The Rumble of Our Grumble

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There goes the Lord again, pushing us outside our comfort zones. (I have multiple occurrences these days…)

SO, Here’s a POEM, the rumble of our grumble, we moan.


The Rumble of a Grumble 

WE MOAN, we get pushed out of our comfort zone 

It’s like we should appreciate something new, but grief we choose to spew. (Me too.)

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I do NOT think the Lord wants to throw me, He just wants to grow me.

Perseverance is the scriptural clue that God is talking to you. 

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And it’s our pride, God is taking for a ride. 

So buck up and buckle up, is God asking us to grow up?

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Maybe we have to be less full of self, and remember God started this whole world by HIMSELF. 

And HE keeps it spinning, His is the game He’s winning. 

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So pushed outside of our comfort zones, new things, hard things, confusion, we have MOANS.

But let us put on the brake, to the grief we ache.

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We, in tribulations, are instead to GLORY, but mostly we (I) say ‘Oh, Lordy’…

And we all must face, that we NEED God’s Grace. 

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And Romans 5 reminds us Jesus died for the ungodly too, and now us with faith, our Salvation He won’t let anything or anyone undo. Our lives are saved, we should not forget to Praise.

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So know God’s Plan, DOES include fallible man. Adam’s ban becomes Jesus’s fix it plan.

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We are to help too, spread the Good news to whomever God will choose. And He gives us GIFTS, to work hard against all faith rifts.

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We must get out of our comfort zone, and bless the areas He wants us to roam. Yes Lord, I’ll try to GROW, by FAITH let’s get on with the Show!

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Our hesitations are our sin, but You’ve got us Lord, we are to remember YOU WIN. And You Jesus will fill us, cover us, and bless us in GRACE, as we finish this life RACE (at YOUR pace). 

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Amen to begin PRAISING YOU again. The Rumble of our Grumble is to become but a fading faded din…

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Let us begin, again, and again. 

Amen Amen Amen 

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Romans 5 NKJV

Faith Triumphs in Trouble

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Christ in Our Place

For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—  (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)

Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.

Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Eclipse-mode, Can We See Jesus’s Crown? 

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Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.

Something that bugs me healthwise is this bout of tennis elbow, bleh… not bad enough to stop my activities but not good. It’s minor painful sometimes, but annoying mostly. But I shouldn’t complain if I don’t do anything about it. I’ll survive. There are much worse illnesses suffered all the time. Someone always has it worse.

It’s an opportunity moment that I’ve been thinking about “crowns”. The coronavirus (still rearing its ugly head) has a ‘crown’, the sun has a corona too, fire licks on the surface. And there’s a total eclipse coming in April, the NASA website says: “We can’t normally see the corona ­– the Sun’s outer atmosphere – because the Sun’s surface below it is so much brighter. But during a total solar eclipse, the corona becomes visible, offering unique opportunities to study it.”

Hmmm…. the crown visible… unique opportunity to study... hmmm… let us think about Jesus.

Maybe our pain and suffering feels like an eclipse, but it is an opportunity to praise.  Paul (in Romans) spoke about present day suffering,…. “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us”…. YES, in our suffering we can focus our vision to see the crown of Jesus, SAVING US, healing our souls now and our bodies one day. . . And if we aren’t in eclipse mode, the brightness of the sun (and all earthly bling of brightness) will overshadow (opposite of a shadow) our sight of the Crown. we need to see that Crown of Jesus.  Perhaps we forget in our earthly life of HOW glorious Jesus is as Lord and Savior. Perhaps in our dark clouds, our pain and suffering, it is an opportunity to block all the sun and just see the GLORY. GLORY that is coming and realized now. Perhaps we need clear cold nights in life to remind us to pull closer to the One Shining life in us. Life now and Life Forever.

Jeremiah was on a mission, a job, to share God’s Word with wayward Israelites. He needed God’s protection and promise. He ached for the people who didn’t hear. Jesus did too… ached tears and called out to save us from our sin. A crown of thorns chosen to bring the Crown of Glory to save us. We need to see this Glory and share this HOPE. And with hope is healing, awareness, perseverance. 

And we should never forget that God, in His Plan, will bring forth the day of the second coming of Christ, and we best be ready, with eclipse glasses and hearts afire, for we will see the Glory of the brightness of Jesus coming. That crown of Him as our King will ring and angels sing. 

We will be healed too…

Let us Persevere!

Keep an eye to the sky!

Amen 

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Jeremiah 17:14-17

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.

Indeed they say to me, “Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come now!” As for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd who follows You, Nor have I desired the woeful day; You know what came out of my lips; It was right there before You. Do not be a terror to me; You are my hope in the day of doom.