Monday May 25, 2009 HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY
Who has measured the water of the sea with the palm of his hand or measured the sky with the length of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a bushel basket or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills on a balance? Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD or instructed him as his adviser? Whom did he consult? Who gave him understanding? Who taught him the right way? Who taught him knowledge? Who informed him about the way to understanding? The nations are like a drop in a bucket and are considered to be like dust on a scale. The weight of the islands is like fine dust. All the trees in Lebanon are not enough to burn an offering. Its wild animals are not enough for a single burnt offering. All the nations amount to nothing in his presence. He considers them less than nothing and worthless. Isaiah 40:12-17 The opening of this chapter starts with the Lord telling Isaiah to "comfort" His people! Well, God sent that beloved Comforter, first in Jesus, and today in the power of the Holy Spirit. Nicole C. Mullins' song, I Know My Redeemer Lives starts with words that were more than likely drawn from this scripture, but she sings: "Who taught the sun how to rise in the morning? And who taught the oceans you can only come this far?" Folks, I just can't go on or I will start crying, shouting, and wake up everyone in my house.yes, who indeed? Today is Memorial Day in America! This is the day we honor the men and women who fought for us so that we can live in a free country and are independent from any other nation governing us. Unfortunately, that freedom means that today there are many people independent in their relationship with God. They feel absolutely no need to answer to anyone; much less God. Our Father created us with a will of our own. We have the freedom to make decisions for ourselves. Yet, if we are going to accomplish anything as a nation and/or as a church we must learn to be "interdependent" upon God and one another. No man/woman is an island. Okay, I'm going to be redundant with some folks, but if you haven't seen the 2000 movie Cast Away and you aren't opposed to seeing movies, this one is worth seeing. Tom Hank's character ends up on an island - alone. What he endures there helps us see our need for God and each other. God created us with a need to communicate and without that communication we could quite possibly go insane. Well, we are not alone! We live in a wonderful nation (well, it will be again) and are surrounded by people all around. Maybe what we need to do is make the effort to relate to God and the people He places in our lives. Father, we recognize that You have created each one of us individually in one aspect. Yet, through Your creation process we also take on the characteristics of our parents and You. Help us to recognize that we aren't designed to live independently but interdependently! We need You and we need each other. We truly are people who need people. ******************************************* O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [email protected] or [email protected] window live messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
