"For He has rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have the redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation."
Colossians 1:13-15
These last few days have brought both sadness and rejoicing. Disappointment and encouragement. Heartbreak and totally "cup runneth over" moments.
In all the moments, whether good or bad, my God was present. My Portion, my Ebenezer was right there with me. It was me that did not notice.
In every minute and every second, He was present with me, cheering me on in whatever that moment brought. He is my biggest fan, my biggest love! Noone else can do what He has done for me. Why do I sometimes miss it! Why do I sometimes ignore it?......because my enemy cannot wait to "steal, kill and destroy" my joy of who I am in Christ. This enemy cannot have my life, but he can sure make living it miserable at times, always looking for a way to dig in. Causing me to concentrate on the situation, not the One Who walks with me in it. You think I would have learned this by now ;)
So, this morning, as I sat and spent time with my King, studying His word, praying for so many,
I was shown something very special to me. Something I needed to know. Thanking my LORD for it!
Today is a new day for me and for my family and for you and yours. Praying choices are made to glorify God and not ourselves. Praying that someone sees Jesus!! Praying for a church full of kids today hearing the message of salvation. Praying for God to be "noticed" in every moment. He is so worth it!!!
He has overcome the one who tries to overcome me...I am an overcomer because of my Jesus, Who is coming back for me!! He is coming back for all of those who believe! GLORY!!!
Have a wonderfully, God filled, day!
"For behold, He who forms the mountains and creates the wind and declares to man what are His thoughts, He who makes dawn into darkness and treads the high places of the earth, THE LORD GOD of hosts is HIS name."
Amos 4:13
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Perfect Love
"I can't comprehend YOUR infinitely beautiful and perfect love"
Those are the first few words of a David Crowder song, "After All (Holy)"
I am in awe of the words penned in this song. As I heard it for the first time, I couldn't quite grasp how a Perfect God could love such and imperfect me. I still sit at times and ask myself, me God? You really loved me enough to save me, even though you knew where I would go in life, where I would stray and be so blatently disobedient. Me?
A few years ago, a very special friend reminded me that when she read John 3:16, she couldn't find where it said "For God so loved the world, except______(fill in the blank with a name, maybe your own) that He gave His one and only Son so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish (die and live eternally in hell) but have eternal life (live forever in heaven with God)."
He loved us all, even those He knew would reject him, and deny Him completely. And....even those who would choose Him, and then stray and break His heart...ding ding ding, that's me.
Wow! Still so hard to comprehend. My heart cannot begin to try to grasp it. Why? Because He is Holy! GLORY! HE IS HOLY!! His ways are not my ways! He chased after me for years and years, He wanted me back so He recaptured my heart....That is love, pure, genuine love.
This past weekend, God gave me a miracle, a true miracle. My heart is still pounding.
Saturday, we had a major thing come up and God already had a plan for it. A miraculous plan. A solution to what this situation was, as soon as it happened! I didn't even get a chance to take a breath after saying "What do I do now God? "
But, after that I came in my house, and found myself saying "was that good enough, is what YOU did good enough?"
Immediately, my chest grew heavy and my stomach tightened up. I felt like I had nothing, just empty.
I was convicted by the Holy Spirit at that moment of something I was still carrying, a stronghold that I didn't know still had me. He worked on me all night with it, I even had close sisters praying for me. God moved a mountain in my situation and in my heart, and YES, it was good enough! AMEN YES IT WAS! How could I believe for a minute that it wasn't?
So, as I type this, the problem is still solved, the peace is still here and above that, my God Who knows how to love perfectly and beautifully is still here and still loves this so unperfect me. I know I will face more difficulties, but I am not alone...never alone!
A perfect Jesus, gave up His throne to come to this earth to die in my place, in your place, and was without sin. He chose to come, die, be buried and to be raised again. He conquered death for us. He intercedes for those who believe. He walks with me and also among you. He knows! He sees!
Someday, because of His great and perfect love, I will see Him face to face and live with my forever KING!
My hope, my prayer, is that this same Beautiful One has called you and that you know He will "never leave you"....if you don't know if you are His then reach out. Talk to someone that can help you understand. Don't let another moment go by without knowing the answer to "if I died right now, do I know for sure that I will be in heaven?" This is a matter of eternal life or eternal death. God has this saving business all worked out for you :) You don't have to be perfect or even close!!
Time is precious, and so are you.
Those are the first few words of a David Crowder song, "After All (Holy)"
I am in awe of the words penned in this song. As I heard it for the first time, I couldn't quite grasp how a Perfect God could love such and imperfect me. I still sit at times and ask myself, me God? You really loved me enough to save me, even though you knew where I would go in life, where I would stray and be so blatently disobedient. Me?
A few years ago, a very special friend reminded me that when she read John 3:16, she couldn't find where it said "For God so loved the world, except______(fill in the blank with a name, maybe your own) that He gave His one and only Son so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish (die and live eternally in hell) but have eternal life (live forever in heaven with God)."
He loved us all, even those He knew would reject him, and deny Him completely. And....even those who would choose Him, and then stray and break His heart...ding ding ding, that's me.
Wow! Still so hard to comprehend. My heart cannot begin to try to grasp it. Why? Because He is Holy! GLORY! HE IS HOLY!! His ways are not my ways! He chased after me for years and years, He wanted me back so He recaptured my heart....That is love, pure, genuine love.
This past weekend, God gave me a miracle, a true miracle. My heart is still pounding.
Saturday, we had a major thing come up and God already had a plan for it. A miraculous plan. A solution to what this situation was, as soon as it happened! I didn't even get a chance to take a breath after saying "What do I do now God? "
But, after that I came in my house, and found myself saying "was that good enough, is what YOU did good enough?"
Immediately, my chest grew heavy and my stomach tightened up. I felt like I had nothing, just empty.
I was convicted by the Holy Spirit at that moment of something I was still carrying, a stronghold that I didn't know still had me. He worked on me all night with it, I even had close sisters praying for me. God moved a mountain in my situation and in my heart, and YES, it was good enough! AMEN YES IT WAS! How could I believe for a minute that it wasn't?
So, as I type this, the problem is still solved, the peace is still here and above that, my God Who knows how to love perfectly and beautifully is still here and still loves this so unperfect me. I know I will face more difficulties, but I am not alone...never alone!
A perfect Jesus, gave up His throne to come to this earth to die in my place, in your place, and was without sin. He chose to come, die, be buried and to be raised again. He conquered death for us. He intercedes for those who believe. He walks with me and also among you. He knows! He sees!
Someday, because of His great and perfect love, I will see Him face to face and live with my forever KING!
My hope, my prayer, is that this same Beautiful One has called you and that you know He will "never leave you"....if you don't know if you are His then reach out. Talk to someone that can help you understand. Don't let another moment go by without knowing the answer to "if I died right now, do I know for sure that I will be in heaven?" This is a matter of eternal life or eternal death. God has this saving business all worked out for you :) You don't have to be perfect or even close!!
Time is precious, and so are you.
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