He Hasn’t Changed
Thursday, January 31st, 2008By Rita Marie I embarked on this journey with much thought and not a little trepidation. Simple human insecurities that wonder how people will view what is being offered. Yet in persevering it is my hope that these words may ease some of the doubt, erase some of the uncertainties and perhaps bring hope where there is none. These are occasions of writing when words flow endlessly, time filters silently through its own space and I am listening, setting down words that need to be heard. My hope is that you will find the words here easy to comprehend, words that will rest in your heart in a way that was meant when first they were spoken. Yes, I listened and put down those things He has said, but I have asked no questions because there truly are none. What needs to be known has already been said. ” . . . since what may be known about God is plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities - His eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that they are without excuse.”(Romans 1:20). The whole reason I have written is to make certain that His reality comes through clearly as was intended so long ago. To halt the confusion that reigns in your heart. To allow you to live with a Truth that has over time been twisted beyond what was meant. This was His purpose. That you might really know Him and understand that He is ‘not’ the remote God of the Heavens that some would have you believe. He is where your are, every day of the week, each night as you lay sleeping, all through your life. It is His message and I am only here to put it in your hands so you will know and then understand that this God of Whom I speak, the One to Whom consummate laws, doctrines, rules and rituals have been attributed, wishes you to go just a bit further, beyond what you know, to look differently at what is believed to be true. To give back the faith that what you hoped for - is real. To allow yourself to know a God Whose only desire for your life is that it be whole and complete wherever you are in your living. That this is not a God to be feared but to walk with, sit with and Who will rest with you when you are weary. This is a God you can believe in for His Word is true. ” For the Word of God is living and active . . .’(Hebrew 4:12). “Every Word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to His Words or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.” (Proverbs 30:5-6) And this God will leave you to the decision of your own heart, where His Truth lies. You need only take a breath to hear its quiet still voice. “For this is what the Lord says - He Who created the Heavens. He is God; He Who fashioned and made the earth, He founded it; He did not create it to be empty but formed it to be inhabited - He says, “I am the Lord and there is no other. I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob’s descendants, ‘Seek me in vain’. I, the Lord, speak the truth; I declare what is right.” (Isaiah 45:18-19) The Truth is as real as the breath you breathe, the sun that marks your days and the starry lights that glitter across a velvet night sky. All His creation splashed across a universe in kaleidoscope dimensions of Love just so you might know His reality. See His image. Feel His presence everywhere you are. Whispering pines, willows swaying in the wind, thundering storms that stop your heart, rushing rivers, deep blue oceans and babbling creeks. Images. Tangible truths of the God Who loves too much. Who was nailed to a cross so you might believe. All true and all Truth. So the message has been written and my only desire is that in this you may find Hope, a willingness to go just a bit further, to wander off the ‘known’ path to one less traveled but true. To understand that the God you ‘know’ has not changed but like the dolphins’ song, only a language you have not yet learned. God has never tried to keep man from being who he is. He has only tried to help him be more than what he believes he can be. This God is so sublimely willing to ease our lives, to bring the peace so desperately unattainable in our material world. And yet sometimes when trying to convey the reality of God, words seem only to push Him further away. Even the words Jesus spoke, though True, have come to mean so many different things because we choose to change the meaning or misunderstand its intent. We think it must mean something other than what was said. It does not. It is the process that determines how life is lived and where contentment lies. The true process of life nourishes everything around it, asks for no more than is needed and cherishes an earth so richly endowed for our living. Yet we have insisted on filling our lives with endless chaos, a mind numbing array of beliefs and theories. An endless charade of hoped for dreams that have now become a nightmarish reality. And this living God once more says, ” I am here. Nothing has changed. I still love you.” Thus when all is said and done we need remember a Truth of the ancients, echoed through time, “In the heart of man lies the Soul of God.” I have been writing for “many” years both prose and poetry. I first realized I could actually write material that people would read at age 13 when a story I wrote for English lit was passed around through all the senior classes and all the teachers. But confidence is something that comes over time. i have only one published poem -When Angels Lie Awake. So if successful this will be my first published book.Most of my life I have spent working with animals in rescue and rehabilitation. I am taking a respite from it for a time because it is extremely wearing, emotionally draining. The shelters and rescues are filling up more than ever before - people can no longer be bothered with their 13yr old dog or 15yr old cat. I will continue to fight for them - only differently.I have 3 grown children who are the light of my life -2 daughters and a son; 4 grandchildren -beautiful babies - the oldest granddaughter is in the service. It has been an interesting journey so far and I pray that the last chapter in my life will be just as interesting. Blessings to all. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Rita_Marie http://EzineArticles.com/?He-Hasnt-Changed&id=440783 phentermine no prescription pharmacy cheap phentermine with no prescription diet pills with phentermine non prescription phentermine