Spiritual Awareness

Last post I spoke of being physically a part of this world and not of this world. It is a kind of dual citizenship. Know thy self and realize that the Christian is first a citizen of heaven and second a citizen of this world. As such, everything we do should be with a constant eye on heavenly things. Over this past week my wife and I have been put through the wringer. (A wringer was the manual or powered washing machine rollers in early 1900s washing machines that wash was fed through to wring the water out of just washed clothes. There was no spin dry in those days.) I got really sick early in the week and she got even sicker about three days later. She got sick to the point she was not able to even get out of a chair without help. Two days later we were both mostly over it. It forced us to rely on each other no matter how bad we felt. This is a reminder of what it means to put others ahead of your needs. Sometimes that takes the long route to serve God's purpose. In the 1800s a well known preacher had a sermon published in a news paper, a copy of which was sent to Australia. The page containing the article was used to wrap something and sent to the UK. The item was then sent to America. In the meantime that self same minister was asked to minister to a woman that was questioning Christianity. When he got to the hospital room where she was , he was surprised to find her praising God. When asked what had happened she said she was saved. He asked her how. She presented him with that self same newspaper article. For that article to make that round trip would have taken over a year to accomplish. The point here is that God's covenant is not going to be denied or prevented. The promise he makes for us is not negotiable nor preventable. Sometimes it is immediate and sometimes it requires extraordinary circumstances. We must always keep spiritual awareness of our Lord. The most trivial of things may very well be the most extraordinary. 

May the good Lord Bless and keep you Safe.

remember to "Always Love the Details."