The Word

Proverbs 1. 5 – 6

“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

“To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.”

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C W Ruth quote

“It is not the manifestation we want at all,

it is Him we want.”

– C W Ruth, from his book, Bible Readings

> > satan can imitate manifestations – eab < <

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Need the Holy Spirit

The thinking driver knows he has a blind spot and knows that it’s dangerous.

The thinking Christian should remember he also has one or more blind spots, that it/they are dangerous, and

he needs the Blessed Holy Spirit to guide him in these areas.

eab, 5/3/16

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God “Paints” with Light

God made solid forms – they appear left and right,

Hill, mountain, stone, rocks, shrub and tree.

Then he splashes them with varied light

Till same-ishness is lost in variety.

He made more mobile forms – apparent to sight,

Waves which roam the sea, clouds the sky,

Different they look today than last night

Light glances on low tide or up on high.

On his firm forms He “paints” – with brushes slight,

They are light or dark at His supreme will,

And sea or sky look dull or quit bright

By the light, His light He allows to “spill.”          

– eab, 5/5/10

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BLIND SPOTS

In the mid 80s the state of Nebraska put 7 fathers in jail in Louisville because they had their children in an ACE school. Hundreds of Christian men converged to protest and show support. After being there in December I was returning in January driving my b-n-l’s Plymouth Horizon. In a section of Kansas City where I-70 had 4 west-bound lanes a semi was in lane 3 and I was lane 2 (to his right) slowly passing him. (As I later realized, I was too long in his blind spot.) I heard his engine get louder and all-of-a-sudden his large front bumper hooked in the left rear wheel-well of the Horizon and swung me around in front of his huge tractor. As I swung I was facing the middle concrete barrier and I distinctly thought “this may be it” i.e. that I was about to die.

Two “miracles” prevented death. 1) The truck and I stayed connected so I didn’t go flying into that wall. But he was pushing me side-ways down I-70 at some 50 mph. 2) The second “miracle” was that he didn’t run over me. This second (if not both) was definitely of God. East of KC the roads had been dry but for a stretch, my accident stretch, there was a fine snow falling. It was enough to make the road slick – the tires could be scooted sideways. The trucker saw me and immediately started slowing, pushing me ahead of him. We came to a complete stop mid lanes with his grill just outside my driver side window. I cut off my engine. The man with me climbed out the passenger side, I climbed over the center and out the same door. The trucker climbed down from his seat and we waited the police. When all was clear I started the car again. There was no broken window glass (just the side mirror) and all tires were OK. We straightened the Horizon out into one of the lanes and headed west again.

Not far west of KC the roads were dry again. Thank God for His mercy – – – even in Blind Spots.

eab, 5/3/16

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