Tag: might

O My Strength

Posted on by Olaf

Do you think of yourself as a weak or strong person?  If it is as a weak person, do you know why?  But if it is as a strong person, then what is the basis of your strength?  Anyone who derives strength from denigrating others is not to be admired.  Profaning the reputation or name of someone else to boost yourself is not only a sign of weakness but there are laws about defamation to criminalise slander and libel. Is it not then so sad to witness the pervasive ‘OMG’ defamation of God in today’s culture?  Without a second thought, people trot out ‘O my God’ as part of their language and don’t even notice when their children do the same.  What a beautiful contrast it is to hear someone call out to God, ‘O My Strength’ and really mean it.  Our lips are made to bless not to curse, to praise not to blaspheme, to build up not to pull down.

  • ‘From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise’ – Psalm 8:2

a greater POWER

Posted on by Olaf

What represents the greatest power today – a president, a multinational, a nuclear bomb, gravity, the sea, the wind?  Greater than all of these was that felt by the eighth man to walk on the moon:

‘The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As we got farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine. That beautiful, warm, living object looked so fragile, so delicate, that if you touched it with a finger it would crumble and fall apart. Seeing this has to change a man, has to make a man appreciate the creation of God and the love of God. I felt the power of God as I’d never felt it before’ – James Irwin