Throughout the Bible, the imagery of wine is used in a positive light, like Jesus turning water into wine or the Passover cup where it symbolizes the shedding of his own blood. But the winepress itself, the process, that pressure and transformation holds other implications. Revelation 14:19 So the angel swung his scythe on the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘faith’
Winepress of Wrath
Posted in Eastertide, tagged faith, Holy Spirit, John, new creation, new life, paradox, revelation, sin, transformation, trust, wine, winepress on April 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Two Witnesses
Posted in Eastertide, tagged becoming one, duality, end times, faith, follower of Christ, John, numbers in scripture, revelation, two witnesses on April 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I really am trying to plow my way through these final chapters of Revelation, but it’s slow going. Not that I don’t understand what I am reading or appreciate the wonderful images and symbolism. I simply don’t know where the application for me, right now, might be hidden. Revelation 11:3-5 And I will appoint my [...]
Seek Peace and Pursue It
Posted in Lent, Eastertide, tagged Lent, Jesus, faith, trust, prayer, seeking, God, hope, light, mindfulness, discipline, peace, spiritual disciplines, inner being, I Peter, asking on April 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Peace is another word for God as is Light and Love and Jesus. I seek and I find and then I must pursue the next seeking and the next finding. I Peter 3:11 They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it. [Psalm 34:14] Through the course of this [...]
The Good Gifts
Posted in Lent, tagged ask, Christ, faith, good gifts, knock, love, Mathew, obstacles, promise, seek, seeking on March 31, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I’ve always wondered about the sequencing of this verse: ask, seek, and knock. Each of these actions has a promise of success. Yes, but first there must be intent and choice, a decision to do something different. Matthew 7:7 Ask and it [the good gifts] will be given to you; seek and you will find; [...]
Reap Unfailing Love
Posted in Lent, tagged Christ, faith, fallow ground, Holy Spirit, Hosea, reaping, sowing, sowing and reaping, trust, unfailing love on March 28, 2012 | 4 Comments »
It’s a process, this sowing and reaping thing. Generally, this pairing is used as a metaphor for the bad things that happen in our lives, but of course, good planting makes for good results. Unfortunately, the good seeds seem to grow a lot slower than all the rest. Hosea 10:12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap [...]
The Poor, Promises and Praise
Posted in Lent, tagged Brian McLaren, faith, Lent, Merlin Carothers, Naked Spirituality, poor, praise, promises, Psalms, sovereignty, trust on March 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I am not poor. Of course, I’m working on it, what with spiraling debt and fruitless planning. But, in the greater scheme of things and the world at large, I am quite flush and comfortable. So, who am I speak about the promises of God for the poor? Psalm 69:30, 32 I will praise God’s [...]
Loving Delusions
Posted in Lent, tagged authenticity, delusions, denial, faith, false gods, God, Holy Spirit, idols, Jesus Christ, love, open my eyes, Psalms, truth on March 6, 2012 | 2 Comments »
How long? Maybe forever without intervention. Am I living within a mirage? Am I seeing what I want to see instead of what is there? Am I in the simulated reality of some matrix that I cannot readily perceive? Have I allowed myself to believe in a lie? A delusion? How would I know? Psalm [...]
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