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Given…Free Will

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Given…Free Will

By J. Lillie

Divine Interruptions, repetitions

Seasons

 Spring

 Summer

 Fall

 Winter

Life

Death

All gather at the wedding or casket.

Always the same, crazy drunk dancers

Shy

Wall

Flowers,

Baked

Stuffed

Chicken

And

Green bean

Almondine.

We can’t escape the circle.

I can’t say, “I won’t walk the circumference of the dance floor”

Neither can you. But still we say it.

I

Will not

Be

Moved. I

Will

Break the

Cycle.

We end up on the other side anyway,

Having never moved at all, or run at it

Like some desperate groom chasing his bride.

Some old man chasing oxygen from plastic tubes.

Calendar

Script

Schedule

Liturgy

Agenda

Cycle

Circle of Life

Guided Tour

Itinerary

Every vacation, work week, church service,

math problem, sentence, curriculum, culture,

biology, clock, world, solar system,

galaxy, universe, cell, family dinner,

 baseball game, track meet, sermon, and campaign

Has its order

Prelude

Introit

Welcome

Invocation, Gospel, Law, communion, committal, after party

Drawing us to our ends. We are all stuck

In the Divine equation, wedding, funeral

We are all stuck with our free will.

Morning Direction From Scripture 6-13-19

Posted on by under Pastor Wrinkles

I heard an unknown voice say:

6 “I removed the burden from their shoulders;
    their hands were set free from the basket.
7 In your distress you called and I rescued you,
    I answered you out of a thundercloud;
    I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[c]
8 Hear me, my people, and I will warn you—
    if you would only listen to me, Israel!
9 You shall have no foreign god among you;
    you shall not worship any god other than me.
10 I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of Egypt.
Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. Psalm 81:5-10

What are you doing to let God fill you today?

Mid Afternoon Meditation 6-12-19

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I heard an unknown voice say:

6 “I removed the burden from their shoulders;
    their hands were set free from the basket.
7 In your distress you called and I rescued you,
    I answered you out of a thundercloud;
    I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[c]
8 Hear me, my people, and I will warn you—
    if you would only listen to me, Israel!
9 You shall have no foreign god among you;
    you shall not worship any god other than me.
10 I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of Egypt.
Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. Psalm 81:5-10

What warnings is God putting in your heart today?

Morning Driection From Scripture 6-11-19

Posted on by under Pastor Wrinkles

I heard an unknown voice say:

6 “I removed the burden from their shoulders;
    their hands were set free from the basket.
7 In your distress you called and I rescued you,
    I answered you out of a thundercloud;
    I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[c]
8 Hear me, my people, and I will warn you—
    if you would only listen to me, Israel!
9 You shall have no foreign god among you;
    you shall not worship any god other than me.
10 I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of Egypt.
Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. Psalm 81:5-10

How do you handle it when God tests you?