 and the cares of this world, and the deceit of riches, and the lust about other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becomes unfruitful.) There were things going on at a webplace that I get income from that has gotten into an uproar. It’s very shaky right now. (deceit of riches) The phone rings and I “have” to answer it. The thing calls to me. It cannot be ignored. (lust about other things) Do you have that problem?
God says that we are to stop dealing with the cares of this world because they will eventually choke the Word that you are studying and it becomes unfruitful to you. Believe me, I understand that one! There are times when I study that the interruptions happen right after I got this incredible insight into something from a scripture. But the interruptions happen. Then I get back to the study and it’s gone! The whole insight is completely gone because I did not either write it down or remember it the way God gave it to me. It became unfruitful to me. ACK!
If you allow the cares of this world to come in and derail your time with the Lord, you will find yourself in a deficit spiritually. No one wants that! Get that Bible out and take the time to read and ask God about what you read. He is faithful to give you the answers.
Ξ August 15th, 2007 | → Comments Off | ∇ My Thoughts|
For several months now, I have not posted on this blog. It was not my intention to ignore it. At the time, I was starting up several blogs at once, some to put my opinions in..which were political as well as other thoughts. I did not feel that those should be on this blog since I was also expecting to have some paid posts as well.
This blog, Topshelf, is dedicated to my Lord Jesus. What I say here must reflect what He gives me to talk about. Therefore, it will not include secular things which do not show my beliefs.
I am so happy to have this blog up and running again with a brand new look. It depicts God’s peace as I see it. God told us that we would see through a glass darkly (1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.) meaning that we might not see the whole picture right now but soon we will and it will be glorious. We will be face to face with my Jesus!! What a wonderful thing to look forward to in this life.
So, this is my blog for my Lord. I hope I will be as busy with it as I am with the others that I have. Praise You, Lord Jesus! Thank You for everything! This is such a blessing.
