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Friday, January 5, 2018

"Enough on Earth; Enough in Heaven" Genesis 13-15, Matthew 5:1-26

Antique words written for this very day.
What outward/inward evils do we face in 2018?
There's a shield ready and round about.
Never assured of full exemption.
Always assured of full redemption.
Assured of a providential hand turning the watercourses of our day.
Don't be afraid.  I AM your Reward. Genesis 15:1
God caused Abraham to fall into a deep sleep to reassure the immigrant.
Imagine being an immigrant then and today.
So many things to fear.  Yet...
If we love and trust our God,
it is Enough on this earth.
it is Everything in heaven.
Beyond words that God has reassured this wanderer and
in the absence of what I thought life would be for us all,
He is Enough on earth.
He is Everything in heaven.
The word shield means active not passive in the hands of God.
A shield ready for what simmers within.
A shield round about it for what lurks without.
Blessed are the poor in spirit.  Matthew 5:3


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