At the inspiration of Kay
Green and follow-through of Mishawaka Mayor Dave Wood, the dedication of a
Safe Haven Baby Box in honor of Michelle Green Ellenberger took place on
December 18, 2024 at Mishawaka Fire Station #2.
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| Kay Green and family |
I provide photos of the
special occasion.
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| Mariah of Safe Haven Baby Boxes |
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| What the box looks like from inside |
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| Outside |
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| This was the 300th baby box dedicated which was created by Safe Haven Baby Boxes |
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| The blessing |
From Luke chapter 1...
the angel
said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You
will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the
Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father
David, 33 and he will reign
over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
You know, there’s that
pretty Christmas song “ Mary Did You Know”.
I bet she did. I bet the
angel Gabriel told her much more than the Gospel writer recorded.
I think her response to
each question in the song was…
“Yes, the angel Gabriel
told me.”
Imagine Joseph and Mary, ordered by Rome on the journey to fulfill the census requirements of Rome as they expect a
birth.
Imagine the Wise Men, guided by a star, on
their journey to establish good foreign relations with a new King.
Imagine the shepherds,
invited by angels, on their journey to behold their new King in a setting where they would not feel out of
place such as in a palace, but fully at home and at ease.
This Advent, leading to
Christmas, are you on a journey to discover Jesus?
As you fulfil some contemporary bureaucratic
requirements do you anticipate the birth of Jesus in your heart?
Do you bring gifts to
establish a good relationship with you king. What are those gifts?
Do you feel excitement and ease in the presence of Jesus as did the shepherds?
We all should.
These next few days let
us prepare the way of Jesus toward our hearts.
And on Christmas day let
us excitedly witness the birth of peace, restoration, and forgiveness in our hearts and in the contemporary world.
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This coming Sunday, December 15, is “Bill
of Rights” Day. I take it as an opportunity to highlight the importance of the Declaration
of Independence, the Constitution, and yes, the Bill of Rights which is
comprised of the first ten amendments to our Constitution.
These documents are not trivial, or casual
historical documents detached from our lives today. They provide the fundamental
social contract by which we all get along as a nation. Whether it be the right
to religious belief, political opinion, trial by a jury of peers, recognition
of intellectual property (copyright and patent), or many other protections
explicit in the Constitution or derived from the Constitution by Congress or
Supreme Court, these collective documents are as important to us as citizens as
the New Testament is to Christians. Or as other venerated texts to other religious
groups.
On December 15, take a moment
to recognize that your right to your conscience, speech, religion, business or
trade is enabled by these documents. Take a moment to know that these
documents, long held, upheld, and respected, deserve much more than perfunctory
“lip service” from the citizenry, they deserve a commitment from the citizenry
to safeguard them and thereby continue to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic
Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and
secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.
To be witness to the importance of these documents, I invite you to
watch a video of the Transfer of the founding documents from the Captiol to the
National Archives which took place on December 13, 1952.
The first part of the video shows what a big protective and ceremonial deal
it was to make this transfer. The first part of the video is silent except for
the sound os static from old film. Later, President Truman gives words of accolade
for the documents.
The video is found at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6Dc54HYd-Q&t=258s
Ever a student of
historical documents and speeches, I today seek to celebrate a complete
sentence of the Gettysburg Address, and hopefully clarify what I think to be
common grammatical misunderstanding.
The sentence I wish to
address follows…
“It is rather for us to
be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these
honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the
last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead
shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new
birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.”
It appears to me that
Lincoln was suggesting that those present at that event should consider
themselves dedicated to the ideal of a new birth of freedom for the nation.
Earlier in the speech Lincoln referenced the Declaration of Independence with the
sentence “all men are created equal”. That is the ideal and aspiration to which
those gathered there that day, and by extension we. are dedicated.
May we honor, not only
Lincoln, but also those that “gave the last full measure of devotion” by
devoting ourselves to their cause.
Now, on to what many may
feel to be grammatical nit-pickyness…
The sentence contains
eighty-one words, nine commas (if I have not miscounted), and one period.
Having been literarily
reared on Charles Dickens who often used one hundred words and multiple types
of punctuation within one sentence, and here Lincoln with eighty-one words and
nine commas, I become perplexed at a cultural, and academic tendency to make
sentences uninteresting, and less than fully informative by imposing a limitation
on the number of words and a malnutrition of punctuation!
But, to become yet more
exacting about punctuation, please attend to the following clarification…
I have heard many people reference the Gettysburg
Address while speaking about government. Please note that the final few words
read “and that government of the people, by the people, for the people,
shall not perish from the earth.”
Please acknowledge that
there is not a comma directly following the word “government”.
Many people speak the
phrase, incorrectly, as “and that government, of the people, by the people, and
for the people”
Allow me to separate the
phrases as I believe Lincoln intended, at least from the transcription from the
National Archives…
And that government of
the people (no comma, “government of the people” is
the intended phrase).
By the people
For the people
Shall not perish from the
earth
Again, it may seem a bit fussy,
however, those who find value in the correct use of the comma should appreciate
my grammatical discovery.
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Granger , Indiana, 46530 |
December 2024 Events: at Granger Good Shepherd UMC
Advent DVD series:
“This Advent series focuses on the experiences of four sets
of often overlooked characters in the Nativity story. During this Advent
season, Rachel Billups guides readers through the themes of hope, love, joy,
and peace by sharing the stories of Elizabeth and Zechariah, Herod, the Magi,
and the shepherds. Each set of unexpected characters has something to teach
about living faithfully on the journey to Christmas.” -Abingdon Press-
Advent DVD Series dates and times
All episodes are shown at each date and time
All sessions are identical
Thursday, December 5 at 11 AM
Thursday, December 19 at 6:30 PM
Saturday, December 21 at 1PM
Christmas Eve
Good Shepherd 5 PM
Our musical guest for Christmas Eve will be
Robert Michael Havard
Robert is a member of Gospel Music Association and Country
Music Association.
His smooth voice and dramatic performance will stir your
heart and bring home the message of the evening.
Always a student of the American political system,
I am moved to consider and to clarify the usage of the word republic
which often, and inaccurately, gets set up in contrast to the word and meaning
of democracy. Since the word republic is found in Article IV
section 4 of the Constitution, “The United States shall guarantee to
every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”, many people point to
that language to claim that the Constitution authorizes a republic rather than
a democracy.
I assert
that the use of the word republic in the Constitution or on the lips of
the Framers of our system was not intended to be in contrast to democracy.
Rather, taking into account the context of the
day, reason would lead to an understanding of republic being set against
the word and governmental system of monarch.
What the Constitution guarantees is that there
will be a representative form of government in each State rather than a king or
queen imposing “King George III” type of tyranny as described in the
twenty-seven grievances inventoried in the Declaration of Independence.
While the word democracy
is not in the Constitution, we do have the concept embedded in the 15th Amendment…
Section
1. The right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any
State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude—
And also, we have this in the
Constitution…
26th Amendment
Section 1
The
right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older,
to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on
account of age.
I
provide a list of Constitutional Articles and Amendments regarding democratic
election or voting at the bottom of this post,
It is Constitutionally mandated that governmental
representation is elected by the people…democratically.
Our republican form of government is achieved by a
democratic process by which the candidate with 50+% majority vote, becomes the representative,
or senator, or mayor, or any other office holder, and even the President,
though in that singular case through democratic vote of the Electoral
College. The popular vote in each state determines who gets that state’s
Electoral votes.
Aside from those basic facts, when representatives
in Congress, State Assemblies, and such vote on bills, they do so by a
democratic process, again majority vote.
Yet again aside from those facts, many states
allow referendums (correct usage according to Merriam Webster) whereby the
general electorate may cast a vote on a ballot question…a democratic process.
The twenty-seven grievances listed in the
Declaration of Independence, referring to King George III’s tyranny, establish
a very good basis for understanding what the revolution was addressing…a
monarchical absolutism with blatant disregard for basic human rights; not a
“push and pull” of partisan politics, or public policy.
The word republic, as used by Framers of
the Constitution, was set against monarchy not democracy.
It is through the democratic process of election
that the consent of the governed is achieved (Declaration of
Independence, paragraph 2).
Ours is a republic of law-makers, not appointed by
a monarch, but by democratic vote and consent of the governed.
Ours is not solely a republic. Nor is it solely a
democracy.
Ours is a democratic republic, a form of
government distinct from any resemblance to a monarchy.
And we should maintain that distinction.
Article 1, Section 3: The Senate
Article 1, Section 7: passage of laws
Article 2, Section : Regarding Electors of the
Electoral College
Amendment 14, section 2 Voting rights
Amendment 15, right to vote without
discrimination.
Amendment 17, Senators Elected by Popular Vote.
Amendment 19, the right of women to vote.
Amendment 26 – Voting Age lowered to 18 Years.
I
intentionally waited until after the election to express the following opinion
on immigration. I did not want my words or ideas to be misunderstood as mere
contemporary partisan endorsement. Now that we head toward a new year of
elected officials taking their oaths (to support and defend the Constitution of
the United States), please know that regardless of who, or which party won an
election it is the right and duty of the citizen to communicate to them the
policies they think should be in place. The election of new officials is
neither an affirmation nor a surrender of ideals. It is a change of personnel. Continue to express your
policy desires to whoever is in office.
This opinion
relates to immigration. I strongly encourage that we take a Judeo-Christian
approach to those attempting to enter the United States so as to escape
disastrous circumstances in their countries of origin.
First, I shall clarify a couple of points of
Scripture…
Often on Facebook I saw a meme referring to
Deuteronomy 28:43-44
The foreigners who reside among you will rise
above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower. 44 They
will lend to you, but you will not lend to them.
Oh, people do have fun taking some words from the
Bible out of proper context to support a contemporary partisan notion.
But, please note, and you can read it for yourself,
chapter 28 of Deuteronomy presents blessings for fully obeying the commands of
God (there are 613 of them), and the curses for disobedience. Verses 43 and 44
do not comprise a command, they describe curses for disobedience.
Now let me transition to a verse that is in fact a
command…
Leviticus 19: 33-34
“‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not
mistreat them. 34 The foreigner residing among you must be
treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were
foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your
God.”
The
clarification is this…the curse mentioned in Deuteronomy 28 is the result of
not abiding by the command in Leviticus 19:33-34.
God
intends to have people where he wants them to be whether we cooperate or not.
Things go better for us when we cooperate.
From
that clarification I move on to discuss geography and economics…
I think
many people fear that with such large numbers of people entering the United
States that we will become over-burdened geographically.
I bring
to your attention this from an official Alaska website (https://alaska.gov/Kids/learn/aboutgeography.htm)...
Alaska has 365 million acres of land. Even if we
calculate land that may be uninhabitable, there is plenty of room in Alaska
alone to be home to all of the 327 million Americans in the nation. Alaska, by
itself, has enough land for each citizen of the U.S. to have at least one acre
of land, leaving the remaining area of the continental U.S. available for many
large populations.
I offer this merely as a thought exercise to describe
that there is much room for many immigrants to this country without
over-burdening our land.
Regarding economics…the more consumers we attract to
this country, the larger the economy becomes. There is plenty of room in our
economy for immigrants.
Moving on from geography and economics, I shall
address the cultural aspects of immigration, which I think reveal the true
motivations of immigration hard-liners.
I think many folk are nostalgic for a time when most
folk they met in the marketplace or at church or school were of European
ancestry and spoke English.
Many of us feel disrupted by the expressions of faith,
language, manners, and music of so many people from other countries.
This feeling of disruption causes me to be a bit
perplexed. There are so many citizens of the U.S. who visit other nations and
countries as tourists. They wish to explore the art, the music, the dance, and
the food…but just temporarily. It seems they don’t want to bring it back with
them for others to enjoy.
They seem to appreciate other cultures…"in their proper
place". Whereas these visitors to other nations and cultures feel that they
have a right to be anyplace in the world.
Having displaced the native cultures of America to
make room for European (mostly British) culture, our ancestors then started the
clock ticking on the decline of prominence of that same European culture by
forced immigration of people from Africa to serve as slaves. Those people, forcibly
displaced from Africa to north America, brought with them their religions and
cultures.
By the year 1820 there were 1,500,000 slaves in the
United States. That is a lot of generational story-telling and religious ideas
that caused African culture to spill over from the slave to the sympathetic
white listener and into the marketplace of ideas at large in America.
Multiculturalism in a democracy is inevitable.
To maintain or regain a European-centric culture in
America is much like the horse, being out of the barn, is over the river and
through the woods, without a tracking device.
I point out, from the Declaration of Independence, one
of the grievances against King George III was his obstruction of immigration…
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States;
for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners;
refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the
conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
At
the conception of this nation, immigration was valued as a national ideal.
Welcoming
the immigrant is a patriotic act.
Furthermore, to me, the matter is not one defined by
status of legal/illegal or documented/undocumented. That construct would apply
if those coming to America all had otherwise similar conditions. Rather, it is
a difference between those who are financially equipped or well-connected versus
those who are so very desperate that they will risk the dangers of the travel
from disastrous situations to be embraced by the Christian hospitality of a
Christ-inspired people.
It was Jesus that taught, not only by his example of
associating and dining with those outside of his nation, but also by the parable
of the sheep and goats in Matthew 25…
34 “Then the King will say to those on his
right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the
kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was
hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me
something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I
needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after
me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous
will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and
give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you
in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we
see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply,
‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and
sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Evidence
that the United States is a Christian nation is the welcome of those in need.
If you
are a United Methodist clergy member or church member, it is good for you to
know the official position of the United Methodist Church as a denomination.
From the Book of Resolutions, which are the official positions of the church, I
bring this to you: Resolution number 3281 “Welcoming the Migrant to the U.S.”,
under A Call to Action…
• call the United States government to
immediately cease all arrests, detainment, and deportations of undocumented
immigrants, including children, solely based upon their immigration status
until a fair and comprehensive immigration reform is passed;
The reader can access this information at:
https://www.umc.org/en/content/book-of-resolutions-welcoming-the-migrant-to-the-us
For the Christian, actually
seeking to follow the example of Jesus, and to be faithful to the teachings of
the Old Testament, the default approach should be to welcome immigrants rather
than turn them away.
Early October 1969
The Beatles Abbey Road album was
released on September 26, 1969.
With my saved cash from various
entrepreneurial ventures I rode my green stingray, with white banana seat, from
my mobile home at the Cable Line Meat Market trailer park to Kmart which rested
along US33 in Dunlap, Indiana. Dunlap, as was known by the more mature
generations, was more commonly known as Concord by the younger generations of
which I, at age fourteen, inhabited.
A frequent visitor of the record section at
Kmart, I knew the route to the section of 45 RPMs and 33 and 1/3rds. I don’t
remember the sticker price of the album. But I know that it was less than five
dollars. The sticker on the “shrink wrap” surrounding the album had a sticker
which read “suggested retail price”. Kmart’s price was less than the
“suggested” price. That was an early lesson in marketing…give people the
impression that you are giving them a break on the price, and you will sell
more. As if the Beatles needed any such gimmicks!
Purchasing the album, of which I had been
looking forward most of the summer, riding my bike back to the trailer park, I
immediately set the vinyl record on the spindle, flipped the switch and watched
as the mechanical workings of the phonograph player drop the album, the
needle-arm moved over and gently sat the needle into the groove. Yes, it was
very much a ritual for me.
I played the album daily. My favorite song
being “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window”*. My least favorite being “Come
Together”. Oh, for sure, the instrumentation on the song is great. But the
Lennon-esque lyric, a la “I Am the Walrus”, discouraged my intellect. Well,
enough French for this writing. Anyway and overall, the album was, and continues
to be, great.
It was, perhaps, during the first week in
October, as I was playing the album, I noticed that my grandmother, with whom I
lived, was searching around the home with a broom and small carboard box. At
first, I thought she was looking for cobb webs lurking in corners or under
furniture. But no, she was not brooming anything into the box. Curious, I asked
“What are you doing? What are you looking for?
“Don’t you hear it?” she
responded.
Perplexed, I asked “Hear
what?”
“The cricket…there’s a
cricket in here somewhere.”
I paid attention to the
noises in the room. After a short bit, it occurred to me, and I said “The
cricket is on the recording.”
“No, this is a real
cricket. I hear it clearly” she insisted.
I went to the phonograph,
I gently lifted the needle from the vinyl, the sound of a chirping cricket
stopped.
My grandmother stopped, a
baffled look upon her face. I sat the needle upon the vinyl. The chirping
resumed. I removed the needle, the chirping stopped.
A bit of embarrassment
upon her face, she stepped over to the phonograph and looked at the spinning
record. I dropped the needle again, the chirping resumed.
“Well, I ain’t never
heard nothin’ like that on a record!” she spoke in her Campbell County
Tennessee accent pronouncing the preposition “on” such that it sounded like
“own”.
My grandmother was
impressed!
The recorded chirping
sounded “live” to my grandmother!
This vinyl-captured
chirping is found on the “b” side of the album as “You Never Give Me Your
Money” segues into “Sun King”.
I report this incident as
an accolade to George Martin and the Beatles for their precision and expert
talent in making recordings. Fooling my grandmother took some talent!
*Yes,
I acknowledge Paul could write some lyrics detached from decipherability, but
at least they were recognizable words.
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| Present day view of corn field looking north along County road 11 |
Part
I
It was July 20, 1969 (55
years ago) that I, along with grandparents, moved into Elkhart County. We lived
in a mobile home beside the Cable Line Meat Market on county road 26 of Cable
line monster legend.
I set out upon bicycle to find Concord
Junior High School as I knew that would be the school I would attend upon
school start.
While riding my bicycle eastward from the
Meat Market and having run into other bicyclists of the area, in general
introductory conversation, I was told the story of the Cable Line monster and
shown the precise tree at the precise corner of legend, intersection of County
roads 26 and11. My new conversationalists identified the tree, with the
bark-absent image of a man, which one had to use abundant imagination so as to
grasp. I did my best to appear convinced of this legend. In fact, I too would
use the legend as a means of entertaining new arrivals at the trailer court in
which I lived.
But, my new conversationists, detecting my
naivety, asked me to try some corn in the nearby field and tell them what I
thought of the flavor. We rested our bikes off the road, stepped into a corn
field and I proceeded to grasp an ear and remove the husks. Now, as kid from
Detroit Michigan, having never been around farm culture, I knew some
kind of prank was probably in play but I played along anyway. I was invited to
bite into the corn cob and taste the kernels.
Asked what I thought of
local farm product, I said, with my best spirit of congeniality, “Tastey.” To
which they snickered and then explained that it was field corn grown for
animals. Attempting to maintain my self-confident composure, I replied “ Animals
around here must have well-developed tastes”.
That was my first
experience with folk in Elkhart County.
I ventured on toward
discovery of Concord Junior High. Arriving at county road 13, I rolled my
bicycle left, as directed by afore mentioned conversationalists, and eventually
rolled upon a campus of three buildings. There was the two-story building which
I was told housed the principal’s office, the three-story building, closest to
intersection of Mishawaka road and county road 13, and the gymnasium building.
The windows all along the corridor of the gymnasium building seemed inviting
and so I parked my bike on the sidewalk and entered the building. Custodial
folk where busy refinishing floors. They allowed me to enter the gym. I was
impressed at such a gymnasium. I still remember the thick aroma of a recently
refinished wood floor. That wood floor glistened and reflected light from the
large rows of windows on either side of the gym and set high adjacent to
ceiling.
And then I rode my bike
back home, stopping into the meat market to get a Pepsi from the top-load
vending machine which sat close to the meat display refrigerators.
I considered it an
adventurous day.
Part
II
Later that summer, on the
first day of school, waiting for the bus to stop and pick me up, another new
experience occurred, the area was dense with fog. I waited beside the old Meat
Market sign, which, as I remember, had an S and H Green Stamps logo suspended,
I heard a quickly paced rhythm of “click-clock, click-clock” approaching. I
knew it was not the sound of a bus. I waited, attentive to what might appear
out of the thick fog. Emerging from the fog, traveling east, was first the head
of a horse, followed by the full body. Then followed a black buggy driven by a
fellow dressed in black. I watched as the buggy drove past me and then it
vanished as ghostly as it had appeared, the rhythm of the hoofs of the horse
fading audibly as well as visually.
Mr. Stickle, bus driver,
welcomed me to his bus route, which traveled eastward on CR 26, then turned
into Miller’s Rolling Acres, picking up, as best I can remember, Tom Sisk, Jeff
Blackburn, Judy Weaver, and others. The bus then continued eastward until CR 13
at which it turned toward the junior high.
My two years, eighth and
ninth grades, at that school before moving up to the high school, are very
fondly remembered. Too many memories to go into…but for sure, adventurous!
Job is my favorite book in the Bible. Like Revelation,
there is an encouragement to remain faithful regardless of the difficulty,
persecution and disappointment we experience. And, like Revelation, there is
the promise and evidence of great restoration.
1 In the land of
Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was
blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. 2 He
had seven sons and three daughters, 3 and
he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen
and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was
the greatest man among all the people of the East.
4 His sons used to hold feasts in their
homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and
drink with them. 5 When a period of feasting had run its
course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the
morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking,
“Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.”
This was Job’s regular custom.
Job was the greatest in all the land. Yet this did not cause him
to be uppity or self-serving. He was blameless and upright. One thing we can
acknowledge is that while we tend to think of humans as morally bankrupt, we
should temper that assessment with the fact that Job and others in the Bible
have been described as being blameless and upright.
Another point…Job is an excellent example of intercessory prayer.
Job did not abdicate his moral obligation to his children saying, “their state
of righteousness is up to them”. No, he made arrangements to purify them. He
made sacrifice on their behalf. And there is every indication that God accepted
his intercessory prayer.
Be like Job! Pray for all those stinkers out there that party all
the time and even curse God. You will win God’s heart!
Peace, Mike
Psalm 105
Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he
has done.
2 Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his wonderful acts.
3 Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek
the Lord rejoice.
4 Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.
Give,
sing, glory, and look. The verses begin with action verbs.
Maybe a
good understanding of the word “give” here would be to release, offer,
acknowledge. There is the unstated idea that God is worthy of our released
praise.
Sing and
tell of his wonderful acts. This is the fundamental essence of witness or that
uncomfortable word evangelize. Another way to say it would be to have something
to tell people about. Something that might strike a chord with someone.
Glory…bask,
sunbath, get tickled. Feel really great in His presence.
Look,
seek, be active and intentional rather than passive about knowing God and his
benefits.
May
today and always our faith be active rather than passive. May others describe
our faith with action verbs and impressive adjectives.
There
you have the Psalmist’s grammar lesson for the day.
Peace,
Mike