Purpose-Driven -- Purpose-Fulfilled

The other day, I was enjoying the awesomeness of God and I was lost deep in thought, when I turned in my swivelly chair in the gazebo and the most incredible movement caught my eye, quickly crashing into my "deep thoughts"! Swarms and masses of hundreds of thousands of spinning and revolving gnats, danced and gyrated across our lawn, -ever rising, falling, and changing shape- making the space directly above the green grass look like the fizzy bubbles in a soda bottle!! The sight was incredibly amazing!!!!

Almost as quickly as I'd noticed these little biting creatures, they disappeared. I wonder where they went??!! --- Well, anyway, the little musings I had up until that point, were these:

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"A Purpose-Driven Life" by Rick Warren

Have you read "A Purpose-Driven Life" by Rick Warren? Will we be able to check off:

__ Purpose-Fulfilled!

at the end of today on our To-Do List??

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On Working

God is my Employer, The Body of Christ His workshop, Jesus Christ is the Manager and intercedes for me, the Holy Spirit issues my orders, the Word of God gives me instructions. At the end of the day, the building up of the Body of Christ is the accounting given to God. And the question is: Did I fulfill the purposes of God for the building up, nourishment, edification of the Body of Jesus Christ for today?

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CREATION -

It boggles my human intellect when I consider that EVERY SINGLE phase of God's creation and the skills that He's given His human creation to produce methods of employment are all spoken of, pointed to, or hinted at in His Holy Word. Consider:

A machine
A body
Plants / Trees / Fruit
Employer / Employee
Rocks / Water / Animals
Occupations: Physicians / Lawyers / Tax Collectors / Scientists / Mathematicians
Runners / Sports / Races / Teams
Gears - wheels within wheels
Families / adoption
Painting / Artistry
Grass Mowing
Iron Sharpening
Wars
Earthquakes
Etc., etc., etc.

Solomon really did sum it all up:

"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun." Ecclesiastes 1:9


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Clouds

Nahum 1:3 "...In whirlwind and storm is His way, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet." - The thicker the clouds, the quicker His steps. The blacker the clouds, the closer He is.

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Earth's Classroom

Earth is the classroom where our soul and spirit get their education for dwelling in heaven.

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jfn 8/13/2011

There Can Be NOTHING Better Than THIS!! - - - ?? - - - REALLY???

On Wednesday morning, I sat in the gazebo, enjoying a wonderful cup of Hazelnut coffee, surveying meticulously every detail of God's awesome creation that my little finite mind could define, and listening intently to all the amazing sounds that God has orchestrated for HIS pleasure. I was absolutely thrilled with the non-rhythmic symphony that the water delicately trickled out as it fell lazily back into the pond, punctuated only with periodic distortions created by the soft whisper of a gentle breeze. Birds sang to each other, and a robin and robinness were caught up in a "domestic dispute," I think, which settled quickly, and harmony returned. I watched breathlessly -literally!- as my hummingbird feeder saw its first guest arrive and settle onto the little bar, driving its long bill deeply into the simulated flower, and begin to drink unhurriedly.

I watched as my fish darted to the surface of the pond, snatched bits of their flaky food, and disappeared with a slight splash, leaving circles of rippling water, overlapping each other as every circle raced for the edges of the pond. Oh, I smiled at the wonderful thought that these things of creation which our Creator permits us to take in fleetingly, were CREATED FOR HIS PLEASURE!!!

"Ahh!" I mused, sipping my coffee, letting it settle on my tongue, and enjoying the wonderful taste before swallowing it, "What could be ANY better than this??!! - There is NOTHING better than..."

"...WITH CHRIST, WHICH IS FAR BETTER;" (Philippians 1:23)

Suddenly I realized, the things that are so good and so pleasant and so right and so just are only little teeny tiny examples of what it is going to be like WITH CHRIST!!!! (Yes, I know, I was redundant with my speech, but I really, really wanted to share that we can only imagine the littlest speck of what it is going to be like WITH our Lord!!) - - - And likewise, the absolute very worst thing that could ever possibly happen on this earth is only the littlest, tiniest speck that we can possibly imagine what it is going to be like for eternity WITHOUT CHRIST!

So, may the God of Creation, be the center of our focus and OUR PLEASURE, since the things that ARE created were created for HIS pleasure!!!!