Jeremiah 31:25 For I have satiated the weary soul and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
And for that we are eternally grateful my Friends, as we awaken to begin a new day with new mercies, continuous kindness, constant guidance and direction from an ever-LOVING God, we call, ‘Abba, Father.’ Today’s Bit is taken from one of Jeremiah’s dreams, where he envisioned the land of Judah restored to its earlier prosperity, from the destruction and desolation that the Lord had wreaked on it for its sinful disobedience. ‘And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.’ (vs.24) Oh my Friends, that’s the vision I want us to envision for our land in the coming years! As our faith dictates, we have to see it in our visions, before it becomes reality. But we can only find time to visualize that if we stop the mad rush we’re in to go nowhere, and return to the quiet, refreshing fellowship with the Lord, that we once had. We’re currently like Judah and the surrounding cities, undergoing destruction and desolation for our disobedience to God’s laws, and perpetrating the sinful actions of the enemy. For this we are no doubt being punished. But our God is such a merciful, forgiving Being, that He will not hold our wrongs against us forever. If we acknowledge our wrongdoing and ask His pardon, with a sincere heart, He will mercifully grant it. As He said to Jerry in the dream; ‘For I have satiated the weary soul and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.’ That’s the great extent of His mercy my people! Our God will, with no exceptions, satisfy and refresh every tired and/or sorrowful person that sincerely comes to Him. That’s the basic purpose of the thing we call sleep; to refresh and rejuvenate our tired bodies and souls. The Lord did not make us as automatons, to go on forever without stopping, but rather as man, to be rested and refreshed after a certain period of time, and if we try to force our selves to go on too long without being rejuvenated, our bodies and faculties either cease to function properly or shut down completely. Now that was not happenstance or coincidence, it was a definite plan of our Creator. We know He could have made the heavens, earth and all therein in the blink of an eyelash, but He chose to do it one day at a time, so He could tend to every little detail properly, and after each day He rested. That set’s an example for us my Friends: It’s the same way we should take one day at a time and then rest. We don’t need to get all a twitter, (not the new, insipid use of the word) and try to do more than we can. Remember the Good Book says His mercies are new everyday, not every two or three days. He only gives us enough mercy for one day at a time because that’s how He wants us to live. What does all the striving and straining to do many things accomplish eh? Nothing really! We just end up with more stress that kills both the body and the soul. And why is stress the number one killer, albeit a silent one, in our so advanced society? Because we foolishly run hither, thither and yon, trying to be busy, but not really accomplishing a commensurate amount of productivity with our great outlay of energy. The economists call it the law of diminishing returns. Once you reach an optimum level, what ever else you put out is wasted. It’s like our car engine; below a certain speed it burns a lot of gas, at a medium speed it gives value for money, and at high speeds it’s just burning your cash. Take this nonsensical idea of multitasking that’s been foisted on a naive, unsuspecting public, by the greedy, short-sighted whoever they are. Fine, you can do more than one task at a time, but you will NEVER, and I repeat NEVER, do any as well as if you gave your full, focused attention to each one separately. Try it sometime daughter. (smile) Everyone’s foolishly rushing to get in on the next new thing, when they haven’t even understood the old. That only adds to the stress level and the inefficiency in our society. I find that our business places are very inefficient today, despite the computers and high level of technology in place. Just try calling any one of these big places for some mundane, simple info. They’re computerized to the hilt, but you either don’t get a human, or the few you get can’t give you an adequate response. Chuh! It just drives me crazy. Ah my Friends, we have to realize that God didn’t make man to be a machine. If He wanted a machine He would have made one. But He desired man; someone to worship and glorify Him, to take their time and do things properly, not rush around haphazardly, like headless chickens, and be inefficient. It’s strange that these same proponents of multi-tasking, the ones who engineered the devices we use for that purpose, they didn’t multi-task when they were creating their wonderful inventions. No! They had their minds and energy completely focused on their one project, else they would never have brought it to fruition. So why should we be forced to do more than our frail, fragile bodies can handle eh? It’s what’s happening with all these lay offs and job losses; the remaining people have to do more than one person’s job for the same money, perhaps even less, just to retain a job. But as the young people would disdainfully ask, ‘what does that ole fella know eh?’ Not much I grant, except for sure, that the Lord made us to live one day at a time; the reason for day following night. Neither to do too much in one day, since our bodies were not made to handle it; the reason for sleep and rest. To enjoy the beautiful surroundings He gave us. To replenish the earth, not drive it to extinction. Oh my people, let’s slow down nuh. We didn’t get where we are overnight, and more speed won’t get us where we’re going any faster, especially with a traffic jam up ahead. The Lord has built in speed and work bumps that make us sick when we try to do too much, too fast. Let’s recognize this and stop for a moment; look at the sad ravage spread around us; admit our wrong doing, then turn to the Lord and be wonderfully refreshed, both in body and soul. Hn,hn! Would you believe that after I wrote the opening greeting, I didn’t have a clue how to proceed? But such is the mercy of our wonderful God, when you earnestly call on Him, that I can’t even finish this today and will have to continue it tomorrow; the Good Lord willing of course.Till then, Much LOVE! …remember… as the ole people say…more haste…less speed…
And for that we are eternally grateful my Friends, as we awaken to begin a new day with new mercies, continuous kindness, constant guidance and direction from an ever-LOVING God, we call, ‘Abba, Father.’ Today’s Bit is taken from one of Jeremiah’s dreams, where he envisioned the land of Judah restored to its earlier prosperity, from the destruction and desolation that the Lord had wreaked on it for its sinful disobedience. ‘And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.’ (vs.24) Oh my Friends, that’s the vision I want us to envision for our land in the coming years! As our faith dictates, we have to see it in our visions, before it becomes reality. But we can only find time to visualize that if we stop the mad rush we’re in to go nowhere, and return to the quiet, refreshing fellowship with the Lord, that we once had. We’re currently like Judah and the surrounding cities, undergoing destruction and desolation for our disobedience to God’s laws, and perpetrating the sinful actions of the enemy. For this we are no doubt being punished. But our God is such a merciful, forgiving Being, that He will not hold our wrongs against us forever. If we acknowledge our wrongdoing and ask His pardon, with a sincere heart, He will mercifully grant it. As He said to Jerry in the dream; ‘For I have satiated the weary soul and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.’ That’s the great extent of His mercy my people! Our God will, with no exceptions, satisfy and refresh every tired and/or sorrowful person that sincerely comes to Him. That’s the basic purpose of the thing we call sleep; to refresh and rejuvenate our tired bodies and souls. The Lord did not make us as automatons, to go on forever without stopping, but rather as man, to be rested and refreshed after a certain period of time, and if we try to force our selves to go on too long without being rejuvenated, our bodies and faculties either cease to function properly or shut down completely. Now that was not happenstance or coincidence, it was a definite plan of our Creator. We know He could have made the heavens, earth and all therein in the blink of an eyelash, but He chose to do it one day at a time, so He could tend to every little detail properly, and after each day He rested. That set’s an example for us my Friends: It’s the same way we should take one day at a time and then rest. We don’t need to get all a twitter, (not the new, insipid use of the word) and try to do more than we can. Remember the Good Book says His mercies are new everyday, not every two or three days. He only gives us enough mercy for one day at a time because that’s how He wants us to live. What does all the striving and straining to do many things accomplish eh? Nothing really! We just end up with more stress that kills both the body and the soul. And why is stress the number one killer, albeit a silent one, in our so advanced society? Because we foolishly run hither, thither and yon, trying to be busy, but not really accomplishing a commensurate amount of productivity with our great outlay of energy. The economists call it the law of diminishing returns. Once you reach an optimum level, what ever else you put out is wasted. It’s like our car engine; below a certain speed it burns a lot of gas, at a medium speed it gives value for money, and at high speeds it’s just burning your cash. Take this nonsensical idea of multitasking that’s been foisted on a naive, unsuspecting public, by the greedy, short-sighted whoever they are. Fine, you can do more than one task at a time, but you will NEVER, and I repeat NEVER, do any as well as if you gave your full, focused attention to each one separately. Try it sometime daughter. (smile) Everyone’s foolishly rushing to get in on the next new thing, when they haven’t even understood the old. That only adds to the stress level and the inefficiency in our society. I find that our business places are very inefficient today, despite the computers and high level of technology in place. Just try calling any one of these big places for some mundane, simple info. They’re computerized to the hilt, but you either don’t get a human, or the few you get can’t give you an adequate response. Chuh! It just drives me crazy. Ah my Friends, we have to realize that God didn’t make man to be a machine. If He wanted a machine He would have made one. But He desired man; someone to worship and glorify Him, to take their time and do things properly, not rush around haphazardly, like headless chickens, and be inefficient. It’s strange that these same proponents of multi-tasking, the ones who engineered the devices we use for that purpose, they didn’t multi-task when they were creating their wonderful inventions. No! They had their minds and energy completely focused on their one project, else they would never have brought it to fruition. So why should we be forced to do more than our frail, fragile bodies can handle eh? It’s what’s happening with all these lay offs and job losses; the remaining people have to do more than one person’s job for the same money, perhaps even less, just to retain a job. But as the young people would disdainfully ask, ‘what does that ole fella know eh?’ Not much I grant, except for sure, that the Lord made us to live one day at a time; the reason for day following night. Neither to do too much in one day, since our bodies were not made to handle it; the reason for sleep and rest. To enjoy the beautiful surroundings He gave us. To replenish the earth, not drive it to extinction. Oh my people, let’s slow down nuh. We didn’t get where we are overnight, and more speed won’t get us where we’re going any faster, especially with a traffic jam up ahead. The Lord has built in speed and work bumps that make us sick when we try to do too much, too fast. Let’s recognize this and stop for a moment; look at the sad ravage spread around us; admit our wrong doing, then turn to the Lord and be wonderfully refreshed, both in body and soul. Hn,hn! Would you believe that after I wrote the opening greeting, I didn’t have a clue how to proceed? But such is the mercy of our wonderful God, when you earnestly call on Him, that I can’t even finish this today and will have to continue it tomorrow; the Good Lord willing of course.Till then, Much LOVE! …remember… as the ole people say…more haste…less speed…
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