Luke ch10v1-12, v17-20

was reading in Luke today, and it's interesting that when Christ sent out the 72, He told them not pack, not to stop on the road, nothing...he sent them out to all the places he was getting ready to visit and they were to prepare people for His coming...when they came back from those preparations, they were psyched!...demons would submit to them when they were about Christ's business!...how cool is that?...but He admonished them and their reverie thus:

v.20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that
your names are written in heaven.

how often do we think about that?...we go out and pray and teach and prepare for His coming...we watch as marvelous events happen...as people are healed and as ministries grow...we start to take such pride and joy in the corporeal things that occur on Earth...not to detract from their significance as manifestations of the Holy Spirit's influence and infinite power, but whatever evidence we see on Earth of God's power and movement today, let us not forget that this is only the beginning...this only a taste of Life Eternal with the Creator and Sustainer of all that is...

our names are written in heaven, and even if demons didn't submit to us, the knowledge of our salvation should be sufficient for our joy...

First Ever!

hmm...i'm not sure if i should feel proud, frightened or in-way-over-my-head but whatever the feeling, good or bad, i've entered the blogosphere...ta-da!...

inspired by Jeremiah over at Fringe, i've mustered up the guts to plant my thoughts on the 'net for everyone to criticize...it'll probably be light blogging at first...ruminations of the day and whatnot...you know, the useless "how i spent my summer vacation" stuff that fills a lot of blogs and online journals...

anyway, this is it...

maybe i'll go down in infamy as the blogger with the smallest audience...