The Plumbline

Look, all of you are flawed in so many ways, yet in spite of all your faults, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to all who ask! (Luke 11:13 VOICE) How many times do we think of ourselves as 'flawed' in some manner? We look in the mirror and see that blemish on our face - flawed. We see our outfit next to the lady wearing the latest fashion - flawed. We hear someone talking about their big new house and remember the broken door hinge in our bathroom - flawed. We have so many ways we view our lives as 'flawed', but the biggest one is when we believe the lie that our lives are beyond God's repair! The imperfect is made perfect because God gave us the gift of his Holy Spirit to indwell us, helping us learn to see ourselves as he sees us - no longer flawed! The sin we pursued left us flawed. The presence of God with us because we said yes to Jesus leaves us NO LONGER FLAWED. Nothing within us ...

The celestial realms announce God’s glory; the skies testify of His hands’ great work. Each day pours out more of their sayings; each night, more to hear and more to learn. (Psalm 19:1-2 VOICE) As a child, I'd lay under the shade of a big tree's shadow just staring at the clouds passing overhead. If I was with friends, we'd try to imagine the shapes were dogs, cats, horses, or some such thing. If I was alone, the geek in me would come out and I would ponder how they came to be made, what caused them to move so rapidly, why they changed appearances as they did. Way out in the desert at night, the skies would be pitch black, stars aglow in massive quantities. The heavens did declare something of God's glory, even back then, and they continue to do so now. His 'great work' is on display for us in the skies overhead, although we may miss it if we don't stop long enough to ponder it. That simple activity as a child was possible because I had nothing but time! As...