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I'm thinking today of Psalms 19, 1 -2. The heavens

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are telling of the glory of God, and their expanse

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is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day

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pours forth speech, and night to night reveals

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knowledge. We get text, email, mail, voicemail,

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and more. We get messages, and we know we can

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delve into them and see what the person who wrote

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them meant for us to see. We interpret them based

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on our mental state at the time that we receive

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them. A woman receives a gift and she thinks

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it means a lot and the person who gave it has

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some deep intentions, but maybe she misreads

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his intentions or her intentions and it isn't

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everything that they think it is. The best chance

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of getting the message intended is to know the

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sender, to know their likely intent, to know

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the material. That's why we can say it's the

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thought that counts and know the thoughts and

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what it counts for. God, His glory, the work

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of His hands, the speech, the knowledge revealed,

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we ought to become students of creation and desiring

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the accompanying revelation as we know the mind

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of God through His Son, Jesus Christ. We can

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listen, look deeply. We would never need to say

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very much, actually, as our testimony is unceasing,

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but putting it into words could help others discover

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it. If we don't speak up and speak up in conjunction

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with what creation is saying about God, others

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may determine that we are actually irrelevant.

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Let us find our place and play our part. Submitted

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to the master craftsman, we testify, and our

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testimony is accurate because we know him, know

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of him, and indeed we know that he is trying

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to say better, what he is trying to say better

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than anyone who does not know him. God bless

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you today. Think ahead. Christmas Eve, just around

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the corner. Would you like to come to the Christmas

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Eve service at New Heights Fellowship Baptist

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Church of East Toledo? It's less than an hour,

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and it'll be a blessing.