MORNING
GLORIES AND THE MORNING STAR
Every day when
I come home from work, I need to go outside and water my morning glories. In
these over-100-degree temperatures, by the end of the day they are sagging, the
leaves wilting and generally looking pretty sad. But about a half-hour after
giving them water, they perk up. I need Jesus at least as often as my morning
glories need water.
Psalm 42:1
says: “As the hart [deer] panteth after the
water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.” I’ve certainly felt
that way lately.
So many distressing things in the news these days. I wake up in the
night, crying out in my mind: “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.” I long for His
intervention, His answers, His presence. Just calling out His name, I have
comfort and know He’s there, and I go back to sleep easily.
With the many disturbing, confusing, and crazy things going on in our
world and even in our private everyday circumstances, it’s perfectly okay to
cry out for our Lord Jesus. Quantum physics has proved that an atom, not part
of the atom, but the whole atom can actually be in two places at once. If a
physical atom can do that, what about God Almighty or our Lord Jesus Christ?
The Psalmist asked, “Whither
shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If
I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou
art there” (Ps. 139:7-8).
If you need
Jesus and I need Jesus, and 150,000 people need Jesus all at the same time, and
He’s also sitting down at the right hand of the throne of God (Heb. 12:2) at
the same time, how do you think this happens?
One reason God
invented quantum physics is so that He and Jesus can be anywhere and everywhere
they need to be. What an awesome thing that is!
Jesus has
already experienced every stressful, confusing, awful situation we encounter,
and He can and will help us.
I didn’t even
realize until writing this article that my crying out for Him, just even saying
His name a few times in my mind, really works. I don’t have to say a big long
prayer or anything like that. Whether I’m just bored or worn out or stressed or
disturbed when I call His name, He’s there, and I’m okay.
My morning
glories wait for me to come home from work and give them their much-desired
water. A deer pants for the brooks and I call out for my Jesus. Revelation
22:16 says Jesus is “the bright and morning star.”
He has really been that for me in these recent traumatic times, and He will
always be there for us. Call on Him whenever you want. He can be in a lot of
places at once!
Love, Carolyn
(second picture is a painting-collage I did of a friend’s daughter
looking up at the morning star)
Check out one of my short
books – UPGRADING TO GOD’S REALITY
In this sample book,
I’ve chosen 7 chapters specifically about
point of view. The true stories show the DIFFERENT WAYS GOD SEES THINGS compared
to how we sometimes perceive them.
These chapters will help you to see challenging
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in doing so, you will worry less and be
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FOOLS
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