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Word Origin & History
space
c.1300, "an area, extent, expanse, lapse of time," aphetic of O.Fr.espace, from L. spatium "room, area, distance, stretch of time," ofunknown origin. Astronomical sense of "stellar depths" is firstrecorded 1667 in "Paradise Lost."
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For a while, the word space and its general meaning, has become a verbal and mental visitor in my prayers. It was a long time that I became aware that it dwells in my heart and in my reverie.
I wrote about magnitude with an awareness of vast space, which made my existense a speck, even invisible when viewed among the billions of stars measured in distance by lightyears. It was such an awesome wonder to be just a dust while the Creator of Heaven and Earth lives in my own heart. He knows me just equally as He knows all the splendid details of the Universe.
Now back to my prayers. Danger is always lurking around sharp corners when we ride our motorcycle for work and back. Our roads are congested and hazardous. We don't know the state of every commuter vying for space to reach destinations. Daily I lift up my eyes to my Protector to keep us safe while on the road.
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Space is a right to be at a given time. A safe one is a miracle. God provided it. It is a dwelling place where the sheeps are fed and kept, refreshed and at peace.
Eversince I became aware of space as my prayer, I began to see every meaning and every right I have as a child of God.
When I pondered upon the small space I gave Jesus in my heart, the vastness of His love becomes magnified. It humbles me further.
I am convinced that the word SPACE did not just pop-out of the blue, and become my byword, like magical revelation. He puts it in my heart and in my mind. And I shall dwell in His House(my right - a place in Heaven and on Earth) forever. My cup runneth over.
Space is my word for this year. I promise to dig it in all angles to understand what He wants me to.
As of this first post about space, I choose (with God's guidance) the verses:
Psalm 91:1, 9
1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 9Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place . . .
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...... and I realize that no matter how much I desire to be safe and unharmed, it is according still to His will and purpose, but I take joy in His presence because I have peace knowing that He cares for the space He has given wherever and whenever I am and the owner of SPACE dwells in my own heart and dines with me...... and I shall dwell in the HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER .
Psalm 27:4-5
4One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple. 5For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
4One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple. 5For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
.........This speck of a dust can only be, as conspicous among the dust of the vast universe, as the magnitude I proclaim about His goodness in my life through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, Father continue to draw me near to You, my loving God. Amen.