Quote from the High Priest

The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me. He has sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, to preach release to captives, and to give sight to the blind; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of visitation of our God, to comfort all who mourn.

Greetings

Royal Priests are everywhere. Any believer of Jesus the Christ our Lord and Savior is called to priesthood. Any heart that is restless and breaks free in small bursts of grace, any soul that persists under pressure, any mind that ponders the vastness of the glory of God is a Royal Priest.

Not to take too much of the spotlight, but this blog is my part in the story, indeed The Greatest Story Ever Written - the story of God and mankind. Though the holy fire has been doused somewhat with my reunion with the world, the embers are here - with the hope that you, dear reader, might have enough to light your way. Remember, Our Lord is always with us...even in everyday moments. Nothing is so "real" that it loses its spiritual side. If you need anything, know that His Door is always open and His Light is always on. May God bless you always, my friend.

Answer the call, and begin the adventure of your life.

Alone In The Garden

Today was a weird, detached, Twilight Zone kinda day.
Surrounded by family and friends, I haven't felt this isolated in a long time. Or maybe the blinders were just taken off, and I've been feeling this forever. Everybody and everything just passes by, and the day ends in a slump. As the song goes, "where all the scars of the never's and maybe's die..."
I hold fast to the faith I profess. I reach out to God and cry. I ask for an exit, an escape. I don't belong here. I can't. Like Jesus in Gethsemane, I ask for the chalice to be taken away, but God lets me stare at the shimmering dark surface, the cold drowning liquid, the bitter dregs. Life. As a Royal Priest. In a lost world. Unlike Gethsemane, no angel comes to comfort me. Only emptiness, only sadness. A stark contrast to remind me of the glorious end. As the Jedi profess, "To know the light, you must see the dark."
I stall in the garden, hoping I don't ever have to leave. But my Lord Jesus saw past the Garden and went to Calvary. And as a Royal Priest, I follow the Cross.

Royal References & Recommendations

  • Websites - Godsblogs.org, Godspeaks.com, Desiringgod.org, Multnomahbooks.com
  • Music - Jars of Clay, DC Talk, The Fighting Temptations OST, Don Moen, Ron Kenoly, Hillsong
  • Movies - The Passion of the Christ, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Barabbas, The Ten Commandments, The Gospel of John, The Prince of Egypt, Joseph: King of Dreams
  • Books - Experiencing The Heart of Jesus Books 1 & 2 by Max Lucado, The Pleasures of God by John Piper, The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren, God's Blogs by Lanny Donoho, Gods of Power by David M. Steyne