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Mar 20, 2011 Survey

On Conversations, Glenn Gordon made a suggestion that got us to thinking. We want to know what you think of WDGP and we also want a consensus to the the question, Should WDGP open a music store where you can download songs you like from our playlist. Please complete this survey to help us decide. Thank you for your time, and as always you can listen while you complete it. Thanks again.

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For I Know

Mar 18, 2011 Spiritual Life

The plans I have for you, declares the Lord,’plans to prosper you and not to harm, plans to give you hope and a future.’” Jeremiah 29:11

Isn’t it amazing how much time we spend in misery thinking or actually knowing(that is, from our perspective) what our life will be because of the circumstances we are in?

The Children of Israel no doubt had begun to despair in the circumstances in which they found themselves. They were captives in a strange land, eating strange foods and observing even stranger customs and traditions. Nothing seemed right. Nothing appeared to be in place. They were unhappy and it was reflected in their lament, “How can we sing the Songs of the Lord while in a foreign land?” Psalms 137:4. Their lives were filled with sorrow and Hope had taken a back seat to Doubt while Faith was sharing a room with Unbelief that their situation would ever change. Have you been there? Have you even after hearing a Word from the Lord on Sunday found yourself on Monday asking the question Dr. James Cleveland brought to fruition,”What shall I do?” Even though the Children of Israel were in a “strange land” thanks to their disobedience, God did not give up on them. Nor, my Brother and Sister; My Friend, has he given up on you. His faithfulness towards them(and you) never falters, never waivers. His Love for them(and us) was(and is) steadfast and unmovable.

But…since Israel had done the crime, they had to pay the time. The Word of God says that he is Holy. Not unconcerned; Not uncaring; Not dismissive of the Children of Israel’s or your plight. But…. he is Holy. What does that mean He is Holy? I Peter 1:16 says, “It is written,’ Be ye Holy; For I(God) am Holy’”. Being Holy means “being morally perfect”. The reason that Jesus had to come to redeem Man from his SIN is because as a part of the God-head, he would and could serve as the perfect Sacrifice. He knew no sin. Only perfection can atone for imperfection. That is why God does not involve himself physically in the affairs of the world today. It is Not because he does not care. But because he is “morally perfect”. Being Holy means that even though God created Adam and Eve when they disobeyed him, God was no longer able to walk and talk with them as he had in the Garden of Eden. It Did or does not mean that because of Man’s own volution(and I realize that if you REALLY think about it…Adam did not believe that eating of that “Apple” would cause his whole world to be turned upside down. He just knew that his mate had brought him something different that Afternoon and so being the trusting fellow he was, he tried it) He deliberately decided that he would seperate himself from his Creator. Adam just got caught up in the moment and made a decision along with Eve that would change the course of the relationship between Creator and Created.

And if there is ever a question about whether God cares for us, I think the answer to that can be found in Jesus’s lament,” How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a Hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.” Matthew 23:17b. I truly believe that God literally used Jesus to tell the world that he still loved it. And if you ever get to feeling that you are on this Journey all by yourself, there is a message in Song: I Feel Noways Tired

But…God cannot compromise his Holiness(Moral Purity) to appease man. He must remain pure from Sin.

The Question has been asked,”If God is so benevelent, why is all this suffering in the world? Why can’t he DO something? Because….He is Morally perfect. For a minute, let’s go back to the Garden. Everything was perfect. It was all good. God came down every morning and communed with his creation. He looked forward to it. Moral Perfection speaking to moral perfection. And then the decision was made by man to deviate from the well-established plan. God had no part in the deviation. It was all on Man. God’s World was perfect. But Man wanted a new experience. A shift in paradigm. He believed the lie of the “Car Salesman”. What was God to do? Surely he was devastated. All the plans he had for man went down the drain. The teachings that would come concerning the wonders of the Universe were put on permanent temporary hold; All the ease of Child-birth was lost; All the soft,warm breezes and gentle rain was lost; All that could have been..Ceased. Gone. Forever. All because man did not want to be morally perfect. And because God IS Morally Perfect and cannot associate with anything that is less than morally perfect, a wall higher than any mountain, a divide deeper than any sea; A rift longer than any road, was put into place. Does not mean that God is a snob? NO…it makes him true to his word,”This is what the Lord spoke of when he said,’Among those who approach me I will show myself Holy; In the sight of all the people I will be honored’” Leviticus 10:3a. And so, because God has to be true to who he is, it might seem from the human perspective that God does not care. It might seem as some have suggested that God is an absent Care-taker of all that he has created. Not so. The word in Jeremiah disputes that. God DOES care; He IS concerned. Concerned to the point that he made provision for the mistake that he KNEW man would eventually make. ” For You know that it was not with perishable things such as Silver or Gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers(Adam and that darn Apple!),but with the precious blood of Christ, a Lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.” I Peter 2:18-20 Zondervan NIV Study Bible My Friend, My Brother and Sister, God cares for you. So very deeply. He gave all that he had to insure that YOU could come back and commune Moral Perfection to moral perfection. God cares for you even when you don’t know that he cares. He has in the words of the Old Preacher, “been better to you than you have thought about being to yourself” Listen and know: Always

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