Hello Family let us pray,
Heavenly Father we pray thanks for this day and the
blessings we have discovered in our lives.
Father we pray for those who we know to be sick or ill in some manner
and ask that Your healing hands be placed upon them to return their health to
100%. Father where we are weak make us
strong; where we are cocky and overly sure, humble us; where we see only
negative bring forth the positive to be shared.
Our lives were forever changed when Your Son died upon the cross for our
sins, we give thanks to His tremendous sacrifices and know they have not been
made in vain. We strive to follow as
closely as possible in His footsteps, knowing as we do we fail, but we also
know You are there to pick us up and dust us off and encourage our pursuit of
becoming more and more like you with each passing day. Yes Father we witness setbacks, but we also
feel and experience triumphs that overshadow any negative that jumps in our
path. Provide the ever-present light at
our feet to guide our path and mark our way Father. We give ourselves to You through our Lord and
Savior Christ Jesus, knowing He is the doorway to You and life eternal. In the name of Christ Jesus we offer our
prayers today….AMEN.
Welcome Family I hope and pray you are having a great start
to this weekend that ramps us up to Thanksgiving next Thursday. Maybe you are simply enjoying the last throes
of Fall as the temperatures wane….well ok, some of us have seen them plunge in
recent days. Or do you sit and stare
idly out the window at what is yet to come, deep in thought about how the world
could be changed inside a few short weeks or months….I hope those are good
pro-active thoughts you might be having in that regard.
How many have been to the great monument known as Mount
Rushmore? It is quite the visual
grandeur of someone’s idea of taking a mountain that one day was just rock and
turning it into a work of art within a few short years. One would have to wonder what inspired the
sculptor, Gutzon Borglum to attack that particular mountain, what did he see
when he first peered at it? Yes it is in
the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota, from his first visualization to the
unveiling, just 14 years….he accomplished one incredible piece of workmanship
that I am sure he was very proud of and surely the many thousands upon
thousands of tourists who have seen its beauty pay tribute to his efforts.
We may not realize it but God envisions much the same thing
in each of us. But for Him to accomplish
His work, we must allow ourselves to be moldable. So you say, I believe I am that moldable
person, what will God make of me….well the answer of course is a likeness of
Him. For underneath the rock layers and
rough edges is what God pursues, a work of art.
A thing of beauty that not only is He proud of, but so should all who
see us be proud and awed as well. Yes He
creates this work of art with the intention of withstanding the test of
time…..what does that mean…..well His intention of for His work to last into
eternity of course.
First though, we must make ourselves moldable so He may do
His work and be proud of the finished product….a product He will gladly show to
many.
Yet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand. Isaiah
64:8
Go in Peace
Blessings to you all
Aloha
Randy
