Formation

I recently came across a post that showed pictures of different dried human tears seen under a microscope. Tears of joy, tears of grief, even tears from onion vapors. The images (taken by Photographer Rose-Lyn Fisher)  are amazing, not to mention thought provoking. Each shed of tears is unique and has its own molecular structure. It really brought a deeper understanding to the words "tears are a language God understands".

Tears of Change

Tears of Grief

Tears of Joy

Onion Tears

Psalm 56:8 says "You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book?"

In the heights of joy, in the depths of sorrow and in the plains in between: when words fail us and all we can do is cry out to God- He hears us, He understands, He knows. We pour out our honest heart's cries- and sometimes they are "better than a hallelujah".


Another set of images I came across were pictures taken by Dr Masaru Emoto, a Japanese scientist. All he wanted to do was take water from different sources, freeze it and photograph the crystals that formed under a microscope. The first thing he learned was that not all water formed crystals. Polluted and dirty water formed unpleasant structures while clean water formed beautiful aesthetically pleasing crystal formations. From that point of reference he also learned that humans had the power to change the nature of water. By praying music to it, by blessing it and praying over it, by speaking to it and even through the written word. Positive affirmations cause the water to form the beautiful crystal formations whereas negative words elicit distorted and ugly formations or none at all.

Water formation from polluted Fujiwara dam

Water structure from Fujiwara Dam after it has been prayed over

Water stored in a container labelled "You make me sick, I will kill you"

Water formation after speaking words of love and appreciation to it

Water from a container labelled "Thank you"

I don't know about you but to me that really says a lot. Are we not creative beings created in the image of THE Creator? Our words have power, to build or to destroy, to speak life or death. Not just to water but to everything in creation, most especially each other. After all, aren't humans 60% water?  And its interesting to note that the earth was fluid before formation. Genesis describes it as dark, formless and empty. Until the Spirit of God hovered above the surface of the deep and spoke life.

Proverbs 18:21 The power of life and death are in the tongue.

Matthew 12:36 But I say unto you, that every idle word that man shall speak, they shall give an account thereof on the day of judgement.

To read further:
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-microscopic-structures-of-dried-human-tears-180947766/

www.dowsers.com/dr-masaru-emotos-messages-from-water/

Hashem is Tov!

Shalom! Hashem is tov(good)!

God is the sustainer of our simcha(joy) and how faithful He is!

I am so joyful and grateful for all Hashem has done, truly there is no God like our God!

A God who is good and kind and whose loving kindness endures forever.

A God in whom we find refuge and strength and blessing! The LORD our portion, the LORD our inheritance, who quakes the mountains and fills the valleys.

Who shepherds the constellations and gives food to the raven. The merciful God, slow to anger and abounding in love.

Our God- the LORD our confidence, the LORD our crown!

He alone is worthy of our praise, for to Him(awesome and eternal) belongs glory and honour, the power, the splendour, the majesty, the dominion and the Kingdom, both now and forever and ever!

To the Eternal Father, The Sovereign KING- Melech hamelachim (King of kings)- Adoni haadonim (Lord of lords)- who is faithful and true!

In Yeshua our King's name, Amen and Amen.

-Written by McNorris Hakata-

Remember

BY christina rossetti

Remember me when I am gone away
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you had plann'd
Only remember e; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far that you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.

We Dance

You steady me
Slow and sweet, we sway
Take the lead and I will follow

Finally ready now
To close my eyes and just believe
That You won't lead me where You don't go

When my faith gets tired 
And my hope seems lost
You spin me round and round
And remind me of that song
The one You wrote for me
And we dance

I've been told

To pick up my sword and fight for love,

Little did I know, that love had won for me

Here in Your arms

You still my heart again

And I breathe You in like I've never breathed till now

When my faith gets tired 
And my hope seems lost

You spin me round and round

And remind me of that song

The one You wrote for me

And we dance

Just You and me

And I will lock eyes

With the one who's ransomed me

The one who gave me joy for mourning

And I will lock eyes

With the one who's chosen me

The one who set my feet to dancing

We dance, Just You and me

It's nice to know,

I'm not alone

I've found my home here in Your arms.

Just You and me

Bethel Music

Salvation

When Jesus died on the cross, a divine exchange took place.

Jesus was punished so that we could be forgiven.

He was wounded so that we could be healed.

He was made sin with our sin, so that we could be made righteous with His righteousness.

He died a death that He did not deserve, to give you and I a life that we could never earn.

He was made a curse that we might receive the blessing.

He endured our poverty that we might share in His abundance.

He bore our shame that we might share His glory.

He endured rejection that we might be accepted.

Our old man died with Christ that our new man could resurrect with Him.

And that is Salvation.

In Greek, the word salvation means SOZO and is used over a hundred times in the New Testament. When you get to the root of the word, you realize that Salvation is more than just to be saved.. It means to be forgiven, delivered and healed. It means to be made whole. It means to have overflow. Not necessarily material wealth, but spiritual wealth. A fullness of body, mind and spirit.

Salvation is not a one time thing. It is a progressive work that God does in us to bring us to perfection in the image of Christ. Our problem is not that we reject salvation. It is that we neglect it. We do not honor that sacrifice. We doubt our God and put limits on Him, on His forgiveness, on His strength, on His promises. We lean on our own understanding. We need to make a decision every day, to bring our flesh under submission to God and let Him do a deep work in us. Because the flesh wants what is contrary to the Spirit. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Our carnal man and our Spirit man are constantly battling with each other and often it is the carnal desires that win. As Paul put it in Romans 7:15 "For I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate, I do... Although I want to do good, evil is right here with me. For in my inner being I delight in Gods law: but i see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me  prisoner of the law of sin at work in me. So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin." There are two laws at work in us. And we are a slave to both. The Spirit of God that came into us when we confessed and accepted Jesus Christ gives us the strength to overcome the law of sin. For we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. But we must take responsibility because it is a progressive work in us. God can do anything. He is not limited by the laws of nature. The only thing that can limit Him is us. Through doubt, through negligence, through fear, through rebellion. God cannot move unless we move. He will do His part, but will you do yours? Its not enough to just have faith. Because Faith without works is dead.

We need to wake up every day and be willing to die to our flesh. "For those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires. And the mind governed by the flesh is death." Romans 8

And as Paul put it so eloquently, we need self discipline. "I beat my body and bring it into subjection... lest I become disqualified." The present tense clearly speaks of this as a continual practice. It speaks of the oppressive treatment of the body, not merely in physicality, but a rigid self denial of fleshly desires. Jesus presented a similar instruction to those who truly wanted to be His disciples. “Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must DENY himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it." Matthew 16:24 Its clearly a difficult feat. A feat we cannot overcome in our own strength. And just as Paul is not going to force us into self discipline, neither is Jesus. It is our prerogative, our choice. Our free will. Will I follow Jesus today? A question we need to ask ourselves every morning. We are more than conquerors through Christ. The Spirit that lives within us gives us the strength to carry that cross. And our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Romans 8:18

"Continue to work out YOUR salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose." Philippians 2:12-13

 We are dead to sin and Alive in Christ. He is working salvation in us, and we need to meet Him half way.  

Brother

Ramblers in the wilderness we can’t find what we need

Get a little restless from the searching 

Get a little worn down in between

Like a bull chasing the matador is the man left to his own schemes

Everybody needs someone beside em’ shining like a lighthouse from the sea

Brother let me be your shelter

I’ll never leave you all alone

I can be the one you call

When you’re low

Brother let me be your fortress

When the night winds are driving on

Be the one to light the way

Bring you home

Face down in the desert now there’s a cage locked around my heart

I found a way to drop the keys where my failures were 

Now my hands can’t reach that far

I ain’t made for a rivalry I could never take the world alone

I know that in my weakness I am strong, but

It’s your love that brings me home

Brother let me be your shelter

I’ll never leave you all alone

I can be the one you call

When you’re low

Brother let me be your fortress

When the night winds are driving on

Be the one to light the way

Bring you home

And when you call and need me near

Sayin' where'd you go?

Brother I'm right here

And on those days when the sky begins to fall

You're the blood of my blood

We can get through it all

Brother let me be your shelter

I’ll never leave you all alone

I can be the one you call

When you’re feelin' low

Brother let me be your fortress

When the night winds are driving on

Be the one to light the way

Bring you home

Brother let me be your shelter

I’ll never leave you all alone

I can be the one you call

When you’re low

Brother let me be your fortress

When the night winds are driving on

Be the one to light the way

Bring you home

Be the one to light the way

Bring you home

NeedToBreathe & Gavin DeGraw

Broken Strings

You can't play on broken strings