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Holy Invitation: for the Bridegroom is Great! =]

Holy Invitation: for the Bridegroom is Great! =]

I need to preface this by saying we were originally talking about economics (quite the surprise I know) and relevant voting issues in a chat room with a few other people. I do not judge people by their political stances nor do I judge based upon religious or civil rights based beliefs. Sarah happens to be a very great friend of mine that goes beyond comparison to anyone else I’ve ever known. I truly do admire every conversation we have and look forward to so many more. Here is a brief clip of one of our discussion tonight:

[20:55] skssoccerstar916: noga, i’m going to tell you a story
[20:55] Zyphoidwolf: Story time!
[20:55] skssoccerstar916: ok…so there once was a man named jack
[20:55] skssoccerstar916: he joined the army during the korean war and was stationed in europe…but that’s beside the point
[20:56] skssoccerstar916: later in his life it was discovered that he had a thin atery wall in his brain
[20:56] skssoccerstar916: the doctors did a procedure where a clip was inserted to help reinforce this wall
[20:57] skssoccerstar916: however, a few years later, the clip slipped causing bleeding into his brain tissue
[20:57] skssoccerstar916: he was driving at the time…on a highway in chicago. but somehow managed to get the car stopped
[20:57] skssoccerstar916: he almost died
[20:58] skssoccerstar916: but instead lived, paralyzed on half of his body
[20:58] skssoccerstar916: never fully regaining his powers of speech
[20:58] skssoccerstar916: and that is the man i call my grandpa today
[20:58] skssoccerstar916: the end
[20:59] Zyphoidwolf: *claps*
[20:59] skssoccerstar916: *takes a bow*

That was a very efficient clip taken from an internet conversation from earlier tonight. Yes there were minor parts in between that were omitted.

Regardless of all of the other chatter that went on after that I need to speak of something urgent. Sarah happens to be one of the greatest friends I have ever had. And tonight I found out something that has gone beyond economical relevance I found the true heart of God.

Tonight I ended up starting something that I now regret; yet at the same time really appreciate. I greatly apologize for the fact that I learned that one of my greatest friends has a grandfather in this present condition. What is more important to me happens not be anything listed above but in the aside conversation between just her and I that became even more important.

Even as I write this now I still weep at the thought. I really want to meet this man. Really want to meet this man. And while this conversation got taken a bit too far our aside conversation is my focus for now. Sarah happened to tell me that she has no clue what she is going to do. Her family cannot pay for him to find another apartment. They already pay for him to come up and visit every once in awhile because the man is not capable enough to keep and sustain a job that has economic significance. The poor man cannot afford even the simplest of luxuries that I’m primarily using to write this urgent note forth. He cannot function as a normal person anymore and no government subsidy can account for the massive screw-up hand our lovely government happened to deal her. I feel for her. The man cannot even speak to her without malfunctioning in doing just that. Constantly being attended to and doing the godly thing when taking up issues with the government her family chose not to pursue legal action.

While I was reading and realizing all of this I began to weep. And I’m not talking your average cry; I mean I was deeply moved by this. I had a revelation at the heart level. 1Timothy talks about being rich and relating that to the heart of God. The context refers to being physically rich as in pertaining to wealth and how it is better to not have money at all and give Glory to God (the One and only who gives and takes away) then to accumulate wealth and worship an idolistic God. Jake has none of this, yet I’m positive although I don’t know the man he is a true worshipper of the King. Nothing in hand, yet all the glory to God.

My revelation came in when God spoke tenderly to me when weeping and said “I love this man, he is a man after my heart. I desire eternity with him. And all you’ve done is persecute him from an economic standpoint. I want to be with this man and walk where he’s never been able to walk.” Then all of a sudden downloads from heaven came in from the Sermon on the Mount. (Matthew 5-7 for those who don’t know their Bible).

Matthew 6: 19-21 if memory serves correctly states “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal, but rather store up for yourselves treasures in heaven where moth and rust DO NOT destroy and thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is there your heart will be also” (my emphasis on DO NOT was added). Then again Matthew 7: 1,2 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

Sarah I apologize for prematurely judging your grandfather. I bet he is the sweetest man alive and I mean that with all sincerity. This is not some treatise on the holiness of her grandfather versus the holiness I exhibit this is merely respect for a man I have not met in person. Relevantly speaking we need to all realize that no matter who we are talking to God is not a God of favoritism when it comes to sin. All sin is equal. That means homosexuality, abortion, rape, murder, lying, cheating, stealing, coveting, everything. You are no better than someone else because they have a hearing disability. You are no better than the person who is deaf, or even has had a stroke. You are no better than the person who can barely utter words in the sound of distinguishable English. And watching a pornographic film is not “more acceptable” in God’s eyes than someone cheating on their taxes. Sin is sin and that is the end.

Everyone is a child of God, and everyone matters. This is not an issue of democrats or republicans, (and yes Libertarians): the issue I am addressing is a heart of God issue.

I long to tell everyone about my “Father to the Fatherless” message and how this relates but I cannot do that unless my heart is truly in the correct setting with God. I need to be in tune with the heartbeat and rhythm of heaven. I am a man that is corrupt, weak, dust, liquid, but a breath of wind, unreliable, undependable, un-constant, unstable, unworthy, unholy, a liar, a cheater, a hypocrite, a thief, a coveter, full of greed, idolatry, adultery, wickedness. I am so many more unpleasant words that I have yet to describe. Thankfully, I was spoken into motion and given life by a God that is the antonym of me. I have been shown loving compassion and mercy with grace that has led to my salvation! My God is constant, divine, holy, righteous, the avenger of blood, just, spirit, man, Father, Son, Holy Spirit, worthy, glorious, magnificent, adorable, beautiful, gorgeous, and roars like a Lion and has a voice that thunders over the waters (Psalm 29:3).

I love and fear the Lord. And God I thank you for being there to pick me up when I’m down. Thanks for your Holy Invitation Lord! Sarah I love you, this has meant more than the world to me! =]

Noga