Morningside Devotionals

Moved, we say it about the people who "used to live next door," they moved; we say it about a time when we felt strongly about something, we were "moved." Interesting how they mean a transport to somewhere else, you either go there in your mind, or, you go there physically, but you transport, you are moved, we are moved, we become, moved- it's an active word. The Proverbs are designed to move you, you aren't supposed to just read the words and say, "wow that was nice," that's not the deal. The Proverbs are really meant to be read under the starry sky, with your heart open to the heavens so far above what any human might even consider; so enormous, and so full of promise, or, something else, but if you can look up at the starry sky and not be moved, then you can read Proverbs and not have a clue, the sayings must move you. Like the first time I heard this... (a video of Leonard Cohen "Hallelujah" should app...

The October challenge, find amazing parts of theology and then each day bring one paragraph to you the reader about that. Does a person under God own anything? Can we, God's creation, own any part of the created? Now while your shaking your head at the idea of that even being a theological concept, stop, for just a second and realize, it most assuredly is. You see, you aren't just a created being, inbreathed, with the very life breath of God, you are, according to what is contained in God's word, the Bible, inheritors, which changes everything. When the Bible states that all creation moans waiting for the coming of the Lord, the strain should be felt in our lives, and within that strain is the momentous truth of family ties. Rom 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together. drd's Blog Ooh Visit Our Twitter Group 1000 plus strong and growing! Visit our Facebook effo...