IN THE PAIN OF YOUR LOVE

Quote from Pia Mellody~~"Since wisdom and maturity come from facing pain and learning from it, I believe we are a nation of very immature people who don't have the willingness to experience the pain that leads to authentic wisdom. We haven't learned how to tolerate pain and deal with it as an agent of positive change."

Psalm 36:9~~
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

IN THE PAIN OF YOUR LOVE~~

Only in Your light do I see light
So may I be at one with your heart
As I view others who do not yet have Your light.

And may I ever choose to suffer with you~~this pain of love...
Ready to understand and show compassion,
Be real and yet kind, in your timing...
Only as I draw from your life~~in which is all I need.

Any other way will only prove to be empty~~
Void of true life and true love with all it's pain and sufferings.

The ever positive changes continue on
As we share in Your tears and heartbreak
For others who are in darkness
And face the pain of this love~~

Growing in spirit as we experience You
And show others this pain~~
That they may see Your Light.

Refresh your soul with POEMS from SOURCE OF INSPIRATION

Poems posted on Source of Inspiration

Irony--

I used to be
so sure about
everything and
loved to give
my opinion. Each
year teaches me
how the illusion
of life makes my
opinions absurd.
The irony is that
understanding this
makes me wiser.

Peace by Piece--

Peace is spread one
person at a time. If
I am not at peace, how
can I expect someone
else to be? Attend to
your own heart first.
Learn to love and live
in harmony so others
can learn from you.

Show, Not Tell--

Do not tell me what to do,
simply show me, then let
me decide if this, for me,
is true.

Together yet Separate--

I feel a part of,
yet separate. I
join in, yet hold
some in reserve.

I understand the
idea of Oneness and
am headed that way,
but for now, I feel
it only in spurts,
then retreat into
my world of me.

Enough--

When is enough, enough?
Why do we long for more?
If the sustenance is empty,
one eats his fill, yet is
never satisfied. Eat only the
Bread of Life for all else is
illusion, leaving us
hungry for more.

No Interference--

We must not interfere
with another’s lesson,
crucial things each of
us must learn through
experience.

We can model our truth,
but, in the end, each
must decide in his own
time what is meant for him.

 

My Life--

My life is but a single breath,
so fleeting, yet needed in the
moment. Why do we feel that we
must live forever, building
monuments to our name? Am I
but a pretty butterfly
sipping nectar in the garden
a short while, then gone, a
star that fades with dawn?
If all else ceases to be,
then
why
not
me?

Irony--

The irony of being
alone in the floresta
is that I am learning
how to be with others.

It is in quiet reflection
that life’s questions
are answered, coming
like raindrops, falling
from leaves long after
the storm has past, each
tiny drop quenching some
thirst I did not
even know that I had.

Walking Among the Trees--

Blue skies with
nary a cloud, air
crisp and clean.
Mother Nature beckons
me to walk quietly
among her trees,
sip water from clear
streams.

I wander here and there.
The quiet murmurs of the
floresta stills the
busyness of my mind,
reminding me that all
is well when one is
at peace, walking
among the trees
on a summer day.

 

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EXPERIENCING CHRIST AS LIGHT

The Holy Spirit has been impressing upon me how very important it is to think of each new day as another opportunity to discover God's love and light which makes life an adventure...and to check my conscience, make my confessions, and be cleansed in order to be refreshed.  I praise my wonderful Jesus who is ever Faithful to His own.  I love Him so much the more for His close attention even down to the smallest details in my day.                         ~~ I bless you Yeshua Messiah! ~~

Experiencing Christ as Light

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses (RcV) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

John 8:12 Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am
the light of the world; he who follows Me shall by no means
walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Christ is the unique light. Apart from Him, there is no light.
The reason so many Christians are in darkness is that they do
not have Christ in an experiential way. Those in the seminaries
may study theology and Christology, but they may not have the
genuine experience of God and of Christ. Therefore, they are
without light.

Many believers insist that the Bible is full of light. This,
of course, is true. But if we do not read the Word in the Lord's
presence, even our reading of the Scriptures will be in darkness.
We shall be like the Pharisees addressed by the Lord Jesus in
John 5:39 and 40: "You search the Scriptures, because you think
that in them you have eternal life, and it is these that testify
concerning Me; and you are not willing to come to Me that you
may have life." The religionists were offended when Christ told
them they were blind (John 9:39- 41). They thought they were in
light because they had the Scriptures in an outward way. But
actually they were blind because they did not have Christ, who
alone is the light of the world. Any place where the Lord Jesus
is not present is under the authority of darkness.

We need to apply this principle to ourselves. Any part of our
being or of our daily life that is without Christ is in darkness.
If we...do not have Christ experientially and in a practical way
in our daily walk, we are in darkness.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible
(RcV) and Words of Ministry, from Witness Lee, Life- study of
Colossians, pp.39-40. Both are published by Living Stream
Ministry, Anaheim, CA.

THE NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIANITY

The Negative Development of Christianity ~~ Witness Lee~~ 5/1/2013

~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses (Recovery Version) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Luke 13:18 He said therefore, What is the kingdom of God
like, and to what shall I liken it?
(19) It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw
into his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the
birds of heaven roosted in its branches.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Up until now, the Lord's word concerning the kingdom in Luke
has been positive. But here He talks to the disciples
concerning the kingdom in a negative way, teaching them about
the kingdom as a grain of mustard (vv. 18-19) and as leaven
(vv. 20-21). The fact that this mustard seed [an herb] grew
into a tree indicates that it did not grow into something
according to its own kind. An apple tree, for example, should
be according to the apple tree kind. But here the mustard
seed does not grow after its kind, but instead grows into
another kind. This is the breaking of the principle ordained
by God in His creation. If we see this, we shall not
interpret this parable in a positive sense.

Some teach that the mustard becoming a large tree is a
positive development. But according to the history of
Christianity, there has not been such a positive development.
In fact, this parable is a prophecy that has been fulfilled
in the history of Christianity. Actually, today's
Christianity is not something after its kind. The church,
which is the embodiment of the kingdom, should be like an
herb to produce food. But it became a "tree," a lodge for
birds. This means that, contrary to the law of God's creation
that every plant must be after its kind, its nature and
function were changed. This took place when Constantine the
Great mixed the church with the world in the first part of
the fourth century. He brought thousands of false believers
into Christianity, making it Christendom, no longer the
church. The church, according to its heavenly and spiritual
nature, should be like a mustard [an annual herb], sojourning
on earth. But since its nature has been changed, the church
became deeply rooted and settled in the earth as a tree,
flourishing with its enterprises as the branches to lodge
many evil persons and things. This has formed the outward
organization of the outward appearance of the kingdom of God.

In Luke 13:19 we are told that the birds of heaven roosted in
the branches of this tree. In 8:5 and 12 the birds of heaven
are related to the Devil. Therefore, the birds of heaven here
must refer to Satan's evil spirits with the evil persons and
things motivated by them. They lodge in the branches of the
great tree, that is, in the enterprises of Christendom.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible
(RcV) and Words of Ministry from Witness Lee, Life-study of
Luke, pp. 265-266. Both are published by Living Stream
Ministry, Anaheim, CA.