Yom Shlishi, Av 24, 6003 – August 7, 2018
Hanging With The ‘Pines
We are blessed as a group of people to have families with whom we dwell. By families, I mean more than just biological or by marriage, although I include those. I also mean those that claim to care for us, and those for whom we claim to care. Scriptures speak about this.
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
The animal kingdom has examples of this as well. Many species hang together in groups. But what about the groups that might be tougher to hang with? Like maybe, the porcupines? Think of all of the challenges. One ‘Pine tells a joke, and the others laugh. One falls rolling to the floor in hysteria, and BAM! Bumps into your leg and you been needled! Or another ‘Pine thinks to do good and talks to your friend “to help you” with something you struggle with and sooner or later another well meaning “Pine” comes to you with it, walking up from behind and BAM! Stuck in the back, not meaning to of course. Or the one you love gets close and BAM, You get stuck five or six times. O wait a minute… I think I just described life as a believer…
MORAL
Life is not easy. Hangin’ with the ‘Pines will get you stuck for sure. But the path to make it through has all ready been well documented. We call it scriptures…
Colossians 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom come here in the hearts and minds of mankind. Let Your will be done here as it is in heaven, so perfectly. Send us now Your overwhelming provision that it might overflow to those around us. Deliver us from the evil here. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Wipe away all thoughts and memories of the evil done to us or by us. In their place let there be only thoughts and memories of You and Your love toward us. Restore Your people from the inside out, Father, to better than they ever were. Restore unto Your people all that the worm has eaten. Restore unto Your people one thousandfold all that has been taken or held back in any way of that which is good, and the more besides. Send in quickly the $423,923,962.53 that we might use it to promote the kingdom of God in the hearts and minds of mankind here. We ask all these things of You in the name of our Messiah, YAH Yeshuah HaMashiak. Amen.