Stars and Stripes

Carving reality from the otherwise invisible realm seems impossible, especially when the lines are blurred.  sw

How vast are the signs God has hung in the heavens that will also shine forth in order to convey something much greater that's yet to be fully realized and as such because of who it is that gave them their cause to shine. sw

Ps 148:3-6
Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars . Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies. Let them praise the name of the LORD, for he commanded and they were created. He set them in place for ever and ever; he gave a decree that will never pass away. NIV

Why is it not the responsibility of others that are also truly outside of ourselves to keep our own hearts ablaze? And that while claiming we're truthfully considering the  persona (Love) of Christ also said to reside "Within"?

Why do some blame others for the results of their own feelings? Some might suggest it's due to their being human and I would agree, yet do they also not also prove God to be exactly right!.

Is this type of behavior a large part of what God suggest is "Impossible with men"? As if this behavior is somehow in direct opposition to all that God says IS "Possible" with Him?

The apostle Paul does not only suggest being strong to be the ONLY way does He? What if someone's view of being strong has also been misguided?

No instead Paul speaks of a type of weakness that only the spirit of God can support. A true believer in Christ must remember how broad the stage is God has designed as well a more precise picture of who the viewing audience truly consist of.

1 Cor 1:27
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong .
NIV

What is it that leads anyone to the "Results" of any emotional tendency in any given moment? 

Those same moments whenever we fail to remember "Why" we would "Normally" in turn respond as we've historically done all along? Where is the wisdom in these moments which should be speaking louder than our well known history does?

Where does what we suggest we've also learned (as if we do understand) disappear to in these moments as well why the immediate need to know "Why" they do seem to disappear?

Much of the said 'Why" that is behind the scene and in full swing where people do what they do is NOT being righteously aligned with the "Source" that truly influences their being in the moment.

And who is that observes these type of things and then gets to innocently inquire, "What is it that makes any man to be considered "evil" in the sight of God?

Many are willing to roll the proverbial dice of life, yet this same sort is "UNWILLING:" to assume the said "stripes" of the criminal. Those same stripes which should convey ones "Guilt" guilt whenever the eyes of another behold the truth that should speak to their history.

Yet who has accurately told of the true making of "His-story" (Christ) and "Why"?

Exactly what is a "Self" fulfilling prophecy?

Who has understood the role of a mans "belly"? Who has investigated the true meaning of the things God has said reside in the bowls of man (humanity)? Is it the same belly that craves food or the belly from which rivers of "Living water will come forth"?

Exactly why is it so many can spend their entire life time trying to figure out exactly when is the right time to trust their own "Gut"? Why are many of the instincts mere men trust in NOT derived from the well where living water is also "Drawn"?

Who are those who discourage being "More" spiritual than they presently are?

Lofty maybe, yet truly what have these sorts not only missed but thoroughly understood so poorly? Seeing to it not only are they "Spiritually" unrecognizable, but what they are failing to see is their owned influence upon others that is otherwise simply put "NOT true".

Is it that they've NOT received a New spirit given of God OR is that some are willing to starve out the ONLY type of food the spirit that truly is of God also understands (realizes) to be "From God" (His words)?

Is it because few are truthfully considering exactly where (source) this same type of spirit truly comes from? And as such in ANY given moment?

Is backsliding ONLY a moment of weakness or is its continuation also the result of the after thoughts that trail behind in an effort to defend poor decisions "Already Made" (created)?

Exactly how long is the season of any man that looks to prove himself to be consistently faithful unto God? Not to mention the value then found once having been truly restored to the confidence of God?

Exactly what is any confidence that has been said "Placed in God" if that confidence has NOT been derived from the "Wisdom of God made known""?

Who is it that "CLAIMS" the wisdom of God has been hidden and it is only for HIM to know beyond doubt? What then does that same do with the additional wisdom that is from God that says it is His spirit that testifies with the spirit he placed in man?

James 1:5-8
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God (pause)...at what point does man first come to know the wisdom of God)?

Prov 15:33
The fear of the LORD  teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
NIV

Prov 19:23
The fear of the LORD  leads to life: Then one rests content, untouched by trouble.
NIV

Prov 23:17
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD .
NIV

Isa 33:6
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;
the fear of the LORD  is the key to this treasure.  
NIV

Ps 19:9-13

The fear of the LORD  is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the comb.

By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.

Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
NIV

Acts 9:31
Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace. It was strengthened; and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it grew in numbers, living in the fear of the Lord .
NIV

(.....continue James 1: -->) who (God) gives generously to all without finding fault , and it will be given to him.

But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
NIV

John 7:38-39
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive.
NIV

Exactly why does the counsel of God suggest that it is "Better to Give than to receive"? And who is the man that suggest that he has given if that same man did NOT also receive from God all he does give away?

Maintaining the "Love of God" is something humanity is failing miserably at, yet it is NOT without due course unless man also forgets what the "Absence" of the Love of God will one day begin to look like when Love does in fact "Grow Cold"!

And what is that defines the man that suggest he (man) does know right from wrong yet ONLY to find that it more often requires that the "Law" that has to point out what is wrong with him? Wherein does the dominion of the spirit of God come into focus?

Not to mention something that's NOT in those who've yet to gladly receive it's in dwelling in terms of "Conception" (receiving)?

How many would rather insist they have received the spirit of God as did "Mary" when God came to her, yet that while inwardly (privately) doubting whether they have in all truth been born again and that of God?

Who is that can righteously (spiritually) claim to be "With Child"? And that child since being the on board passenger better known to God as the spirit of Christ that is within?

Who is the type of believer who then goes on to "Mother" the mere believe they are "Now" with child?

How many get caught up in whether or NOT God does provide any said "Given moment of time"?

Many find it easy to condemn the said "Pharisee's" of this world for the MORE obvious things they do and/or do NOT do, yet why do we give ourselves a pass when we too fail at maintaining certain things such as keeping the Love of God alive as He directs?

If you do believe to story told of Mary then surely an angel (messenger) of God descended upon her, yet what is an Angel if not also a messenger sent of God?

Surely God has seen the need of humanity, yet even more surely He also willing to give generously to ALL without finding fault if ONLY man will believe He (God) has sent his one and only True image of His person?

Luke 11:42
"Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God
NIV

1 John 3:17-19
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence
NIV

Have you ever truly stopped and considered that if others truly could make you or I "Feel, Say or Do " anything as if opposed to our own will, why would hostility or anger ever be the emotion (passion) that gets dredged from within?

What  what type of "Mother (with child) also looks to be angered and divisive within in terms of who she now shares her own life blood with?

Titus 3:3-7

At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. 

He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

NIV

Is there a difference between the "Mercy" of God and the "Grace" of God? 

I believe many have tried through the years to see both as if One as if one and the same consideration? 

If the latter only comes by way of (faith) first coming to know and believe in (experiencing) the Mercy of God only then can any greater expectation be seen as fitting to then be placed at the feet of God in terms of what anyone believes to be "True" about His person (Character).

As only one of the believers in Christ examples, the apostle Paul spoke as if he delighted in making some of his said "Brethren" jealous , yet jealous of what? As if somehow to hopefully spurn SOME of them on to seek the Glory of God?

How is it possible to come to know of the Glory of God without having "First" acknowledged the "Mercy of God"? How does a person come to acknowledge "Gods" mercy He has shown? Especially when that specific mercy has been expressed through "One" specific "Being" namely His (Gods) Christ sent?

Is there truly a reason God has said, "He despise the divisive brother"? And who is a brother if someone is NOT from the same womb?

Why is there NO divine birth right (expectation) having come forth from the womb of a woman and/or the loins of mankind? Could it be that "Flesh" has NO inheritance from God? How important does being born (again) of God then become it terms of His (Gods) word which then somehow becomes (indwells) flesh which in turn then dwells among humanity?

One first needs to understand the objective of God, yet who can find the time in order to remember at all times any "One" objective in this life?

Sometimes when we suggest we're exploring all the facts before we go on to "Make" the so called sound decisions we do, why is it we rarely consider the net results first and that because we DO in fact "Know" ourselves better than others often do and "Why those who suggest they believe in Christ Do know better"?

Why is it more often the case where we weigh what we think others will in turn go and do with whatever it is we freely give them? Will they invest what they've been freely given wisely? Will they somehow go and invest and realize a 10 fold return on the resources (investment) we've chosen to make in them and/or give to them?

Does man in fact truly "Know" himself better than he (man) knows his God (creator)?

I often wonder why so few opinions rarely ask themselves, "Does God love Himself"?

Stop and think about the counsel He (God) sets before humanity? Does God not say, "The Man that Loves Himself will also Love His wife as He Loves himself"?

Does man take a vow to love everyone the same way he (man) actually does show and express a specific type of Love towards his estranged "Wife"?

The same husband or wife betrothed at the "Alter" in the said "Sight of God"?

Gen 3:20
Adam named his wife Eve , because she would become the mother of all the living.
NIV

The same God also said of a man many years later (Abraham) that He would be the Father of many, yet how does the naked mind reconcile these two statements about two people who never physically saw (realized) each other?

And who are those God considers to "Be alive"?

Can those who resist believing in the spirit of Christ only now ask such a question of those who are here OR does this question take on a life that has been owned when this same question gets asked in another day beyond a day of reckoning?

And what is Sin if it also also such a thing each individual must find the way unto its "Mastery"?

Gen 4:6-8
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."

Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
NIV

Many may have given themselves a free pass because of what they've physically NOT done, yet how many are spiritual killers with the type of speech that does NOT show forth what the Glory of God looks like according to the one through whom He (god) also depicts same?

And who does any created being TODAY also suggest he NOW suffers "For"?

Eph 3:10-13
His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
NIV