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I've been busy as usual but with something delightful! I am now a grandmom to a beautiful baby girl. How have you all been? Gonna have to make this a short one but I wanted to say hello to all of you brave pilgrims out there staying on the path and who are completely in awe with the lover of our souls. I don't about you but i've so much to pray about....so many needs................ more new ones that pile on top of the old ones.........not only mine but also friends and loved ones that have so much going on that it gonna have to be miracles cause there is no other answer. Got to have some peace and quiet in the middle of it all and loving Him with my heart, soul, and mind and knowing a powerful love keeps the panic away! He has all the solutions and the perfect timing to all I ask Him for so I will not be weighted down with the cares of this world. He is greater than any situation that there is so why bother myself. I hate these awful things we go through and all the pain that comes with it but if it makes me cleaner and purer then I patiently and quietly endure all and find my comfort and contentment in His love which is super awesome by the way. So, when I am struggling and the pressure is so great that I can't seem to feel emotionally......so stretched....... there is a peaceful and quiet place.......my solace. He understands the way I need to be loved and He is the only one that can love me in that way. I find comfort in mercy and kindness that He pours out to me in my no way out situations. I make it moment by moment as I wrap myself in Him for comfort....my thoughts lifted up to Him. My frustration, my helplessness all laid before Him......the shakiness that would overtake......facing every choice of the moment and dealing with the outcomes, finds me knocking hard at His door for miracles, the extraordinary, the unexplainable that comes from only Him. Well, I was able to make this a lot longer than I thought but I have to go now. So yeah, I'm okay, my trusting heart is fixed and you are okay too for we are His, all our life, and in all we go through we will not forget the depth of His love as we wait to see Him face to face. Peace! 
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Hey everyone,
A love for eternity, a love that is forever takes commitment and is so rare. So much of the love we see today is selfish and not about giving and sacrificing. I am so glad to have found this kind of love in Jesus. Because of Him.....I am learning this kind of love. It is not only about emotional feelings......it is about a lifelong deep commitment to put the one you love ahead of yourself........to making sure they know they are cherished. It is allowing compassion and seeing the good beyond the pain and hurts that we carry around. It is never giving up but believing. This kind of commitment is needed in forsaking it all to go after Jesus too. Loving with all the soul, heart and mind. It is not about living for me, pleasure, and pride but falling in worship in His presence as often as I can. It is putting Him ahead of my life and everything going on around me. It is like needing Him like I need air. It is laying down anger, betrayal, and choosing to let self be broken to show love.......a choice to open myself to hurt and pain in order to love. Loving no matter what that person does because I choose to. This is the kind of love I encounter as I awaken and go through my day, when the sun shines and He comes to me especially when I have made a mess of things. When my flesh is weak and my mind so chaotic and I am so vulnerble he keeps me .......He does not give up on me nor let me go. He bears me up and keeps me afloat. Let this love hold you today in what ever you are facing. See the sun, see hope. He makes sense out of what we don't understand.......let him fill all those empty emotions. The cries and aches, He hears, He knows......our desperation and our hearts and hands outstretched to Him.......the smile behind the agony does not escape Him! I need to be with Him, need Him in me....... now and forever I will love Him! Let's be committed to loving God and those around us, promising to love like He does.
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I hope you have a wonderful, peaceful, and joyful Christmas time and that this new year will be a special one.....one that brings you closer to God and His Word! It really doesn't matter what lies ahead only that we continue to walk with Him. Our hope for the future is His promise of good to us. His desire, His plan and His will for us is all for our good. I have to believe this even when things don't look bright even as I pray. So, I will live in His strong arms, I will yearn after Him, I will be absorbed with Him and not my situations. I will make Him the center part of my mind so there is less thoughts of me. Desiring Him more than the benefits and gifts He gives. When rough waters come raging at me.........I will not allow my mind to be taken over by fear....the waters don't scare anymore when I stay close to Him, when I believe in His love and goodness and mercy that will always come through for me somehow, in some way. My future, my hope, and my good is His plan for me and this is true for you too, if you believe it. This comfort in His goodness and mercy make everything bearable. Rest and be secure in the intense pleasure of His love......such pleasure is indescribable and waking up each day and living becomes a delight when you sense His breath on you.......a powerful God loves and takes care of us and this is our hope, even in the shadow of death. I will fear no evil......he loves me, He is with me, His mercy and goodness follows me all the days of my life. Believe His word and promise, it is as simple as that. That is faith and trust....when you hang on to this steadfastly and unwavering. He will come through...He always does no matter how long or how hard it seems. Live in love, peace, and joy always!
I was reading my last year's journal and came across some entries that were written by some awesome young people. I had asked them to write something in there because I am so often encouraged by them, and their love for the Lord and each other. Yes, there are some young people that truly love the Lord and are walking closely with Him and I know at least ten of them. Here are two excerpts:
............. Your love and mercy endures forever. You hold us in your everlasting arms. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me and my loved ones all the days of our lives. With each coming year, I can have hope, because my faith is in you. I look forward with anticipation for your plans to give us hope and a future. ~guest entry by Anna
............. No matter how bad, it gets, we all have God and each other. .....This year us going to be filled with many blessings from our Heavenly Father. God is never going to let go of us. He is always going to protect us. Each day that passes, He will continue to hold us in the palm of His hands. We will go into this new year with strong faith and hope in the Lord........I praise God for His never failing love. This year I am not going to be fearful ....in the name of Jesus! I am going to have faith in God..... always watching over us. ~guest entry by Sarah
Thanks yall......I think these words are also fitting for this new year ahead. All that we are going through and anticipating we will remember His Word.
One more thing! I know this is long but I don't think I will be back on here until after the new year. I want to invite you to read or listen to the one year Bible with me. This is so my passion! Go to dailyaudiobible.com and join the community of thousands who are doing this. I have been doing this for several years and my life has gone through so many changes......deep inside my heart. I challenge you to let the Word of God speak for itself and to see for yourself the difference it will make in your life. You can sign up for the free podcast on itunes as well. Go to podcast on itunes, under religion and spirituality and subscribe to the podcast- 1 Year Daily Audio Bible, Brian Hardin. Start the new year with the powerful word of God every day. Start living the Word! Love and blessings always!
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All Comes From Him! Happy Thanksgiving!
Hello everyone,
As the holiday approaches some of us may still be facing some storms of life and don't feel very thankful. It may seem like you have been battling for ever and the waters only seem to get higher and higher with each day. You feel like there is no hope and you are so tired. Now is the time to experience the strength of our Redeemer, the comfort that keeps you afloat and helps you survive what looks impossible. Go to that place of intimacy with Him........be taken away to a place where all you see is Him. Don't focus on you and the situation. So you are weak, bleeding and it hurts......the pain just bearable........cry out to Him and wait as a child in its mother's arms. In quietness and intimacy there is comfort. Helpless as you are , you can draw strength and endurance from Him. You will find help in His presence. So as you eat and drink and enjoy family and friends with a heavy heart that only He sees, let His love bear you up. Be thankful at least for the comfort and a strong redeemer that never lets you face anything alone. Cherish every intimate time with Him because that is something that can always be yours no matter what is going on. You can love Him in the pain, you can love Him beyond you. You can be guilty of that in all you go through and I tell you what........ He gives us the desires of our hearts when we delight ourselves in Him. I have seen this in my life every time. It is just too wonderful for words and it makes me feel so undeserving each time cause I have failed Him in many ways. So delight and see that He is the one that sustains your every breath. I can't wait for that day when I can be with Him forever. That will make my heaven. Every breathe I have I do not take lightly at all, cause He gives it to me and so this Thanksgiving I wanna be in that place where all I see is Him. Desire this with me. See Him all around you!!!
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Hey yall.........hope your day is going well for you. With all the elections and earnest prayer going on everywhere because of the seriousness of the times we are in, it is wonderful to take a deep breathe and worship God our King, our supreme power. We are citizens of another kingdom where there is love and mercy and and a judge that rules in fairness and holiness and defends the widow and the innocent. That is where I belong so I am surrounded by that even if evil is all around me and this world may not offer uprightness or fairness... It is so ironic how we are experiencing the fall weather and the Bible clearly states there is going to be a great falling away of the churches in the last days. I think we are living it in these such times as we see what is important to Christians. In my life, I want the idols and the things that are not of God to fall.......so this fall is very significant to me.
The love and mercy of God is all I know, besides my near drowning experience as a child, there has been many occasions if God hadn't come through for me I would be a goner. When you know that it was just God and you and He gave you back your breath, you can't help but share about an awesome love that loves even when you don't deserve it. Just recently I had another experience and I don't think the details are important but it was like when you do something stupid like stand in front of falling object and there is no way to escape being hit and just as it is about to hit you, you wonder why you feel no pain and how could it possibly have ended up next to you and not on you. Well, I did something dumb recently and I was about to reap the consequences. I kept praying for help but things only got worse. I was so embarrassed or maybe it was my pride.....anyway I ran away from the situation and in doing that I was endangering myself even more. So alone, with just God, I knew I couldn't make it by myself and if God hadn't come through for me I would not be here typing this today. Desperately I tried to think of a solution and the next best move but that did not work out either. Keeping panic and fear at bay as much as I could, I crouched on my knees and called to God one more time and He heard me. I got up and knew exactly what I had to do and He helped me all the way through. I ended up even more in love with Him, giving up more of me and wanting to be more radical for Him. I'm alive and in love. His love is all I know. I live and thrive in it. When you can get up and walk away from death and you know that God is the reason, you will go through a 360 degree turn in the way you live, praying and reading the word becomes like breathing. So I don't care if you consider me strange or weird. I can't help it. It is too real and awesome! I've got to go now but this is the greatest love ever and it keeps me going from day to day. Take care and know that His love is everlasting and surrounds your space. Love to you!
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