IT IS WRITTEN
Happy is the one . . . who takes delight in the law of the Lord, and meditates on it by day and by night.
Such a one is like a tree planted near streams; it bears fruit in season and its leaves never wither, and every project succeeds.
Psalm 1:1-3
Happy is the one . . . who takes delight in the law of the Lord, and meditates on it by day and by night.
Such a one is like a tree planted near streams; it bears fruit in season and its leaves never wither, and every project succeeds.
Psalm 1:1-3
BLOGSBeginning of Happiness
It is now well over 20 years ago since I first became conscious of God's tug on the leading strings of his Law. MORE . . . Keeping the Sabbath 'Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.' Hmmm. The whole issue of holiness seemed just so big and inscrutable. MORE . . . Feed My Sheep How often and how long must Jesus suffer our disregard? How many times must he give, and give, and give again, only to be ignored? MORE . . . Time Lord Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote, ‘God is not in things of space, but in moments of time’. MORE . . . The Name ‘You are not to take up the name of YHWH your God for emptiness.' MORE ... The Love Test I don’t know about you, but a lot of what I hear and read in relation to love of God is about how much God loves me. MORE ... The Love Test #2 Why is it that spiritual insights are always accompanied by such a sense of surprise? MORE ... Time Lord 2 The Commandment to remember and keep the Sabbath is a law that maintains the fabric of time. MORE . . . |
MEDITATIONS
THE DECALOGUE
To teach the Ten Commandments as a moral code is to miss their true purpose. We should learn the Ten Commandments as we learn a foreign language, with application and constant repetition. But unlike a foreign language, we soon find that the Ten Commandments are themselves the teacher, and the language they teach is . . . MORE . . . 
THE SABBATH
The Sabbath is like a magnet. If you can grow inside you even a small nugget of desire for the Sabbath, as evening draws near on a Friday you will be dragged ever more strongly into the force field of the Sabbath magnet. And at dark you will slap right up against it, and be well and truly stuck. What bliss! MORE . . . 
THE EUCHARIST
Belief can be misleading. It can start and end in the head. It doesn’t make for a sustaining meal. So why feed people doctrine when God has provided the eucharist? Why fantasise about God when you can actually taste God? And what is the flavour of God? MORE . . . LECTIO DIVINA
Died childless
Not only do I have few 'spiritual children', those I might lay claim to are badly malnourished. Then my contemplation took a more positive turn: If I were dying now, would a 'pregnancy' test prove positive? MORE . . .
Get up!
I had a sudden perception of myself as lying dead, and Jesus speaking to me, ‘I say to you, get up!’ But unlike the son of the widow of Nain, I did not get up, I remained as one dead. MORE . . .
You do not
How do I welcome Jesus? The ghastly answer is, I don't. Rather, I summon Jesus into my presence, at my chosen timing, and with the expectation he will obey my imperious commands . . . MORE . . . |
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