Wishin' for Warmth

It's cold, wet, rainy...and I even see some slushy snow coming down...maybe if I close my eyes and click my heels three times and repeat "There's no place like the beach, there's no place like the beach, there's.....". *sigh*

The Punishment that brought us Peace

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6

"When did you assume that sin affects only the sinner."

"Sometimes the way is difficult because of me..."

"(My) forgiveness was purchased at a great price...the death of Christ" Mark Beeson-Holy Thursday

Idol Hoopla

Yup, it's decided.....David Cook has MY vote!!!! Carly is coming in a close second....(just in case you were wondering).

It's the little things.....

Yeah!! It is 53 degrees today...and sunny!!! I bought myself a pair of flip-flops!

Psalm 147:12Jerusalem, worship God! Zion, praise your God! He made your city secure, he blessed your children among you. He keeps the peace at your borders, he puts the best bread on your tables. He launches his promises earthward— how swift and sure they come! He spreads snow like a white fleece, he scatters frost like ashes, He broadcasts hail like birdseed— who can survive his winter? Then he gives the command and it all melts; he breathes on winter—suddenly it's spring!

So you've had a bad day......

2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

A Shift for Oprah????

Oprah, what is up with you? I used to be a fan. When the show was the interviewing of celebs, discusssing how to make relationships better, how to look 10 pounds lighter without dieting, but Oprah seems to have really jumped on the New Age band wagon. First it was the promotion of the book The Secret, now it is the 10 week on line course of study on Eckhart Tolle's new book A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose.
Apparently Mr. Tolle is an "essential spritual teacher, the father of now" (whatever that means!). He wants to help us get in touch with the stillness within ourselves and discover what the greater purpose wants from me rather than what I want from the greater purpose. (Isn't that what we Christians call meditating on God's Word??) According to the book:
"Any life-form in any realm-mineral, vegetable, animal, or human-can be said to undergo "enlightenment." It is, however, an extrememly rare occurrence since it is more than an evolutionary progression: It also implies a discontinuity in its development, a leap to an entirely different level of Being and, most important, a lessening of materiality." HUH???
"Once there is a certain degree of Prescence, of still and alert attention in human beings' perceptions, they can sense the divine life essense, the one indwelling consciousness of spirit in every creature, every life-form, recognize it as one with their own essence and so love it as themselves." ALRIGHTY THEN.....

The goal of this book and Oprah's 10 week on-line class is to bring about a "shift in consciousness, that is to say, to awaken." BUT ( and I guess this is a very, Big BUT...)..."it can only awaken those who are ready. Not everyone is ready yet, but many are, and with each person who awakens, the momentum in the collective consciousness grows." YUP, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE ME.....ONE WHO IS NOT READY.

The scarey part of all this is the big following Oprah has. People tend to follow her blindly. If she promotes it , it must be good. YIKES!!

3If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, 4he is conceited and understands nothing. I Timothy 6:3