Ezekiel 7: 1-14

Now the Lord's wrath has been spread abroad from Israel to the four corners of the world. His rage is total and His judgement is just. Like a parent whose child has been totally disobediant and defiant is faced with rage and disappointment, God is faced with a people that have totally turned their back to Him. Doom, disaster - words that we hear today as a nation and as a world that has rejected Him. Until the rain comes, one never appreciates the sunshine. I am reading the Grand Weaver by Ravi Zacharias and he said that when we are on the mountaintop we should take memory snapshots in our heads so that when we are in the valleys we can look to those pictures as hope and faith. How is it that we cannot keep God in the forefront of our lives? How is it that when we do have the mountaintop experience we don't give credit and praise to God but we blame and/or seek Him when the valleys are lower and seem endless.

He talks here about the rod as a means of discipline and as a punishment for the wicked. I don't know about you but when I was a child I felt the rod and felt it I did. Did it make me a worse person, absolutely not! While I didn't have to use it when I was raising my sons (not that they were perfect) they knew that their form of punishment fit the crime when meted out by Irene and/or myself. I am still a big proponent of all forms of discipline when used properly and explained in love. The reverse is true when I didn't do it correctly or was too harsh - sought their forgiveness and tried to rectify and administer justice.

Prayers for today: I am going to see the foot doctor on Tuesday morning and hopefully it won't take long to remedy this. Prayer for GG that he gets his "house " in order and that he will be able to drive out to his home base out west safely and find a place to hang his shingle. Prayers for Irene and David as they help him through this phase of his life.

Praise for today: that God protects His own! GG got home safely from Denver with his wings!