RING A DING

The "new to me house" came with a piece of electronics I have never possessed before.  My off spring have all had one, so I am vaguely familiar with them, BUT as yet, I have not gotten "on-line" with the device.   It will require some assistance, and all my techie off spring stay VERY busy.  What is the hurry, right?  

NOW---I am probably going to like this once I get it hooked up (Yes, I could read the instructions on line, but I do not speak "Techie" and do not really have a desire to learn), BUT what will be the cost?  Like most of you, I am not interested in a new set of knives, pest control, not even Girl Scout cookies -among various door to door goods offered.  I especially do not want to fill out any questionnaire NOR am I going to discuss politics with you ( you all know I DO NOT discuss politics).  My religious and church choices were made a long time ago and you cannot persuade me to change.   Actually I can think of NO reason I would answer the doorbell for a stranger.    SO, in today's advanced technological age---this may all  work to my advantage.  I know my neighbors, my family, and my friends and will gladly answer the door for them, BUT it pays to be safe, and giving a toehold by opening the door for a stranger to get in is NOT always safe.    It pays to be careful, and since it is frowned upon to answer the door with a gun in your hand (that may be alright in Texas since there is an open carry law) I will not answer the door if I see it is a stranger.  

Where in the world am I going?  If you were to see Jesus when He rings your doorbell, would you recognize Him and let Him in?  Do you know Jesus well enough to recognize His love, His compassion, --His very Holiness if you were to see Him?  He promises if we knock, He will answer, but what if He knocks and asks to enter?  What would be your response?  

" 'Ask and it will be given to you;

seek and you will find;

knock and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives;

the one who seeks find;

and to the one who knocks,

the door will be opened.' "

Matthew 7:7-8

DOORS, WINDOWS AND GATES

Moving to the Big City has been a challenge.

  I often feel as if I am looking in the window of the neighbor next door-

not really invited through the front door. 

 Wondering about all the people whose path I might cross,

 but not really seeing past the tinted windows

 concealing their lives and hiding their souls.

 

Occasionally I spy a window with clear glass--

curtains all open inviting a look. 

 As I creep closer looking--no staring--

I finally see--it was all a hoax--

no one is home-at all. 

 I should have known it was too good to be true--

no one is open to a strangers eyes.

  All those houses filled with life and voices

 are all locked and closed to the gaze of a stranger,

 for fear of the ever present sense of danger.

Endlessly searching and looking for the keys

 that open the doors to the homes

 and hearts of those new neighbors all around me. 

 I cannot seem to find the code to the gate

 nor the button to push to get past the locks.

  The locks to the doors that hold them all in

 and keep me closed out.  

I see those doors---

I know the way---

but first they must be willing to unlock the gate.

  To allow me a glimpse--

to give me a chance--

to unlock the passage to their lives.

 They might be surprised-

they might be in shock

 when they discover I am just like all of them--

just new on the block.

There is one door in my life--

that each and every time I knock--

it is opened. 

 So when I am alone--

when I feel blue---

I knock and He answers

 and invites me in.

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Today I am thankful for the joy of a door always thrown wide open.

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find;

 knock, and it will be opened to you."

Matthew 7:7

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