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Parables, more Parables, everywhere Parables
the goldfields:
I got to thinking about water as a parable too...
If I am thirsty I can get water from three different sources:
1. I could buy water bottled by man (an industry full of deception and questionable ethics)
2. I could have a glass of tap water (water that has passed through the earth.. best if filtered)
3. I could catch water in the form of rain, directly from the heavens (requires prayer and patience!)
Psalms 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass:
as showers that water the earth.
Uh oh.. :o gotta go.. Scooby, stop drinking from the toilet bowl!!
Ninny:
I was just thinking the other day about being out in the barrenness of life and not knowing God's love, thinking about how people could go through certain things without knowing that God was in control...this all reminds me of some words to an old song and it is kind of sad how people can go without knowing that God loves them....
"Each day I face the barren waste without the taste of water, Cool Water..." and then the part of deception..how in this life we are deceived by the false doctrines of the church..." "..Don't ya listen to him Dan, he's a devil, not a man, and he spreads the burning sand with water...." It's amazing how at Bible Truths you begin to unlearn what you thought you knew! How what you thought was scripture and truth is really deception.. >:(
I can't imagine life without the cool water of God's love....
(By the way, for those who do not know that song, Dan is the cowboy's horse! Cool Water--The Sons of the Pioneers)
Kathy ;) :-*
cjwood:
i woke up this morning at around 7am. i had set my alarm for 7:30, wanting to control what time i woke up (carnal mind), but i was awoken by the early morning light coming through my windows. what had been a darkened bedroom, where objects were undistinguishable, was now a room full of light from the day star, and everything in the room was easily seen.
as i lay in bed looking at the sunlight, i realized that even this occasion was a parable for me. i was shown how though we try to be in control of things, our Creator is indeed the Controller of all matters that pertain to each of us. and i was shown how, although we might be comfortable for a time sleeping in the darkness (of our skewed perception of His Truths), he knew we needed to WAKE UP. so, our Father began to draw us to Him, and He began to open up the curtains shrouding our minds. THEN, His Day Star, Jesus Christ, began to shine through the windows (our spiritual eyes), giving us clarity to see all that had been undistinguishable before. lighting our path so that we could see our way through. just like the morning sunlight coming through my windows now made it possible for me to arise out of bed and start out on a new day, without running into the wall, or tripping over the cat or dog.
yes indeed, the parables are here, there, and everywhere; STILL. just like when HE walked this earth.
love in Christ,
claudia
Tess:
I don't know how to use the quote but that really is something. It's so amazing how God uses certain patterns over and over in scriptures, such as first the natural then the spiritual and the first shall be last. Then He uses types and parables illustrating it again and again, such as Ishmael then Isaac, Esau then Jacob, Adam then Christ and on and on. It really shows He is in control of everything. He is so awesome and amazing and wonderful!!!
Ninny:
Tess, you are so right!! God is Awesome, Amazing, and Wonderful! I always try to get people to see just that! Of all the truths we could share with anyone this truth is it!! God is an extreme Father!!
Kathy :D
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