A Christ Follower: The Journey

You Are Always On God's Mind How intimate are the thoughts you think about me, O LORD, how vast is the total sum of them? If I could count them, they would outnumber all the grains of sand. Through out this ole blog as I have written about intimacy with God, I have not said a lot because this Psalm 139 is fairly self explanatory.  BUT there is something P-R-O-F-O-U-N-D being said here... meaning I feel the need for a brief reflection. Did you hear what this Psalmist said?  He said the thoughts that God thinks about you, me and all three out number the grains of sand.  Say What?  Now that is powerful. Check this out.  Next time you find a sandy space go take a teaspoon with you.  Dig it in the sand.  Then wet your finger tip, and touch your finger tip to the sand.  Try just counting the grains of sand on your finger tip.  Once you have counted ALL that sand in one teaspoon do it again.  I doubt you will get past...

GOD CREATING ME AND MAKING PLANS FOR ME. 13 For You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together... 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me  were written in your book :    Before one of them came to be. SoJourner Excerpt From Psalm 139

God Is Always With You   7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. 11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” 12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. SOJOURNER From Psalm 139

God's Intimacy With You .   You have searched me, LORD, and You know me up close and so very personal You know when I sit and when I get up from where I am sitting;    You even know what I am thinking. You are clearly aware of whenever I go out and You know when I simply lay down; As a matter of fact,    You are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely. You surround me with your Divine Protection  I can almost feel You, as You touch me with Your Hand. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, You are truly Awsome    Just knowing about such Divine  Love and Compassion  is more than my human mind can even grasp. Based on Psalm 139:1-6 SoJourner

CAUTION: THIS BLOG IS DIFFERENT TODAY Today I am thinking briefly about a young man in Afghanistan who has been determined, by our press,  to be guilty until proven innocent.  "He did it..." they say.  It has happened more than once... the press has been wrong, and our troops-- for the most part-- turned out to be innocent of the atrocity or atrocities for which they have been accused.  What makes this so bad is the man was sent back a 4th time to the AOR, after being told he would never have to go.  You see he has a Traumatic Brain Injury, and he has lost part of his foot. Because I have been wrongfully accused, I know how this feels, and it stinks.  But what really gets to me is that he had NO business going back to the AOR, given his psychological and physical conditioning. And our public news media needs to be sure to give him the respect most American citizens are given so that he is NOT tried in the media.  He has given MORE than ...