Thursday, April 24, 2008

Volume

In Jonah 2:8 it says "those who cling to worthless idols, they forfeit the grace that could be theirs." This week I found out that the word Grace here is, in the original language, Hesed. It means loving kindness, or it means, very literally, the pursuing love of God. It says in this verse that those who cling to the stupid, worthless, unimportant, insignificant things of this world that do not matter, they forfeit the Hesed, very litterally, "The pursuing love of God". So I asked myself this question. "What have I put in my life; what idol, what worthless thing stands between me and God. Wow it's amazing how such a little thing can keep us from trully obtaining all that God has to offer. Sometimes it is the smallest changes that make such a large difference. If I just change or remove some of the things that I have put in your place I am able to realize how much you love me. VOLUME, if I change the volume of my life, if I turn down the things that block me from you I realize how much you love me... if I Rearrange the volume in my life I get ULOVME