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Opposition

Anyone who is called to establish something new or move things toward something new is guaranteed opposition.  But for many of us, this is what God has called us to do.  For all those who live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution, which is opposition plus.  Don’t be surprised when you are opposed by people and circumstances.  All those who came before you with the same calling were so treated.  But be of good cheer, Jesus, the one who summons you, has overcome the world, and all the opposition it could muster.  He will teach you how to do the same.

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Into Oblivion

This title came to me as I contemplated recent occurrences, things I have seen and heard.  What does “into oblivion” mean?  “I am going to pound you into oblivion!”  The idea here is you are going to be completely pounded, completely destroyed, by the pounding that is about to happen.  “He's oblivious….”  In oblivion, oblivious, not aware of what is going on around you.  Fiddling while Rome burns, the old tale of Nero's madness, is that he was oblivious to important and emergent conditions while occupied with trivia.  You have heard this used, and perhaps used it yourself of someone who seemed hopelessly out of touch.

So what brings this to mind? Continue reading “Into Oblivion”

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Where Is All This Going?

I don't think I would be accused of being too lenient….   I could be wrong.  Who knows how others see you?  It's hard to get an outside perspective when you live inside your own head.  I like challenges.  Sometimes too much. I want to be intense, extreme, devout.  I don't care if I am known for being that, but I want it to be real.  Often I observe others who want to be known as extreme, because it's cool, or hip, or something.  Most of what I have seen in these examples is false.   Continue reading “Where Is All This Going?”

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When the Son of Man is Revealed

So will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed………Luke 17:30

(I grabbed this verse out of it's context because it made me think of the Lord’s revealing in a different way, and I wanted to share this with you.)  The way this verse is worded makes me think of the idea differently.  The day of the Lord, the second coming, when Jesus returns…. they all sound different from “The day when the Son of Man is revealed…” Continue reading “When the Son of Man is Revealed”