CAN GOD SMILE? CAN GOD CRY? (Continuation of series)

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CAN GOD CRY?  CAN GOD SMILE?

God gives… and what can we give back?  We can give back more and more of ourselves with pure delight.

 The Psalmist gives a hint…no, I think we can call it more than a hint.

“I delight to do Your will, O my God.” (Psalm 40:8)

We can give back the gift of faith…and keep it growing by prayer…and by faithful actions.

And by repeating the Psalmist words so often they become our own, “I delight to do Your will, O my God.” (Psalm 40:8)

You may want to ask me, “Do you really believe

God smiles?”  And I will answer, “Of course I do.”

And you may say, “But how do you know?”

 “Because for all these years I have smiled back.”                                                         

And you may protest, “Aren’t you trying to glorify human behavior by putting a human smile on the face of God?”

And I will answer, “Oh, no, God created me in His image and likeness.  He smiles and thereby made me able to smile.”

And then before you ask me another question, I may quote the book of Psalms again, as the Psalmist speaks to God and says, “May thy face smile on us.” (Psalm 67:1)
         

“For God so loved he world that he sent His only begotten son.” 

Do you think that kind of God would be a God of frowns?  Do you know people who are loving, caring people and then spend most of their time frowning?  The two don’t go together too well do they?

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To better understand Jesus and the earthly world in which He lived,

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 THE APOSTLES

OF THE MANY WHO FOLLOWED JESUS, HE CHOSE ONLY TWELVE TO BE HIS APOSTLES

Twelve Minus One

 JAMES, the BROTHER OF JOHN (MARKl:19) JAMES, like his younger brother John, was impetuous to the point of often needing his anger disciplined.

Once they suggested that fire be called down from heaven when Samaritans refused to show Jesus proper respect Jesus quelled this outburst and most likely gave them an ex.ba sermonic lesson on forgiveness and love. James lasted only to the age of forty-four when, by the order of King  Herod of Agrippa, he was beheaded in44A.D.

He was the first of the disciples to die. We are all remembered by what we truly believe. James never wavered in his devotion or steadfast faith in Jesus and His mission.

JOHN THE APOSTLE (JOHN 19:26) JOHN is also called

The Beloved for of all the apostles he was closest to the Master. At the Last Supper he was seated next to Him.

And from the cross Jesus committed the care of His mother to this trustworthy friend.

 He was also the first to recognize the resurrected Jesus on the Sea of Galilee when He appeared in the pale morning light.

Though some early Christian art depicts him as meek and passive, he was not.

The Scripture tells how in Jerusalem he stood strong before severe persecution led by Saul of Tarsus, later to be known as Paul.

 According to tradition, he left Jerusalem and went to Ephesus. It was there during the reign of Domitian, he was arrested, taken to Rome and then sent into exile to the Isle of Patmos.

By apocryphal accounts, it was here that he was given the visions of the last days, part of which he wrote down in his Book of the Revelation.

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THE CHAOS AND CLUTTER OF CONFLICT

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You know, if we would heed only half of all the advice the Bible offers us on this subject, we would have lives filled with twice as much peace and love and understanding.

  

A story to make the point: Once, in order to better understand all the problems the people outside the monastery seemed to be constantly having with each other,  two monks decided that they should have a quarrel like ordinary men. 

 

 Since they had never had one before, they were not quite sure how to begin.

 

 So one of the brothers-in-Christ looked around, found a brick, and placed it squarely between them.  “We are now going to do some role playing.  I will say, ‘This brick is mine,’” he instructed,

 

 “Then you say, ‘No, it is mine!’  This seems to be the sort of thing that leads to a quarrel in what folk call the real world..  Are you ready?”

 

“I am ready,” said the other monk.

 

Taking a deep breath, the first monk began, “This brick is mine.”

 

“I beg your pardon,” his brother-in-Christ said, “but I do believe that it is mine.”

 

“No, it is not; it is mine,” the first monk repeated.

 

The second monk paused and replied, “Well, if it’s yours, then take it.” Then smiled and walked away. 

 

Thus the two monks failed in their effort to generate conflict because they just couldn’t get their heart in it.  Even though they were only play acting, the idiocy of the selfishness of it all was just more than they could endure.

 

Why they failed is really quite obvious.

 

Neither had a closed mind or an open, argumentative mouth.

 

Neither was filled with more anger than common sense.

 

Neither was wearing a dunce cap made out of false pride.

 

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“Peace like a river” you read those words last week at the beginning of these thoughts.  …now let’s expand the meaning by describing the peculiarities of that moving body of water we call a river.

First, it is constant.  It flows and flows and keeps on flowing.  Peace that flows like a river keeps on flowing.

Sometimes our faith is magnificent and it is a torrent…and sometimes our faith weakens and it falls to a trickle, but it keeps on keeping on for that is what the eternal promise of our eternal God is all about.

Does God smile when we seek the peace and power He offers…I believe He does, indeed… when we finally understand and accept that we are not the masters of our fate or the captains of our souls.

God’s own son echoes that promise of joy.  "I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you."   

Not a lethargic, flat, joyless kind of peace…but a rejoicing kind of peace that when we see Jesus will make us want to dance and sing and do all the things we always want to do when we are overwhelmed.

 Seated where you are…take a moment and picture it and allow yourself to think…it almost sounds to good to be true…but you know it is true…and as you think it and accept it once again…your smile should get larger by the minute.

“WHICH IS BETTER TO BE?  A WINDOW OR A DOOR” ” “BE A RAINBOW SEARCHER AND FINDER” “IS YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION?

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CAN GOD SMILE? CAN GOD CRY? Continuation)

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     “Peace like a river” you read those words last week at the beginning of these thoughts.  …now let’s expand the meaning by describing the peculiarities of that moving body of water we call a river.

First, it is constant.  It flows and flows and keeps on flowing.  Peace that flows like a river keeps on flowing.

Sometimes our faith is magnificent and it is a torrent…and sometimes our faith weakens and it falls to a trickle, but it keeps on keeping on for that is what the eternal promise of our eternal God is all about.

Does God smile when we seek the peace and power He offers…I believe He does, indeed… when we finally understand and accept that we are not the masters of our fate or the captains of our souls.

God’s own son echoes that promise of joy.  "I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you."   

Not a lethargic, flat, joyless kind of peace…but a rejoicing kind of peace that when we see Jesus will make us want to dance and sing and do all the things we always want to do when we are overwhelmed.

 Seated where you are…take a moment and picture it and allow yourself to think…it almost sounds to good to be true…but you know it is true…and as you think it and accept it once again…your smile should get larger by the minute.

“WHICH IS BETTER TO BE?  A WINDOW OR A DOOR” ” “BE A RAINBOW SEARCHER AND FINDER” “IS YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION?

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THE GALILEE GALLERY (Continuation)

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ANDREW (JOHN 1:40) ANDREW, brother ofPeter, did not major in hesitation, immediately upon meeting Jesus he accepted him as the Messiah.
He and John were the first converts.

He was present when Jesus was baptized because he was a follower of John The Baptist.

Andrew had many distinctions and since there is always relevance to numbers it is no small thing that in the Gospels he is always named as one ofthe first four called to discipleship.
He became a constant companion of Jesus during the years ofHis ministry.

Certainly he was present at the Last Supper, and he was among the group of disciples to whom Christ appeared after the Resurrection.

He also was witness to the Ascension and he shared in the majesty of the Pentecost.

Ancient writers relate that he went out as a missionary to Sythia and other nearby countries.

This was no small thing since pagan rulers were not likely to give him a "preacher of the month" award. It cannot be proven, but it is conjectured that he founded a church in Constantinople.

Most historians agree that his tragic end took place in Patrae, a city of Achaia.

There, bravely refusing an order to offer a sacrifice to pagan gods, the Roman governor had him scourged and crucified.
THE SONS OF THUNDER

James and his brother John were sons ofZebedee, all apparently successful fishermen ofBethsaida. Jesus soon nicknamed them Boanerges which means

l "sons of thunder". This should dispel any notion that either was meek and mild.

STRETCH YOUR SOUL (Continuation of series)

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To stretch our souls, we should, with vigor and enthusiasm, join the Psalmist and his thought,

“As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.” (Psalm 42)

There is loneliness you may be experiencing it at this very moment. You awoke in the middle of the night and your checklist of friends and family had shrunk.

Death, sickness, too many have moved to another city or state…or for yet another reason, a friendship or relationship that was, isn’t anymore. And it hurts and no, God has not died, but you have died inside.
Or, your health has been deteriorating and you see no light at the end of the tunnel.

Or, temptation is alive and well in the host of your days and you are weary from fighting it.

So then, what to do?

Start a marathon session with your soul.

Catch up on lost time by talking and arguing with any parts of your soul that have started to drift.

Tell you soul to fill in the faithless gaps with God. Tell it once. Tell it a hundred times. Tell it a thousand times, if you must.

Why so much repetition? Because our faith in our God requires more than an occasional reference to it. “What a friend we have in Jesus?” Well now, don’t we want to be around a friend, and refer to a friend more than occasionally?

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