ecclesiates

Today i read Ecclesiates, and vs 1 and 2 of chapter 5 jumped out to me...

1KEEP YOUR foot [give your mind to what you are doing] when you go [as Jacob
to sacred Bethel] to the house of God. For to draw near to hear and obey is
better than to give the sacrifice of fools [carelessly, irreverently] too ignorant to know that they are doing evil.(A)

2Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you are on
earth; therefore let your words be few

These verses just reminded me of the importance of coming near and drawing near to God, to listen and hear what He wants to say to us. We need to draw near in order to hear. This day and age, when we have busy lives... it is really easy to come to God and do all the talking and not stopping to listen (answering machine prayers). Verse 2 reminds us that God is in Heaven and we are on earth, meaning God knows what is going on... He likes us talking to Him and telling Him about it, however we don't have to go on and on about it, cause He knows.

It takes some practise to just come near to God and listen and hear what He is saying... In fact it is something that i need to do more... God keeps reminding me to do it... and when i do listen and take that time to stop and come near it Him it is awesome and i love it.

totally off that topic....

the other day i was talking to one of my old cell mates from the soup run, and he told me of an interesting fact....

On the street the Salvos who go out to the soup run to serve, are called Starvos and have been called that by the streeties for a number of years... tho none of them say that to any of the salvos that are out there.... it is a shame that the Salvos are known as that, cause the guys are calling it that cause if they are "starving" they can go to the salvos and get a feed... In some ways and places around Adelaide the Salvation Army has been reduced to just a service... a place or people who they can go to for a feed or help... I pray that God is changing that.

By the way that cell mate came along to cell this week, the first time in like 4 months... it was good fun.. mind you i sort of bribed him with lolliepops, cause he didn't know why he wasn't coming any more.

anyway this blog is long enough and i should go and visit my mum, before i head to work.