Brokenness

Forcibly separated into two or more pieces, fractured

Sundered by divorce, separation or desertion

Incomplete

Disordered

Discontinuous

Uneven

Humbled

Weakened and infirmed

Crushed by grief

Bankrupt

Out of Order

Have you ever felt broken?  The Scripture says a "broken and contrite (crushed to powder) spirit who can bear?" Psalm 51:17

God is a healer.  He who made you ~ can "fix" you.  He can turn your life around.  He can repair and mend.  In fact He says "All things will work together for good for them who love God and are called according to His purpose"  Romans 8:28

Can it get any better than that?  What a promise.   

So once again friend, you must choose to believe Him.  Give yourself to Him today and ask that He take over and He will not only get you through what ever is going on BUT He will make you into something new and wonderful!

Can anyone say amen?

Blessings

Here's a nice song sent to me today from a friend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRIEcammskA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

What Road Do You Take

You take the high road and I'll take the low road ....


I have decided that there is really only one road that the Christian should take;


It is the low road.   


We apologize.  We defer. We prefer another over our self.  We bow, we go to the back of the line and we stay quiet.


Do you find this being worked into you?  There is NO way that you cannot know if this is at work......it kills!  It causes us to posture and prayerfully run for strength.   Jesus sweat drops of blood as he bowed to the will of His Father.


Remember, we are all in this together.  Pray for one another.  The characteristics of Christ are foreign to the world that we live in.  Let Him who began a good work in you be ABLE to bring it to completion by submitting to His teaching.


Take His peace


Blessings!

For your listening pleasure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ts0Wc18R6M&feature=related

Psalm 65:3

"When we are overwhelmed by our sins, You forgive them all."


What a promise.


Walk in this Word today.   Speak it out loud to the accuser, whether it is from within or without.   


HE FORGIVES US!


HE LOVES US!


WE NEED NOT BE OVERWHELMED!


So stand back up and walk out your day in the Power of the One Who saved you!
His grace will be more than enough in any and all of your situations!


Remember HE LOVES YOU!


Blessings!

Stagnation

Stagnation

1.

the state or condition of stagnating,  or having stopped, asby ceasing to run or flow: 

2.

a foulness or staleness, as one emanating from a standingpool of water.

3.

a failure to develop, progress, or advance:

4.

the state or quality of being or feeling sluggish and dull:

Are you stagnant?  Or perhaps a better question would be; are you "fresh", growing, vibrant, alive, changing, becoming more like HIM?

Once we have accepted the Lord's salvation and been forgiven of our sins, nothing should hold us back.  We should be changing and growing into His Likeness and Image.

2 Corinthians 12:9   ".....that the Power of Christ may rest upon me"

Colossians 1:28 "....so that we may present every man complete in Christ"

2 Corinthians 3:18   "From glory to glory He's changing me"

2 Peter 1:4  "the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires."

The Scripture says that His strength is made perfect in our weakness .  We are without excuse.  Change is ours, we just need to choose it!

Father, in Your precious Son's Name, we come and ask again for Your grace to change us.  Help us yield to Your ways.  Create in us a thirst for Your righteousness.  Stir us a fresh and a new that we may truly be changed.  Thank You for Your patience Lord.  May we set our eyes like flint upon You and You alone.  

May the ones around us see You in us and be changed as well!

Amen

Blessings

A Lovely Day in the Neighborhood

I sit this morning in a lovely home, in a lovely neighborhood,with all the amenities that I could ever need. The birds are singing, the weather is balmy and the sun shines bright.  All is good with the world.


Or is it?


In a book that I have been reading recently the report is that there are over 33 million people living in Uganda. The median age is 15 years old with the average age expectancy being 50 yrs old.  A "nation of young people"  The plague is AIDS.


A nation of young people who have no one to raise them, nurture them, educate them and/or disciple them.
And we all know that this is just a drop in the bucket.  The world is a mess ~ and that can include much of what is going on in our own nation.


2 Chronicles 16:9


For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.


1 Peter 3:12


For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer...


Ps  33:18


The eyes of the Lord are on those that fear Him, He watches over them and guards them from danger.


Friends, please join me today praying for the k-zillions that are lost and in need of a Savior.  He is the answer for the world today!


So soak in the goodness of the Lord realizing that nothing is guaranteed but the Love of God


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whjZTug_O-Y&feature=related

The Spring

Friday morning I awoke with a random old song on my mind...I knew the Lord was speaking.
"I'll be with you in apple blossom time ~  I'll be waiting to change your name to mine"


As I shared this with a friend later in the day she reminded me of a vision that a mutual friend had had months ago.  It was of a harvest SO PLENTIFUL that the apples were just falling off of the trees and the "gatherers" where having to hold out their shirts  to catch them before they hit the ground!


Again it would seem that the Lord is saying :


IT'S TIME!
The time is approaching when the  His Spirit is going to be falling upon all flesh and many are going to respond to His calling.


Are you ready for the harvest?  Do you know what your part is going to be?  
Friend, if you believe, as I do, that Jesus is "on the move"  take all the more time to come before Him and listen for His instruction and wisdom.


May is apple blossom time and the harvest is in August and September .  Let's be prepared for the harvest!


Blessings


I am leaving for VA to visit children and attend a conference.  I covet your prayers as I'm praying that my going will have a purpose and that my words will have life.   Thanks  
I'm not sure that I will be able to find a computer to do my musings ..am continuing to pray for something portable.

The Antidote to Poison

Talking and praying with a young mom the other evening I saw a picture of her and her husband praying over the children.   They were praying dedication, life, purpose and direction over their family.   This family, like many, have felt the destructive power of the enemy.


Our society is inundated with visual temptation and sin.   Many are lied to, talked about and suffer abuse on a daily basis.  Don't be fooled into thinking that this "poison" is reserved for teens and above.  Our smallest babies and young people are being attacked daily by an enemy that wants to simply annihilate them.


I truly believe that one of the most powerful ways we can overcome and reduce the damage caused by this frontal attack is to dilute it with the Word and Prayer.   We need to gather one another, our children and families, on a daily basis, and pray  the Will of God over their and our lives.  We need to stand on the promises.  We need to declare what the Word says.


Father, in the powerful Name of Jesus, we come.  We pray for Your Presence and Your Word to dilute the power of poison that  may have attached itself to us today.  We come against worthless words and accusations, within and without, and cast them down , keeping the Word of God exalted.  
We speak life, freedom and plenty over our children, our church bodies and  ourselves.  We dedicate ourselves  to You and Your services again today.  
Use us as You will Lord and grace us with the ability to stay close to You and help us to remember that we are covered by the Blood of the Lamb..   
You are worthy of all praise and we trust that You who began a good work in us will be faithful to bring it to completion in Jesus' Name!


Blessings!