Standing at the Depot

“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”- Romans 12:2

I was listening to Paul Wright this morning, his song “Heaven”. The lyrics state “I want to know what it’s like to live in Heaven”. Are you wondering what it is like? Are you being conformed to this world or to Heaven? When I moved to the Western US, I prepared by buy the right clothes and learned about the area and the people that live there. Are you doing this? Are you learning about Heaven and the Lord? That is where we are going and that is where we are going to live forever. His song continues “’cause we don’t belong here forever, no, no we don’t belong here.” Where do you belong? Do you belong in Heaven? Are you acting like a citizen of Heaven? Are you acting like one of the folks here on the earth that is not going onto Heaven?
Where are you going? How are you acting?
I have thought about this a lot and think that our homes should be a depot for going to Heaven. How do we act at the depot? Is it a place that is peaceful with a touch of excitement? When I travel, I think about the best “depots” I have been in and they are peaceful, orderly and have a touch of excitement because I am going somewhere that is new and exciting. I am working on making our home that way. We are encouraging all those that enter our door to leave there cares at the door (I am making a “trouble box” to put just outside the door). You can write the worries and struggles of the day on a note card and place them in the box. At the end of the week the notes will be prayed over and placed in the fire. The notes won’t be read but will be offered up to the Lord. As the notes of concerns, stuggles and worries burn and the smoke rises from the fire, I think of how those have all been offered up in prayer. These “problems” vanish from our hearts like the smoke into the air. I trust that the Lord will honor this effort and make our home a “depot” for all those who enter.

Where do I Live

It is raining so maybe the streams will be in better shape this week.

We need to live here me especially! In the fellowship with the King not out with the serfs and peasants. I am an heir and a child of the King why do I continue to look to the serfdom and not the Kingdom? Is it the world, is it my personality, or is it the fact that the world is corrupt and wicked and it just gets a hold of your spirit and just doesn't want to let go. It seems that the world, Satan and his minion and even other folks in the Kingdom because of their own sin are pulling me into being a spiritual peasant. I have no idea why I at times choose sack cloth and rags when I can be clothed in glorious raiments.

It has been awhile

Hey out there in Blog-land.
Fishing has been great for those who have been out. Congrats to LT on a 30+ inch walleye.
Here is the thought for today. Do you accept mediocre service? As I have my quiet time each day I have reflected on the service I have gotten from a “vendor” whether it be a diner, service station (I know it seems to be an oxymoron), a retailer or even the paper boy/girl. Most of the time I am disappointed or at least not impressed. I work hard for my money and I would hope that the people I “employ” to deliver my paper or cook my family a meal would appreciate this, but sadly I don’t think they often do. But if I reflect on my service to the King I realize that I most often don’t respect the high cost He paid so that I could be serving Him. He died so that I may live and yet I serve mediocrity up on a regular basis. So I think it is die to self for the One that died for me, He died not only to set me free but because He did not want to live without me.