"The Spirit of the Sovereign LORDis on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me tobind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD's favorand the day of vengeance of our God, to comfortall who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion — to bestow on them acrown of beautyinstead of ashes, the oil of gladnessinstead of mourning, and a garment of praiseinstead of a spirit of despair."
Counting days filled with God's Blessings! Y'all are one of the BEST!
I have COMMENTS CLOSED now, except FRI. and maybe SOS, REACTIONS only pls., see explanation here. However, I miss knowing who was here, so I added this linky, also on my BLOGGER PAGE, just put your name for Title
I WAS HERE!
On 1/24 my COMPUTER CRASHED, so I'm unable to SIGN IN to it, it's frozen. I don't know what's wrong or for how long. I try to check what I can from a public cyber but can't do that daily or for hours like I'm use to doing, so I'm very limited in what I can get done. Think God's trying to tell me some thing? I'll be thinking and praying for you! Love y'all, pray and please don't forget me. Hope I can visit soon until then God bless!
I'm still working on this, from back when God spoke this to me and also to my dear sister in Christ, Amanda's "Letting Go..."... in a memorable post, my "friend was leading me so far..."
From where I am now, God was clearly preparing my heart for this time and moment. He so blesses me with sisters in Christ and dear friends to lead me... hold me with their words,...'til...
Yet I have known for quite sometime that "Everything is..." HIS: my very life, my mind, my heart, my soul, my body surrendered to Him ... so why do I struggle? why do I hold on? why can't I let go?
Heavy times, heavy heart... trying to stick to my theme this year... of MOVING FORWARD.
"...I'm not going back, I'm MOVING AHEAD, I'm here to declare, my past is over in You All things are made new, surrendered my life to Christ..." (mini video is in the right sidebar of this declaration I made and needed)
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." ~ Philippians 4:6-7
Since I am working through "Life's Healing Choices" by John Baker, this article is very good and helpful on "Letting Go of Your Past" and this recovery process is for every Christian, not just those struggling with addictions, but each of us as we learn to LET GO of hurts, hang-ups and habits that keep us from walking fully in Christ's complete freedom and holiness, making healthy and wise choices.
EVERYTHING IS YOURS
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; You are exalted as head over all. ~ 1 Chronicles 29:11
It's all Yours, God
My life is Yours, my heart is Yours
My hands and my feet are Yours
Every song that I sing
It's all Yours, all is Yours
All belongs to You
Our gifts are Yours, God
All our dreams are Yours, God
All our plans are Yours, God
The whole earth is Yours, God
Everything is Yours
Back on Saturday, October 23rd, I wrote a post "Let Go, Let God" to go with a song and the poem and Amanda's Secret Garden also with her great post "Letting Go" above. The first week of November was very heavy for me, so I clearly needed to put ALL I had written and read and heard to practice. While I was, once more, God delivered a WHISPER to me from Brenda Craig (that happens so often in her Word of the Day) at Journals of the Heart entitled "I am Whispering, Let Go!". Let me just say that this Whisper came through loudly and I truly needed it at that time.
Very clearly God is gently prying my hands and heart open, to let go and Let God! Ya' gotta just love how God deals with us, even with grief or anything we hold on to... He wants us to be FREE!
Brenda's prayer for this post works perfect for this song and me:
"I give you everything, everything, everything. Yes, I give you everything, from the greatest need to the smallest. I give you all wrong thoughts about our relationship. You are not far from me. To the contraire, You are very near for You live within me. I am Your abiding place, Your home in this earth.
I let go. I acknowledge Your presence and dare to bathe in the essence of Your love. I am captivated, overwhelmed and saturated by You. Your whispers become clear to me. The eyes of my understanding are open to wisdom and revelation. My moments with You are arising into an edifice of praise and communion. Help me to continue in this place of abiding love. Never let me stray from Your hand of comfort and protection. You abide in me and I in You. Yes, I abide. Amen"
I love the both questions that Brenda asks in her Word of the day on November 3rd... but I am only sharing this one for you to reflect and perhaps respond in the comments:
What things always seem to get in the way when you pull aside to spend intimate time with Him?
Look for a pattern or having the same old issue or doubt appear to discourage you, lie to you, thereby disrupting the flow of communication with Him.
Let God speak to you and truly take the time to listen, if you don't know how to answer this, ask God to reveal what pattern or things get in the way of spending intimate time with Him. I'm sure He'll point it out, if you choose to listen (and we should be intently listening for His Voice)
~written and scheduled to post for today in the previous weeks, when I was quite down... I'm a bit more encouraged, except for missing Shortybear (Denise) emails, ecards and comments on her blog Shortybear's Place, get sent back...delivery failed... anyone know anything new? I'm looking forward to tomorrow Friday, because Denise said she'd be posting Mon. & Fri., but right now I think not... ohhh and I also got mail back from Marsha's Musings... what's happening?
Perfect words. Thank you for sharing. I have found that in all my inability He is MORE THAN able. When I can't let go, I simply as Him to let go for me. IN HIM is the fullness of everything I lack and everything I need. We struggle too much to "DO" when we should simple "BE." We are made in His image. Think about that for a moment. All we need to do is nothing--just BE. Because who we are is simply heirs of righteousness, sons and daughters of the most high God. In the mirror, if we are His child, what we should see is Christ. That's who the Father sees when He looks at us--Christ. To say we are anything less is to actually say Christ is lacking something. I know you know He is complete. All we have to "do" is be who we are.
Think and meditate on the freedom of that thought. The yoke is easy, isn't it. BE vs. DO. BEing who we are in Him, enables us to let go without the struggle of having to DO it. Hope He reveals this in the spirit of every reader.
Blessings sis. Always a pleasure visiting. Added you to my sidebar blogroll so I can follow your updates more easily.
I loved that beautiful song, Peggy. Thanks for that encouraging post. I need to make time to spend with the Lord. But thank God He is always with me. I read His Word many times a day on my computer. :) We all miss Denise. I messaged Marsha on Facebook today. I can tell her something for you. Love you ~
Perfect words. Thank you for sharing. I have found that in all my inability He is MORE THAN able. When I can't let go, I simply as Him to let go for me. IN HIM is the fullness of everything I lack and everything I need. We struggle too much to "DO" when we should simple "BE." We are made in His image. Think about that for a moment. All we need to do is nothing--just BE. Because who we are is simply heirs of righteousness, sons and daughters of the most high God. In the mirror, if we are His child, what we should see is Christ. That's who the Father sees when He looks at us--Christ. To say we are anything less is to actually say Christ is lacking something. I know you know He is complete. All we have to "do" is be who we are.
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Blessings sis. Always a pleasure visiting. Added you to my sidebar blogroll so I can follow your updates more easily.
I loved that beautiful song, Peggy. Thanks for that encouraging post. I need to make time to spend with the Lord. But thank God He is always with me. I read His Word many times a day on my computer. :) We all miss Denise. I messaged Marsha on Facebook today. I can tell her something for you. Love you ~
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