Meditations

Last Sunday in the church service the following verse was referred to by the speaker:  Joshua 1:7 “Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left ….”.  Immediately I was alerted in my spirit regarding these words “ to the right or to the left ”.  I thought this is my next blog. The following day I searched for verses with the same words “to the right or to the left”.  Moses is asking the king of Edom permission to pass through his country.  ”.   Numbers 20:17:  “Please let us pass through your country. …….. we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”    God is speaking to Moses.  Deuteronomy  5:32:  “Therefore you shall be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you;  you shall not turn aside to the right hand or...

This week my husband and I celebrated our 35 th wedding anniversary.   Our wedding day was sunny with temperatures in the 70s.  It was truly a beautiful day.  If I may say so the bride also looked beautiful.   The groom look great as well.   The flowers in the church’s gardens were still in bloom adding to the look of a summer day.  I still love church weddings. Our marriage has enjoyed many sunny days.  Having and nurturing our three children were sunny days.  Every graduation and every achievement were sunny days.  Transporting our children from and to school and from and to every event throughout the years were sunny days.  We had some cloudy days along the way, but the Son always shone through.  Intermittent showers of blessings always rained at the right time, meeting needs and spreading smiles on our faces.  There were a few thunderstorms, not many, thank the Lord.  We rode through them speaking ...

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.  To him who overcomes, I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” Revelation 2:7 Jesus said in Matthew 13:9: “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”   Here in Revelations chapters two and three Jesus is saying the Spirit is speaking to the churches.  Individuals make up the churches, so it becomes personal, he /she who hears. Whoever is willing to hear – listen to the Spirit of God.  We are to listen to the Spirit of God as He speaks to us in His Word.  We are to listen as the Spirit speaks to us through the preachers and teachers of the Word, and through whomever the Lord sends in our path.  We are to listen to the Spirit as He speaks to us in our daily living.   Whoever is willing to hear, pay attention.   We must hold on to what we hear the Spirit says to us.  If we allow what we hear to slip away fr...