Proverbs 21:13

"Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered."

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Light

Though nothing seemingly spectacular, a Canon promo video states, "light is the foundation for all that we see." The First Letter of John (chapter 1, verse 5) says "God is light; in him there is no darkness at all."

How much can you see?

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Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better

So many images run through my mind, yet only a fraction of a fraction will ever be captured on a camera's sensor. And I'm just one person. The child (or child at heart) who doesn't know how to operate a dSLR's buttons and knobs, or the Sub-Saharan villager who doesn't even know what a camera is―they (and billions of others) have (whether they realize it or not) vastly creative God-given imaginations. Infinite pictures infused with beauty and a story, yet the majority of them are things unseen!

Register the fact that our Minds are miraculous machines that have virtually no bounds (we are created in the image of God). Yet Scripture says God's "foolishness" is greater than man's (all of man's) wisdom, and that His strength is greater than man's (all of man's) strength (1 Corinthians 1:25). Think about that...

Now, shift from the college of arts to science. The cells that make up all of creation are made up of intricate parts and are critically dependent on countless variables (Colossians 1:17). Yet when God conjured up existence as we know it, He was aware of these things. The hardest mathematics and the most mysterious of designs: He created these things! O the mind of God! What is there that exists that He is unable to comprehend?!

As powerful, brilliant, and creative our collective minds can be, the Truth is that no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him (1 Corinthians 2:9). Whoa indeed.

God searches all hearts. God knows all things. He created all things (John 1:3), and there is nothing (especially being human) to which He cannot relate. There is nothing that He cannot understand, nothing from which He cannot deliver.

"Anything you can do, I (God) can do better.
Anything I can do, I (God) can do better than you (my child)."

Ah, what a breath-taking life-giving truth to be able to rest in...

Thank You, Jesus!
Amen.

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Death of Our Politics

A Christian father is first a Christian, then a father.
A Christian husband is first a Christian, then a husband.
A Christian American is first a Christian, then an American.

Does this make the man unloving? Quite the contrary—surely, it leads him to be a better father (even more of a father), a better husband (even more of a husband).

One identity is not forfeited for the other.

Does this make the man unpatriotic? I do not believe so, though no doubt many would disagree...

"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
[Matthew 5:10-11]

...our citizenship is in heaven...
[Philippians 3:20]

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Double Tap

There was a time in my life when I was thought to be "extreme." The world doesn't like extreme; it prefers "moderate." My goodness, I've become moderate.

But then I got double-tapped—first by the Bible, and then by YouTube.

"...having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people."
[2Timothy 3:5]

All true passion is born out of Anguish.
[David Wilkerson]

Ouch. Where is the power of Christ in my life? Where is the Passion? Where is the Anguish? I know I won't find it living safely in the comfort of moderation.

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That's all the devil wants to do is get the fight out of you. And kill it.
[David Wilkerson]

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