tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70463958277110673772024-03-12T19:21:53.470-07:00Instrument for TheeThis is my story ~ this is my song ~ praising my Savior all the day longAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997550478463018626noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046395827711067377.post-10482331146024737382016-01-07T21:22:00.000-08:002016-01-12T11:55:31.443-08:00My Deliverer, the Prince<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I hear footsteps in the hall and cringe inwardly. The warden again. Protestingly the door creaks open, as if to spare me the wrath to come. This time though, no voice is lifted. The footsteps cross the floor to where I sit huddled in a miserable heap and quietly stop. I dare not look up. I can’t stand to stare that cruel master in the eye. Finally though curiosity gets the better of me. I catch a glance and </div>
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Lifting me to my feet He brushes off the dust on my rags. Then taking His fine coat He places it around my trembling shoulders. Turning to face me, His eyes lock with mine. He opens His mouth. “You are free to go.” I feel a hard cold object pressed into my hand. “The key to open any lock in this prison” He says simply. Questioningly I gaze at the key, the coat. The words finally come falteringly. </div>
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“Why? Why have you done this? I don’t deserve it…I don’t understand.” </div>
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“I love you, I want to give you a second chance. I want to allow you the opportunity to be a child of the King. He has already agreed to adopt you into His family.” </div>
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“But what of my sentence? My past? My records? Surely if He knew who I really am He wouldn’t want me.” </div>
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“They are clean. I have taken your place. I have taken your sentence. And yes, He knows exactly who you are and your past. But if you choose to put this prison behind you and keep on my coat He looks at you as a new person.” </div>
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“NO! Let me die! You don’t deserve it, I do! It’s all my fault” I cry.</div>
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Quietly He answers, “No, it’s already been settled. Leave here today and be free, only go and sin no more.” </div>
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“Is there anything I can do to repay you?” I reply with tears streaming down my face.</div>
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“There are thousands in this same prison who are chained as you are. Go, go and help them with their chains. Tell them what I have done. Tell them I died that they might live.” </div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">“For the wages of sin is death…but the <b>gift of God</b> is Eternal Life…through Jesus Christ, (our Prince, our deliverer), our Lord.” Rom 6:23</span></div>
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“I know you don’t want me to leave. But don’t you agree that we must save the lost? I love them with an unconditional love, I created them, and cannot stand that any should perish, but that all should have life. I am LOVE, and LOVE will sacrifice life itself to save those whom it loves…even though they be undeserving.”</div>
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Finally the long awaited day arrives! The Prince of Paradise is born. The long months without Him have ended. Finally you can praise Him and adore Him once again. Your heart longs to shake the world up, to tell them the glad tidings. You look expectantly toward the throne. The Father is watching, eyes fixed upon His only begotten son. Suddenly He looks up and gives the excited command. “Go, go and tell them!” </div>
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Friend…This Christmas are you as in love with your Savior as the angels who stand around the throne? Are you as willing as they to spread the news that He is not only born, but is coming again? If not, I encourage you to spend this day in mediation of the sacrifice that LOVE made for you. For when you come to grasp a little of the sacrifice and love of heaven in our behalf our songs of gratefulness and praise cannot be quenched. Heaven has touched earth. </div>
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What are you living for? What makes you get up in the morning? What gets you the most excited? Of what do you love to converse? Where do you find your thoughts drifting during the day? Who/what holds your deepest affections? </div>
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Most of us, myself included, would come up with answers that were to the general eye moral and upright. We might even pride ourselves with the fact that some of the answers are high and lofty…ministry, family, service, etc. </div>
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But as I have come to a deeper understanding of a Love that is unconditional and unfathomable, a Love that simply asks for everything I have and gives everything He has in return; my pride in my “great” answers has crumbled into a thousand pieces, and a deep seating longing has remained. A longing for my Savior to be the answer to every question. </div>
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<b>For if Christ and Him crucified isn’t the answer to every question…I have a problem. </b></div>
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If I am living for anything but Him, life isn’t truly fulfilling. If I don’t wake up and long for His face, I’m missing the greatest gift. If I get the most excited about anything other than Him, I don’t truly know the depths to which joy can plunge. If He doesn’t hold my deepest affections, I don’t understand LOVE in it’s beauty and loveliness. </div>
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<b>But if CHRIST is the answer…then I have joy unspeakable, love unfathomable, and peace that passes understanding.</b> </div>
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This is what drives the deep seated longing in my heart that simply grows greater with each passing day. For the more I taste of His loveliness, the more glimpses I catch of His face, and the more I come to hear His beautiful voice, the more I want to know Him. He has become my overwhelming desire. He has ravished my heart and though I don’t understand why He would want a poor little wretch like me, I love Him that much more. </div>
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I don’t want to leave the impression that I’m perfect and I always love Him more than others, or that honestly the answer to all questions would be CHRST. Sometimes I’m scared to talk of Him, and afraid of what might be if I follow Him all th e way. Sometimes I allow things or people to take the highest seat of my affections. But the more I taste of LOVE the fear and shame begin to melt away. And I can truly say that:</div>
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<b>I would far rather die young and live for Christ than to die old and live without Him.</b></div>
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<b>Because simply...my heavenly Prince has captured my heart. He makes life worth living.</b></div>
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If LOVE hasn’t captured your heart, take away the distractions, lay your heart bare before your Maker and plead with Him to reveal Himself to you. </div>
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<i>He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. John 14:21</i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997550478463018626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046395827711067377.post-12661147360807815292014-04-02T09:55:00.001-07:002014-04-02T09:55:28.721-07:00Daddy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLOzilWcgxJ0zN9QhZMNMIzYIZLnEggnPDY0yJHHHvX30R-4t9RaUQ5UM9BmyxBzmUL8D28h7ZY-qmI1_mtxvRFzO5HMz-wa0a825SwFMI4bCUnwuzjf9KrB9wR7tNn4A-t3hbfX3uX4/s1600/_MG_0099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLOzilWcgxJ0zN9QhZMNMIzYIZLnEggnPDY0yJHHHvX30R-4t9RaUQ5UM9BmyxBzmUL8D28h7ZY-qmI1_mtxvRFzO5HMz-wa0a825SwFMI4bCUnwuzjf9KrB9wR7tNn4A-t3hbfX3uX4/s1600/_MG_0099.JPG" height="200" width="133" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll admit...I'm a Daddy's girl and being all the way across the continent has been hard. I miss our dates together...the hours spent building and remodeling. Fixing tractors and splitting wood. I miss our heart to heart talks and the times we would just spend snuggling. I miss his protective arm around me and sometimes I just crave for a big Daddy hug... </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWetlT_W6L2AYpZaCkqaeN8rvAJPKJ8VwyY1TwLF1uiS1rQLfSeTLIUfSrmIhsqLdHQVB_UQwMf2GeXuMrGL1QobFaNcbwlfxOPNz5qfqcW4SElkfAqbvkRVnqlhviW2oF8eQ4il9TEv4/s1600/_MG_0148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWetlT_W6L2AYpZaCkqaeN8rvAJPKJ8VwyY1TwLF1uiS1rQLfSeTLIUfSrmIhsqLdHQVB_UQwMf2GeXuMrGL1QobFaNcbwlfxOPNz5qfqcW4SElkfAqbvkRVnqlhviW2oF8eQ4il9TEv4/s1600/_MG_0148.JPG" height="200" width="133" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today, the separation ends...a least for a few days. I'm so excited! I'll get a real Daddy hug at last! All the months apart have only made reunion the more sweet. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkYY3PXq0UCj_m-j2izel1QJCawlZS8hOW833UvUn3ANZtRhApqBpPICAHJ4JwNd2xUoOGdczpk58sGGfEilsW_i64YV78CIBRwPwbnk4juBwsEGq9qnCnjLVFL1a9I1AZkGbVIF_HL4/s1600/_MG_0189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkYY3PXq0UCj_m-j2izel1QJCawlZS8hOW833UvUn3ANZtRhApqBpPICAHJ4JwNd2xUoOGdczpk58sGGfEilsW_i64YV78CIBRwPwbnk4juBwsEGq9qnCnjLVFL1a9I1AZkGbVIF_HL4/s1600/_MG_0189.JPG" height="133" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a privileged girl! I have not one, but two Daddys! Both have been here from before my birth...leading me, guiding me, directing me, loving me. Both have gently called to my heart asking for my trust and companionship. Both have been there whenever I needed them. Both have given me safety and security and allowed me to rest in their arms. If I am this excited to see my earthly Daddy from whom I've only been months apart...how excited should I be about the news that soon the separation from my Heavenly Father will be over! That soon after a lifetime of apartness I will be able to see him face to face...</span><br />
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An update on my summer for those who were wondering. :) </div>
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Back home from the farm and enjoying a Sabbath on the beach!</div>
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A very special weekend...</div>
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2 lives uniting...4 lives embarking on a journey with the Savior</div>
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Back home again after 6 long weeks and enjoying blueberries and family!</div>
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The wind whispers gently through the treetops, the birds voices are lifted in songs of joy, the flowers around me speak of the glory and majesty of their creator, and the cows on the surrounding hills make me smile. This place has become a second home to me... my oklahome. But even more than the beauty and tranquility surrounding me I am reminded of my Father’s love. He brought me to this place. He has given me more than I ever dreamed possible and has even given me the cherry on top.<br />
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<span class="s1">It all started after a few days visit in April...</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmPFoAY4m52YCIdaqYACf90gPRdDQ-RikzIJwmZQamudEzRhDsrL7ZqufpIe4hxy5tD_DN3tNIp4KOuMbsHaI48PbXjlELT8nJIYklmVw5mCYfrEsnixasGyTd5jJ-7x1Kr22IK9R1hY/s1600/IMG_0809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmPFoAY4m52YCIdaqYACf90gPRdDQ-RikzIJwmZQamudEzRhDsrL7ZqufpIe4hxy5tD_DN3tNIp4KOuMbsHaI48PbXjlELT8nJIYklmVw5mCYfrEsnixasGyTd5jJ-7x1Kr22IK9R1hY/s320/IMG_0809.JPG" width="320" /></a><span class="s1">The moment I drove up the driveway I began to dread the thought of leaving this place. I’ve traveled a lot, said a lot of goodbyes, but never have I had such an overwhelming desire to stay at one place. I was able to mostly push the unwelcome thought aside until the last evening. Then a flood a emotions overcame me. I wanted with every fiber of my being to stay at this little earthly paradise, but I knew that there was absolutely no way. I had to go back to the routine of real life. When I awoke that dreaded day I didn’t want to get out of bed. I began to complain to the Lord about leaving. Softly He stopped my questioning. Gently He reminded me of the ways that He had lead in the past. As the scenes flooded my minds eye I once again was hit by the fact that He ALWAYS had my best interest in mind. No way He had lead was left to chance. But as I remembered, my little burning heart brought me back to the present. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">“Are you sure you know what you are doing this time Lord...This lifestyle is so good for me. I don’t want to go back to the busyness of life.”</span></div>
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<span class="s1">“Have I ever failed? Will you trust me again? Will you allow me to take you back home? Will you give this problem to me?” </span></div>
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<span class="s1">“Yes. Yes...you are trustworthy.” </span></div>
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<span class="s1">But He wasn’t finished with me yet. The voice came again. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">“What!” my little heart screamed. “Content?” </span></div>
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<span class="s1">“Yes, content. And not only content, but cheerful as well?” </span></div>
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<span class="s1">“Lord this is too much! How can I be cheerful when I feel as though my heart will fall out if I step foot from this place?” </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Five days passed...I was swamped with work and deadlines. Then one evening when I opened my email, my heart fairly flipped. There before my eyes was an email asking if there was anyway I could come back to the farm for a month. Immediately I tried to tell myself that there was no possible way, so I shouldn’t get my hopes up. Nevertheless I began to pray that if this was the Lord that He would open the many shut doors that stood between me and Oklahoma. </span></div>
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P.S. ~ For Clarity... I do love my Michigan home very much. It's just that I've realized lately how much I love the simplicity of the farming lifestyle. This month was a wonderful break from the stressful, electronic life. :) I'm glad I'm coming home again though to my family!!! :) </div>
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Ask most people what the word “Thanksgiving” means to them and you will get many of the above answers...and usually the word on which the celebration was founded is omitted...Gratitude. </div>
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<br />Hours later all hopes of freedom are trampled, for instead of setting sail to the promised land, they find themselves locked up in a damp, smelling, rotten prison...<br /><br />But why are they here? <br /><br />The answer is simple...<br /><br />They are not willing to bend or compromise to the will of the King...</div>
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<br />Because they cannot deny their God.<br />Even if it means suffering and even death. <br /><br />Yet through it all they are not discouraged...their lives are in their Father's hand and with that knowledge they quietly rest, trust, pray, and wait for another opportunity.<br /><br />-------------</div>
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<br /><br />Yet again their hearts are filled with thanksgiving to their Savior for bringing them to a land of freedom...a land of peace. </div>
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So this Thanksgiving may we remember our fathers who gave their lives for the freedom we now enjoy. And may we learn from them to have a spirit of gratitude. Not just today when all is fun and games, but also on those days when trials and sorrow draw near to discourage us. <br /><br />For just maybe our trials are blessings in disguise. </div>
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"Why do you have an open prison door, and chains for your lock screen and background?"</div>
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But the chains which consume my thoughts are not hard and metal as you may expect, but they are just as real...</div>
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So why have these become may passion? Because my prince...the one who alone can break chains and open doors has bidden me to help Him...</div>
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Though I'm completely and utterly unworthy of such a trust, I except the call because I once was one of the chained ones...I understand the misery and pain of chains...</div>
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I used to have gaping wounds where the chains had cut into my wrist...but now I only have scars...and they are my trophies...a reminder of how merciful my Prince is. </div>
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So my friends, you too may be free...if you know not how to begin or where to start, let me take your hand...I once was in your shoes...and I will take you to the chain smasher...the one who can make you free. And when He makes you free...you are free indeed! </div>
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The frail and the wounded about to give in.</div>
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There's news of release and captivity's end.</div>
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We've been set free, come and see!</div>
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Oh sleeper awake, come out of the night,</div>
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Throw open the door and step into the light,</div>
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For sin is undone and the wrong is made light.</div>
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We've been set free, come and see!</div>
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Come and see, the power of sin has been broken!</div>
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The gates of your prisons stand open, come and see!</div>
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Arise, believe, for the power at work both to rescue and save,</div>
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Is the power that raised Jesus Christ from the grave.</div>
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We've been set free, come and see!</div>
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I, too, lived in slavery, unmercifully bound.</div>
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Battered and broken I finally knelt down,</div>
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And there in obedience freedom was found, I've been set free!</div>
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And now through the dungeons of darkness and night,</div>
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I run in the freedom of liberty's light</div>
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We've been set free, come and see!"</div>
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And now you are free!</div>
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Come and see, the power of sin has been broken!</div>
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Arise, believe, for the power at work both to rescue and save,</div>
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Is the power that raised Jesus Christ from the grave.</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Bright rays of sunlight fall gently upon me creating a cozy blanket of warmth and peacefulness. Quietly my eyes trace the golden path that stretches far out to the horizon while the waveletes playfully tug about me. A seagull stands by as a sentinel on duty, carefully watching my every move. </span></div>
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But I don’t notice...my eyes are too filled with tears. Silently they spill out and trickle down my cheek adding a bit of salt to the vast expanse of blue. Someone is missing...one who has been here on almost every trip to this place. One who has spent countless miles with me treading these dunes...one who has spent numerous hours sharing heart to heart talks whiles leaving footprints in the sand. </div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">That someone? My best friend of 12 years. The one who knows me better than anyone else. The one who has been there...always. </span></div>
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The one who has shared my joys and my sorrows. The one who has never ceased to encourage me to higher ground. The girl God placed in my life to draw me closer to Him. She’s missing from this place...now over 1000+ miles away. </div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">As the tears continue to stream down my face, a still small voice whispers in my ear. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Be still, my soul, though dearest friends may part<br />
And all is darkened in the vale of tears;<br />
Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart,<br />
Who comes to soothe thy sorrows and thy fears.<br />
Be still, my soul; thy Jesus can repay<br />
From His own fulness all He takes away.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I understand your tears...and I cry with you. You were not meant for tears. I didn’t create them in the beginning and someday I will banish them forever. I will wipe them from your eyes with my own finger. But until then, I will bear your griefs and carry your sorrows. I understand the pain of separation...I went through it for you. I am here, even in your darkest hour and I will repay. I will turn your sorrow into joy. Someday, you will understand...someday you will see the end from the beginning and understand why. But until then trust me...I only take away what I can return with better. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The voice fades and the lapping of the waves again fills my ears. My tears are dried and those that remain are joyful ones. I serve a living God who cares enough to see the tears of a little lonely child and speak a word of comfort. A God who has gone through everything and more than I ever will. And a God who never fails to keep His promises. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Be still, my soul; the hour is hastening on<br />
When we shall be forever with the Lord,<br />
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,<br />
Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.<br />
Be still, my soul; when change and tears are past,<br />
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">5 weeks...the number stares me in the face. Can it really have been that long since the last post? Time has flown by the last month. “Mothering” seven young-ins for nine hours, five times a week, seems to leave me with little time for other pursuits. :) But don’t feel sorry for me! I’m loving every minute of it. Though there are times when I wonder why I ever got myself into this, I’m more than repaid by the grasp of a little hand in my own, a slobbery kiss on the cheek, or a sweet little voice whispering in my ear, “You are my <i>best</i> friend!” </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Splash! As the rock sinks out of sight, ripples begin to form, spreading their influence in an ever widening circle. Delighted giggles echo off the glassy surface marred only by the wavelets. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Again the scene is repeated and picked up by still others until there are 5 little voices making sure that I don't miss their splash. As the stone sends a spray of water into the air, 5 shiny pairs of eyes turn toward mine, eagerly waiting to see my smile and hear my encouragement. As I look into those expectant eyes I can't help but ponder...This is what it means to "become as a little child." I should be as eager as these little ones to have my Father's smile, His approval on everything that I do. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Death...It is an ugly word to many of us. Multitudes have felt its sting, its pain, its loss. It is a word that we tend to avoid like the plague. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">How could he be so comfortable and content with the word? Why does the it come up in the majority of His conversations? </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The answer: Because death is a prerequisite of life. One must die in order to live. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In 2 Corinthians he further explains - “For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifest in our mortal flesh.”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So we die that Christ may life...”I have been crucified with Christ, therefore I no longer live. Jesus Christ now lives in me!”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">And when Christ is alive in the heart, He binds us tightly to the vine that His life giving sap may flow through our dead self, giving life and joy to the body. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">“unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The Christian’s life is centered in death...a word we tend to avoid, but one which Christ embraces...For death brings...Life, and life<i> more </i>abundantly;</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Friends...let us put off our fear of “death” and instead wholeheartedly embrace it. Knowing that “<i>Thy Jesus can repay, </i>from His Own fullness all He takes away...” </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i>grace that transforms shattered fragments into stunning mosaics</i></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The church is the theater of His grace, in which He delights to make experiments of mercy on human hearts. ~ OHC 172</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997550478463018626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046395827711067377.post-45066845344982103932012-05-02T05:00:00.000-07:002012-05-02T05:07:30.649-07:00One Person at a Time<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Yes my Father?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i>I have a new assignment for you...</i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Really? What is it? </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i>I want you to change the world...</i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">What? Me? No! I think you forgot who you are talking to...or maybe I just misunderstood. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i>No, don’t worry...you heard correctly and yes, I know who I’m talking to. I’m serious. I know it seems completely impossible to your little finite mind, but are you willing to trust me? </i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I don’t know...I think you’ve overestimated me this time, Lord. Ah...well...I just don’t think I’m the one for the job...</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i>But my dearest child...I don’t call the equipped, I equip the called. Just trust me and let me work through you. </i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And so I struggled. My heart rebelling at the calling my Father was giving me. But finally He got through to me. He needed ME. He was pleading for ME. How could I resist Him? So with a fearing heart and trembling lips I gave in. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Lord, I’m willing, but I’m overwhelmed. Where do I even begin?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">And then He sent me just what I needed...through the paragraph a friend sent</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">They hold the unshakable conviction that individuals are extremely important, that <i>every life matters</i>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">They are willing to feed one stomach, educate one mind, and treat one wound. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">They aren't determined to revolutionize the world all at once; they're satisfied with small changes. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">He spoke through another friend’s <a href="http://www.believethepromise.com/2012/04/one-is-enough.html" target="_blank">post</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Changing the world is about individuals. About smiles. About a silent influence. About reaching out to those I meet everyday. About one.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">And so I’m determined...I’m off to change the world, one person at a time. Not through my own strength, but by living a life of complete abandonment to Him. I know it won’t always be easy...He hasn’t promised that, but He <i>has</i> promised to be there. And my Father <i>never</i> breaks His promises. </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">So my friend...will you join me? He is calling for you just as He is calling for me. You may have fears and doubts like I did, but don't let them stop you. He has all the power in heaven to impart on your behalf. Just surrender yourself completely to Him, let Him fill you and then you will become a lantern through which His light pours forth. The lantern doesn't have to worry about shining...the candle does that. The lantern just has to make sure it is emptied of <i>everything</i> but the candle. Our Father is looking for a whole army of lanterns...</span><br />
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Those who are willing to change the world...one person at a time.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997550478463018626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046395827711067377.post-33288181564327068362012-04-21T12:49:00.002-07:002012-04-22T09:50:26.713-07:00This Is Not My HomeI don't know about you, but everyday finds me with a deeper longing for home...Today the desire was kindled afresh. I'm determined to hold on till the end no matter the cost...anything we have to go through in this life, any trial or suffering endured will be found worth it in the end. While sitting under the tree of life we shall try and recount up our greatest trials, but they will seem so small in light of the eternal glory that surrounds us that we will not be able to speak them out...the only words on our tongue will be, "Hallelujah! Heaven is cheap enough!"<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I woke up this morning, the sun was shining,</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">the birds were singing, their carols raising,</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I felt a thrill fill my soul for the joy of being alive,</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">But as I looked out my window I saw tears in people’s eyes...</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">And I was reminded that this world is not my home,</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I’m just passing through...</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I don’t belong here, I’m but a stranger and a pilgrim in this land</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I’m treading down the straight and narrow path</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">My eyes fixed upward, upon the prize</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Oh, Lord Jesus led me home.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Every day I hear of more tragedies and deaths,</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Famines, wars, earthquakes, sorrows and thief,</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">How much longer can this poor earth go on?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Oh, Precious Jesus come and take us home!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I can’t help but praise you that this world is not my home!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Oh, Jesus keep me pressing forward, help me never forget...</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Oh, Lord Jesus...please...lead me home...</span></div>
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The less we see to esteem in ourselves, the more we shall see to esteem in the infinite purity and loveliness of our Saviour. A view of our sinfulness drives us to Him who can pardon; and when the soul, realizing its helplessness, reaches out after Christ, He will reveal Himself in power. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">So my fellow pilgrims, let us faithfully traverse this path ahead of us. Keeping our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who is just before us leading us to the city, and then...we will be safe!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997550478463018626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046395827711067377.post-21128442982428706212012-04-19T09:34:00.000-07:002012-04-19T09:34:15.566-07:00The Honor of God<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The sparkling sun was shining brightly in mid-heaven as a ruddy young man stepped out from among a multitude of trembling onlookers. Resolutely making his way down to the small brook nearby he stooped down and expertly choosing 5 smooth stones slipped them into the leather bag at his waist.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Looking up his eyes fall upon his opponent. A giant of a man, girded about with heavy armor and a mighty spear in his hand. No wonder all the host of Israel has quaked at the sight of this Goliath. His eyes turn upon himself...he is unarmed except for a limp leather sling and unprotected by armor. To the human eye it doesn’t look like much of a match, but to David he knows it’s much more then a match. He is not just some stripling young man out to make a show and earn himself honor. No, he is a soldier in the service of the God of heaven and the honor of his God is at stake.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">So you are not to look to yourself, not to let the mind dwell upon self, but look to Christ. Let the mind dwell upon His love, upon the beauty, the perfection, of His character. Christ in His self-denial, Christ in His humiliation, Christ in His purity and holiness, Christ in His matchless love--this is the subject for the soul's contemplation. It is by loving Him, copying Him, depending wholly upon Him, that you are to be transformed into His likeness. ~ EGW</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997550478463018626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046395827711067377.post-62088630015160476232012-04-19T09:24:00.001-07:002012-04-19T09:24:22.994-07:00Love Notes<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I can truly say that this last week has been one of the busiest and most stressful of my life, but it has also been one in which I’ve realized the love of a Father in a more real and deeper sense. One where I’ve once again stood in complete awe at the lengths He will go to show His love to a little girl.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">It wasn’t even the big things...just a little love note here and there...at the exact moment I needed it. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">My head on my pillow. Pondering...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">It’s late, but I can’t help but take a few moments gazing out my beloved skylights into the star studded heavens...my favorite talky time with my God.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">“The majesty and Glory of Your name...transcends the earth and fills the heavens...”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The words of a song come flashing into my mind...it’s been running through my head all day thanks to a friend, but now it comes again...emphasized.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">"When I gaze into the night sky, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">and see the work of you fingers.</span></div>
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“The name of God, given to Moses to express the idea of the eternal presence, had been claimed as His own by this Galilean Rabbi. He had announced Himself to be the self-existent One, He who had been promised to Israel, ‘whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity.’"</div>
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Suddenly, the significance of the words just spoken hits the priests. Turning to one another with hatred and anger in their voices they cry out, “Blasphemer! He is worthy of death because He has made Himself equal with God!”</div>
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Seeing the multitude on their side, the leaders again raise the cry, “Blasphemy!” </div>
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He is not worried about the angry mob. His focus is on the man who was born blind that the works of God might be displayed in him. </div>
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