Emptyness

There is a story that began in the heart of a man called Adam, who felt an emptiness within. God saw in Adam that emptiness, for God Himself desired a spiritual bride. He put Adam to sleep, taking a rib from Adam to form a woman and called her Eve. In His creation there is a longing that has continued down through the corridors of time, which man has tried to fill by himself to meet the need that only God Himself can fill. God sent His only son to show man the way to His Father ( God) , but we rejected Jesus and crucified Him. Jesus then rose from the grave to go back to His father. Today! There is the Holy Spirit who has come to fill that void in man’s soul, if man will allow Him in. The Holy Spirit will begin the work of helping man to become the bride of Christ. The cycle, or circle, of this story will be complete with the final preparation of the bride to return home to her maker to be completed as she enters the arms of God. Thank you Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Contentment

Paul as he traveled, preaching the gospel, learned a precious lesson. He wrote in Php: 4:11 which states, ” Whatever state I am, therewith to be content.”In all the hills, mountains, fields, along with the valleys, and their earthly beauty, I have a peace, but not the contentment Paul speaks of. Mine has been of the natural form, but his is a spiritual fulfillment. Only once have I been blessed to have that experience and it lasted for just a short period. I was in a church service in North Carolina, and the pastor had asked everyone to come down to the alter to pray. We were gathered together and everyone broke out in earnest prayer. While praying someone was almost on my back, and I recognized the person by his whistle. What happened next was totally unexpected, while everyone was praying loudly along with the shrill whistle. All at once I was taken into another realm of complete silence. God showed me the true beauty of silence, and in that moment of time. He allowed me to know a contentment that was not of this world. It could have been seconds, or just a moment when the loud praying was there once again. Why He let me have that experience I don’t know  understand, but one thing I do know, I’ll never be the same or satisfied with less than heaven’s best. The earthly cannot ever attain this, but it’s there for everyone who will strive to draw close to Christ and trust Him. No matter what is happening around us now, may we truly learn to trust Him, and in Him be content.

The Story Teller

There have been times when I have been out hunting, working, or like the other day, getting my car inspection. What I thought was going to be about a half hour turned into a five hour wait. Not only I, but there was another man in the same predicament and he had been there longer than I. Well, having my smartphone with me, which happened to have some of my stories on it that I had written a few days before. I asked him if he would like to read a story while waiting for his car. He read that story and liked it, and it gave me an open door into his heart and life. I told him stories and scriptures, and God’s grace and presence entered in the room. I know seed was planted in this kind man, and somewhere another may water those seeds, and perhaps another will reap the harvest to God’s glory. Your walks may take you places you are not expecting, but use the time and your story to be an instrument to bring glory to God.

My Simple Life In Prayer

The first time I heard the inner voice of the Holy Spirit was in a Methodist church. Their visiting speaker had just finished his portrayal of the Sermon on the Mount. As he was leaving the platform, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said this may be your last chance. Quickly I responded to Him and went to the alter and asked His forgiveness. My life since then has never been the same. I’m not a scholar or any kind of a learned man, and I am thankful to these men, for they have helped many in their walk in Christ. A simple man I am and this is my station in life. I’ve not been writing any these past few weeks simply because I’ve been waiting on God to show me how to proceed. I’ve known that I’m supposed to write about prayer. The question is in what way. Many books have been written on prayer. How to pray, methods of prayer, positions to pray in, and many other titles. God doesn’t want me to go that way. Many things that I would say you’ve heard many times before. I’m simply going to try and write about some of the quite times my Lord and I have spent together. Some stories may seem boring or not of consequence. To me the most exciting time of my life is speaking to the maker of all the universe, which to me, is no small thing. So please bear  with me as I attempt to obey God.