The Sweetest Frame

This passage hit me hard today... Luke 20:34 And Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, 35 but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage, 36 for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. As it relates to salvation, I never feel "worthy." But those who will be sons and daughters of the resurrection are considered worthy. I believe they are considered worthy because Christ's blood covers them. Thank you Lord for your precious Son.

Interesting piece from Kevin DeYoung. I mention all of this because so much that passes for spirituality these days is nothing more than middle class, 20something coffee culture. If you like jazz, soul patches, earth tone furniture, and lattes, that's cool. But this culture is no holier than the McNugget, Hi-C, Value City, football culture that most people live in. Why does incarnational ministry usually mean hanging out at Starbucks instead of McDonalds?

From Wednesday's reading... Psalm 27: 4 One thing have I asked of the Lord , that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. Lord, in the middle of so many things, help me focus on ONE thing.

It's a tough time right now. Everywhere. Even people in ministry are losing their jobs . In my devotions today I was reminded that we are sojourners, strangers in a foreign land. But we can be generous whether we have little or much, because it all comes from God. 1 Chronicles 29:9 Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord . David the king also rejoiced greatly... 14 “But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. 15 For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were . Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding. Lord, I know that difficult days are ahead. Help me to trust in you during good times and bad times. Remind me that I'm a sojourner. And help me to be a generous one.

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Can you imagine what it would be like to hear a million people trying to speak to you all at the same time? I've wondered before, how does God hear in the midst of all the noise? ( I can't even keep up with all of the noise of Facebook.) Gen 21:15 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the child under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot, for she said, “Let me not look on the death of the child.” And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the boy , and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is . God hears the cry of this weakened child who is about to die and raises him up. Lord, I'm so glad that you hear voices.

Three hilarious things you may want to check out... 1. Carlos and Family Night... 2. Slashdot comment about the LHC and Blackholes 3. Crystal and Bananas.