Ponderings: Who's Coming to Dinner?

Welcome

Why a blog from me, someone who has never been a writer, someone who has never been articulate or had a solid grasp of the grammar world. Because God told me to write. Several years ago a life storm invaded my family. God kept telling me to write it all down. I argued, but He would not let up. This went on every day for a couple of weeks until one day out of frustration, (I'd like to say it was out of obedience), I picked up a pen and paper and wrote for 7 hours straight! Do you think maybe I needed therapy and God knew it?

I've been writing ever since and have learned to love it! I started out sharing my stories with friends and family. I've now been published in a Nashville church paper, Our Daily Journey (a devotional site of RBC Ministries), PCCWeb Daily Devotional, Ruby for Women Ezine Magazine, and I am a contributor in the book Alabaster Jars, Life in Abundance Collection 2.

Why Ponderings? During this life storm, God led me to a pond in the woods behind my home. There He met me each time, teaching new lessons, reminding me of old ones, showing His presence and allowing me to feel His love through the surroundings of that pond. I found myself returning over and over to ponder, pray and praise. A healing of my heart took place and out of the experience came my first book, Ponderings From the Pond, then a second book, Ponderings From My Porch, and now a third book is in the works along with a memoir about my storm.

Why am I making myself so vulnerable? Because God has done so much that I cannot keep quiet. I have to share. Jesus's last words to his desciples were, "Go,tell." We are his disciples too and this is just one of my ways of telling.

I'm no scholar but I have heard God's voice in my spirit, experience His love daily, and have a desire for others to experience this also. I would love to share with all who visit and I would love to hear from you. If my sharing gets just one to ponder, to be quiet with the Father, to see and hear from Him or to be reminded of something from Him, then this is worth my vulnerability.

As you visit me, sometimes we will be at the pond, sometimes we will move to the front porch, and sometimes we will just be here, there, and yonder. Thank you for coming and please feel free to come back anytime, you are always welcome here.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Psalm 19:14

*****EXCITING NEWS*****

My first book, Ya Know What I'm Say'n, has been released.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Who's Coming to Dinner?

The first supper we read about in the Bible is in Genesis, chapter three. The appetizer, main course and dessert were all wrapped up in one juicy piece of fruit that was “pleasing to the eye.” Who was on the guest list? Adam and Eve of course. They didn’t pay money for this dinner, but oh, how they paid! The cost of this dinner. . .destruction, sin entered the world, which led to death, nakedness, shame, fear, broken relationships. . .disastrous!

Far down the time line was another feast, known as the Last Supper. The guest list here was Jesus as guest of honor and His twelve disciples. The menu. . .unleavened bread, lamb, bitter herbs, and wine. The cost? The ultimate sacrifice was coming to pay for the cost of the first supper. . .victory over death, the gift of forgiveness, the chains of shame and fear and broken relationships broken and freedom restored. Hallelujah!

In the New Earth will be another feast. In the book of Revelation we are told the guest list here will include all believers. We will be invited to eat from the tree of life. Interesting. The Garden of Eden had a tree of life but two were told not to eat from it. Disobedience brought on sin. We are told as depicted in Revelation we believers will be invited to eat from the tree of life because our sins have been removed. I’m definitely no bible scholar so this may be literal or symbolic. But it just goes to show that there was a plan in place even when the first two diners committed the first wrong.

I don’t know about you but this gives me comfort. From beginning to end we see God and His plan. He is just and He is loving. The two go hand in hand.

The first supper involved selfishness and disobedience. The last supper involved unselfishness and obedience. The first supper, Satan slithers and misleads. After the last supper, Jesus crushes the serpent’s head.

In the New Earth feast, our dining clothes will be robes of righteousness. The cost of this feast? According to Revelation 21:6, there will be no cost…He says, “To him who is thirsty, I will give to drink without cost from the spring of life.”

Dining with Jesus, can you fathom it? As believers, we already dine with Him, we just can’t see Him face to face, but He is with us always. Do we act like He is with us at our dining table, our restaurant table, at our picnics? He not only feeds us with food and drink, but also feeds us with forgiveness, peace, joy and unconditional love.

Who’s coming to your dinner tonight? Will there be a place for the one called “The Bread of Life?” If so, let us remember to say “thank you” for all the nourishments in life He provides for us. After the prayer of thanks and gratitude, let’s “eat, drink, and be merry.”