Wednesday, July 20, 2005

1:John 5:6-10
Amplified Bible
--6 This is He Who came by (with) water and blood [His baptism and His death], Jesus Christ (the Messiah)--not by (in) the water only, but by (in) the water and the blood. And it is the [Holy] Spirit Who bears witness, because the [Holy] Spirit is the Truth.
--7 So there are three witnesses in heaven; the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are One;
--8 and there are three witnesses on the earth; the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and these three agree [are in unison, their testimony coincides].
--9 If we accept [as we do] the testimony of men [if we are willing to accept human authority], the testimony of God is greater (of stronger authority), for this is the testimony of God, even the witness which He has borne regarding His Son.
--10 He who believes in the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] has the testimony [possesses this divine attestation] within himself. He who does not believe God [in this way] has made Him out to be and represented Him as a liar, because he has not believed (put his faith in, adhered to, and relied on) the evidence (the testimony) that God has borne regarding His Son.

As I sat on the couch speaking with my nephew and neice there could only come words that were released from what God placed within me. A conversation with children who, the more I think about it, I know are much closer to Him than those of us who have grown up. All that the world teaches us are so very important, all that we are shown to be, and all we begin to hold that give us pride. So many things, especially in the U.S., that have polluted and clouded all that is true. All that is continuosly flashed before our faces with image after image, with word after word to keep a veil pulled over all of the world.
Yet, such Grace has decended from above to rest upon this once broken heart, which was then opened wide to much more than just here. A gift that is given to fill such emptiness with Gods very own Spirit, so sight can once again show brights and darks and highs and lows and rights and wrongs. Oh, how you wish to climb to the highest peak and yell of Life at the top of your lungs. Even now there are times when I sit to speak of such things and all that is seen sitting next to me is emptiness holding on to all that is futility. They push away, give a glazing glare of flame and fire, or move away never to take such a seat again. I know that each has there time to ignite into a brilliant body that has it's orbit in the heavens far above. I know with each person I pass that there is the potential to be so much more no matter what their present state of being. How I pray that all mankind will be and what sadness is felt for those who freely choose to embrace all that they know in their heart to be false.

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