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Psalm 15


David asks: "Who can abide in God's tent? Who can dwell in His holy hill?"

What profound questions these are to me this morning!

He's recognizing just where it is he plans to pitch his tent. (And the words "abide" and "dwell" mean he's planning to stay there a while). David wants to take up residence in a place he can be certain he won't be kicked out of; a place where he can belong.

So he teaches his heart, and mine along with it, to mentally train for what has to happen in order to "set up camp" with the Almighty:

We have to walk with integrity, and our works must be righteous.

We must speak truth in the very place that will then feed our words-our hearts.

We cannot slander with, what James calls, "a restless evil and full of deadly poison"-our tongues.

We cannot do evil to our neighbor, or take up a case against our friends.

We must despise the actions of a person without principles, and honor those whose actions display a fear of the Lord.

We must swear to our hearts that we will not break the vows we have made to the Lord; we must choose to obey.

We cannot give with the expectation of receiving anything back.

We must never take a bribe against the innocent.

David tells me that "this person" will never be shaken. "This person" will abide with God. "This person" will dwell in a holy place; a sandals off your feet place. And like David, I don't just want to visit this place...I want to abide there. I want to plant stakes there.

So, how do I begin this day?

The same way David said to...the one who walks.

Stakes in hand, sandals off my feet, a heart intent to obey, and feet to the floor.

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About Me

I am a learner.  I have an insatiable desire to learn, so I read a ridiculous amount of books.  And, because I love to read, I process my thoughts through journal-writing. 

I guess this would also make me a writer.  

I think that a writer puts their time into something they want to read again, and hopefully invite someone else to read as well.  The words mean something to them, and they want those words to mean something to others, too.

I believe that readers and writers are also pretty good story-tellers, and there is nothing I love more than a good story.

Stories tell us the things we need to know, and not just the facts we seem to think define us.  I am more interested in someone who drives a 95 Astro van than someone who drives a new car with a personalized license plate, because I know there's a story behind it (and I love that I am married to the one who drives the van).

So I wrote a book called Tell Me a Story.  In it, you will find stories of people that most don't sit and listen to; maybe because they've never traveled out of the country in order to hear them.  Or maybe they've never really thought about the importance of just listening. 

I didn't listen because I thought I was special; I listened because I believed they were. 

I've taught high school Bible for more than 20 years, written curriculum for all of my classes, led mission trips around the world, taken lots of pictures, made lots of journal entries, and prayed every single day for the people whose faces appear in my heart.  Each blog post will take you to a story; some will be from my memory, some from my journal posts, some from people I'm around every day, and others will be from the best Story-teller I know, Who wrote a book long before I did.   His story keeps writing new stories in mine.  I hope someday to get mine published so that others will be encouraged to read more of His.

 

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