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Spiritual Understanding

December 4, 2011 by admin 2 Comments

The developing of an instrument requires first a vision and then a craftsman to begin the process. The craftsman not only sees the instrument through the vision but he knows the tune in which he or she seeks to achieve as an artist painting a picture. Sometimes during the construction process the craftsman has to tear down the instrument to start all over again but he never gives up on the God given dream or vision for he or she learns something in every attempt. Once he or she reaches the stage where the cords come into play this is where the senses must be developed and in tune to insure the proper sound of love that is to be shared in return.

As the strings are being placed into position and stretched to achieve their full potential this process often causes some to snap and to complain of their pain. Not all cords make the cut due to their own inner tension due to never learning the art of submission. Learning when to submit and when not to is a very wise process within the construction of an instrument of God that requires the unity of the people. This same process is displayed by the craftsman as well due to his or her own submission to the Lord.

We are not the craftsman for the craftsman is Jesus but we are to be an instrument of the Lord delivering the sounds of His praise. Within the instrument their are many different positions and the object is to find our particular position in order to hear the music of God that is being played. For an unbalanced instrument is an instrument without understanding and in order to have harmony we must first have unity…

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Take A Look At Yourself…

April 19, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

 If you were to take a picture of yourself and it displayed your every hearts desire along with the thoughts that are repeated in your mind would it be a picture that you wouldn’t mind being seen or would it be a picture that would be considered to be unclean? It is very easy in our human nature to recognize the faults in others but what good is this if we can’t see our own?

 Too many times we try to help someone else when we are the very ones that need the help ourselves. Why do we do this you may ask? We do this to cover up our own hurts or sins in order to give us a sense of something good to cover up something that is bad. You can relate this to a digitally enhanced picture because the picture that was taken is no longer real but turned into a fake.

 If there is something within your picture that needs to be addressed don’t try to delete it or cover it up! Learn to be open and honest through your communication in order to properly receive the healing that needs to take place. For when we learn to put our trust in the Lord and expose ourselves for who we really are is when the Lord will show us the Way…

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Look To God For He Is The Artist

December 16, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

  As an adult teaching a child how to draw we often start them out by connecting the dots of a picture. In these first stages of a young child that does not know how to look beyond what they see it is our place as a parent to teach our children how to develop the image in their mind and then how to believe. Exercising our minds requires effort and discernment to figure out the picture that we have before us. Then once we see the picture it is our place to help God’s children do the same while we learn to add value between the lines.

 Have you ever thought you saw one thing but then as you continued on you began to see something totally different than what you thought at first? Did you look back and recognize all the wasted energy and time that was spent in the picture that you tried to develop in your own mind? Too many times we allow our human nature or Satan to develop a wrong picture due to focusing on what we see and forgetting how God teaches us to look forward and how to believe.  

 Life can be very stimulating when we learn how to connect the dots through listening and applying God’s Word to what we hear and to what we see. Don’t get caught up in the spiritual confusion of human intellect that can cause someone to simply forget how to connect the dots in God’s living art. There is only one true artist in Heaven above and He is the Creator of this living picture in life. He paints with love through His Son Jesus Christ which touches our lives and fills our souls…Amen

James A. Harrison

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Are You A Teacher Or A Dictator?

December 15, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 Did you ever play connect the dots as a child? Did you find the game interesting as you began to see the picture come to life? Now that you are older have you ever helped a young child play the game in return? Wasn’t it exciting to see the child’s face come to life as the picture began to develop before their eyes? Why is it when we work with children that we allow them to figure out the picture for themselves but as we grow older we tend to become impatient and want show our own intellect in describing the picture for our self?

 There is an art to teaching and delegating that can inspire others when we learn to sacrifice our self and place the dots in front of the student or employee which will motivate them to figure out the task at hand. Unfortunately many parents, teachers and employers never figure out the meaning of sacrifice and how to inspire growth in other individuals because they become too lazy in dictating instead of teaching. 

 Due to our lazy human nature or our busy schedules we often give the answers without taking the time to listen and explain for someone to receive them on their own. Spiritually Satan wants us to feel as if we don’t have the time when we really do. For when we take the time to serve others then we are serving God and He will supply us with the time that we need in return. 

  There is nothing more inspiring than to witness the excitement of someone else connecting the dots as they begin to look within themselves and allow God to develop their picture in life. For when we begin to see the picture that God has before us and recognize the value within the color that we can add is when we discover the inner springs of creativity which come from our Creator in Heaven above…amen

James A. Harrison

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