Heavenly Real Estate

I liked this morning's devotional from Planet Wisdom.

 

I had to wake up at 5:00 a.m. today to be at work by 6:00 a.m. (so I can leave early today).  I normally wake up somewhere between the alarm at 6:45 a.m. and Frank's nudges to get up, or his kiss goodbye when he is leaving for work (awwwww, sweet!).  So, 5 a.m. is just RUDE to my psyche and system!  I think I started waking up around 4 a.m. as I REALLY needed to make sure I was up at 5 and wasn't really positive I had set my alarm correctly!

 

Has that ever happened to you?

 

My experience reminds me of Proverbs 3:5-8, "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your body and refreshment to your bones."

 

This Christian life we live was not intended for us to go all maverick and do it on our own.  Nor, were we meant to live our lives according to our friends' opinions, direction or counsel.  NOR, were we supposed to follow the latest, greatest fad, ad or trend popularized on MTV or YouTube or MySpace or...you get the point!

 

I kept second guessing myself in the wee, bleary-eyed hours of the pre-dawn.  I'll pay for it all day.  I'll be tired, grumpy and want a nap so bad I'll be willing to sacrifice my first-born to get one (which wouldn't be too much of a stretch for me today!).

 

When we rely on God, lean on Him, acknowledge Him in ALL our ways, we don't need to second-guess ourselves.  There is safety, there is refreshment, there is assurances that God Almighty, THE Creator of the universe (and you & me), is capable and able to hold us, help us and protect us from the ravages of our faulty understanding and logic.

 

Put into practice the following as you go into your weekend:

1. Trust the Lord with all your heart.

2. Acknowledge Him in all your ways (where ever you go, whatever you do, say, think...).

3. Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

 

On Sunday, tell me how you did.

Love-M

 

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I Want a Real House! Posted: 04 Dec 2008 04:06 PM CST "Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked." (2 Corinthians 5:1-3) My family tried camping in a tent exactly one time when I was a kid. It was a nice evening somewhere in Wisconsin. Until the storm rolled in. And the rain started pouring through the seams. And the thunder made it hard for us to hear dad saying, "Just go to sleep." The guy on the radio in the van — where we ended up spending the night — said it was the worst storm in Wisconsin in ten years. We sat shivering and watched tent after tent get blown over, uprooted, and go tumbling through the campground as the tornado warning sounded. We stayed in motels after that. Paul said these fragile bodies we live in are like tents. Sometimes, it's cold and lonely and painful inside. We groan through long nights. It's not the life we were meant for. In heaven, though, we'll live in glorified bodies. Built just for us. Like sleeping in a real bed in a real house with our Father in the very next room. Think: Paul couldn't wait to be in his "heavenly dwelling." Are you looking forward to heaven? Why or why not? Pray: Thank God for the reality of heaven and that this life isn't the end of the story. Do: To get the full weight of Paul's metaphor, let's all try sleeping in a tent for a month or two this winter. How long do you think it will take before we're longing to sleep in our own beds inside a real house? Visit PlanetWisdom.com for more great resources!

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