This is an article from an email newsletter created especially for my children a decade ago. I have been wanting to republish these so from time to time I willl share one.
9:01 AM 04/08/2001
Mom's Musings.....Thinking on Things
"And therefore, will the LORD wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait upon Him." Isaiah 30:18
It seems that there is always some area in our life that we are learning to wait on the LORD. He uses this as a discipline in our lives continually. Although it is trying for us, He is a good God and withholding the answer is part of the best plan he has for us.
His ideal for us is that we would learn from each waiting experience that His way is best, and that as we are waiting, we can look forward to the conclusion with absolute confidence that His way is perfect. During the waiting times, He offers grace and peace for the asking.
As a woman, I have personally experienced what is one of the hardest experiences in life...awaiting the birth of a child. How Satan would torment me with fearful thoughts and anxiety during those months!
At that time I did not know the promises of God, so just cowered at these attacks and hoped and yes prayed that everything would turn out right! The aspect that probably bothered me most during those times was my total lack of control.
As Christians, we can face life's earthly uncertainties knowing that GOD is always at work....that He is in absolute control, and that He is withholding the conclusion to present it in His perfect timing. His way is best...He does this to prove His compassion, grace and mercy in our lives, to glorify Himself, and for other reasons to be revealed in eternity. However we can be sure that all is done with His Perfect love toward us.
No Greater Joy !!!
lll John 4
Rev.Sat.Jan 15,2010
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Thinking on Things January 2011
Do you make lists? I tend to do that, especially as I get older. It does help me to not forget what needs to be accomplished, or attained. Somehow I am impressed to go toward a simple list for this New Year. I believe this list will guide me in the days ahead to remain focused on what is important. To assess things of true (value) it is necessary to judge by THE TRUTH, God's Holy Word to me.
1.Recognize my purpose: To love God, to be devoted to Him. He wanted someone to love and be loved by Him. He loves me because I am His child. What I do is noted by Him, but that is not why He loves me. He has goals for me, but that is not why He created me. If I love God the way He desires to be loved I will be fulfilling the desire of His heart! It will lead to the acts of love and obedience that my being is equipped by God for.
Revelation 4:11 "Thou art worthy O Lord, to receive Glory (praise and adoration), and Honour (respectful obedience) and power (my strength and ability): for Thou hast created all things and for Thy pleasure they are and were created."
2.Recognize the plan: To love the Lord with all my heart, soul, and mind. It is an intentional, fervent love, that will involve my emotions, my physical body, and the submission of my will (willing to, wanting to) do the things of His good pleasure. This is a constant,trusting love that He actually develops in me as our relationship grows. This is a wonderful, mysterious love unlike any earthly relationship, since it is built on trusting my all-perfect and truthful God Who will never break a promise to His child!
Luke 10:27 "Thou shalt love the LORD thy GOD with all thy heat, with all thy with all thy soul,; and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself."
3.Recognize the priorities: Next, to impart His love to others. Only by developing my relationship with Him, will I then love and help others the way He wants them to be loved. Unconditionally. In this sharing of my beloved, I cannot hold myself back. My motive will be love. Jesus personified this example for us.
John 17:26 "And I have declared unto them Thy name, and will declare it, that the love wherewith Thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them."
4.Recognize His presence and power: God Himself is ever-present with me as the Holy Spirit. He is within and without. He guides,leads,and empowers me. How I thrill as I write this because God alone knows the path ahead this year. It may be a dark path that He will enlighten, or a steep path that is hard and rocky. It may be that He will need to carry me. His loving care for me will never fail.
Ephesians 4:30 " And grieve not the Spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." "What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have of God and ye are not your own,? Ye are bought with a price...therefore glorify God in your body and in your Spirit, which are God's." "...for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God and they shall be my people.
" I Corinthians 6:19,20,2 Corinthians 6:16 "Greater is He that isin you than he that is in the world."I John 4:4
1.Recognize my purpose: To love God, to be devoted to Him. He wanted someone to love and be loved by Him. He loves me because I am His child. What I do is noted by Him, but that is not why He loves me. He has goals for me, but that is not why He created me. If I love God the way He desires to be loved I will be fulfilling the desire of His heart! It will lead to the acts of love and obedience that my being is equipped by God for.
Revelation 4:11 "Thou art worthy O Lord, to receive Glory (praise and adoration), and Honour (respectful obedience) and power (my strength and ability): for Thou hast created all things and for Thy pleasure they are and were created."
2.Recognize the plan: To love the Lord with all my heart, soul, and mind. It is an intentional, fervent love, that will involve my emotions, my physical body, and the submission of my will (willing to, wanting to) do the things of His good pleasure. This is a constant,trusting love that He actually develops in me as our relationship grows. This is a wonderful, mysterious love unlike any earthly relationship, since it is built on trusting my all-perfect and truthful God Who will never break a promise to His child!
Luke 10:27 "Thou shalt love the LORD thy GOD with all thy heat, with all thy with all thy soul,; and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself."
3.Recognize the priorities: Next, to impart His love to others. Only by developing my relationship with Him, will I then love and help others the way He wants them to be loved. Unconditionally. In this sharing of my beloved, I cannot hold myself back. My motive will be love. Jesus personified this example for us.
John 17:26 "And I have declared unto them Thy name, and will declare it, that the love wherewith Thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them."
4.Recognize His presence and power: God Himself is ever-present with me as the Holy Spirit. He is within and without. He guides,leads,and empowers me. How I thrill as I write this because God alone knows the path ahead this year. It may be a dark path that He will enlighten, or a steep path that is hard and rocky. It may be that He will need to carry me. His loving care for me will never fail.
Ephesians 4:30 " And grieve not the Spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." "What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have of God and ye are not your own,? Ye are bought with a price...therefore glorify God in your body and in your Spirit, which are God's." "...for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God and they shall be my people.
" I Corinthians 6:19,20,2 Corinthians 6:16 "Greater is He that isin you than he that is in the world."I John 4:4
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