Monday 4th June 2007

So what have we been up to? Well like I said yesterday? the hub for breakfast, then to the Word book store to get Michele some books, then to the Body... well you know what it's like to be lead around by women shopping. It wasn't too bad though. At least it wasn't my money being spent.
Cathy has a very disgusting laugh. It has happened twice now. Does last long but usually when I tickle under her chin. She has also decided that now is the time to get mobile. This entails drawing the legs up under the backside then lifting the backside up and then stretching the legs out. This will get roughly about a 50 cm movement. It is good to do when dad has the nappy half on. Of course if one is careful one will wait until the nappy, usually a pooey one, is undone, then the nappy becomes a practice pad for traction. Usually the nappy shoots of the end of the change table and lands on the floor, pooey side down! Said baby stays on the change table having a look on the face that is a cross between "haa haa, got ya dad!" and "did I do that?".

Ezekiel 13.
Today's reading contains warning and judgement. Or, if you will consequences. It is primarily addressed to prophets. False prophets in fact.
But for me personally is contains wider implications. If I fail to speak God's word in love then I will seriously have some answering to do. I need to declare the whole councel of God. My speach needs to be yes yes and no no. I need to call a spade a spade. A shovel is not a spade although they have a similar function. But each has an individual task. So it is with sin. If God calls it sin then so should I. Always spoken with love and kindness, not with judgement. But sin is sin and wrong is wrong. Always there is forgiveness when repentance occurs, but still wrong action thoughts and deeds are worng actions thoughts and deeds.
What is a prophet? This is my personal defenition after observing the role of a prophet in Gods word. A prophet tells what is, that is he reveals sin. He declares God's judgement upon the sin, calling for repentance and a turning from the sin. He may also declare future events. So, a prophet, or one excercising a prophetic ministry needs to get it right. The prophets in Ezekiel 13 obviously didn't and so God, through Ezekiel, calls them to account.

The reading and comments above are from St Lukes daily Bible reading plan. I had read it earlier and then forgot and read chapter 18. I will do that one on its correct day if I get a chance to.