"HE IS ABLE TO DO FAR BEYOND ALL THAT WE WOULD DARE ASK---BEYOND OUR HIGHEST DREAMS AND PRAYERS..." (Ephesians 3 : 20)
OH HOW SOVEREIGN, HOW POWERFUL, HOW GLORIOUS, HOW HOLY, HOW WORTHY OF WORSHIP IS OUR GOD!!!!!!!! (Revelation 5 : 12-13).
"HE wrote down our every day before our day of birth...". (Psalm 139:16). Indeed HE knows the plans that HE has for us." (Jeremiah 29:11).
HE is eager and loving to direct our steps and our ways in order to fulfill HIS Most Holy plans.
Several years ago, the LORD called my wife (Mary) and me to serve HIM on a Christian retreat in Ontario, Canada. We prayerfully decided to Drive to the location from our home in Northeast Georgia.
Our route took us through Washington, D. C. There we saw many historical buildings and memorial locations. [OH HIS plans!!!]. Indeed HE is able to do through us that which is BEYOND what we could DREAM, or would DARE to ASK!!! (Ephesians 3:20/Amplified Bible).
Because we had only one day to be there in Washington...I prayerfully chose to spend much time at the Vietnam War Memorial. Because my four years in the US Navy occurred during the Vietnam War---I had a strong desire to spend most of my time Praying at the Memorial.
The Vietnam War Memorial is composed of two-(200 ft. long) walls of Black Granite. The surface of the walls is polished to be so smooth---that it functions as a mirror. The walls bear the names of more than 58,300 (fifty-eight thousand three hundred) casualties. The Names are ENGRAVED into the surface of the walls.
I talked with the Memorial Attendant, and I learned that visitors often bring flowers and other gifts which they place at the base of the wall-----underneath their beloved one's name. [The names are listed in Chronological order by the date of their becoming a casualty]. Many people also bring blank pages of white paper---on which they use a pencil to TRACE their loved one's NAME and the date of their casualty. [The "loved ones" could be their father, grandfather, mother, grandmother, husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, fiance, friend, etc].
Because of the polished (mirror-like) surface of the wall...with their Physical eye - the visitors can see the names/dates of casualty of their lost ones---AND they can see the reflection of their Own faces; And they can see the reflection of those who walked behind them...As the visitors look closely, and touch the Names of their loved ones on the Wall...they could also see the reflection of me as I walked behind them.
As I walked behind them, I was wearing my "talit". [Talit ("tah-leet"] is a (Hebrew) prayer shawl that I wear when I Pray, and/or Worship GOD. Every portion of the prayer shawl is associated with/ symbolic of portions of the HOLY BIBLE. [As I wear my Talit - it covers my face, my shoulders, my arms and hands.]
With their "Spiritual Eye" the visitors can discern a "Presence" walking behind them---making intercession for them.
DEFINITION: "make intercession" (Strongs # 1793) - "to plead with a Person on behalf of another person". (As JESUS pleads with GOD for Us).
"But HE (JESUS) continues Forever, HE has an Unchangeable Priesthood. Therefore HE is ABLE to save to the Utmost those who come to GOD through HIM, since HE always lives to make intercession for them (us). (Hebrews 7:25).
Because of GOD'S faithfulness (2 Timothy 2:13)---JESUS in and through me was making intercession for those visitors/families.
So what are You and I to do?
In JESUS'S NAME- make intercession for the persons, and the families of persons who suffer loss, or grief from any, and every war, battle, accident, illness, injury, or other traumatic event.
"Blessed be the GOD and FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, the FATHER of Mercies, and GOD of all consolation and comfort and encouragement." (2 Corinthians 1:3/Amplified Bible).
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