When: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 7:00 AM-8:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Dear Lord God, today I have grace on my mind, the grace that You pour down on us in so many situations. Yet we are moving so fast we fail to see Your hand at work and under the sun we become so attached, to the people, things and places. We substitute these attachments for time with You and in doing so fail to practice Your presence, the presence of You and us in the now. The now, that moment where time seems to stand still and our thoughts are focus on You and the voice of the Holy Spirit that through Jesus Christ lives in us. The physical world under the sun is so contrary to who we really are and what we really need that we must practice Your presence. We must receive and feel Your grace, so we can share that feeling of grace with others. That feeling of contentment that only You can provide in rest or in turmoil. For just as You commended the sea, You calm us in any situation and enable us to give what we receive. And this is my prayer today that I receive and be more of You so I can give more of me with You in me. Today is Wednesday, for some reason Wednesday has become the day that reminds me that another week as come and gone; it forces me to look at myself, what I have done, where am I at, how have I grown and who have I helped or let down by not helping or worse causing pain. O Lord help me to stay in the now with You, the moment of grace, grace for me and grace for those I show kindness, understanding and love. Open my mind and senses in that moment so that I do not miss that chance to server You and others or worse rapped in my own state fail to release what You are giving me, blocking the saving nature of Your grace. For I fully know and believe that Your grace is at work when we give away what we receive and in doing so receive what we need to give away. O Lord Jesus my savior and teacher how I thank You for the gift of reconciliation with my heaven Father and this moment of grace, Amen.
There is nothing which edifies others so much as charity and kindness, by which, as by the oil in our lamp, the flame of good example is kept alive.
— St. Francis de Sales
29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. 30 And when Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them. 32 And afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in Mount Sinai. 33 And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face; 34 but whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and when he came out, and told the people of Israel what he was commanded, 35 the people of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone; and Moses would put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
Bible Study: [33] He put a veil over his face: St. Paul sees in this a symbol of the failure of the Jews to recognize Jesus as the promised Messiah: the true spiritual meaning of the writings of Moses and the prophets is still veiled from the unbelieving Jews. Cf 2 Cor 3:7-18.
5 Extol the LORD our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he! 6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among those who called on his name. They cried to the LORD, and he answered them. 7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; they kept his testimonies, and the statutes that he gave them. 9 Extol the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy!
Bible Study: [Psalm 99] A hymn to God as the king whose grandeur is most clearly seen on Mount Zion (Psalm 99:2) and in the laws given to Israel (Psalm 99:4). Israel is special because of God’s word of justice, which was mediated by the revered speakers, Moses, Aaron, and Samuel (Psalm 99:6-8). The poem is structured by the threefold statement that God is holy (Psalm 99:3, 5, 9) and by the twice-repeated command to praise (Psalm 99:5, 9).
44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, 46 who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Bible Study: [1-53] The discourse in parables is the third great discourse of Jesus in Matthew and constitutes the second part of the third book of the gospel. Matthew follows the Marcan outline (Mark 4:1-35) but has only two of Mark’s parables, the five others being from Q and M. In addition to the seven parables, the discourse gives the reason why Jesus uses this type of speech (Matthew 10-15), declares the blessedness of those who understand his teaching (Matthew 16-17), explains the parable of the sower (Matthew 18-23) and of the weeds (Matthew 36-43), and ends with a concluding statement to the disciples (Matthew 51-52). [44-50] The first two of the last three parables of the discourse have the same point. The person who finds a buried treasure and the merchant who finds a pearl of great price sell all that they have to acquire these finds; similarly, the one who understands the supreme value of the kingdom gives up whatever he must to obtain it. The joy with which this is done is made explicit in the first parable, but it may be presumed in the second also. The concluding parable of the fishnet resembles the explanation of the parable of the weeds with its stress upon the final exclusion of evil persons from the kingdom. [44] In the unsettled conditions of Palestine in Jesus’ time, it was not unusual to guard valuables by burying them in the ground.
One Walk 
Leave a comment