Hebrews 7:1-3
This Melchizedek was king of the city of Salem and also a priest of God Most High. When Abraham was returning home after winning a great battle against the kings, Melchizedek met him and blessed him. Then Abraham took a tenth of all he had captured in battle and gave it to Melchizedek. The name Melchizedek means “king of justice,” and king of Salem means “king of peace.” There is no record of his father or mother or any of his ancestors—no beginning or end to his life. He remains a priest forever, resembling the Son of God. (NLT)
“Much to our relief, we discovered we did not need to consider another's conception of God. Our own conception, however inadequate, was sufficient to make the approach and to effect a contact with Him. As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, A Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps. (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 46)
“Howard,” Howard be thy name,
“GUS,” guy upstairs,
“Charlie,”
“The Universe,”
“Mother Nature,
“The Great Spirit.”
Melchizedek?
Makes me think of the teacher
whose swear word was
Shostakovich, the Russian
composer.
A rose by any other name,
God is God,
either is or is not,
but is.
Salem. Jerusalem to us.
Holy is holy is holy.
We’re all walking on
holy ground.
Take off your shoes,
and get comfortable with
the power greater than all
power.
God of no beginning, no end,
no limits to power
or to love,
thank you for loving me!
Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible,
New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004.
Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.,
Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
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