Profound and Sometimes Preposterous Ponderings of Pete

It doesn't come in a box of red, nor spiked heels worn in bed. It doesn't come in an expensive meal, and not in a florist's annual deal. You won't find it in a revealing dress, or a fancy car brought to impress. A box of sweets won't make it true, nor words that rhyme meant to woo. It is built and not unveiled. It carries through when hope has failed. It brings joy from others served, especially when it is not deserved. When sickness comes and there is nothing left, It heals the soul and spans the cleft. It is loyal beyond good sense, and over looks the deep offense. Its gentle strength ignites passion and desire, Age and frailness won't quench its fire. Don't let a day define for you, what takes a lifetime to see it true.

New York just passed a law allowing abortions to occur as late as the baby's due date if the mother is at risk.  How sad.  I am not writing this because of any political stance.  I am writing this in defense of the defenseless.  You know it won't stop there. Babies with defects will soon be on the chop list.  I say chop because that is what occurs. Soon there will be laws passed to euthanize old people.  Logan's Run is no longer a Sci-Fi fantasy. It is racing to become a reality. God destroyed the earth with a flood because of the evil that purveyed the human race.  We are almost there. No, God won't destroy the earth with a flood because He always keeps His promises. It confuses me that people silently agree with the murder of pediphiles in prison by other despicable criminals but the murder of millions of babies by doctors is OK in their book.  It is abhorrent to have sex with a child but reasonable to mutilate them to death while still in ...

Exodus 22: 18 “You shall not permit a sorceress to live. 2 Timothy 1:6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, 7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. Deuteronomy 18: 10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord; because of these same detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you. Galatians 5:9 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like th...

Exodus 3:13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”  14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.  This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’” I am - present tense perfect.  This is a very simple but huge concept.  God is telling us several things in that simple phrase.  I will discuss a few here. 1.  He created time and exists outside of time.  He is Not constrained to it and controls it. For Him, present perfect is where He exits, always. Genesis 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. Psalm 90: 4 A thousand years in your sight  are like a day that h...

How many times have you or I been corrected about our behavior or perceived or even more often miss-perceived behavior by both well-meaning and judgmental (more so these) brothers and sisters with the statement, "I am just speaking the truth in love."  If I had a dollar for every time I heard this phrase I would by a boat.  The miss-application of this and several other scriptures is worn out.  Oh that I could teach a lesson on misused, misapplied and not even in the Bible, scriptures.  The only scripture that quotes this phrase is Ephesians 4:15  Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.  But like many misapplied scripture, this one is taken out of context.  Lets look at the whole passage. Ephesians 4: So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the ...

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. (note the gender in the following verses) Proverbs 1:20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square; on top of the wall she cries out,  at the city gate she makes her speech:  22 “How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?  How long will mockers delight in mockery  and fools hate knowledge?  23 Repent at my rebuke!  Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,  I will make known to you my teachings. Proverbs 4:6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. Proverbs 7:4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and to insight, “You are my relative.” Proverbs 8:1 Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? Proverbs 8:11 for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Proverbs 9:1...

10 years ago today, I lost a special arrow, 2 weeks to leave, a slowly melting tallow. My heart yearns to hear her laugh again My tears still fall like unwelcome rain. She left my bow to early it seemed, but God Himself her flight had deemed. Was the shot a useless spend? For so many hearts a cruel rend? The answers have seemed to escape my lore, So many lives fell to the floor. Why Oh God did her death bring storms? Did not her leaving break the norms? The grief and loss surgically removed, the need for justice and politics proved. I am no longer the man she knew, my heart has changed this is true. God in His wisdom took her to His throne, but I in my wisdom did nothing but groan. So now I still grieve but with bittersweet sting, 10 years ago on butterfly wing, My sweet little Rachael whom I will soon see, Flew to paradise long before me.