A friend of mine, Jeannie Harper, posted this on Facebook today... It is such a good reminder of what true love is about, that I am re-posting it here. Thank you Jeannie!!
"Is it possible for the rose to say, 'I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?'
Or is it possible for the lamp to say, 'I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will withhold it from the evil people?'
Or can a tree say, 'I'll give my shade to the good people who rest under me, but I will withhold it from the bad?'
These are images of what love is about."
~Anthony de Mello, Jesuit Priest (1931 - 1987)
Monday, June 11, 2012
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Monday, June 4, 2012
Witnessing to God's Greatness...
For this, O LORD, I will praise you among the nations; I will sing praises to your name. ~2 Samuel 22:50
The 22nd chapter of 2nd Samuel is one of David's songs, a psalm if you will of praise to the LORD. In the first 49 verses, David lists a multitude of things that the LORD has done for him, and then concludes by saying "for this", for all the things that you have done for me LORD, "I will praise you..."
As we read this song of David (2 Samuel 22:1-51) it is clear that he is praising God for specific things God has done for him... Some of them include David's praising the LORD for saving him from real enemies who would have actually killed him in battle... for giving him victory over enemies and making him king over Israel... for giving him, as king, strength and power so that people of foreign nations submit to his rule...
As we read this song of David, we see how David is giving a testimony, a witness to the greatness of the LORD.
Like David, we can be a witness and give a testimony to the greatness of God. We can remember things that God has done for us, and like David, say, "for this, O LORD, I will praise you among the nations; I will sing praises to your name."
If you are willing to do this, you will find that God will provide opportunities for you to tell others what God has done for you... not to tell them what they have to think or to believe, but just to share how God has worked in wondrous ways in your life, and how you praise God for it.
Are you willing to be a witness of what God has done?
The 22nd chapter of 2nd Samuel is one of David's songs, a psalm if you will of praise to the LORD. In the first 49 verses, David lists a multitude of things that the LORD has done for him, and then concludes by saying "for this", for all the things that you have done for me LORD, "I will praise you..."
As we read this song of David (2 Samuel 22:1-51) it is clear that he is praising God for specific things God has done for him... Some of them include David's praising the LORD for saving him from real enemies who would have actually killed him in battle... for giving him victory over enemies and making him king over Israel... for giving him, as king, strength and power so that people of foreign nations submit to his rule...
As we read this song of David, we see how David is giving a testimony, a witness to the greatness of the LORD.
Like David, we can be a witness and give a testimony to the greatness of God. We can remember things that God has done for us, and like David, say, "for this, O LORD, I will praise you among the nations; I will sing praises to your name."
If you are willing to do this, you will find that God will provide opportunities for you to tell others what God has done for you... not to tell them what they have to think or to believe, but just to share how God has worked in wondrous ways in your life, and how you praise God for it.
Are you willing to be a witness of what God has done?
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