Month: December 2013

Yesterday I awoke to problems at work and my entire morning was spun into disarray, but, yeah today’s Friday! All week I have been thinking about this verse from O’ Holy Night

Long lay the world in sin and error pining

What in the world is pining and why is the world laying in it?

Words like this fascinate me, especially since our modern language has passed by some many great words like this one.  As I matter of fact I don’t reckon ever hearing someone use ‘pining’ in a sentence in my entire life on this here planet.

It’s a great word and does a great job describing the yearning and longing for something different that a world that has succumbed to sin and is without any real hope feels.  It even describes our own lives until we realize that salvation was delivered on a starry night in Bethlehem.

So, two things.  First, I hope you can find a way to use pining in a sentence today.  And then realize that probably whatever your where pining for, probably pales in comparison to the longing and want we should feel towards the creator of the world and the architect of our salvation.  Lets make sure that even those our sins are cast away we still are pining for the Lord.

8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.  Romans 5:8(NLT)

This past Sunday I was teaching the junior high kids about going out of their way for others. One of the things we discussed was how God cares about all people. I reminded them that we cannot pick and choose who we show God. We need to learn from Peter and his dream of the sheet and understand that we are to share this message with everyone we meet in some way. So, as you walk through the office today make sure you are treating all of the images of God well.

Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right. (Acts 10:34, 35 NIV)

So sorry that my keyboard has been silent most of last week.  I had a busy week and a very distracted mind last week.  So for the sake of just writing to write, I just stepped back from the keyboard and choose to spend some time being quiet.

Sometimes that happens.

But today I am back, with a mind full of thoughts that I hope to be able to share throughout the week.  and so on this ‘Green Monday’, I share this with you!

10 I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.  Psalm 119:10 (NIV)

Make sure you are seeking the right things today, as you continue your preparations for the ‘greatest day of the year’!