1 John 4:18 "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
Jesus. Jesus, the Lover of my soul. I can remember when I had so much fear. Nothing in particular, more over everything. Fear of what would happen, what would I do; I use to have anxiety attacks driving my vehicle and had to take medication. Although it was true anxiety, it was just fear. I did not know the true love of my Lord. I knew He loved me, the Bible told me so, but how often do you read and read and know it in your head but it does not resignate into your heart, into your spirit? This was so many years ago, but I remember those times so well right now. I believe the Lord is letting me see this so clearily so He can show me the difference that His love means to those that are consumed with fear.
I feel the Lord will bring back memories of the past to us as He is going to have us use that experience in witnessing to someone in the near future that He will bring to us. The Lord wants to bring the past to meet the present in me so I can be confident in His total love. He wants me to remember where I was, how I felt and to see and have strongly placed in my spirit, in my heart and mind what His love did for me, what His love can do for others. True love, the love of the Lord, this love transcends all fear into total peace. His peace that brings relief to a troubled soul, to a weary warrior. I know so many Christians that are still filled with fear. Fear of tomorrow, what it will bring, their job, their home, and so often, their children. The children; this is where the enemy strikes the hardest and the easiest at God's people. It is the main place of vulnerability for parents. But here also, the Lord loves you, He loves the children, and wants you to place complete trust in Him for their safety, for their care.
I feel like I am drifting here, Lord. Wanting so to get what you what me to say across, but finding myself wanting others to truly realize Your perfect love covers all that they are concerned with. The only love that You want us to give others is Your perfect love. If we love with ourselves, we will be judging people, finding faults with them; forgive me Lord, as I know sometimes I have these thoughts of fault come into my mind; work on me sweet Holy Spirit, bring me to that love of the Father for those around me, in my life. I want to love with that same love that is given me, from my Lord. If I do not give His love to others, then I am not truly doing the work of my Father. My only work, my place here is to worship Him alone and love others as He loves. Not much of a requirement for eternal life is it? And yet, that is it. Love the Lord with all my heart and soul and love others as myself; and I believe as myself means the love I receive from the Father. Complete, total, unchanging, everending.
This love, given as we receive, will be the catalyst to begin to remove fear. As we love, as others receive this love, the love of the Lord, they will begin to love that way also and it will begin to remove the fear that hinders their walk. They will feel so loved, they will feel the security of being loved so passionately by the Father, and their fear will subside as their faith and trust in Him increases.
Jesus. Love. Peace. His Name carries everything that is good and perfect. His name is beautiful to me, so beautiful. Jesus, love personified, perfect love transcends peace to all. Let me, Lord, transcend peace through love; as You love, so let me love. Let me be found, let me be known for loving as You love.
This 19th day of October, 2011, my Jesus, my Love, my Peace; no fear is where You abide. Thank You Lord for abiding in me.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
LIVING FOR TOMORROW
James 5:8 "You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near."
My precious Lord. Tonight I was trying to tell how much I loved You, if it were possible to love You more, but each day there is just that. I love You more each day. I love You so much, Your presence is so beautiful, I sometimes hate to go to sleep and stop worshiping You for the night, stop telling You I love You....I don't want to miss a second of telling You how much You mean to me. When I wake in the night, I am telling You that I love You. I know You never tire of hearing me tell You that I love You. So many times in the past I failed to express my love for You. I was so ashamed, so sure that I had lost You forever. The enemy can certainly lie to you well when you feel so low, his lies are truthful sounding; why would the Lord love someone so despicable, why would He keep forgiving me when I kept living like I did. But it was lies.
The truth does set you free. The truth....my Lord Jesus died to redeem me from my sins; His love is unconditional, never failing, never ending. The facts....He rose to victory with the keys of death, destruction and hell in His hands giving me freedom over my past, over my failures, over my sin. The end......of all my shame, all my worries, all my pity of myself. The beginning.....of a new life in Jesus, a new woman, the old having been put off, born again into the very likeness of my Lord. The truth....He will never leave me or forsake me.
And so, my Beloved Jesus, I want to tell you each moment of the day how much I love You. I never want to have the words, I love You, not on my lips. I want to sing love songs to You, I want to let everyone know how much I love and adore You. I want to live in Your presence. Yes, Pappa, I know I need rest; yes, I know You will be here when I wake up; yes, I know You will love me always.....yes, there is tomorrow.
I will rest in You, my Lord God. I will rejoice in the sweet time of rest that You give me, that time of rest as You restore my body from the day, as You refresh my spirit with Your beautiful peace, and as You strengthen me for the day to come....tomorrow.
This 18th day of October, 2011, I am loving You, my Jesus, I am giving You all my worship for You are so worthy of all my worship, all my love. I know when I awaken You will be right by my side as You never leave me; You will guide me through the day, loving me passionately, giving me my hearts desire, Your presence. Yes, I will rest for I am living for tomorrow, tomorrow with You.
My precious Lord. Tonight I was trying to tell how much I loved You, if it were possible to love You more, but each day there is just that. I love You more each day. I love You so much, Your presence is so beautiful, I sometimes hate to go to sleep and stop worshiping You for the night, stop telling You I love You....I don't want to miss a second of telling You how much You mean to me. When I wake in the night, I am telling You that I love You. I know You never tire of hearing me tell You that I love You. So many times in the past I failed to express my love for You. I was so ashamed, so sure that I had lost You forever. The enemy can certainly lie to you well when you feel so low, his lies are truthful sounding; why would the Lord love someone so despicable, why would He keep forgiving me when I kept living like I did. But it was lies.
The truth does set you free. The truth....my Lord Jesus died to redeem me from my sins; His love is unconditional, never failing, never ending. The facts....He rose to victory with the keys of death, destruction and hell in His hands giving me freedom over my past, over my failures, over my sin. The end......of all my shame, all my worries, all my pity of myself. The beginning.....of a new life in Jesus, a new woman, the old having been put off, born again into the very likeness of my Lord. The truth....He will never leave me or forsake me.
And so, my Beloved Jesus, I want to tell you each moment of the day how much I love You. I never want to have the words, I love You, not on my lips. I want to sing love songs to You, I want to let everyone know how much I love and adore You. I want to live in Your presence. Yes, Pappa, I know I need rest; yes, I know You will be here when I wake up; yes, I know You will love me always.....yes, there is tomorrow.
I will rest in You, my Lord God. I will rejoice in the sweet time of rest that You give me, that time of rest as You restore my body from the day, as You refresh my spirit with Your beautiful peace, and as You strengthen me for the day to come....tomorrow.
This 18th day of October, 2011, I am loving You, my Jesus, I am giving You all my worship for You are so worthy of all my worship, all my love. I know when I awaken You will be right by my side as You never leave me; You will guide me through the day, loving me passionately, giving me my hearts desire, Your presence. Yes, I will rest for I am living for tomorrow, tomorrow with You.
Monday, October 17, 2011
I FREELY GIVE
Luke 14:33 "In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple."
I freely give. It has to be freely given as the Lord will not force you to do anything. So as I have already freely given my all, just so there is no confusion on the part of the enemy where I stand, I publicly announce it again.
I freely give all my love to my Savior, Jesus, the One who died for me, the One who loved me so much that He went to a hill called Calvary and died for me to redeem me from my sin. I freely give all my love to you, Jesus, for ever.
I freely give all my worship to You, Lord. You are so worthy to be praised, so worthy of all my worship. You have given me such wonder in each day, peace that I will never understand, joy that my heart cannot contain all of so it pours out on everyone around me. All my worship, to You, I freely give my Lord; new songs from my heart to You, love songs for only You.
I freely give up my will and accept Your will for my life, Lord. Your will over my life, I choose to do what You plan for me, what You want me to do. I give all those things that would distract me from my walk with You to You to put aside as they do not take anything away from the relationship I so desire to have with You, knowing this is Your perfect will for me....an intimate relationship with You.
I freely give my time to You, Lord. My time is Yours to dictate; Yours to appoint and to direct. My time will be spent in showing Your love and mercy to all those You send to me, those that need a word of encouragement and tenderness sent from Your throne room through me. My time is in Your hands alone.
And because of Your great love for me, my Lord, You allow me to also freely give....
.... you all my burdens, as You have told me to lay them at the foot of the cross and You will take care of them for me.
I freely give you all the pain and heartache of my past as in You is the forgiveness I need to release those that contributed to that pain and heartache that forgiveness, the same forgiveness You gave me. Forgiving them means a peaceful life with You, a life that allows nothing from the enemy to come between our relationship.
I freely give you all the stress and strain of my daily toil as in You I gain new strength each day, mercies are new for me each morning and in You I am more than a conqueror of all that comes my way.
I freely give you all the temptations that the enemy would put in front of me. My flesh is weak but Your precious Holy Spirit, that You gave me to be my Guide, my Comforter, my Counselor and Best Friend, is always with me and helps me overcome and resist any temptation.
I thank You, my Beloved Lord, for the Love You have given me, the Peace and Joy that is always mine and daily in me. I thank You for the Holy Spirit, whom I love deeply, as He never lets me forget Your passionate love for me.
This 17th day of October, 2011, I freely give You all of me, all that I have I give freely to You, my Lord God. I will love you all my days, I will worship You with every breath that is in me, for ever. You are my everything.
I freely give. It has to be freely given as the Lord will not force you to do anything. So as I have already freely given my all, just so there is no confusion on the part of the enemy where I stand, I publicly announce it again.
I freely give all my love to my Savior, Jesus, the One who died for me, the One who loved me so much that He went to a hill called Calvary and died for me to redeem me from my sin. I freely give all my love to you, Jesus, for ever.
I freely give all my worship to You, Lord. You are so worthy to be praised, so worthy of all my worship. You have given me such wonder in each day, peace that I will never understand, joy that my heart cannot contain all of so it pours out on everyone around me. All my worship, to You, I freely give my Lord; new songs from my heart to You, love songs for only You.
I freely give up my will and accept Your will for my life, Lord. Your will over my life, I choose to do what You plan for me, what You want me to do. I give all those things that would distract me from my walk with You to You to put aside as they do not take anything away from the relationship I so desire to have with You, knowing this is Your perfect will for me....an intimate relationship with You.
I freely give my time to You, Lord. My time is Yours to dictate; Yours to appoint and to direct. My time will be spent in showing Your love and mercy to all those You send to me, those that need a word of encouragement and tenderness sent from Your throne room through me. My time is in Your hands alone.
And because of Your great love for me, my Lord, You allow me to also freely give....
.... you all my burdens, as You have told me to lay them at the foot of the cross and You will take care of them for me.
I freely give you all the pain and heartache of my past as in You is the forgiveness I need to release those that contributed to that pain and heartache that forgiveness, the same forgiveness You gave me. Forgiving them means a peaceful life with You, a life that allows nothing from the enemy to come between our relationship.
I freely give you all the stress and strain of my daily toil as in You I gain new strength each day, mercies are new for me each morning and in You I am more than a conqueror of all that comes my way.
I freely give you all the temptations that the enemy would put in front of me. My flesh is weak but Your precious Holy Spirit, that You gave me to be my Guide, my Comforter, my Counselor and Best Friend, is always with me and helps me overcome and resist any temptation.
I thank You, my Beloved Lord, for the Love You have given me, the Peace and Joy that is always mine and daily in me. I thank You for the Holy Spirit, whom I love deeply, as He never lets me forget Your passionate love for me.
This 17th day of October, 2011, I freely give You all of me, all that I have I give freely to You, my Lord God. I will love you all my days, I will worship You with every breath that is in me, for ever. You are my everything.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
HE REMEMBERS
Psalm 105:8 "He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations."
We never have to fear, for even those days we were on the wrong track, the path that was not the one that God planned for us; He remembers. He remembers, and because He remembers, it was because of His remembrance of His covenant with His children that His hand reached to down to the very pit of destruction to lift us up. His hand reached down to the bottom of the hole I was in, the hole you were in; remember when you called out to the Lord, desperate, so deep in sin you could not see any way out? I remember well where I was when I called out to my Lord, Jesus is all I could say; Jesus. It was because He remembered the promise He made so long ago that He lifted me up from that place, He lifted you up; lifted us up from the snare of the enemy and drew us into His loving, forgiving arms; holding us, restoring us, breathing new life into tired, worn bodies, so beat up by the enemy. His healing balm of mercy and grace healing, soothing our bodies; His peace pouring into our spirits as he filled our hearts with His heavenly joy. Do you recall that beautiful joy you felt as he held you and you knew everything was going to be alright because the Father had you in His arms? Because the One that died at Calvary, precious Jesus my Savior, had made a way for you to be with the Father? I will never forget that joy, that relief, that instant knowing that my Father had not forgotten, that my Father was the Keeper of the Word, and it never changes, not then, not now, not ever. He is always the same, He will always remember. We became whole again.
The Lord gave me reason again to desire life. As He began to restore me, restore all that had seemed lost, my sick, sick spirit began to quicken with His touch, with His love, with the sweet Holy Spirit bringing new life into me; I had reason, I knew again that there was a purpose for my life, that the Lord had a plan for me and I had a desire to walk in that plan with the Lord.
He remembers; He will never forget one of His children that fall by the wayside. Our Lord knows the struggles we will have here; He knows that life can overwhelm us, that is why he sent His beautiful Spirit to live in us, to guide and advise us, to constantly remind us of the Father's love, of who we are....the victors, not the defeated, the blessed, not the cursed, the beloved children of God. We are who the Lord, who His Word says we are; not who the world says we are, not who the enemy says we are. Never forget that the One who remembers all, will always remember you.
This 16th day of October, 2011, my Lord, I thank You. I thank You with all that is in me for not forgeting me when I forgot You, when I put myself above all I knew of You, all that was pure and good from You and slipped down that dark road. Thank You, my God for hearing my cry, for never letting go of me as I let go of You; for always keeping me in Your heart, in Your sight. I love You so much, Lord, and I will never let go of You, ever again. I will remember to keep Your Word close to my heart, always in my mind and resounding in my spirit. Holy Spirit, my dearest friend, thank You for keeping that Light before me, that precious name of Jesus in me and holding me above the quicksand I was sinking in. Beloved Savior, thank You for the gift of life You gave to me that day on Calvary, for Your never ending love. Thank You Father, for remembering Your covenant with me, Your child.
We never have to fear, for even those days we were on the wrong track, the path that was not the one that God planned for us; He remembers. He remembers, and because He remembers, it was because of His remembrance of His covenant with His children that His hand reached to down to the very pit of destruction to lift us up. His hand reached down to the bottom of the hole I was in, the hole you were in; remember when you called out to the Lord, desperate, so deep in sin you could not see any way out? I remember well where I was when I called out to my Lord, Jesus is all I could say; Jesus. It was because He remembered the promise He made so long ago that He lifted me up from that place, He lifted you up; lifted us up from the snare of the enemy and drew us into His loving, forgiving arms; holding us, restoring us, breathing new life into tired, worn bodies, so beat up by the enemy. His healing balm of mercy and grace healing, soothing our bodies; His peace pouring into our spirits as he filled our hearts with His heavenly joy. Do you recall that beautiful joy you felt as he held you and you knew everything was going to be alright because the Father had you in His arms? Because the One that died at Calvary, precious Jesus my Savior, had made a way for you to be with the Father? I will never forget that joy, that relief, that instant knowing that my Father had not forgotten, that my Father was the Keeper of the Word, and it never changes, not then, not now, not ever. He is always the same, He will always remember. We became whole again.
The Lord gave me reason again to desire life. As He began to restore me, restore all that had seemed lost, my sick, sick spirit began to quicken with His touch, with His love, with the sweet Holy Spirit bringing new life into me; I had reason, I knew again that there was a purpose for my life, that the Lord had a plan for me and I had a desire to walk in that plan with the Lord.
He remembers; He will never forget one of His children that fall by the wayside. Our Lord knows the struggles we will have here; He knows that life can overwhelm us, that is why he sent His beautiful Spirit to live in us, to guide and advise us, to constantly remind us of the Father's love, of who we are....the victors, not the defeated, the blessed, not the cursed, the beloved children of God. We are who the Lord, who His Word says we are; not who the world says we are, not who the enemy says we are. Never forget that the One who remembers all, will always remember you.
This 16th day of October, 2011, my Lord, I thank You. I thank You with all that is in me for not forgeting me when I forgot You, when I put myself above all I knew of You, all that was pure and good from You and slipped down that dark road. Thank You, my God for hearing my cry, for never letting go of me as I let go of You; for always keeping me in Your heart, in Your sight. I love You so much, Lord, and I will never let go of You, ever again. I will remember to keep Your Word close to my heart, always in my mind and resounding in my spirit. Holy Spirit, my dearest friend, thank You for keeping that Light before me, that precious name of Jesus in me and holding me above the quicksand I was sinking in. Beloved Savior, thank You for the gift of life You gave to me that day on Calvary, for Your never ending love. Thank You Father, for remembering Your covenant with me, Your child.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
BEACON OF BLESSINGS
John 1:7 "He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe."
How blessed are we, and more so when we realize that the Lord has truly appointed a place, a time, a reason for you to be there and makes it so obvious to you that the joy just spreads all around you. Tonight four ladies, three and myself, went to dinner to a well known seafood restaurant. The atmosphere between us was so blessed already, just for the enjoyment of four Lord loving ladies to get together and share time with each other, knowing that there would be time for thanksgiving to the Lord and time for prayer, a nice meal to be shared between friends. But the Lord had plans, wonderful plans for us.
Our waiter came over and introduced himself and of course, well, you can imagine four older ladies, so full of the Father's love, just flowed out to him. I don't quite remember what was said, but the waiter said "I pray not". Just jumped right in on that one and told him, "well, we can certainly pray", to which he replied he needed prayer. So a little more conversation went on and then just pure laughter and enjoyment as he took our orders. Have you ever been around four old ladies that were ordering dinner? Well, you can imagine the fun, but he was so good natured and seemed to truly enjoy us. As we ate our dinner, he would check on us and then he came over, pulled up a chair and sat down with us. Now we are talking a busy restaurant, so I am thinking he took his break to do so as he sat with us a good 20-25 minutes. And he began to talk to us about his needs as we asked how we could pray. He had a boss that was a real thorn in his side, his home life was quite difficult, and he was in need of a friend. We ministered to him, prayed with him and just poured out the Lord's love and mercy onto him. He was so touched, he was so in need of the Lord's touch, he cried, we cried. God is so beautiful, so tender at moments like this. So our new friend had to get back to his job and see what he needed to do, but he came back as we were getting ready to leave. Now we had gotten the names of those he needed us to help pray for, and his name, well, it won't be forgotten any time soon. But when he came, we prayed for him once more, and well, you know me, I had to give him a hug from my Jesus, can't you just tell when someone needs a hug? Then before we left I had my favorite worshiper's new CD in the car and the Christmas one also, so we left those with him, so he would have that annointed presence of the Holy Spirit with him as he sought the Lord.
We had told him how much the Lord loved him, and the most important things was his relationship with the Lord. He did go to church, but we still felt led to give him the name of a church we had visited last night, should he care to visit. I don't think we missed a thing, did we Lord. It was a real beautiful experience, the love of our Lord flowing from above. As we were praying, the Lord showed me that our table was a beacon of His Light, His love and this man could not help but be drawn there as we were sent to him from the Father above, to minister to him and to encourage him, to love on him with the Lord's love and grace.
On the way home, my friend and I were just in a complete state of blessed bliss knowing that we were in the perfect will of the Father, used of Him to be the Light to one of His children so in need of a touch from Him. Are you available when the Lord puts you in place for an appointed time; are you ready with a word of encouragement and love from the Lord when He sends someone your way. God's children are hungry for an invitation to dine at the table of the Lord, not food, but love and mercy, joy and peace. That is the offering on the Lord's table, just sometimes some of His children are so beat up on, so dejected and low that they need the hand of those of us that have been brought up from that place to reach out our hands to them and draw them to the table, to invite them to sit down and eat with us; spiritual food....peace, love, mercy, joy. The food that fills you up for eternity, food that once they dine and their hunger satisfied, they can share it with others.
Thank You my Lord, thank You for trusting us, Your older children, with this appointment, this feast to share with the child that was so hungry for a touch of You, so in need of a hand to draw him to your table. I love You so much my Lord, You are so faithful. How beautifully You work through us, how sweetly You feed us so we can feed Your hungry children. This 15th day of October, 2011, I am so satisfied from being at Your table, so blessed to be Your Beacon of blessings to others.
How blessed are we, and more so when we realize that the Lord has truly appointed a place, a time, a reason for you to be there and makes it so obvious to you that the joy just spreads all around you. Tonight four ladies, three and myself, went to dinner to a well known seafood restaurant. The atmosphere between us was so blessed already, just for the enjoyment of four Lord loving ladies to get together and share time with each other, knowing that there would be time for thanksgiving to the Lord and time for prayer, a nice meal to be shared between friends. But the Lord had plans, wonderful plans for us.
Our waiter came over and introduced himself and of course, well, you can imagine four older ladies, so full of the Father's love, just flowed out to him. I don't quite remember what was said, but the waiter said "I pray not". Just jumped right in on that one and told him, "well, we can certainly pray", to which he replied he needed prayer. So a little more conversation went on and then just pure laughter and enjoyment as he took our orders. Have you ever been around four old ladies that were ordering dinner? Well, you can imagine the fun, but he was so good natured and seemed to truly enjoy us. As we ate our dinner, he would check on us and then he came over, pulled up a chair and sat down with us. Now we are talking a busy restaurant, so I am thinking he took his break to do so as he sat with us a good 20-25 minutes. And he began to talk to us about his needs as we asked how we could pray. He had a boss that was a real thorn in his side, his home life was quite difficult, and he was in need of a friend. We ministered to him, prayed with him and just poured out the Lord's love and mercy onto him. He was so touched, he was so in need of the Lord's touch, he cried, we cried. God is so beautiful, so tender at moments like this. So our new friend had to get back to his job and see what he needed to do, but he came back as we were getting ready to leave. Now we had gotten the names of those he needed us to help pray for, and his name, well, it won't be forgotten any time soon. But when he came, we prayed for him once more, and well, you know me, I had to give him a hug from my Jesus, can't you just tell when someone needs a hug? Then before we left I had my favorite worshiper's new CD in the car and the Christmas one also, so we left those with him, so he would have that annointed presence of the Holy Spirit with him as he sought the Lord.
We had told him how much the Lord loved him, and the most important things was his relationship with the Lord. He did go to church, but we still felt led to give him the name of a church we had visited last night, should he care to visit. I don't think we missed a thing, did we Lord. It was a real beautiful experience, the love of our Lord flowing from above. As we were praying, the Lord showed me that our table was a beacon of His Light, His love and this man could not help but be drawn there as we were sent to him from the Father above, to minister to him and to encourage him, to love on him with the Lord's love and grace.
On the way home, my friend and I were just in a complete state of blessed bliss knowing that we were in the perfect will of the Father, used of Him to be the Light to one of His children so in need of a touch from Him. Are you available when the Lord puts you in place for an appointed time; are you ready with a word of encouragement and love from the Lord when He sends someone your way. God's children are hungry for an invitation to dine at the table of the Lord, not food, but love and mercy, joy and peace. That is the offering on the Lord's table, just sometimes some of His children are so beat up on, so dejected and low that they need the hand of those of us that have been brought up from that place to reach out our hands to them and draw them to the table, to invite them to sit down and eat with us; spiritual food....peace, love, mercy, joy. The food that fills you up for eternity, food that once they dine and their hunger satisfied, they can share it with others.
Thank You my Lord, thank You for trusting us, Your older children, with this appointment, this feast to share with the child that was so hungry for a touch of You, so in need of a hand to draw him to your table. I love You so much my Lord, You are so faithful. How beautifully You work through us, how sweetly You feed us so we can feed Your hungry children. This 15th day of October, 2011, I am so satisfied from being at Your table, so blessed to be Your Beacon of blessings to others.
Friday, October 14, 2011
IN THE GARDEN
Song of Songs 4:12 "You are like a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain."
Listening to the beautiful melody of "In the Garden". "I come to the garden alone, where the dew is still on the roses...." But I know that in the garden, on the earth, we are never alone, as "He walks with us, and He talks with us" no matter where life brings us, what circumstances we find ourselves, our Lord is there with us, His hand stretched out to take ours lest we slip, lest we lose our way, He is there to lift us up, strengthen us, and support us with His love, His mercy and grace.
The words from Solomons Song, to me are speaking this morning. I am on a vacation day this Friday, yes, how sweet, looking forward to what the Lord has for me this beautiful day and evening, and I was listening to the "Piano Only Friday" on Pursuing His Presence and looked up garden to see just what the Lord may have for me, as He touched my heart with the words of the song. This song was my mother's favorite, last Saturday would have been mama's birthday. Memories. God is so good. But I must get back to this moment that the Lord is giving me.
The words "You are a garden locked up", those words showing me that inside each of God's children is beauty waiting to be unfolded as we yield to His Spirit, as we let Him overtake our ways, our thoughts, our words. Beauty that has yet to flow as He is waiting for just that right time, when we find ourselves so enbodied by His presence that nothing else will matter to us but pleasing our Lord, delighting Him with our actions, with our adoration. When Jesus becomes our complete focus, I believe this garden of beauty will spring forth from us that will amaze us, amaze those around us and will change us for eternity. "A spring enclosed, a sealed fountain" will begin to flow from us with living water from the throne of God. He will begin to use us to bring forth His Word of healing and restoration that will touch the ones that have strayed, the ones that have lost hope, the ones that have given up. The Lord will flow through us in streams of His power and mercy as we build up those needing just a word of encouragement, just a touch of love and grace that sometimes only we can give, as they are searching for that place they once were with the Lord.
In me, I know there is so much more that the Lord has for me; I find it hard to be patient at times, but I also know that it is my own struggle with leaving the things of the world behind; my fight to rid myself of "me" thoughts and only have those thoughts of the Lord. Asking forgiveness of this so often I believe has the Lord just shaking His head and smiling, He knows my heart and He knows the struggle we have with these things, these thoughts. Human nature. O my Lord, how I love You. I can feel Your touch this moment as I write these words, as I express my thoughts here. No one understands me like You do, my Father. No one loves me as You do. You give me the grace to come to You with all my thoughts, all my concerns.
One day I will be in that eternal garden with my Lord. The momentary visits to the Garden with my Lord will become a dwelling place for me with my King. Until that day, I will live my life to the fullest as He provides daily for me. I will give myself unto the Lord for His use, I will give my will over to my God, my Lord so that He can unlock that garden of blessings in me that He wants me to give to others, that the fountain of living waters will flow from Him through me to all that I touch with my words, my love from Him. He has so much for each of us to do, so much He desires to do through us. Draw unto the Lord; I draw unto You, my Lord. He holds the key to what we are to become, what we are today, and what we will be tomorrow. Unlock me Lord, I want to be Your voice, Your touch, Your message of love, peace and joy.
This 14th day of October, 2011, I am walking in the garden with my Lord, my Beloved Bridegroom, loving Him alone and desiring to be all He wants me to me in Him, my desire to be One with Him, totally His, mind, heart and soul. My spirit rejoices in my God.
Listening to the beautiful melody of "In the Garden". "I come to the garden alone, where the dew is still on the roses...." But I know that in the garden, on the earth, we are never alone, as "He walks with us, and He talks with us" no matter where life brings us, what circumstances we find ourselves, our Lord is there with us, His hand stretched out to take ours lest we slip, lest we lose our way, He is there to lift us up, strengthen us, and support us with His love, His mercy and grace.
The words from Solomons Song, to me are speaking this morning. I am on a vacation day this Friday, yes, how sweet, looking forward to what the Lord has for me this beautiful day and evening, and I was listening to the "Piano Only Friday" on Pursuing His Presence and looked up garden to see just what the Lord may have for me, as He touched my heart with the words of the song. This song was my mother's favorite, last Saturday would have been mama's birthday. Memories. God is so good. But I must get back to this moment that the Lord is giving me.
The words "You are a garden locked up", those words showing me that inside each of God's children is beauty waiting to be unfolded as we yield to His Spirit, as we let Him overtake our ways, our thoughts, our words. Beauty that has yet to flow as He is waiting for just that right time, when we find ourselves so enbodied by His presence that nothing else will matter to us but pleasing our Lord, delighting Him with our actions, with our adoration. When Jesus becomes our complete focus, I believe this garden of beauty will spring forth from us that will amaze us, amaze those around us and will change us for eternity. "A spring enclosed, a sealed fountain" will begin to flow from us with living water from the throne of God. He will begin to use us to bring forth His Word of healing and restoration that will touch the ones that have strayed, the ones that have lost hope, the ones that have given up. The Lord will flow through us in streams of His power and mercy as we build up those needing just a word of encouragement, just a touch of love and grace that sometimes only we can give, as they are searching for that place they once were with the Lord.
In me, I know there is so much more that the Lord has for me; I find it hard to be patient at times, but I also know that it is my own struggle with leaving the things of the world behind; my fight to rid myself of "me" thoughts and only have those thoughts of the Lord. Asking forgiveness of this so often I believe has the Lord just shaking His head and smiling, He knows my heart and He knows the struggle we have with these things, these thoughts. Human nature. O my Lord, how I love You. I can feel Your touch this moment as I write these words, as I express my thoughts here. No one understands me like You do, my Father. No one loves me as You do. You give me the grace to come to You with all my thoughts, all my concerns.
One day I will be in that eternal garden with my Lord. The momentary visits to the Garden with my Lord will become a dwelling place for me with my King. Until that day, I will live my life to the fullest as He provides daily for me. I will give myself unto the Lord for His use, I will give my will over to my God, my Lord so that He can unlock that garden of blessings in me that He wants me to give to others, that the fountain of living waters will flow from Him through me to all that I touch with my words, my love from Him. He has so much for each of us to do, so much He desires to do through us. Draw unto the Lord; I draw unto You, my Lord. He holds the key to what we are to become, what we are today, and what we will be tomorrow. Unlock me Lord, I want to be Your voice, Your touch, Your message of love, peace and joy.
This 14th day of October, 2011, I am walking in the garden with my Lord, my Beloved Bridegroom, loving Him alone and desiring to be all He wants me to me in Him, my desire to be One with Him, totally His, mind, heart and soul. My spirit rejoices in my God.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
MY SOUL LIVES BY YOUR WORD
Isaiah 55:3 "Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David."
There is such a battle going on for the eternity of my soul. For each of us, our soul is tossed back and forth among the spiritual habitants of the heavenlies. There is really no other way to describe the up and downs of our lives. The Holy Spirit leads us into the righteouness of our Lord, the closer and more intimate we become with the Lord, the more we die to self and become like Jesus, the rougher the waters become, the battle rages with such intensity that if it were not for the Word of God we would be doomed. Without the Holy Spirit's intervention, the constant drawing us to the Word, the refreshing to our minds giving us cause to dig deeper into the things of the Lord, into His Word to see what His desire is for us, we would be floundering like a raft without an oar. Our lives would be gone. Our souls would have no substance as we would soon lose our way.
When things get so overwhelming, the Word tells us to sit quietly, letting our minds and hearts flow to the Father, centering our minds on Him, letting Him restore our spirits and hearts, letting Him pour out His grace and peace over us; here we find what we need for the battle. Here we are given rest and refreshing. Here we find the strength of the Lord and through this quiet rest He gives us direction for the battle. He tells us how it is to be won. Listen for the quiet voice of the Shepherd, the sweet sound of His voice telling of His great love for us, of His desire to see us through the battle and to the promise land.
When there is rest, we can rise up with determination that cannot be beaten down; we can begin a new day knowing that "greater is He that is in us that he that is in the world". Isaiah 55:12 says "You will go out in joy (we will have something to be glad over) and be led forth in peace (we will have been showered with the peace of the Lord, refreshed) the mountains and hills will burst into song before you (happiness and joy will be evident everywhere) and the trees of the field will clap their hands (everything on earth will be rejoicing in what the Lord is doing)". Such a beautiful rest, a rest that will have you wanting to exclaim the glory of the Lord to all; it will have you wanting to tell others of the Word of the Lord that gives life to all that will believe, to all that will proclaim that Jesus is Lord, and will love the Lord with all their hearts and souls. Sweet rest in Him.
Your Word, O Lord, how can I not love Your Word. My very life depends on the words that I find in this precious Book. The Word that was in the beginning and has been for all time and will be forever in eternity. I was thinking on the things that are not clear to me in the Word and when would I know the answers to all I read. You showed me, Father, that although a lot of things will be shown to me here, and I thank You for these revelations, Lord; but You showed me that one day when I reach Your throne room all things will be known to me. I will understand all things one day, as will each of Your children that seek Your face, desiring the truth of Your Word.
My Lord, how I love You. I love to read Your Word as I love how many times You express Your love for me here. You tell me of Your blessings You wish to continue to pour over me, Your plans You have for me, plans to further my life, to bless me and to use me for Your glory. I am comforted by Your Words Lord. You have shown me that when situations arise that are meant to destroy Your children, You show how You have protected Your children in the past and I know You will protect me, all Your children now and in the future. Thank You, Lord, thank You.
This 13th day of October, I am learning to be quiet before You and listen to Your voice, Your direction comes from Your Word and as I read, quietly before You, You will open the doors of my understanding and I will encounter the beauty and strength You have put in Your Word. I love You Lord, I love You so much. I will praise You, my Lord. I will always praise You.
There is such a battle going on for the eternity of my soul. For each of us, our soul is tossed back and forth among the spiritual habitants of the heavenlies. There is really no other way to describe the up and downs of our lives. The Holy Spirit leads us into the righteouness of our Lord, the closer and more intimate we become with the Lord, the more we die to self and become like Jesus, the rougher the waters become, the battle rages with such intensity that if it were not for the Word of God we would be doomed. Without the Holy Spirit's intervention, the constant drawing us to the Word, the refreshing to our minds giving us cause to dig deeper into the things of the Lord, into His Word to see what His desire is for us, we would be floundering like a raft without an oar. Our lives would be gone. Our souls would have no substance as we would soon lose our way.
When things get so overwhelming, the Word tells us to sit quietly, letting our minds and hearts flow to the Father, centering our minds on Him, letting Him restore our spirits and hearts, letting Him pour out His grace and peace over us; here we find what we need for the battle. Here we are given rest and refreshing. Here we find the strength of the Lord and through this quiet rest He gives us direction for the battle. He tells us how it is to be won. Listen for the quiet voice of the Shepherd, the sweet sound of His voice telling of His great love for us, of His desire to see us through the battle and to the promise land.
When there is rest, we can rise up with determination that cannot be beaten down; we can begin a new day knowing that "greater is He that is in us that he that is in the world". Isaiah 55:12 says "You will go out in joy (we will have something to be glad over) and be led forth in peace (we will have been showered with the peace of the Lord, refreshed) the mountains and hills will burst into song before you (happiness and joy will be evident everywhere) and the trees of the field will clap their hands (everything on earth will be rejoicing in what the Lord is doing)". Such a beautiful rest, a rest that will have you wanting to exclaim the glory of the Lord to all; it will have you wanting to tell others of the Word of the Lord that gives life to all that will believe, to all that will proclaim that Jesus is Lord, and will love the Lord with all their hearts and souls. Sweet rest in Him.
Your Word, O Lord, how can I not love Your Word. My very life depends on the words that I find in this precious Book. The Word that was in the beginning and has been for all time and will be forever in eternity. I was thinking on the things that are not clear to me in the Word and when would I know the answers to all I read. You showed me, Father, that although a lot of things will be shown to me here, and I thank You for these revelations, Lord; but You showed me that one day when I reach Your throne room all things will be known to me. I will understand all things one day, as will each of Your children that seek Your face, desiring the truth of Your Word.
My Lord, how I love You. I love to read Your Word as I love how many times You express Your love for me here. You tell me of Your blessings You wish to continue to pour over me, Your plans You have for me, plans to further my life, to bless me and to use me for Your glory. I am comforted by Your Words Lord. You have shown me that when situations arise that are meant to destroy Your children, You show how You have protected Your children in the past and I know You will protect me, all Your children now and in the future. Thank You, Lord, thank You.
This 13th day of October, I am learning to be quiet before You and listen to Your voice, Your direction comes from Your Word and as I read, quietly before You, You will open the doors of my understanding and I will encounter the beauty and strength You have put in Your Word. I love You Lord, I love You so much. I will praise You, my Lord. I will always praise You.
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