Full of sweet thankfulness...

AH...to be up in the wee hours...sometimes...sweet...

Peace...joy...smiles...

A sweet exchange of daddy-daughter emails in the wee hours of the morn!

Odds of both being up not able to sleep?...not going to speculate...

just going to fall asleep now with a big smile on face and peace in heart...

Will close my eyes to embed this sweet time to remember always...

Dad...I love you...and thanks for sharing tonight over the roadway distance...

I surely enjoyed our time!

Get some "beauty" sleep...rest well...

XO

Peace...joy...smiles...sweet thankfulness

Education...ever wonder...

WOW!! Watch...will make one think...more research needed!

Watch more videos like this at www.quantumshift.tv

May we take heed to meditate on His word...to search the truth and nothing but the truth...

Jhn 8:32
Jhn 14:6

Character Quality...

Self - Control vs. Self - Indulgence

Gal 5:24-25

And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

οἱ δὲ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τὴν σάρκα ἐσταύρωσαν σὺν τοῖς παθήμασιν καὶ ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις

εἰ ζῶμεν πνεύματι πνεύματι καὶ στοιχῶμεν

Character Quality...

Alertness vs. Unawareness

Mark 14:38

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly [is] ready, but the flesh [is] weak.

γρηγορεῖτε καὶ προσεύχεσθε ἵνα μὴ ἔλθητε εἰς πειρασμόν τὸ μὲν πνεῦμα πρόθυμον ἡ δὲ σὰρξ ἀσθενής

Character Quality...

Truthfulness vs. Deception

Eph 4:25

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Διὸ ἀποθέμενοι τὸ ψεῦδος λαλεῖτε ἀλήθειαν ἕκαστος μετὰ τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἐσμὲν ἀλλήλων μέλη

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Memory verse:

Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Praise God...may He dwell among us...seep into our very souls...penetrate the deepest of inner man

May we seek and have revelation of the truth...His truth...The truth

Quotes to Ponder

"You can make a choice that is not God's will for your life,

but you can't make a choice that God does not go with you!"

R.D.

Mat 28:20

"The Prince and the Dragon"

Do you wonder?, Do you go astray?...

Yes for we are mere mortals, flesh filled by your breath of life...

We are but flesh living by the Spirit you give, the soul you orchestrate...

Yes, flesh...ultimately in need of a Saviour to pave our way, to show mercy, to save...

Oh Lord that you would make our paths straight...

Oh Lord that we would not become dis-sensitized by the world...

Oh Lord that we do not yield to flesh, to earthly desires that look pretty on the outside...

A video...

Oh Lord may we choose the narrow path...

Oh Lord may we seek you, your word, your face...

Your character is forever the same...

The Freedom is in calling out your name...

Praise for your direction, your mercy, you gift of salvation...

Eph 6:12

Redeemed...

Forever you love

Forever you carry

Forever you show mercy

Forever you give strength

Praise you Lord...

Praise you Lord even if unfulfilled,unrestored

Praise you Lord when I am fulfilled in You

Praise you Lord in journey of being restored

Praise you for you have redeemed.

Worship...Sweet Worship...

Psa 71:23

Liberty

"True Christian liberty is not the right to live as we please,
but the power to live as God requires."

Seen on another blog today, I hope this Godly lady doesn't mind the repeat of this awesome quote. But it struck hard as daily battles are fought....we have been given awesome power, His power to live, live life abundantly but with that power comes great responsibility to live as God has required of us and not feed our flesh.

May we seek his face, His touch, His love, abundant mercy, and blessings seen...moreover the ones unseen...daily.

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is],
there [is] liberty

Liberty...freedom...true freedom in Christ...not flesh...spirit...liberty

Liberty...the power to live as God requires.....

Another day...another moment...another study...what does God require?

Praise Him for liberty...this captive has been set free!

"Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."

Captivate...

Oh Lord to be captivated...

your grace...your mercy...your love...your strength...your wisdom...your power...
your Holy presence...

Captivated by you...

Captivate us...Oh Lord...captivate us...




to love, to show mercy, to give grace, to obedient love, to need and empower strength, to gain wisdom, to never fear for we have your power...

to be captivated...by you and your presence alone...

captivate oh Lord, captivate us

Happy Birthday!!

Dad...Today is your day...

another year...looking toward many more...

May dreams come true
May you know I dearly love you
A poem written for you
shared from a daughters love so true...

I love you very much...

more to come....

From pull my finger to washing cars and cleaning pools
to cooking on the grill and listening to oldies what a thrill

I hope your day was great...
so good to hear your voice sound rested and happy

more to come...from my heart...

until then...

Dad, I love you very much
Today, enjoy, rest, love, laugh, be at peace...

Happy Birthday

Father....

Father...to honor, to respect, to love, to gain wisdom from....

More to come....

Pondering Quotes...

"We who preach and write, do so in a manner different from which the scriptures have been written. We write while we make progress. We speak as we still knock for understanding. If anyone criticizes me when I have said what is right, he does me an injustice. But I would be more angry with the one who praises me and takes what I have written for Gospel truth then I would be with one who criticizes me unfairly."

Augustine

To preach, to write, to understand...or aim to understand as we record life long journeys of the paths chosen...to not trust nor believe the Gospel truth is not an injustice to me, but to the very Deity who breathed the very inspiration to write His words.

Holy Spirit come upon those of hardened hearts...soften them and draw unto you, the Mighty One, the Holy One, the I am. Gospel Truth...We love because you first loved us....Do we choose to believe or not to believe? Do we criticize those who spread the message or the very One who sends the message? To criticize...oh just an opinion, maybe even a Holy Spirit conviction and prompting we so easily blame on the physical...oh so easy to criticize unfairly the one(s) seen...instead of acknowledging the very One who is unseen.

Praise the One, the Holy One! For He is Lord and King.

To criticize...100 percent fleshly pride and hardened heart

Gospel Truth...100 percent Truth

What will the choice be...for it is a choice...

Preach, Write, aim to understand...

Isaiah 61:1 Mark 16:15

In remembrance...

The days were fast, the days were swift

each and every one with you a gift

In human perspective you were taken too early

In heaven perspective taken home pain free surely

Today you would celebrate 70 years,

Happy and sad my face fill with tears

My flesh cries to have you here, to teach, make memories and be full of cheer

My flesh cries memories with you to fill the years, but oh how you taught so much in so many short years

My spirit knows the truth, you were sent heavenward

My spirit celebrates you free of pain, free to worship, now with the Lord

but missing you still remain

Cannot go back, to replace what words lack

Can only live as you exemplified...to love, to care, to share, to laugh, to smile

Still missing you all the while

If you were here today, in pain or not, to tell there is no way

So to want you back is selfish flesh, for now for you there is no tears, no pain...no gray

Can only live as you modeled, and talk of the days to teach young ones of forgotten ancient ways

Long forgotten you will not be,

To thank the Lord above for anytime with you is celebration you see

The amazing thing...sometimes we never realize what we have,

Sometimes we never realize what lessons truly learned,

Sometimes we never realize when its our last day to take our final breath,

So must seize the day, come what may

Make memories, laughter and song

To love you taught...

To love we ought...

Yes tears will be shed, but will focus on Jesus instead

Yes tears flow down, but will focus on a heavenward crown

Yes tears inside, but joy to see you in heaven one day...

For to call you mom was and is an honor, cherished moments with you I recall...

For I had the best mom of them all.

Thank the Lord He gave you to raise me and sis,

Thank the Lord I will focus, and celebrate you, such a difference you made...

Hopefully a learned legacy carried on after I do not earthly exist.

Thank the Lord He fills me with joy,

Thank the Lord because to miss you my heart cries oh boy

Thank the Lord for the example you set

Thank the Lord for loving, teaching and living, no regret

I am blessed to call you mom, I am blessed to have learned...

I am blessed to carry on traditions, and teach little ones I didn't earn

Sometimes we have words and sometimes we do not

May I live as you and express care when there are no words to share

In a smile, in a hug, in a call, in a recipe....your wisdom and love still live on

Just 541/2 years your earthly vessel held on...but what a journey and path

an example that must be carried on!!

Yes, your children are now grown...

and Yes they rise even in your death to call you blessed...

As I sit...tears fall

As I sit...a smile small

If you were here, by my actions expressing love would you really know?

If you were here, my gratitude would I really show?

If only...you were...and the words could come...

Mom, I love you.

Lord give me strength when the days are long

Lord grant a cheerful heart full of joyful song

Lord empower me to give as she

Lord guide my path peacefully...

Mom...in remembrance of you...in honor of the one who taught me to love like no other...

For you today...I dedicate this song...one dedicated so long ago...

Mom...You were and still are my hero...

All my love...in remembrance...

Proverbs 31:28

Quotes to Ponder...

Day is beautiful...will we see beauty

Day is beautiful...will we feel beauty

Day is beautiful...will we speak beauty

Day is beautiful...will we see truth...

Day is beautiful...will we believe truth...

Day is beautiful...will we believe

The Day...beautiful...will we see beyond what the eye can see...today...beautiful

Quotes to Ponder...for today...in its beauty...

Power to "believe" in the Most Powerful of Power...the Most High...

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."

Jim Elliot

"He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christ, and end by loving himself better than all."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For today...in its beauty...Ponder

Psalm 27:4

Its always a choice...

Its simple

Its truth

Watch...and think about the days the Lord has given...

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=WUQYJ77qa50

Its always a choice...

Embrace Life

So...this video will bring you to tears and fill your arms with chills...

As I thought about this moving commercial...I began to think about how God holds us..
if only we would embrace Him, draw near to him and He will draw near to us. Even in the midst...he will embrace and hold us...because of His great love.

Ready...get some tissues out...



Lord Thank you for loving,
Lord Thank you for saving,
Lord Thank you for providing,
Lord Thank you, thank you for earning for our embrace...praying we embrace you with full minds, souls and hearts of faith.

Christ has Risen...

Morning Dear Lord...

Thankful for God sending You...
Thankful for your blood shed for sins...
Thankful for your power to rise...
Thankful you are seated at that right hand of the Father...
Thankful you hear our cries and go before the Father on our behalf...

May the day be beautiful...
Let eyes see your grace and mercy...

Praise you forevermore...

Christ has Risen...

Good...all the time...

For He is good...all the time...all the time He is good.

Good Friday!

May all dwellings be filled with His joyfull peace today...

Forever and always.




In preparation...

Forgive us Lord...
For we knew not what we did then...
For we know not what we do now...

Prepare soft hearts, prepare souls for Your glory...
Prepare all to receive...

Thank you my Savior...Thank you...

For You are good...For You are God..all the time...
All the time You are good...

Good...

Friday...

Romans 6:6

Transparency...or not...

Black and White...What ya see is what ya get...
This might make ya think twice if the transparency isn't in person...

Watch below...


http://brasschecktv.com/page/603.html

May we be mindful of what we say, what we do, how we act and who it effects...

A song comes to mind...from a James Bond movie non-the-less...HA...
For your eyes only....

so who's eyes are we receiving from when the transparency isn't in person...

Black and white...WYSIWYG...

Transparency...or not...

the seen, our eyes...eyes can deceive...may we reach for the unseen...

Psalm 119:37

Who is he who rules...and who is he who is enslaved...and to whom?

May we be careful where our trust is put
May we be careful what "man" we think can save
May we be careful what "man" we think can deliver
May we be careful what "man" we think brings change

Oh Lord turn our eyes to you
Oh Lord soften our hearts to hear your word
Oh Lord forgive us, deliver us, save us
Oh Lord grace us with mercy of those who seek your face

May we be your servant
Serve for your glory
Love our neighbors
Pray for our enemies
Lord may we not forget our first love...You

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Message below from a Pastor in Virginia - Makes you think -


"Good morning, brothers and sisters; it's always a delight to see the pews
crowded on Sunday morning, and so eager to get into God's Word. Turn with me
in your Bibles, if you will to the 47th chapter of Genesis, we'll begin our
reading at verse 13, and go through verse 27.
Brother Ray, would you stand and read that great passage for us?
....(reading)...
Thank you for that fine reading, Brother Ray... So we see that economic hard
times fell upon Egypt , and the people turned to the government of Pharaoh
to deal with this for them. And Pharaoh nationalized the grain harvest, and
placed the grain in great storehouses that he had built. So the people
brought their money to Pharaoh, like a great tax increase, and gave it all
to him willingly in return for grain. And this went on until their money ran
out, and they were hungry again.
So when they went to Pharaoh after that, they brought their livestock -their
cattle, their horses, their sheep, and their donkey - to barter for grain,
and verse 17 says that only took them through the end of that year..
But the famine wasn't over, was it? So the next year, the people came before
Pharaoh and admitted they had nothing left, except their land and their own
lives. "There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our
land. Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and
our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh.." So
they surrendered their homes, their land, and their real estate to Pharaoh's
government, and then sold themselves into slavery to him, in return for
grain.
What can we learn from this, brothers and sisters?
That turning to the government instead of to God to be our provider in hard
times only leads to slavery? Yes.. That the only reason government wants to
be our provider is to also become our master?
Yes.
But look how that passage ends, brothers and sisters! Thus Israel settled in
the land of Egypt , in the land of Goshen .. And they gained possessions in
it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly." God provided for His people,
just as He always has! They didn't end up giving all their possessions to
government, no, it says they gained possessions! But I also tell you a great
truth today, and an ominous one.
We see the same thing happening today - the government today wants to "share
the wealth "once again, to take it from us and redistribute it back to us.
It wants to take control of health care, just as it has taken control of
education, and ration it back to us, and when government rations it, then
government decides who gets it, and how much, and what kind. And if we go
along with it, and do it willingly, then we will wind up no differently than
the people of Egypt did four thousand years ago - as slaves to the
government, and as slaves to our leaders.
What Mr. Obama's government is doing now is no different from what Pharaoh's
government did then, and it will end the same. And a lot of people like to
call Mr.Obama a "Messiah," don't they? Is he a Messiah? A savior? Didn't the
Egyptians say, after Pharaoh made them his slaves, "You have saved our
lives; may it please my lord, we will be servants to Pharaoh"?
Well, I tell you this - I know the Messiah; the Messiah is a friend of mine;
and Mr. Obama is no Messiah! No, brothers and sisters, if Mr. Obama is a
character from the Bible, then he is Pharaoh. Bow with me in prayer, if you
will...
Lord, You alone are worthy to be served, and we rely on You, and You alone.
We confess that the government is not our deliverer, and never rightly will
be. We read in the eighth chapter of 1 Samuel, when Samuel warned the people
of what a ruler would do, where it says "And in that day you will cry out
because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will
not answer you in that day.."
And Lord, we acknowledge that day has come. We cry out to you because of the
ruler that we have chosen for ourselves as a nation. Lord, we pray for this
nation. We pray for revival, and we pray for deliverance from those who
would be our masters. Give us hearts to seek You and hands to serve You, and
protect Your people from the atrocities of Pharaoh's government.
In God We Trust..."

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May we love with a love everlasting
May we seek you and find you
May we remember...there is always a "price" for "freedom"
May we not give up that freedom for "change",
May we not be deceived
Protect us, guide us, provide for us

Lord may we remember WHO is our keeper of souls,
Lord may we willingly serve you
Lord may we only be enslaved to the eternal crown, not on earthen treasures and comforts

Lord may we be mindful of whom we serve
Lord may we be conscious of whom we follow
Lord may we be careful whom we seek
Lord may we be not deceived in whom we think gives justice
Lord may we see you as our great provider
Lord may we remember you allowed the ruler of this earth
Lord may we desire to be enslaved to you and no other
May we graciously accept your sacrifice for freedom and not squander it away nor defile it
May we return to our first love, for we know who formed our inner most parts.

Psalm 73:28

Sometimes...this is all...

To loved one so far away yet so close in heart...

weary, tired, and almost to the end...
just around the corner is destination to win...

this song is peaceful and so true at times...
May it comfort that sometimes...this is all...
all we can give...and that's ok...ok to be tired...ok to hurt...
ok to be ready for the prize...for the completion of this journey...

May you be filled with peace, strength and wisdom...
just to know you are loved, and His grace is sufficient.

Sometimes...this is all...

Love much

Press On

So many words...yet no words...always...

Reflection...
the phone call...words still echo in mind...
fear, anger, memories, unknowns, emotions abundant...
the sound, not a sound...yet piercing upon the soul...
the heart hurt, the soul ached, the burden heavy, the tears fell...

Yet..In the midst...
He heals and delivers to show grace...
He renews and restores to give hope...
He causes rest to carry...
He shows merciful grace to love...
He gives infinite wisdom to provide...
He provides mighty power to strengthen...

You words before surgery day...
Just a hurdle to clear...
No tears...God is with us...
I intended to encourage...yet you encouraged me...

The marathon almost won, the medal almost in hand...
You did it, you made it...
A lot of prayer and support...
A lot of grit, comedy and spunk...

As recovery is amidst, and healing is present...
Tears fall, prayers rise, rejoice abounds...
My heart still cries to Thee...
Strength, healing and peace my plea...

So many words...yet no words...always

Sis, I love you...Press On



Phil 3:12

Remembrance...Part III

Today...

Oh dear friends, keep holding on to your dreams,
He keeps His promises...
Oh dear ones, keep staying the course,
He has gone before you and will strengthen...
Oh children of Holy One, be comforted by His presence,
filled to overflowing with His merciful grace...
Oh dear mom and dad of little angels,
worship and be captivated...

No words...yet words...

Hugs, tears, smiles, prayers always and forever...

Still praying and holding on to a dream...

we will cry tears of joy...

You are loved!

For today...

Remembrance...Part II

Today...

May Lord surround you today with peace, comfort and joy in the midst.

May heaven hear your cry, and ease the pain...
May he grant you desires of your hearts as you glorify His name...

May you continue to walk by faith friends...day by day...You are loved!!

For Today...

Remembrance...Part I

Today...

In remembrance of life altering changes...

We pray, we hope, we dream, and stand on the promise of the Lord...
He will hear cry of His servants' plea, and bless abundantly exceedingly all asked.

Sometimes words do not come, just our hearts and knees knelt before His throne on your behalf. A hug, a smile, a call...just to say we love you and will one day cry tears of joy as we celebrate with you the breath of life He will bestow upon you to raise.

We love you dear friends, we still remain on bended knee for you to Thee.

May the Lord guide your journey and provide His wisdom.
May the Lord take your pain and turn it to joy.
May the Lord take your tears and give comfort.
May the Lord take your questions and strengthen you.
May the Lord take your dreams and fill the desires of your hearts.
May the Lord smile upon two of His children that praise through the storm.
May the Lord bless you exceedingly abundantly all you ask.
May the Lord fill you with love overflowing.

Hugs, tears, smiles, prayers dear friends. You are loved.

For today...

Seen...Unseen

As the morning dew sits on withers of grass, I ponder over to an awe inspiring website to start the day....

only to find this quote:


Do not depend on the hope of results. When you are doing the sort of work you have taken on, essentially an apostolic work, you may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no result at all, if not perhaps results opposite to what you expect.

As you get used to this idea, you start more and more to concentrate not on the results but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself.

—Thomas Merton, in a letter to Jim Forest dated February 21, 1966


So...my mind started to think upon such things...

Makes me reflect on one of my favorite things to think about...."The unseen". So many times we focus on what we can see, rather to obey and heed scripture that tells us that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen.

This composed in my mind...written across keyboard and emailed....

Let us live in truth, worship in spirit and truth, let us work for not the "seen" but the "unseen".-for in that lies the very majesty of Him who created us.
Let us be a mere reflection of Christ, carrying with us His love and not our own expectations of outcomes nor performances.
Let us lay down our heads with meekness of heart, knowing we did good work in following Him, for it is He who has chosen the mighty work within.
Truth, righteousness, peace....and forever praise!


May your day be filled with blessings, love, laughter, and the peace that surpasses all understanding! May you be filled with joy overflowing just in knowing He has gone before you, prepared you, equipped you for every good work....even the "felt" or the "unseen".

May His mighty hand guide and protect you today and always.

You are loved!

Seen...Unseen...live in truth, spirit, and grace of the Lord

Abba Father, Thanks be unto Thee

Abba, Father,


Thanks be unto Thee:

Pressing forward your strength is gained, looking upward in me you remain.

I plea with Thee for grace beyond what is felt or seen,

I plea with Thee from your soft voice wisdom to glean.

I plea with Thee for healing and sound mind,

I plea with Thee beyond understanding any reason or rhyme

I plea with Thee to comfort the soul,

I plea with Thee in you I am made whole

I plea with Thee to heal inside and out,

I plea with Thee a new song to sing and shout

From your words I will trust

From your words I live I must

Help me Abba Father beyond what I can see

Help me Abba Father stick close to Thee

Thank you for strength, joy and grace

Thank you for loving me in this place

Thank you my lungs are filled

Thank you my heart to you has been sealed

Thank you for day to day

Thank you for loving me in every way

Thank you Abba Father for the blessings seen and unseen, Thank you for rays of SONbeam

Mighty Love Taps from above, mighty in life, cherished for love...

children learning day by day

love, patience, and prayer from soul mate

wisdom to soul mate moment by moment

grace

peace and heart of calm

joy

lap dogs

outside kitty now warm with fat belly

sweet friends who pray, call and write

text from dad to bring a warm smile

hugs and prayers from children


The list goes on, but for today;

Thank you Abba Father for hearing my plea...bringing peace in the midst.

Your will, not my own.

Your way, not my own.

Your path you pave for me, the right road to choose I pray to Thee.

I plea give your power and guide continually with wisdom righteous and just

Abba Father, Thanks be unto Thee

Mar 14:36 Your will Rom 8:15 Spirit of Adoptin Gal 4:6 Spirit of His Son

Fear...

Fear, Fear Not

Soul must sing...fill with His words.

"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."

Must fill vessel with words of life, words of wisdom, words of courage, words of hope, words of peace, words of future and prophecy.

Thoughts and words they come, written by ink of blessings seen and unseen, moment from moment, smiles of joy, peace, thankfulness...but first must address battle within.

The experience, a teeter totter.

A thought on Fear:

The deadly unreal that has become so real, lived out in life; never to have thought possible or imagined. The mind wages war against deepest part of soul and spirit, the very spirit that is within, the very One that dwelleth in who maketh all things new, the very One that dwelleth in which embraces the fight with courage and graciously gives peace in the battle; for the fight is not with flesh and the very Victory has overcome in eternal heaven.

The wage, The war, The ride:

The mind: Oh my! It must be taken captive, captive to Christ, Savior.

The soul: Must sing unto Thee a new song, praising The Holy One.

The body: Must endure, at same time find rest in The Open Arms.

Fear, attacks, attacks hard and slow, destroying the very thing it tries to capture; when finished with its prey, moves on to the next vessel in moments of weakness. Leaving this shell fragile, exhausted, anxious and recluse, removed.

Must refocus eyes to Him, Jesus; who came to save, to His words; Carrying the mind, body, and soul in the very vessel He dwelleth. Victory has overcome, begins again the renewal, the amazing grace, the energy, the fuel.

The teeter totter has slowed down a bit, with milder waves now.

The pleasant words of His letters, beautiful instructions to His child, a honeycomb, sweet, turns around fear: and vessel is...

Renewed.

Amazed by grace.

Energized.

Fueled, body and spirit.

Then and only then, the soul, the mind, refreshed, bones of body shall be healthy.

Fear...No, No fear...just encouragement, strength, rest and His gracious quiet joy for today.

Ride, yes the teeter totter rocks back and forth, back and forth, but...

Mind, Body, Spirit...Sings unto Thee, Sings unto Thee,

"It is well, with my soul"

Filled with His words...sweet as honeycomb to soul

Singing unto Thee...health comes to bones.


"For the word of God [is] living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Heb 4:12

"Ready Yourselves"

The past year of "Remaining Steadfast, No Matter" surely held its name...The Lord just preparing this broken vessel to learn lessons of life, physical limitations, His will, His provision, and His grace.

So the thought for this years theme...

"Restored"...

prayers had risen for the Lord to restore his child, child with the desire to serve, to love, to grow in becoming the wife and mother He wanted to lead me to be....

Then recently.....maybe that would not be the word, the theme for 2010?...

Yes, restored inside and out would definitely be a gift from Lord...but with the changes the new year is bringing... The words keep coming and not stopping at just one..

"Prepare for Rain". (as in Facing the Giants) We must prepare, prepare as we wait upon the Lord, to see where He will lead. Prepare and keep heart and mind open in preparation for change, yet limiting expectations.

"Ready Yourselves"!! (the new song from casting crowns) Ready Yourselves!! Ready self for change, for courage, for patience, for strength, for wisdom, for God's call, for evangelical experiences, for expanding territory, for growth, for peace...list could keep on going for sure...

But for know...this vessel will prepare...and ready self...as preparations and readiness are at hand, growth will surely come, and hopes of raising another generation up in the Lord will most assuredly be fulfilled...family will prepare and be ready!

As child of the God Most High prepares, heart will be prepared unto Thee, and will take rest in His safety.

As child of the Holy Lamb readies self, gladness, rejoicing, and honor are before Him.

Yes....restored...remaining steadfast no matter

Yes...Preparing for Rain...

Yes...for today....ever changing...

"Ready Yourselves"..

Oh Father...

Dear Father,

Forgive them, for they know not what they do.

To understand the need time and time again, to forgive. It's amazing.

Character...Expectations...Dissappointments...maybe written another day, but for now dear Lord;
seeking Thee, praising Thee, Hear prayers of saints, Change hearts, and strengthen your servants.

Hear oh Father the plea for justice to prevail, for the righteous to shine forth, for the wicked to be cast down to come to a place to kneel, to seek, and to find you, the one true living God.

A heart of thankfulness for your fullness of joy amid the fiery circumstances which change the very created being to become more the image of Christ.

A humility, a redemptive promise, a morning of mercy, a life full of grace, an eternal sanctification.
Oh Father, do forgive, perform your perfect will, enlarge territories to reach those yet to become your children, for your Kingdom, power, glory.

Oh Father...

Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen.

Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty...Holy is He, Holy is the Lamb.

Lamb slain for sinful flesh...Oh Father...yes...forgive them, for they know not what they do.

In Jesus Name...

Oh Father...

The just shall live by faith

Wait...my soul waits...soul sings...just, faithful, life and life abundant

As time moves on, this body grows older, and eyes opened...oh heaviness of heart..

to know, to see, to smell, to taste, to be effected by dark evil...sin - wicked world of power, just pure evil...raw unadulterated evil...to exalt themselves...no matter the consequences of those it will effect...the consequence maybe unforeseen, maybe foreseen. The magnitude, unimaginable!


To wonder, will the hearts of men ever turn back to the Lord?

Must look to Him who created and know He has His good and perfect plan, and he will use the believer just as he will use the unbeliever to attain His glory.


Must seek first the Kingdom of God.


Must seek His face, Him who softens hearts toward Himself.


Must seek a call to commune with the Heavenly Host of Hosts.


Must see the good beyond the evil, must see the veil which has been torn.


As the heaviness bears down for the lives whom the evil seeks to destroy...
there in that lies the true essence of seeking Him.

For the seeker shall find whom he seeks... Oh to know He is Lord...

Among this season, a peace like no other, a re-igniting of a passionate fire just as when we first begun this heavenly upward ride, a desire to move forward continuing the race set before the path ever altered by footsteps, a heart to intercede on the strengthened and a heart to intercede on those yet to belong to His Kingdom, a call for wisdom beyond humanly thought possible, guidance beyond what could be imagined, open and closed doors where our hands have no control,

Creator works His plans through even sinful flesh determined to divide, conquer, destroy, rise

Beauty among the ashes

Grace through the turmoil

Wisdom for the trail

Direction through the path

Living Words for the battle

God is the defense.

A call for those whom their knees have yet to bow.

A growth for those who are not ashamed of His name...Jesus!

A perfect plan for His glory.

Written, spoken, paved path along journey...keeping eyes upon Him who came to save

No dancing with the rumors, the gossip, the wicked...just praising the Holy of Holy.

Yes, heart heavy...but burden lifted by His merciful love and grace.

Soul will sing unto Thee ...

Wait, my soul waits...will wait upon Lord ...

Soul sings...just, faithful, abundant life in Him...

will remember and know...

The just shall live by faith

New

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful

New and Year - where has the journey taken, and where does the journey lead?

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