Saturday, October 24, 2009

To the beat of the rhythm of the night...





God's Boys will be good boys!


Keep your feet moving man. Nothing is worse than the stillness of the feet in death. My dad had his first stroke singing to the beat of the rhythm of the night. He was deep in the imagination of a rhumba with his wife who was away on a retreat and bam, the kiss of stroke was pressed upon him that he would never recover from. Moses said teach us to number our days. We can't move our feet after the stroke man, so move them now NOW. To the beat of whatever rhythm, night or light, God says that He is there. Just keep it moving and keep motivating your generation to move as well. The sin is when people motivate people to SIT ON IT! The devil comes as an angel of light. Sit down he says. Stop the heart, don't dance with your wife, don't rejoice with the wife of your youth you are too holy for those kinds of things. You miss your effectiveness and you will never get it back and don't be one of the pretend holy ones who separate the married from the love of eachother in such a way.
To the beat, now!

If I make my bed in Hell or sheol, Thou art there, says the Psalmist. In Christ, the night is redeemed.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

6.At the window of my house I looked out through the lattice...Proverbs 7

a letter from your mother
God's Boys will be good boys!

Boys are taught by their fathers and other godly men how to avoid the wicked intentions of their own hearts. How to turn their hearts into the loyalty of a faithful man. Eve turned Adam's heart from God and we are always looking for the man to be loyal in his heart to us, as God charged Adam to be to Himself. God knows our hearts and we do not surprise Him ever. He was not surprised at Adam. Eve was and Adam was and perhaps the serpent was, but God was not. The man is never really faithful to the woman in his heart. Her desire is to have his unending devotion as she has sacrificed her whole self, but God will never intend for her to have it. That would be the submission of the man to the woman. God intends for the man to struggle to remain faithful, in spite of himself and for the woman to remain faithful inspite of knowing that she is not in his heart as he is in hers. This bitterness of the fruit of sin has led many to anger and unfaithfulness, but it is not meant to. God has made provision for us to reenter the Garden with Jesus in our relationships. Tell your story to your children. Tell your faith walk to your children and how the Lord has kept you, in spite of yourself and God will bless your house for the sake of His own great name.
Not unto us, Not unto us but unto Thy name be the Glory.
Even the errors that we make, can be redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. When we think that we are standing it is only by His grace. When we fall, we can get up again by His grace. God has made provision for a lifelong investment of commitment and love that can last and reap benefits, if we fight against our own self serving tendencies. Don't say that you don't have them. Don't be stupid, Solomon was saying in Proverbs 7. I saw a really stupid boy who was not aware of the power of his passions. Don't be like that. Don't be a pistol without an aim and direction. Don't misfire into the air with your passions. You will pay for it for the rest of your life. The fire is real and should be respected. In the oven or hearth it is a service, outside of that it can destroy your entire life. Learn where the fire goes and warm yourself and cook your food, but don't be stupid.
We have the liberty to love many as brothers and sisters and aunts and mothers and fathers, but only one as wife or husband. Please, don't try to cut your heart in pieces and give it to more than one, you will drain yourself.
Tell the story of the faithfulness and salvation from yourself that God provokes in a godly relationship, if and when God blesses you to participate in one.
The more and varied lassos of connectiveness that you nurture in the oneness of the relationship that God grants are each like money in the bank. They yield dividends of commitment and fulfillment that you will never know if you turn yourself to the ways of your own heart. Reach for the smart and fruitful relationship and keep denying yourself. ...You will reap, if you faint not.
The day after the talk about the zydeco and Paul Simon telling his marriage story:)

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Here we are in October!





God's Boys will be good boys!

What is a haircut? Didn't we have fun cutting your hair? Now we can see your scalp.:)LOL.
Early morning breakfasts with the family are the important time that we can get to know eachother. I really admire the quiet way that you pick up behind the little guys. It would be nice, if you took them around so that they could see what you do. Tidying up behind them and us is teamwork. Keep up the good work.