Hosea 2:23 NASB
“I will sow her for Myself in the land.
I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion,
And I will say to those who were not My people,
‘You are My people! ’
And they will say, ‘ You are my God! ’”
The word is sown. Out of the world is formed a people, the Bride of Christ. Through Israel the word comes in the shape of a man. With love and compassion, mercy calls out.
"You are my people".
"You are my God".
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
Id And Ego
Id, ego and super-ego are the three parts of the psychic apparatus defined in Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche; they are the three theoretical constructs in terms of whose activity and interaction mental life is described. According to this model of the psyche, the id is the set of uncoordinated instinctual trends; the ego is the organized, realistic part; and the super-ego plays the critical and moralizing role.
Wikipedia
Perhaps this structure could be used to understand the Biblical terms of life that inhabits the body.
Id might correlate to Zoe, the basic components of life, the "uncoordinated instinct" and building blocks that are foundational to who and what we are. It is the common platform we all share.
Ego might relate to our soul/spirit, that unique mix, the "organized, realistic part;" , which is our self-consciousness. This is the part of us that interprets and makes sense of the world. Our personality operates largely at this level.
The super ego might be that aspect of our spirit that is more of the image of God. It could be the piece that is empty and incomplete without God and the thing inside us that allows interaction with His Spirit and ours. Perhaps this is the part of us reborn when we accept Christ and is restored as we are transformed, transferred into His kingdom, and begins to grow into the mind and stature of Jesus.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Cannot Reach It
Psalms 139:1-6 AMP
O LORD, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.
2 You know my downsitting and my uprising; You understand my thought afar off.
3 You sift and search out my path and my lying down, and You are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue [still unuttered], but, behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.
5 You have beset me and shut me in—behind and before, and You have laid Your hand upon me.
6 Your [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high above me, I cannot reach it.
One day we will know just as we are known. Then we will see the wonder of His love. His hand is not just extended toward us, but rests on our shoulder. He reached down for us when He was beyond our reach.
O LORD, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.
2 You know my downsitting and my uprising; You understand my thought afar off.
3 You sift and search out my path and my lying down, and You are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue [still unuttered], but, behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.
5 You have beset me and shut me in—behind and before, and You have laid Your hand upon me.
6 Your [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high above me, I cannot reach it.
One day we will know just as we are known. Then we will see the wonder of His love. His hand is not just extended toward us, but rests on our shoulder. He reached down for us when He was beyond our reach.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Lech Lecha
Lech-Lecha
Hebrew for:
Go for/by/to Yourself
For the longing
A call to spirit
A voice foreign and unfamiliar
As it is compelling
By ourselves
We must answer
This is the quest
The journey before us
To that intended place
For which we were made
To that wonderland
Of who we are
Abraham heard God call his name. Taking God at His word, he left the place where he was, his faith in the promise of that to come.
All who hear and follow that same word will join him in that journey into that wonderland we call a new creation.
Hebrew for:
Go for/by/to Yourself
For the longing
A call to spirit
A voice foreign and unfamiliar
As it is compelling
By ourselves
We must answer
This is the quest
The journey before us
To that intended place
For which we were made
To that wonderland
Of who we are
Abraham heard God call his name. Taking God at His word, he left the place where he was, his faith in the promise of that to come.
All who hear and follow that same word will join him in that journey into that wonderland we call a new creation.
Friday, May 4, 2012
In That Word Is Life
Psalms 124:8 NASB
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
It is in His name we are saved. Through His word, creation sprang forth. Life was given. He has a word for you and in that word is life.
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
It is in His name we are saved. Through His word, creation sprang forth. Life was given. He has a word for you and in that word is life.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Even In The Womb
Psalms 51:3-6
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
God reveals to us that sin only apples to our disobedience to Him. We may wrong another, but it is against God that we sin. He gives us the measure and standard of right and wrong. He is the truth behind all truth. It is the light of that truth that will judge in the end.
The writer speaks of God's regard for a person at the time of conception, while in the mother's womb.
The world does not recognize life until a child enters the world and is visible. It is legal to kill a child before it leaves the mother's body. It is still illegal to kill a child after that.
What wisdom does God impart to us in that secret place?
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
God reveals to us that sin only apples to our disobedience to Him. We may wrong another, but it is against God that we sin. He gives us the measure and standard of right and wrong. He is the truth behind all truth. It is the light of that truth that will judge in the end.
The writer speaks of God's regard for a person at the time of conception, while in the mother's womb.
The world does not recognize life until a child enters the world and is visible. It is legal to kill a child before it leaves the mother's body. It is still illegal to kill a child after that.
What wisdom does God impart to us in that secret place?
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
While You May Be Found
Psalms 32:3-5 NIV
When I kept silent,
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night
your hand was heavy on me;
my strength was sapped
as in the heat of summer.
5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you
and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, “I will confess
my transgressions to the Lord.”
And you forgave
the guilt of my sin.
We can acknowledge nothing He's already not seen. We can only confess what He already knows. But when we do, He is faithful to forgive us.
Psalms 32:6
Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
while you may be found;
surely the rising of the mighty waters
will not reach them.
When I kept silent,
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night
your hand was heavy on me;
my strength was sapped
as in the heat of summer.
5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you
and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, “I will confess
my transgressions to the Lord.”
And you forgave
the guilt of my sin.
We can acknowledge nothing He's already not seen. We can only confess what He already knows. But when we do, He is faithful to forgive us.
Psalms 32:6
Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
while you may be found;
surely the rising of the mighty waters
will not reach them.
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