Well, well on this Wonderful Wednesday…gonna get right to the point…word for today here on the
Front Porch is VISUALIZE. Now this is not a ‘new age’…come together and
hmmmm to make things happen, nor is it a ‘name and claim it’ gimmick.
But, it is about being able to have a dream, a goal, and a vision.-a passion and
a reason for being. We just
celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and once again took a look at his famous
speech, ‘I Have a Dream’.
His dream was for all
people, all races, colors and creeds to work for the common good and do it in
peace. He accomplished much good while
he was here on earth. A good role model
for everyone, no matter the color of your skin.
However, I often ponder on what he would think if he could
step into this generation and see:
*Boys and grown men walking around with their pants almost to their
knees, revealing underwear or at times seem to be nothing under there. One
common take on this is what they are saying is “kiss my___’’.
*Walking
with a hip-hop chip on their shoulder bigger than any rock in the Grand
Canyon.
*What
would he think of the ‘entitlement’ mentality…’you owe’ me.
*About
all the babies having babies having babies.
*The
‘heroes’ of today...spitting, spewing out filthly lyrics of ‘music’ which
glorify the very things he stood against.
I think he would be appalled, saddened,
ashamed and greatly disappointed in what has happen to his dream: what he
visualized for this country.
Where
are the Martin Luther King, Jrs for this generation?
The Bible tells us we
need to VISUALIZE
We
need to look to God and see what He is doing, what He desires for us, what He
can do through us, in us and with us. We
sell ourselves way short, too often, by lacking a vision, going through the
motions without a dream, having no real goals…simply going with the flow.
I often think if I had to have been born without my sight or
my hearing, which would I chose to do without.
I cannot image a life in total silence…never hearing the sweetest sound of
a baby’s laugh…the melodious tone of a young child’s voice in the excitement of
discovering something so new, that the words just tumble out one after
another. I cannot conceive a world where
I had not heard music; instruments blended together and flowing in a pattern
that moves my soul. Never hearing a
child, a mate, a parent simply say ‘I Love You’.
Nor could I fathom a world without sight! A world where I had no idea what I looked
like, what my loving family looked like, never seeing a sunrise, a sunset ,a
rainbow…a tree, the beautiful cloudless
blue sky…the amazing colors on an autumn day…snowflakes…a
horse running in a meadow, arching it’s golden neck and four feet synchronized
in perfect harmony. VISUALIZE…
God wants us to ‘open
the eyes of our heart’…now everyone knows hearts don’t have eyes…BUT this
is a metaphor to let us know that our heart (who we really our…not that beating
muscle secure in our chest) is the window to our soul. I’ve heard that eyes are the windows of the
soul…not so sure anymore…found some people can look you in the eye and lie…not
once, not twice, but a lifetime. Lance
Armstrong…lie, after lie, not batting an eye…living one enormous lie after
another.
But, eyes open the eyes of our heart...and with them we VISUALIZE.
VISUALIZE:
Look
unto Jesus and know how much he loves you,
the
price He paid for you…
when
asked how much he cares...
.He
stretched forth his arms and died for you…
and
it was no easy death…
it
was horrible, sadistic, cruel.
We
weren’t there, oh, but you can
VISUALIZE.
A
God so wonderful and awesome
that
He created some of the most amazing animals, places and creatures
for
our pleasure, for our enjoyment, for our companionship, for us; you, me.
VISUALIZE.
A
God that watches over us…
He
gives us free will to move through life,
making
choices,
making
good ones and bad
learning
from them,
growing
maturing
into a
powerful,
prayerful,
potential
filled
child of God
VISUALIZE.
That
place spoken of in John 14…
that
place so magnificent,
marvelous
majestic
that ‘eye has not seen, ear has not heard,
neither has it entered into the heart of man
what
GOD has created for us’…
VISUALIZE
That
one day and it is coming soon,
that Jesus will call us,
up,
up,
up
to ever be in His presence…
content,
in every way,
every dream,
every vision,
every
goal
complete in Him
VISUALIZE
That
He will one day return on a white horse with ten thousands of His saints,
to
once and for all defeat the chief enemy of our souls: Satan.
Satan, defeated, whipped, under the feet of
our Lord and Savior:
VISUALIZE
YOURSELF a child of the King, protected,
loved and secure in everything that He has provided...
no
more pain, no more tears, no more disappointments, no more rejection, no more….
VISUALIZE
What
He has placed in your hands, in hearts and in your life…
things
only you can do,
people
only you can reach,
places
you are ordained to go.
VISUALIZE
Yourself
a winner,
a
champion,
a
child of the King:
victorious,
bold,
defeating
Satan…
crushing
, bruising
stomping
on Him by the
power
of the blood and in Jesus names.
VISUALIZE
Not
about the silver and gold of this world
and
how it will fall into corruption,
disrepair
and
be
lost stolen or
vanish
into thin air.
VISUALIZE:
VISUALIZE; VISUALIZE
JESUS
crowned
with many crowns, filled with jewels of every description,
sitting
upon His thrown,
where
every knee shall bow
and
tongue confess…
VISUALIZE
Make
Him your Lord and Savior,
confess
you sin and faults to Him.
Tell
Him,
yes
you believe He died for you
and
you accept Him
and
His shed blood for you.
VISUALIZE
The new life,
new hope
new path
He has for you.
Need
I say much more?
Need
our Lord and Savior do much more?
“It is finished”...
those
three words he spoke while dying on the cross...
.resonate
still over 2000 years later….
What
is left to do?
VISUALIZE
who you are….
a
blood bought, child of the King...
So,
until tomorrow right here on the Front Porch…
VISUALIZE!
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