Soar with the Eagles and Walk with the Wise

I started my day with a little Daily Hope. It started out with Proverbs 13:20 (NCV), “Spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer.” I don’t usually read from this version, so I went to my fall-back King James version. “He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.”

     This was serious stuff until I read Daily Hope’s next comment from an old saying, “If you want to soar with the eagles, you can’t run with the turkeys.” This made me “laugh out loud.” 

     Of course, I could not stop there! I had to look up one of my favorite verses in Isaiah 40:31, “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”

     Wishing all my readers an "enjoyable day!" So, SOAR and don't run with the turkeys. (LOL)

He Hears, Sees, Saves

God always goes the extra mile. After He saved me-freed me from slavery- He has continually walked with me through my heartaches, fears, and pain. He has given me joy and laughter in a troubled world.

He Hears, Sees, Saves

 

The tears are mine,

But God recognizes the heartbroken sign.

My trembling voice echoes loud,

And God hears as it penetrates the cloud.

My teetering gait over rocky terrain

Shows God my human pain.

He hears it- sees it-feels it!

He soothes as together we sit.

He walks hand-in-hand

To help me stand.

He will nourish!

And, though it all, I will flourish.

Poor or well-to-do;

Gentile or Jew;

Unlearned or educated;

For all, 

God has protected and waited.

He sees!

And gives a heartfelt squeeze.

He hears!

Together we walk through my fears.

For all, He hears and sees, 

And sends a gentle breeze.

He protects!

Though we reject.

He cares!

He bears!

He saves!

He frees  

The earthly slaves.

 

Mary Crisp Jameson 11/19/2024

 

“The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again, rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by Him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’”  Romans 8:15 NIV 

 

Praise

For me, praise is to glorify, and God is who I need to glorify.

Psalm 150 tells us:

1.     Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in His sanctuary- praise Him in the firmament of His power.

2.    Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him according to His excellent greatness.

3.    Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; praise Him with the psaltery and harp.

4.    Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and organs. 

5.    Praise Him upon the loud cymbals; praise Him upon the hight sounding cymbals. 

6.    Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.

 

For someone like me who has no musical ability I will praise Him in my way: 

 

Praise Him in                 Prayer

Praise Him when I         Rise

Praise Him by               Abiding in Him

Praise Him                    In all things

Praise Him by what I    Say

Praise Him                    Every day 

 

Instruction Manual

I remember one Christmas when my first husband was tasked with the job of assembling a Christmas item.  He tried it one way and then another, but nothing seemed to fit.

     I soon stepped in and asked, “Have you read the instructions?” I knew the answer before I even asked. The manual was lying near his feet neatly folded and still in its original zipped, tight bag!

     That is the way a messy life can happen for me. I am given a set of instructions. It is printed step by step in correct order, but I fail to read it, memorize it and let it soak in before I charge forward. Charging forward without reading the plan only makes me have to assemble and re-assemble, never getting it right. 

     It would be good for me to dwell in Psalm 119.

 

“I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin again You. 

I rejoice in following Your statues as one rejoices in great riches.’

I meditate on Your precepts and consider Your ways.

I delight in Your decrees. I will not neglect Your ways.” 

 

     

Accountability

Accountability

 

I’m not accountable to others or even my pastor

But to God, my master!

I’m not molded by how some will sway,

But by what God wants me to do and say.

Living lies or doing pleasing to others’ eyes,

That’s not me or being free.

Living lies is not wise.

Living lies is a compromise.

Living lies gives the stomach butterflies.

Living lies is a worldly disguise.

I want to be what God desires.

Pleasing God, not the masses or wealthy classes,

Is what my day is all about.

So, His Holy Name, let me shout!

 

Mary Crisp Jameson 11/15/2024

 

“We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.” 

1 Thessalonians 2:4b NIV 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foolish

 Being foolish is no fun. I wish I could say that I have never been foolish, but I can't. So, what can I do when I have done something foolish? 

 

F orego any more of the same

O wn the deed

O ffer up a request for forgiveness

L isten and accept forgiveness

I dentify and Image the problem and the solution 

S in no more

H eal by God’s forgiveness, mercy, and grace

"Then David said to God, " I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing." 1 Chronicles 21:18 

Fork in the Road

“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.” Matthew 7:13-14

     My sense of direction has always been lacking. I do not know how I ever traveled without the modern-day GPS; however, even the GPS can get it wrong. When I come to a fork in the road, my best GPS is patience to know God’s direction.