God's work

cannot be stopped by man.

Many have tried and ended up fighting the air.

It's better to submit to it and enjoy the ride.

Isn't it humbling to think that, besides his works with

the galaxies and all his "Beyond Time" projects, 

he is working on you and me.  

The building

of the ark was a big project.

God did not build it.

It wasn't waiting ready-made  on the highest

mountain for Noah and his family.

Noah had to listen to God very carefully 

for all the detailed instructions in order to 

be saved on the earth.

His relationship with God was critical,

a question of life and death.

We often speak about the ark as an

Old Testament symbol for the church.

Without the right structures and caring

of the details it will not survive

the storms of our times.

The best

things in life are free, immeasurable and invisible.

It's a continuing temptation to go after the second

best things as they are expensive, measured

and very visible.

In due time

Christ died for the ungodly.

Romans 5:6

In due time he rose from the death.

In due time he will come back again.

I like this "due time" concept.

It takes care of all worries.

Decoration

is sometimes considered to be sinful and worldly

because it's associated with temptations.

On the other hand decoration in the Bible was

also related to holiness.

God himself gave them detailed information

how to decorate the sanctuary  and it's furniture.

Exodus 25-28

Decoration added a special value to ordinary 

objects and made them holy.

Our life has become a battle ground between sin and 

holiness. Who can make a difference between these two?

Eve could not.

The line between right and wrong , between good and evil,

even between the useful and useless

is sometimes non-existing.

We cannot see it.

We need to hear from God.

Isn't this the reason, why we cry out to him daily.

Information

alone cannot remove the guilt from man's heart.

Even the right information cannot wash our sin away.

Only the invisible, irreversible, uncorrupted blood

of Jesus can bring us peace.

The plan of God

leads us sometimes to a cave,

 sometimes to a palace.

It doesn't even matter,

 as long as we don't let our

roots to grow into this world.

We are ready to go

 when he calls us.