An Abstract Thought... on Glory.

As I was riding in a car, to a beautiful place this weekend… I could not help but notice the beautiful colors of the Fall season around me! The trees and the leaves they are all reflecting God's beauty! It is fascinating, because during Summer, leaves look richly green and strong, in a way. But now, when the Fall comes, they progressively change their colors from that strong and lively green [a symbol of good health, enough amount of sun and rain, and good rooting of the tree] to various shades of gold, just before they fall. It's like; even during their "departure" they seem to be more beautiful than ever before. I think, more than ever they reflect God's Glory around me. They don't plan on it, as they don't have a brain to make that decision, but it is the simple way they were designed to exist and cease, in this case. Here, I am the one able to think about it and choose to see that Glory and Beauty of our God.

Perhaps, as humans we ought to be that "green" color, while we live our lives in fullness for the Glory of God and his Kingdom, bear good fruit and as time comes for us to "depart", more than ever our focus shall be on God and instead of showing others our good gifts, work we've done and faith we've had… finally we become something totally dependable on him and can't help it, but, we being to reflect his pure Glory. Meaning, I want to live my life and use ALL of my energy wisely, so that at the end of my run, my life, my friends, the family and the church, will all be a reflection of God's Glory and his loving and transforming presence in my life, and those around me.

I think that just like for the leaves, this is less of a thinking process, as it should not be about me, but a destiny for which his people [I] were created. For that leaf, in a state of dying, reflects more life, more mystery and more beauty, than it's thought of. I want to be full of God in this season of life, I want to be strong like that green leaf appears to be, I want my life of good choices and reliance on God affect the lives of people around me. And when the time is coming, which is now and in a next minute… I want to constantly be transformed by him and want him to fill me so much, that the he would shine through me… that for him and his kingdom- I will be like that golden leaf- filled with beauty and mystery…

[Note: There are leaves of brown and not so beautiful colors… the tree's roots might have been too shallow… there was not enough nutrients in the garden… etc. I am not focusing on them, as my goal is not to simply "pass" through the life… a mere existence is not why i am here... rather, I want to honor him and bring him Glory as he first glorifies me… Just like Jesus prayed in John 17].

"What we've learned is this: God does not respond to what we do; we respond to what God does. We've finally figured it out. Our lives get in step with God and all others by letting him set the pace, not by proudly or anxiously trying to run the parade." Romans 3:27-18 [M-Remix].

Unplugging the heart...

How can there be a limit to my praising of you, Lord? Who but you, deserves to be on my mind, heart and soul all the way throughout the day? May my mind think of nothing, but you and praise you for how magnificent you are! And my heart o God… let it know no other first love, but yours... and let it return that love to you in many, many praises. Then, there is my soul o God… who but you is in charge of it? It is my soul’s nature to give you praise and lift you up!

May my content or joy never be on a way of wanting to praise your Holy, Magnificent and Pure name! In other words, I want to praise you even when I am not smiling, because you deserve it all, by the nature of your being and the nature of my existence. I exist to praise you. Praise you not only when a success has been achieved, but right before… many, many, many days before. For what is a success, if not submission of my mind, heart and soul to you… turn around my selfish thought and focus only on your Holy, Magnificent and Pure name!

To praise you is to be selfless. To praise you I desire. Beautiful God, help me to learn to praise you constantly! For no song, sung all day long shall become monotony to me, but a joyful expression of love and obedience... and become rather rich, while I become smaller. Amen.


For the last few weeks I have been asking God to help me become less of a selfish person. For some reason, I have been feeling selfish and kept questioning him about it. The other day during worship [like a 3rd service I went to that weekend], as we were singing, I asked myself: “do I still mean those words, after singing them 5 times before this weekend?” And then I realized that my praises should be going to him constantly, no matter how many times a song should be played! So I realized that I need to praise him more and more! Like non-stop! I sat down and began to write what you just read above. As you can see, in the middle of my joyful realization and praise to him, the answer to my question came- in order to be less selfish- to become selfless- I need to praise God all day long! That way I focus on him and him alone instead of being distracted by my own self needs. What I did was examining my own heart, and simply during that worship making it available to him. This state of bringing my heart before him- making it open to him, allowed me to re-focus on him and see his direction for my life, clearer. All it took was to open my heart to him, making it willing and available. So simple! And then I was filled with a desire to praise him, with selfless thoughts and new vision or calling- for future.

“You are God, You are Life and I will worship you forever” [lyrics of a song].
The day before this, one of my beloved friends told me that when her boyfriend calls her a “sweetheart”, her heart absolutely melts! Can you imagine that feeling? It was beautiful when she talked about it… And as we were singing the song above, and I whispered to God, “I WILL worship you forever”… I felt that God’s heart was absolutely melting… it was like calling him a “sweetheart” only better. God’s heart melts when your lips and more, your heart- truly confesses this! That was beautiful and showed me even more that God desires a lifestyle of worship form us, he wants words and actions done with praises to him; he is our lover and for us to praise him is to show him love- it is to respond to him.

Friends, what happened this weekend, was that I “unplugged my heart” to God. We all need to do it. You need to dedicate you heart to God- constantly… I cannot stretch this enough. Beautiful things are waiting for you as a result of giving him your heart… my life goal is to help anyone, do just that. When you give your heart to God or continue to “unplug” it, you become in a sense ‘a superhuman’, not because you are better than others [as you rather realize that you are not at all], but because you become equipped for the right living…you become righteous because of what he gives to you [through Jesus Christ], such as: discernment, wisdom, direction, love, kindness, joy, patience, goodness etc., simply because you gave him your heart, which he created just for that. Your heart is the gateway to all blessings when you allow it to be…it can also be a gateway to just the opposite, so be careful! Examine your heart on regular basis, and praise him constantly.
Psalm 106:1 “Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.’