The vineyard planned ... at the right location in the correct season. Husbandman's Dream
The vineyard planted ... at the right time in the correct season. Husbandman's Investment
The vineyard pruned ... at the right time in the correct season. Husbandman's Decision
The vineyard cultivated ... at the right location in the correct season. Husbandman's Work
The vineyard collected ... at the right time in the correct season. Husbandman's Harvest
The vineyard cuttings ... taken at the right time in the correct season. Husbandman's Dream
For if one has an ear to hear ...
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Following The Yellow Brick Road
I shifted a bit ... not from the path or the journey but on how to relate it here as it plays out from Psalm 119. Lets see how this turns out. Please read on.
In Psalm 119: 9-16 one can read:
"How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. 10 I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. 11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. 12 Praise be to you, LORD; teach me your decrees. 13 With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth. 14 I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. 15 I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. 16 I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word."
In the movie Wizard of Oz, young Dorothy having found herself no longer in Kansas and rather lost as to how to get back was given only these words " follow the Yellow Brick Road". Suddenly the trial appeared before her feet. At first just a small spiral that necessitated small almost baby steps. However with each step the trail began growing and moving outward ... taking Dorothy out of the present circumstance she found herself in, alone, lost, without hope, afraid, giving her a path to follow that offered direction, purpose and hope. But still with a lot of "unknown" out there.
Soon the path became a broadened road. It was her day to day focal point of her field of vision. Each day the path caused her to look ahead. The days before were only memories of what was left behind or had been lost. Dorothy now fixed on the hope that was set before her in the promise that if she stayed on the path before her she would discover the answers she sought on how to get home.
The promise with hope was now tangible in the form of a yellow brick road ... the path that she was given to follow and stay on no matter what ... why ... because now she had real promise of finding out how to get back home and having hope that she would be successful in discovery of those answers ... the keys for unlocking the mystery that kept her from her goal.
She embraced the journey. She committed to the unknown path before her because of her motivation to get home. For her to be off the path was to prolong the sense of what was lost and delay further what she was hoping to gain ... home.
You and I are on a journey ... but there has to be more to this than just the journey ... more on that next post.
In Psalm 119: 9-16 one can read:
"How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. 10 I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. 11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. 12 Praise be to you, LORD; teach me your decrees. 13 With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth. 14 I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. 15 I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. 16 I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word."
In the movie Wizard of Oz, young Dorothy having found herself no longer in Kansas and rather lost as to how to get back was given only these words " follow the Yellow Brick Road". Suddenly the trial appeared before her feet. At first just a small spiral that necessitated small almost baby steps. However with each step the trail began growing and moving outward ... taking Dorothy out of the present circumstance she found herself in, alone, lost, without hope, afraid, giving her a path to follow that offered direction, purpose and hope. But still with a lot of "unknown" out there.
Soon the path became a broadened road. It was her day to day focal point of her field of vision. Each day the path caused her to look ahead. The days before were only memories of what was left behind or had been lost. Dorothy now fixed on the hope that was set before her in the promise that if she stayed on the path before her she would discover the answers she sought on how to get home.
The promise with hope was now tangible in the form of a yellow brick road ... the path that she was given to follow and stay on no matter what ... why ... because now she had real promise of finding out how to get back home and having hope that she would be successful in discovery of those answers ... the keys for unlocking the mystery that kept her from her goal.
She embraced the journey. She committed to the unknown path before her because of her motivation to get home. For her to be off the path was to prolong the sense of what was lost and delay further what she was hoping to gain ... home.
You and I are on a journey ... but there has to be more to this than just the journey ... more on that next post.
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