April 2012 - Page 2 of 4 - Daily Thoughts about God

by Alec Niemi

Commitment and obedience are
often thought to be synonymous.
And yet our actions have them
appear to be more antonymous.
Others would have us think that
they were more cryptonymous.
And yes there are those who would
have them be far more anonymous.
They keep our actions and us all
from becoming pseudonymous.
‘Committed obedience’ is required
to have them become retronymous,
And when applied to all we do or say,
they then become more eponymous.
And with a little suffixation used
‘nymous’ applied becomes acronymous.

Now You Must Obviously Unequivocally Smile!

As I was meditating on the word this morning I sensed a real conviction for commitment to obedience. Commitment obedience gives a desire for a deeper application of our service to the Lord. Rather than just ‘lip service,’ I desire to do ‘active service’ for the Lord.

My prayer for us this week

“Heavenly Father we commit ourselves to carefully following you and the commands you give us knowing that, as we do, you set us high above all the nations on earth and you will bless us as we obey you our LORD and our God. In Jesus name, amen.” Deuteronomy 28:1-2

PS
For those who were wondering:
metonymous   -Rhetoric in which concept is not called by its own name
synonymous    -Similar or same
antonymous   -Opposite
cryptonymous    -Code name
pseudonymous   -Using a fictitious name
retronymous    -modifier -obedience becomes stronger when committed
eponymous   -One for whom something is named
acronymous    -Formed from the initial letters

Have a great week

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by Marilyn Ehle

“Don’t brashly announce what you’re going to do tomorrow; you don’t know the first thing about tomorrow.” Proverbs 27:1

“..I tell you, do not worry about your life…Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?”
Matthew 6:25-26

I live in an area in the United States where the weather can change dramatically within the space of a few days. As I write these words in the first days of spring, the sun is shining with summer-like brilliance and temperatures are warm enough to imagine basking on a beach. But as I glance ahead to what is forecast for just a few days from now, I see the possibility of cold weather and a fair amount of snow.

We smile (or perhaps grumble!) at the vagaries of weather, but most of life is similarly undependable and uncertain. This very afternoon a nearby church is filled with family and friends of a vibrant, energetic young woman who just a few days ago died in her sleep. Her husband and three young children are stunned with disbelief at the loss of this woman who was the dynamic central figure of their home. Life that had been filled with the warmth of her personality was now frigid with the finality of her death.

Jesus counseled the religious people of His day to care for each other, especially members of their families, but He also pointed out that our lives and families are ultimately in the hands of a loving God. When storms enter our lives—whether literal snow or wind or fire or unemployment or tsunamis—the Son of God provides the sun of His love in the midst. We can trust Him.

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Metonymous

Sunny Today, Snow Tomorrow

Month: <span>April 2012</span>

Metonymous

Sunny Today, Snow Tomorrow