OPEN THE EYES OF OUR HEARTS LORD

http://www.godvine.com/10-Year-Old-Boy-with-Autism-Sings-Open-the-Eyes-of-My-Heart-1041.html

A ten year old little boy, blind and autistic, raises his voice in song to God. An offering of pure worship. He sang Open the Eyes of My Heart Lord. His Christian audience was supportive and open to his offering.

The Brave New World of the 21st Century is not so welcoming. It needs to have the eyes of its cruel hearts opened! They have little patience for an imperfect child. Had modern secularists known he would be born this way they would have willingly killed him before he took his first breath. (Secular bioethics espouses abortion or infanticide for imperfect children. )

America's Got Talent would probably give him the buzzer before the end of the first line and unceremoniously escort him off the stage. Next!  Lady Gaga ridicules the disabled. Would she see a bulls-eye on his back? Schoolyard bullies sure would.

The secular world has very limited patience for a blind, autistic boy singing a chorus to God: Open the Eyes of My Heart Lord.  But his worship is perfect in the eyes of the Almighty. To God, this little boy's song rose to heaven like fragrant incense.
I wonder if Lady Gaga's songs do the same?

MDP

THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL PRESIDENT?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3aCfR8rmrw

At the request of a dear friend and American patriot I am posting the above link for your consideration. It is a mini-documentary raising questions about Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility for the Office of the U.S. Presidency. During this election year, I encourage Americans to view the video.

Mark

A LITTLE CHOPIN IS GOOD FOR YOU

My next post will be on January 30th. For now enjoy a little Chopin: It's good for you. (I know it's good for me.) Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhUrIGHB0aY.

Mark

FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE; MARVELOUS ARE YOUR WORKS

My previous posting was under the title "IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON & HOLY SPIRIT -- AND I LOVE YOU TOO". I mentioned God's presence with life as it develops in the womb.

Today I want to step into an animation of prenatal life developing. The brilliant production was developed by Alexander Tsiarus. It's called CONCEPTION TO BIRTH. We get a hint of the Almighty's presence with every child developing in the mother's womb -- just as the Scriptures say. It's a stunning video. Please go to http://www.ted.com/talks/alexander_tsiaras_conception_to_birth_visualized.html 

Special thanks to TED.com.

Mark

"IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON & HOLY SPIRIT -- AND I LOVE YOU TOO.

Many, many blogs ago I quoted C.S. Lewis:

"From our earliest childhoods we remember that before our own elders thought us capable of "understanding" anything, we already had spiritual experiences as pure and momentous as anything we have undergone since. ... From Christianity itself we learn there is a level -- in the long run the only level of importance -- on which the learned and the adult have no advantage at all over the simple and the child."

An illustration of this simple yet profound truth was illustrated recently when my son told me about how his four year old daughter prays. If my granddaughter is saying grace or some other prayer she begins with words similar to this: "In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and I love you too." I love you too? When I heard this, I felt a prompting by the Holy Spirit that something significant was being revealed to those of us who are open to the truth of what a little girl was stating as a matter of fact and as simple as you please! 

It's as though she is simply responding to what she has already been aware of and understood throughout her day. Don't miss it. We were privileged to hear half of an ongoing spiritual discussion between God and a little girl still not jaded by the world. Is it possible that she (and other children) are better attuned, in her innocence, to God's whisper of love that becomes dulled with age and cynicism? Is it possible that she (and other children) have a better understanding than their elders of what Jesus said:

"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." (Mark 10.14-15)

When Jesus said "I tell you the truth",  we had better sit up and take notice! Children have a special place in the kingdom of God. And that includes children still in the womb. (Psalm 139.13-16,  Jeremiah 1.4-5). This is not an impersonal oversight of an impersonal God.  An intimate and loving God even mentions the unborn child by name (Isaiah 49.1. Also see verse 5). What about unwantedness? Well, God mentions that too (Isaiah 49.15).

Do small children have an indistinct, residual, primordial inkling of that earlier intimacy with God in the womb that can not be articulated? I am not prepared to deny it. 

Never discount the power of a child's prayers.

Mark

 

ABORTION AND FORGIVENESS

I came across the video below about forgiveness after abortion. In many ways it parallels the story of my wife and me: Christians with abortion in their past. Christians know that God has forgiven them but they have trouble forgiving themselves. If we only knew how many women sitting in the pews of our churches have been physically, emotionally and spiritually scarred by abortion, ... we would be shocked. And what about the fathers of aborted children? Abortion is so pervasive in our culture!

LaRee and I aborted our first child who would have been 40 years old today had she lived.  We grieved our abortion for decades. Men and women tend to grieve differently. LaRee kept her grief inside -- only bringing our bitter experience into the open occasionally when she encountered an abortion minded couple. We would warn them that abortion does not solve the problem of unwanted pregnancy, it only creates new problems. I became heavily involved in the pro-Life movement -- trying to assuage my guilt. We knew God had forgiven us but we did not forgive ourselves. Only in recent years did we finally forgive ourselves and release that spiritual burden. See the link at the bottom of this post for another couple's story many years after ours.

If you have had an abortion or was involved in one (men) and want to talk to someone, feel free to write to LaRee or me at HumanLifeMatters@shaw.ca . As the title of the email suggests, every life matters and that includes you. God wants us to live in the freedom of His forgiveness.

See the video here -
http://www.godvine.com/Girl-Who-Had-an-Abortion-Uses-her-Pain-to-Help-Others-1051.html

Mark

Google Advertising

I have decided to allow Google's to advertise on my blog. They posted inappropriate ads previously and I withdrew from their program. In the interests of trying to generate revenue, I'll try again and see how it goes.

MDP