Old Dog III
Back to: Humanism and the Moral Imperative
Barren Land, Barren People
Bob Neumann
Dear Friends, this day began at just after 2am. I kept getting these strong images coming up deep from my spirit man. Some clear and some vague. Some down right weird. If it was not for HIS PRESENCE and HIS PEACE all could have been ignored and forgotten. But I could not. The first was…”you can get what you ask for…..you can’t get what you want, girl…” yes that is part of an old “Rolling Stones” song. Like I said….weird.
The second was ” a broken heart will not be despised”…..at least that was scripture.
But the third was….”we’re Sargent Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band…..”.
For three hours I kept hearing songs from an album I had not listened to for ???25+ years???????
Now I know Kingly humor when I hear it….but this was not it. So I kept asking what, how, and why about this ”flash back”. And had no answer…until a new tune rolled out from my past….even older than the STONES and THE BEATLES……
”keep a movin’ Dan
he’s a devil not a man
and he spreads the burning sand with water….
cool clear water….(echo)water….’
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Now please understand I was listening to the whole song over and over for an hour. Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers singing “cool water”…. I was singing along with the base part in the shower when I realized this was getting strange. On the drive to church/ work I switched to the old Dallas Holmes song “Only ONE LORD”….another song from back in my memory….but at least it made sense. As if sense means anything right now.
While we were in prayer prior to service all these images came back and got added to. The SONG/ MELODY as the week before was ”Take me in to the HOLY OF HOLIES…..
Take me in by the BLOOD OF THE LAMB.” The lyrics flowed during worship…..
The WORD began….
ONLY ONE LORD, ONLY ONE GOD.
ONLY THE BROKEN HEARTED,
ONLY THE CRUSHED IN SPIRIT,
ONLY THOSE WHOSE HEARTS ARE TENDER
WILL I POUR INTO THIS DAY.
NO MORE DISTRACTIONS,
NO MORE AGENDAS,
NO MORE EXCUSES,
NO MORE LITTLE GODS
WILL I TOLERATE THIS DAY.
ARE YOU TIRED OF BEING BARREN?
ARE YOU TIRED OF BEING SHAMED?
ARE YOU TIRED OF BEING THIRST?
ARE YOU TIRED OF BEING MOCKED?
WILL YOU SING THE SONG OF HANNAH THIS DAY?
WILL YOU NOW SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE?
WILL YOU IGNORE THE COMMENTS OF MAN?
WILL YOU COME NOW TO MY TABERNACLE?
WILL YOU PUT ALL YOUR TRUST IN ME?
WILL YOU GIVE ALL TO ME THIS DAY?
COME TO ME LIKE POOR BROKEN HANNAH.
COME TO ME AND CALL UPON MY NAME.
POUR OUT YOUR FEAR AND YOUR PAIN.
HOLD BACK NOT THE TEARS AND THE SHAME.
FOR A NEW HEART I GIVE YOU THIS DAY.
HANNAH ASKED FOR WHAT I DESIRED TO GIVE.
HANNAH NEEDED WHAT ONLY I COULD GIVE.
FOR WHEN HANNAH VOWED TO GIVE BACK
HER HEARTS DESIRE IN SERVICE ONLY TO ME
HER MIRACLE WAS SEALED THAT DAY.
TO ALL WHO ARE DRY AND CALLED BARREN
TO ALL WHO FEEL ABANDONED AND CURSED
FORGET NOT THE TENDERNESS OF HANNAH
SEEK ME WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART AND STRENGTH
AND YOU WILL FIND ME THIS DAY.
1 Samuel 2:2-3
2 There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Yes, it was 0223 when I was awakened by Mick Jagger….so I guess this is for all on
MOTHER’S DAY. As Mick said….”you can’t always get what you want, girl….” but ABBA enjoys giving to the DAUGHTER of HIS PEOPLE what she asks for when her heart is broken and open. HE has this thing about ”broken vessels”. HE also has this thing about filling you up so HE CAN POUR YOU OUT.
As for me and the Duke riding through the hot desert sands…..with Roy and the boys….singing Lennon and McCartney…..it makes a whole lot of sense…..if you can get radically weird and let GOD have HIS WAY…..
But I don’t think I can handle all the ramifications, let alone share them today….
selah old dog