Temple of Sacrifice

2 Chronicles 7:12-22 I have chosen this place as a temple for sacrifice, a house of worship.

I'm working my way through these verses as I refocusing my attention on being a house of prayer. I am also recalling the place where I was two years a go and what it looks like today.

God has chosen this place and therfore it has His name on it. There is nothing of me in it except for the obedience of being still and knowing God.

A Temple of sacrifice... Onething is the most difficult thing Ann Marie and I have ever been involved in. All the positions we have held, all the businesses we have created and run, all the consulting we have done for others, none have been as difficult as a house of prayer. There have been sacrifices. But those sacrifices have never been the center of conversation or our thoughts. We have never sat down and counted the costs. I find some satisfaction in being able to write that. To me it says that our hearts and minds are being renewed toward God. It says to me that the benefits have far out weighed the sacrifices. We have no regrets, only great expectancey as to what more.... no not more but what else God is going to do that we will be blessed to see.

Far to many come to the center (this is my opinion which is worthless) and complain about what God is doing verses being greatful for the very fact that they are breathing today. I have so often been guilty of devaluing what God has and is doing in my life. There is no need to tell you all of the sacrifices. They are small in comparison to the great blessings.

If I ever feel the need to talk about the sacrifices then I am fully aware that I have lost sight of the Father. I am looking at some other relationship than that of my personal intimate re;ationship with God. I may be looking at my relationshp with finances or my home or any other number of things. You may not think that those are relationships but I would say they are because I believe everything is about relationships.

Sacrifice.... I would give way more and even all if He asked. There is nothing of more value than my personal intimate relationship with this man called Jesus. And I will add I am so greatful that He gave me this gift, my wife to live this out with.