HEAVENLY INCLINED...: FOR THE CHILDREN & TOMORROW, LET US LOVE!!!

Thanksgiving for the LORD's Favor

Psalms 138 (A Psalm of David)
1/ I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2/ I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
3/ In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
4/ All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
5/ Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
6/ Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
7/ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
8/ The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me:
thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands... AMEN!!!

One CANNOT earn GRACE, it is HIS own ESSENCE; a gift, still, IF one claims to be IN HIS GRACE, we ARE to, or, OUGHT to, be reflections of that GRACE! 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1, tells us not to take HIS GRACE in vain! This means, living in LOVE, morality, ethics, virtue, righteousness, and, spiritual improvement, TOWARDS, spiritual maturity, WHILE, visibly BEING as LIGHTS, beaming OF *GOD*, beckoning the world, TO THE LIGHT! Righteousness MEANS, conduct in conformity with *GOD'S* WILL, and, "Be HOLY because I AM HOLY!", therefore, indicating that knowledge, wisdom, and, effort, DO, apply TO the righteous!!! NEVER forget, we were grafted in, and, if we do not bear fruit, as a dead branch, we will be pruned out, just as were, the natural branches!!!

We are not saved by works, instead, works PROVE HIM in us: they identify HIS own...

IF I claim ONENESS with *GOD*, through CHRIST JESUS, I am DEAD TO THE WORLD, THUS, LIVING as HIM, which is, hopefully, witnessed IN, and, THROUGH, my every thought, action, and, reaction; MEANING, I am, THROUGH CONSCIOUS application OF THE WORD, HIS COMMANDS, HIS WILL, REFLECTING righteousness, not, merely, FAITH! I become, the TRULY FRUITFUL branch, of THE VINE, the TRUE member of THE BODY/THE CHURCH, CHRIST JESUS, and, TESTIFY, then, GLORIFY, BOLDLY, BY my thoughts, actions, and, reactions, HIS name, because, HE IS WORTHY, and, IN HIS LOVE, has SHOWN me, how I OUGHT to exist, to which, I eagerly, adapt, and, comply!!!

MATTHEW 5:48...
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect

1 PETER 1:14-16...
14/ Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance
15/ but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct,
16/ for it is written, "Be holy because I (am) holy."

ROMANS 12:2...
Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

Conduct, in conformity to *GOD'S* WILL, marks the righteous; it is NOT because of guilt, or, ancient Laws, but, because of LOVE; LOVE for *GOD*, self, then, others! CHRIST JESUS gave us Commandments to live by, of which, the first is to LOVE *GOD*, with all of your mind, heart, and, soul; the second is, to LOVE one another!

LOVE COMPELS us to LIVE IN HIM, through conduct which conforms to *GOD*; in other words, morality, ethics, doing good, and, being good, and, ever striving to improve the spirit! It is about REFLECTING THE TRUTH, for ALL to bear witness to, FOR, and, TO HIS GLORY, RADIANTLY SHINING OF HIS POWER, GRACE, and, MERCIES!!!

It IS ALL ABOUT LOVE, baby, all about LOVE!!!

MATTHEW 4: 17...From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

JOHN 14:15..."If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

NOTE: I do not intend to preach, rather to reach; to stir up, awaken, to inspire, and, bring forth, in discussion, that which is, perhaps, dormantly existing in the heart of hearts, thus, little, or, no, sugar coatings, just THE WORD of *GOD*, the TRUTH, along with some of my thoughts. And truth is, I am reminding myself always, as I practice these reminders, in the best of my abilities, and capacities, while RELYING on THE LORD to lead me on that narrow PATH---> MATTHEW 7: 14: "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it... TO *GOD* BE ALL GLORY...

FOR THE CHILDREN & TOMORROW, LET US LOVE!!!

There is SO much money in this world that it is incomprehensible, but none of it has reached billions! There is SO much food in this world that no one would ever starve again, but it never reaches where it is most needed!
There is SO much compassion in this world, that could change the world, but fear keeps it from reaching where it most needed!
There is SO much PEACE in the hearts of most, yet, prey are the hungry, homeless, downtrodden, weak, and suffering for violence to breed in, thus it never reaches where it is most needed!!!

All across the globe, those most suffering are the Children, and their Parents, if they have any left! The images of Children suffering in this world are, simply, shameful!!!

WHERE DOES LOVE live in this time? That LOVE that *GOD* has COMMANDED of us? IF we LOVED as HE has COMMANDED, rarely, if ever, would we see such shocking images of the plight of Children! There would be NOTHING harming them, or denying them!!!

Part of the problem lies that we are SO wrapped up in our own little, individual worlds, which also, for the *GODLY* is wrong, for when we claim *GOD*, others come before us! Yet, we exist in this closed little space called OURS, in our complacency, which spans into many other characteristics that quell our living as HE HAS instructed; it is a COMMON way of wrongness...

Each village, each community, NEEDS to take some ACTION of LOVE! Instead of trying to fix the whole of the world's problems from afar, IF EACH community began at home, to GIVE LOVE, it would end much of the problems we face, and span forward...

We HAVE to begin with the Children, for they are vulnerable, and the future, *GOD* willing! In even the richest countries of the world, the number of Children impoverished, homeless, or near to it, surrounded by violence, and all sorts of other negatives, is astounding! HOW can a Child grow if they are stifled, and plagued by their environment? HOW can these Children grow to lead the world? HOW can they LOVE when little LOVE has reached them? And so on...

I am tired of seeing images of Children crying as violence slams down on their lives! I am weary of seeing the images of starving, weak, ill Children when there IS SO much food in this world! I am sickened by ALL images of human suffering, especially the Children, for they are the heart of tomorrow, and I can't help but wonder tomorrow will be like, given the examples they are learning from???

I, too, feel helpless, yet, I am motivated BY LOVE TO finding ways to lessen the shame we have produced in this world! Most of all, we need to invoke *GOD* through PRAYER, and petitioning FOR those who most need! Next we ask HIM to guide us to being of some assistance! Then, we ACT in even the smallest ways, that there IS even a trickling of the flow of POSITIVE to over-ride what the enemy, negative, has done...

Honestly, I DON'T know HOW *GOD* is SO patient with us! I understand where HE is coming from, as HE LONGS for us to come around to our senses, and it is a GOOD thing that HE is *GOD*, because if any of us were HIM, there would be no Earth...

LEARN TO LOVE, dear people of this life, it IS THE LAW OF *GOD*, and THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE!!!

Let us PRAY, and let us ACT in the GRACE that HE has GIVEN to us, especially, for the sake of the Children, and those who most NEED!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2013
BIBLICAL, and/or other references marked BOLDLY IN COLOURS

MATTHEW 22: 37-40...
37/ He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
38/ This is the greatest and the first commandment.
39/ The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
40/ The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."

1 CORINTHIANS 13: 4-8...
4/ Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated,
5/ it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
6/ it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
7/ It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8/ Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.

MATTHEW 25: 40...
And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.'

LOVE is THE LAW, because LOVE KEEPS us IN HIM, and RIGHTFUL thinking, action, and reaction at ALL times: LOVE WORKS FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF ALL IN CREATION, and FOR OUR OWN WELL-BEING! AMEN, and PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS GENIUS LOVE!!!