6 - "Don't Live to Build a Name for Yourself" Genesis 10-11

                                                        

We live in such a celebrity society.

But, castles do crumble.

Unspoken pressure exists unaware to make a name for yourself.

"Let us build for ourselves a city so that we may make a name for ourselves." Genesis 11:4

10,000 fathoms high in the sky, One Kingdom.

It's the Wrong Kingdom to make a name, perpetuate who we are.

May we live transparent and see how we misdirect to make life center around our name.

We are all born with a given name. 

May you live up to your names---the ones inscribed on His Hands. 

And my prayer for each of us is that we would call on His Name Alone. 

And I want to pass on what I think is deeply touching as I reflect over my life this past year.
An ordinary life with a handful of followers.  People won't read me because they aren't interested in the unknown folks or the older folks, anymore. In previous generations, we had clout.  Not so in this culture.  

But what I have seen and heard and felt, I want to record for my children's children whom I will not know as adults but only as children.  And I'll never know their children either.  Wish I could hold them.  So, I am writing to those future adults whom I love fiercely.  Think about these things. You can only hold one thought or so in your mind. These are God's thoughts for us. And, the thought from today's reading is this---let us not defy or defeat the Counsel of Heaven. Don't live in contempt of court---contempt of the Divine Will, contempt of this counsel of Noah.  

Maybe, I'm wrong in some ways.  Maybe, I'm right in some ways about spiritual things.  Bob said tonight at our favorite Mexican restaurant, "Christianity is very disruptive."  It is.  So many things I don't know.  I just know I deeply understand and believe and trust and follow my Creator. Nothing can snatch me out of His Hands.  It would have already happened... and...

God never intended for anyone to live attached to their own ambition. Castles crumble. This Word of God stands forever. What one thought can you carry today? Seek first His Kingdom. Let us adore Him.

PHOTOS: 1. A sand castle on the shore of Pensacola Beach where I've flung many prayers across that ocean. 2. Here are two little ones learning to whisper and wonder. Ezekiel and Ezri circa December 2016.