KILTER
OR KELTER!
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Peter 4:12-13
12
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you,
as though some strange thing happened unto you:
13
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when
his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Heb
12:3
3
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself,
lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
The
first use of the word “kilter or kelter” was in 1628, according to
Merriam-Webster, and is of unknown origin. One might think it originated with
the Scotts who would have been both uncomfortable and nonplussed to be out of
their kilts. I use the Southern pronunciation “kelter” all the time. It means
things are not what they should be; broken; in disorder or disrepair. Well,
today is definitely “out of kilter!”
‘Tis
the season to be flustered (another wonderful Southern word) as we near
Thanksgiving and we see the headlight of the Christmas Express barreling (what
does that mean?) toward us without a brakeman! Anyway, I certainly am guilty of
mind weariness. I am a day late and a dollar short
(another wonderful expression). It means that while I am addressing one problem
another goes begging.
Hang
in there folks
and try not to get discombobulated. Stick with Jesus and He will eventually put
things back in kilter.
Luke
13:11-13
11
And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years,
and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
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And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou
art loosed from thine infirmity.
13
And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight,
and glorified God.
Dear
Lord, please put some order back into this day. AMEN
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