Friday, October 1, 2010

Fantastic Friday #230-Shameless

Shameful

1 Gather together, gather together,
O shameful nation,

2 before the appointed time arrives
and that day sweeps on like chaff,
before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you,
before the day of the LORD's wrath comes upon you.

3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land,
you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you will be sheltered
on the day of the LORD's anger. Zephaniah 2:1-3

A friend of mine asked me about the book of Zephaniah this week and that was timely. Looking around this week I saw some things that were pretty shameful in how people were acting. It was like they didn't care about the people they were around and how those people were impacted by what they said or did. While I wasn't finding myself falling into trap of shamefulness, I was skirting that border of some anger towards those people, which in its form could be shameful. Shameful has a true meaning of being atrocious. Now that's a word we can all relate a picture to or have experienced. How I don't want to be atrocious in the sight of the Lord and be one of those people that the His anger comes upon. I would rather be that humble individual seeking righteousness and be sheltered by the Lord on the day of His anger. Avoid being shameful and focus on being humble, maybe you can have an impact on those around you.

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