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Five Minute Friday Writing Prompt—Consume

Timer on:

This is a hard word. As defined in my old Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (5th ed), consume is to:

1. destroy, as by fire…

2. spend wastefully…

3. to eat or drink up (food); devour…

Putting a nice twist on these definitions is not easy. I’m thinking of Scripture, God is a consuming fire. Hebrews 12:29. Little wonder we are to stand in awe of Him, or more to the point, fall face down before Him—Woe is me for I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips… Isaiah 6:5-9.

I know God is a loving God. He loved us before we loved Him. Yet we are to know how mighty and just He is, and not forget Who created whom. Glory to God for His great love for us.

Reminds me of the children’s song: Be careful, little eyes, what you see…

Timer off.

Five Minute Friday—Season

Well, as Christian bloggers, I do not know who would not think of Ecclesiastes 3 with this prompt. It truly is one of my favorite chapters in Scripture; To everything there is a season… Although I thought of 2 Timothy 4:2: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season.

So the question for myself is—how can I be prepared in and out of season? What exactly does this look like? Golly, sometimes I am not even prepared to make dinner for us at the last hour! Yet when I think on this verse, I am reminded to always have my eye and thought toward Jesus. I know then He will establish my thoughts, for He promises that. I find it a wonderful thing to keep myself focused on Jesus, yet I fail to do just that.

I do like being prepared though, i.e. prepared for the day, putting things in order before I need them, and planning ahead. Though I may not always know just what I am going to prepare for supper one night, I endeavor to keep my eye on Jesus. For He shall keep me prepared both in and out of season by His good grace and love towards us, if we would just turn to Him. Glory!