Acts 17:25 Tuesday

AND HE IS NOT SERVED BY HUMAN HANDS, AS IF HE NEEDED ANYTHING, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. Acts 17:25

Friday night as I was carrying Bella to the car, like I have done many times, while carrying Bella to the car, I looked up and said, “Bella, look at the moon! Look up at the moon, honey.” Expecting her to say what she normally says, while carrying her to the car, I expected, “The moon. The moon, Mammie! The moon.” However what she said caught me completely by surprise. With clouds strategically placed over the moon’s face, horizontally, in two perfect places she looked up at Mr. Moon and said, "It’s broken." [Long pause and sadness] "It’s broken, Mammie.” And now looking at the moon through the innocence of a two year old's eyes, I looked up and, indeed saw why she thought the moon was broken. Still pondering what Bella had just said, thinking it was the sweetest comment I'd ever heard, Bella melted my heart again. “I fix it, Mammie. I fix it. I gotta fix it.” And Mammie said to the entire family in amazement, “Did you hear what Bella just said?” And I repeated what Bella said. And then she said it again.

Bella in her innocence, at two years old, said to the moon what I say almost every day, to the God who made the moon, in my obstinance. “God it’s broken. It’s broken but I can fix it. I gotta fix it,” with whatever problem I have. Seeing God through clouds of doubt, I put more faith in myself than I do in Him.

This month's meditations are all about God and God alone. To continue "fasting from asking" and "raising the praising" I want us to concentrate on who and how powerful God really is. Please click on the featured song You are God Alone that goes perfectly with this week's meditation; the words bring home the point of what Bella’s words brought home to me. Read them. Listen to them. And let them sink in.

YOU ARE GOD ALONE

You are not a God
Created by human hands
You are not a God
Dependant on any mortal man
You are not a God
In need of anything we can give
By Your plan, that’s just the way it is

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You are God alone
From before time began
You were on Your throne
You are God alone
And right now
In the good times and bad
You were on the throne
You are God alone

You’re the only God
Whose power none can contend
You’re the only God
Whose name and praise will never end
You’re the only God
Who’s worthy of everything we can give
You are God
And that’s just the way it is

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Unchangeable
Unshakable
Unstoppable
That’s what You are

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