The Vicarage at 7:30 A.M.
Once you spoke in a vision,
to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
I have raised up a young man from among the people.
20 I have found David my servant;
with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 My hand will sustain him;
surely my arm will strengthen him.
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;
the wicked will not oppress him.
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike down his adversaries.
24 My faithful love will be with him,
and through my name his horn[f] will be exalted. Psalm 89:19-24
This word came to me in prayer this morning. I felt led to share it with you.
God is the holder of our true identities. We can never really know who we are or who we were made to be until we come to Him. Until then we put on half true faces to match the tenor of the world around us. Even when we do come to Him, though, we find that our false selves still cling to us. It is only in the relating to God that those false selves begin to strip away and we come to ourselves. It is for this reason the world, the flesh and the devil work so hard to keep Christians from doing the very things which most deeply connect them to God. You see, in the connecting we become truly ourselves and all the interior spaces we once gave to our false selves is taken up by truth, and as you know the truth will set you free!
Once you spoke in a vision,
to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
I have raised up a young man from among the people.
20 I have found David my servant;
with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 My hand will sustain him;
surely my arm will strengthen him.
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;
the wicked will not oppress him.
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike down his adversaries.
24 My faithful love will be with him,
and through my name his horn[f] will be exalted. Psalm 89:19-24
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Once you spoke in a vision,
to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
I have raised up a young man from among the people.
20 I have found David my servant;
with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 My hand will sustain him;
surely my arm will strengthen him.
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;
the wicked will not oppress him.
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike down his adversaries.
24 My faithful love will be with him,
and through my name his horn[f] will be exalted. Psalm 89:19-24
Our decadent liturgy is dribbling decencies:
Debussy’s Prelude all modern and dissonant:
“Of course that doesn’t make you look fat!”;
Dan Gibson’s Introit, all daylight and desire:
“Mmmm! This is so good I must have the recipe!”;
Dawn’s invocation:
“I am really good. You?”;
The laud at the door:
“Such a sweet child.”;
Second song:
“I sing because I’m happy.”;
Canticle of alms and gifts:
“Of course I can buy one. I’ve always wanted one of these!”;
Sermon:
“You sing beautifully!”;
Hymn of response:
“Well of course. That makes perfect sense.”;
Benediction:
” Come back anytime. Just call first.”;
In our service will we ever speak all the words we can never say?
It is New Year’s Day and I am doing the last SHARE YOUR WORLD POST FROM 2019!
Happy New Year everyone!
Here are Melanie’s sharing questions. My answers are in red.
What was the single best thing that happened in your life this past year? I was given another year to serve the Lord!
The most challenging? I was given another year to serve the Lord!
One thing you learned in 2019? Oh my! Just one thing! OK Here is one thing from a conference I went to: “People are designed by God with their own economy inside them.”
Given all your experiences, insights, and lessons learned in 2019, what’s the best advice you could give yourself for 2020? You see the battle ahead. Don’t shrink back.
What’s the best meal/food you ate in 2019? I got to eat at La Cellier Steak House in Epcot Center.
What are three activities you plan to use in the coming year to relieve stress? Prayer, Reading and writing
Gratitude Question:
What brought you the most joy and are you going to do more of that? My God, My family and my church and yes I plan to keep my life centered around these three things.
Lastly – Any resolutions you’d care to share? My words for the year are
” SHIFT YOUR FOCUS TO WONDER.”
Lillie-Put 