Goethe skal ha sagt: ”Det er mange ekko i verda, men få røyster.” Openberring er ei eineståande visjon, forståing eller melding som kjem frå Gud og ikkje menneske. Inspirasjon er ei vanleg kjensle og rørsle i sjela som vert utløyst av menneskelege ord, haldningar og handlingar. Openberringa er original, du ser og forstår noko du ikkje har høyrd eller sett før. Inspirasjon kan berre skapa eit ekko i dei som høyrer, jamvel om det for han som talar er ei ny oppleving av å vera rørt og oppglødd.
Month: May 2006
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Ascension Day
Today is Ascension Day in Norway. We are celebrating that Jesus Christ was enthroned at the right hand of the Almighty God. This should have been one of the biggest celebrations in the year, but it has become just another religious holyday with no meaning other than a day free from work. Even most of the Christians don’t celebrate the Ascension Day properly now a days.
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Faithfulness
This word is a strong but wonderful word. I can say it out loud, I can think about it and to me the taste, the feelings and thoughts are good. My heart is filled with gratefulness and joy because I have experienced so much of true faithfulness in all my life.
God is a faithful God, His word is saying: -“the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever” (Psalm 117,2) I have over and over again given Him praise and honour for His wonderful faithfulness towards me. I praise the Lord for his unfailing love, I have failed but He never does. His faithful promises are my armour and protection. I can read my Bible with confidence and know that my faithful God will do what he says and fulfil all his plans.
I will shout with joy each morning because of your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge a place of safety in the days of distress.
It is good in the evenings to proclaim his faithfulness. That faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens. Praise the Lord, His faithfulness continues to each generation. My prayer and desire is to tell and pass on to the young ones about the wonderful faithfulness of God.
God has been so good to me, He is the first and the best to be thanked for His faithfulness. But I am so grateful to God for the wonderful husband I have and the way he has shown his faithfulness to me. For more than 41 years he has been a faithful, caring and loving husband. I have never had any reason to doubt him, he has been so kind and good to me. I can fully trust him and share everything with him.
I am also glad I can add friends to the list of those who have shown faithfulness. What a blessing it is to have dear friends you can trust and share life and fellowship with. I praise God for each one of them and my prayer is to always be a faithful friend to them
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The cross of the prophet
I have been meditating on Samuel recently. The story of how he was called to be a prophet is exiting and touching. At the very first word he received from the Lord he had to take up the cross of the prophet. The very first time the Lord spoke to him he experienced the prophet’s cross, the having unwelcome truth to give to those he loved, honoured and feared. Naturally his first reaction was fear and a desire to keep silet, when he heard the message of the Lord concerning Eli and his family. However, at a direct question he told Eli what the Lord had said. He did not add anything and he did not subtract anything. In spite of his natural fear, he took upon himself the cross and was prepared for the worst to happen to him when he delivered the Word of the Lord to his superior supervisor.
The cross of the prophet is to deliver unpleasant words to those we love, knowing the word may hurt but if received in a beautiful heart it will bring restoration and redemption. Even though a word seems to be hard to bring, when we take up the prophet’s cross, we will experience resurrection life.
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Å verta tiltrudd å vera profet
Samuel voks opp. Og Herren var med han og lét ikkje eitt av orda sine falla til jorda. (1.Sam.3,19)
Samuel har nettopp hatt eit sterkt møte med Gud. Han har opplevd det som er profetane sin kross, å bera fram meldingar frå Gud som folk ikkje likar å høyra. I utgangspunktet våga han ikkje seia noko til Eli om det Gud hadde sagt. Men på eit rett fram spørsmål frå Eli måtte han bera fram sanninga. Han stod det første prøva. Han tok ikkje noko bort og han la ikkje noko til, han bar fram den lite hyggjelege bodskapen slik han hadde høyrd han frå Gud.
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Visual Bible Verses
I have just come across a new website SeeTheWord and thought my friends might be interested and perhaps could share it with others. The vision bihind the website is to see people who think the Bible is boring picking it up and having a read.
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Gjengifte – etisk uforsvarleg?
Utsyn som er Misjonsambandets hovudorgan har nettopp kome ut med eit temanummer om gjengifte. Deira forståing av Bibelen gjer at dei ikkje vågar å seia at gjengifte er etisk forsvarleg. Dei seier også at gjengifte ikkje kan ha nokon leiande funksjon i ei kristen forsamling.
Eg har fått brev frå kristne venner som ber meg om å kommentera desse synspunkta som kjem fram i DAGEN og UTSYN.
Eg deler ikkje den forståinga som kjem fram i Utsyn. Eg trur at Bibelen gjev oss klar rettleiing på dette området og viser til artikkelen min "Ekteskap, skilsmål, gjengifte"
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New features again
Again I have added new features to my blogg. Typepad is making it very easy for people like me with litle knowlegde of programming or html language. This time I have added a dayly cartoon and world news. I hope my friends will enjoy these new features.
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Gud kallar Samuel
Forteljinga om koss Samuel vart kalla til profet er svært gripande. Fram til denne stunda hadde Samuel tent Herren under tilsyn av Eli, eller som det òg kan omsetjast, hadde tent Herren framfor andletet eller åsynet til Eli. Han kjende ikkje Herren personleg, heile hans teneste for Gud gjekk gjennom Eli. Han gjorde det Eli bad han om, og han gjorde det på den måten Eli synte han det skulle gjerast. Han hadde aldri høyrd Guds røyst. Han hadde enno ikkje møtt Gud i Ordet. Han tente Gud utan å kjenna han. Men på grunn av sin truskap i å tena under tilsyn av øvstepresten, var han no kome til eit vendepunkt i livet sitt. No kom Gud til han og kalla på han.
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Revelation or mere inspiration?
I came across a saying of Goethe today that caught my attention. He shall have said, "There are many echoes in the world, but few voices." In the light of my meditation on the silence of a prophet and on not talking to much, these words made an impact on my soul. I have been reading in 1 Samuel 3 on the Lord calling Samuel to become his prophet. In those days the word of God was rare and there was no open vision.