Develope a Palate

Develope a Palate
Daily intake of the Word nourishes the Spirit. Jeremiah's Menu is an exercise in recognizing God's Word made flesh in and around me. Eating the Word in a way that supplies the spiritual nutrients needed to grow. The Menu is offered with the hope of inspiring you to taste and see that the Lord is good. Bon Appetite!

Quote Du Jour

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Christians may differ on a variety of points, but they have all one spiritual appetite; and if we cannot all feel alike, we can all feed alike on the bread of life sent down from heaven. At the table of fellowship with Jesus we are one bread and one cup. As the loving cup goes round we pledge one another heartily therein. Get nearer to Jesus, and you will find yourself linked more and more in spirit to all who are like yourself, supported by the same heavenly manna. ---Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening

Friday, December 21, 2012

a way to deal with pressure...?

In my reading through this morning... already feeling the pressure of time... having difficulty staying focused on the Word... to-dos and time invading thoughts... I read these words...

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober,
having put on the breastplate of faith and love,
and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
1Thessalonians 5:8
(my emphasis)

Sober... to be unhurried... calm...
Just yesterday... I described myself as hectic... characterized by activity... excitement... confusion... the antithesis to sober...

My activities yesterday... as I faced a to-do list... were disjointed at best... finishing one task...without being distracted by another... seemed... impossible... hectic...

So today... according to the Word... I will attempt to dress appropriately for the day ahead...
Guard my heart with faith... trusting Him... and love... the kind that looks outward...
Guard my thoughts... with the hope... assurance... of salvation... deliverance...
in order to be sober...

After all... this is the Season... of calm... and bright...

Father God... guard my heart with Your breastplate... wrought from faith... and love... guard my mind... with the hope found in Christ... the assurance of salvation... deliverance... from all things hectic...
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