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November 5, 2008 This
is the first of, hopefully, a weekly devotional I want to put on the web
site. I’m not sure how this is going to
work but I have to start somewhere. My
hope is to put on this electronic gizmo in front of me some sort of meaningful words
that I can pass on to you; words that touch and, in some way, empower me in my
journey. So,
for you reading enjoyment, here goes. From: God’s Blogs, insights from HIS site. By: Lanny Donoho If
God had a blog that you could check out whenever you pushed the computer’s on
button, what would God say? I found this
book at a Youth Workers Conventions and have used it in some teachings. I like
it! =============================================================== Expressions One thing
I made that I really like is human expression.
It goes along with feelings and emotions, and sometimes I see facial expressions that crack Me up even though I made them all. Then there are things like grasps and oohs
and ahhhs and exasperation sighs and sighs of contentment. All that just really makes Me smile—which is, of course,
another great facial expression. I watched
some great expressions today. I watched
My Son start walking on water On a lake, In the
middle of a storm. But I saw the best expressions
when I looked at the boys in the boat. Their
eyes got wide and their
jaws dropped and their
bodies got real tense. I thought it was great that when they saw him walking on waves
the size of their boat; they forgot to be scared for a second…they were too
amazed at something they had never seen. (It’d do a
lot of you some good during some of your more frightening times to
get distracted by Me so you
could stop being so afraid.) Anyway, the faces were
delightful—especially when Peter decided to jump in. I wish you could have seen the faces of the
other eleven. But Peter’s
face—the determination when he actually made the choice to step out into…or
on…the water. His eyes went from
intention…to elation…to fear…and then when he realized that he was doing, (SOMETHING
HE SHOULDN’T BE ABLE TO DO,) his mouth got wide and his eyebrows
went up almost to his hairline. The veins on the side of
his head were just about to pop as he went down face-first into the water. Then Jesus reached out and grabbed him, and his facial
expression of total relief was sheepish and magnificent. Jesus and I looked at each other and smiled. We loved watching
them. Every time Jesus did something
like that, He would always pause for a second and look around just to see their
faces. They had that astonished look for
a long time after He fed the thousands with just a lunchbox full of food. They laughed and clapped and punched each
other when he healed the lepers. They
fell on the ground in amazement and cried and laughed all at the same time when
He brought Lazarus out of the tomb. It
wasn’t laughing like “that was
funny” laughing. It was uncontrollable, I-can’t-believe-that-He-is-truly-God-and-we-get-to-be-part-of-this-and-my-heart-is-so-full-I-feel-like-I-can’t-contain-it-all kind of
laughing. I watched Jesus’ face closely that day as well. He had
just cried. Then He looked at His
friends with such intense love that it showed all over His face. Then with His brow furrowed and His teeth
clenched He called Lazarus out. His own
heart was beating as fast as it ever had, and then all of a sudden His tensions
released, and He looked around and saw the same faces I was watching…and He
looked up at Me and out of the same eyes that just
gave up those tears came a wink and a smile… And I felt that had anyone been able to see Me
right then, they would have caught a glimpse of a brand-new expression…just
created on the face of God. |