If the Bible doesn’t fit
Your life style choice today
And those pesky 10 commandments
Are definitely passe
Then who made all your rules
That tell you what’s PC?
And what is really good or bad
And says what has to be?
But if God is still creator
And Jesus is His Son
And the cross still takes away our sins
And heaven’s still to come
Then we’ve got hope
God is still good
He can forgive
our sin
He gave His life that we might live
And welcomes children in!
“Open our eyes Lord- we want to see Jesus!” went the chorus we sang some years ago. I used to imagine getting a vision of heaven during worship or an ecstatic experience at the altar. But God (who is so much more practical than I) takes moments like that to upend my schedule with some else’s need. He does not give me time to prepare or ask my opinion. Like the scene from the film “Evan Almighty” when Steven Carell who portrays Noah complains to God (Morgan Freeman) ” This whole building the ark thing is really not part of my plans here!”
When he finishes God begins laughing, then says Your plans!….people want to change the world- don’t know how to begin.”
We want to see Jesus but don’t know where to begin to looking for Him. But the God who has all the power of the universe cupped in His hand chooses to send us a little one. Then He waits in wonder to see what we will do when that someone doesn’t fit in with our plans and goals. Almighty God is watching to see what we will do when people around us need our mercy. When we take our child to school after he has missed the bus for the 3rd time or helped our neighbor who sometimes steals our parking spot shovel snow from theirs Jesus is there. When we turn off our television or miss a midweek prayer meeting to make a hospital visit He will be waiting. All the big important things we thought we should do today may be still undone at bedtime but we will have received Jesus if along the way we have stopped to listen to our child’s whispered prayers!
For those who have followed my blog for sometime you know that I do translation from Portuguese to English at our church. I am not able to professionally translate but having become comfortable with live translation in church I decided to try my hand at translating my Lenten Devotional into Portuguese this year. I am truly thankful for my Pastor, Dr Joliam Sampaio for correcting and rewriting large portions of my first attempt.
The result has been a new adventure for me. If you know of anyone who would enjoy a simple daily reading in the mother language it is available in both E-book and softcover. The soft cover version brings with it the advantage of receiving the E-book version free and free lending is enabled for this.
Para aqueles que seguiram meu blog por algum tempo, você sabe que eu faço tradução do português para o inglês na nossa igreja. Não consigo traduzir profissionalmente, mas decidi tentar minha mão em traduzir o meu Devocionais para a Quaresma em português este ano. Estou realmente agradecido pelo meu Pastor, o Dr. Joliam Sampaio, por corrigir grandes partes da minha primeira tentativa. Esperou que o resultado seria uma benção em suas vidas
Quando o cirurgião veio ao meu encontro quando eu estava deitado na mesa de operação, eu estava calmo. Embora já tivéssemos falado brevemente quando eu fui examinado em seu consultório na semana anterior, eu confiei nele. Quanto mais devemos confiar em Deus durante os tempos de mudança em nossas vidas? Quando começamos a Quaresma, por que não começar confiar mais em Deus em todas as circunstâncias de nossas vidas?
edição kindle e-book – clique aqui
livro de capa macia – clique aqui
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