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Feeling Gratitude?

Oh, give thanks to the Lord!  Call upon His name;  Make known His deeds among the peoples!  Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;  Talk of all His wondrous works!  Glory in His holy name;  Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!  Seek the Lord and His strength;  Seek His face evermore!     Psalm 105:1-4 (NKJ) I can't help but wonder what it would sound like to all of heaven if every man, woman, and child were to offer up the heart felt gratitude that God so richly deserves at the same time - everywhere, all at once. I have no doubt that it would be an awesome sound that would bring great joy to the inhabitants of heaven to hear God being justly praised, holy worshiped and righteously thanked for all that He's done for mankind - beginning with the provisions made to sustain him and the plans made to divinely profit him even before man himself was created. Life itself is a gift of grace and before any naysayer begins to tell of the n...

Divine Appointment

 A term came up one morning during a group bible reading and my mind got a little hung up on it. It's something that I've heard a number of times over the years, but that morning I decided to pursue those two simple words to flesh out the depth of their meaning when they're presented together. It just felt like one of those moments when the Lord may have been baiting me into a moment of exploration and a conversation that bears a point - a message of particular importance to me. As always, He was just waiting for me to stop the busyness and enter into a conversation. I believe that we if we are truly in Christ, truly surrendered to Him, that we should come to expect those moments of particular opportunity - moments when our Father in Heaven might speak something of interest and importance to His child as a loving father might do because of the fruitful, life rendering nature of their relationship - father to child and child to father they are able to experience life togethe...