Fullness in faith

Have no fear little flock.  Have good cheer little flock.  Praise the Lord high above. Thankful hearts raise to God.   These are a couple lines from a song in my Bible study.  Have no fear, have good cheer, praise the Lord and be thankful.   These are important things to remember.   Sometimes loneliness becomes a huge problem for us and we forget Jesus is with us, always helping us! Fear not and have good cheer.     I heard a study quote; “Loneliness in our culture is a predominate problem”.    I remember the severity of the loneliness I once faced.   I was married and had three children but I suffered with deep loneliness.   I was not walking with the Lord.  I called myself a Christian.  But I wasn't reading His word or singing His praises.   Now I am actually alone most of the time.  My children are adults and I am divorced.   But I'm not lonely.  I am full.   It's because I know Jesus is with me always constantly guiding me to do His will.    Today, make sure you are living in His fullness not your emptiness.    When I was living in my emptiness I tried to fill myself with food, relationships or exercise.   I love all the above, but I don't look to those things to fill my heart.  I look to Jesus who fills me completely.  😇🙏♥️🦅.  John 10:10 "The thief comes only to  steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." Matthew 28:20"Lo, I am with you always even to the end of the age."

Spinning world , solid Rock

As I watch the sunrise this am I am reminded that our earth is actually spinning and from I remember of science class it is actually spinning pretty fast!   God is not spinning He is the solid Rock we can stand upon.  He give us true perspective, regarding our spinning world. 😇🙏♥️🦅 Isaiah 26:3-4 “You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. 4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord is the Rock eternal.”

Frosting frenzy

I just ate frosting for breakfast!!  Okay.  There was a little cake attached but not much.   I don’t really like cake.  But I love frosting.  

Usually I  eat the cake to get to the frosting but today, I had a lot of left over cake and didn’t want it to go to waste so,,,,,,,I ate the rest of the frosting with a little cake attached for breakfast.   I enjoyed it but I will be paying for that.     Sugar causes inflammation in our bodies.   This inflation makes my arthritis act up.   I know better then to OD on sugar but sometimes I ignore what I know and do want I want.   Problem is what I really want is good health and when I make temporary indulgences I jeopardize my overall good health.    Now I think it’s reasonable to have a treat.   But over the top is gluttony.      I like the saying, “A moment on the lips, forever on the hips”.    I could have thrown the cake and frosting away.  A friend of mine once s said, “It’s in the waste or around your waist,  your choice.”.  Romans 8:18 is a good motivation to put off temporary pleasure for eternal rewards.    Many things bid for our temporary pleasure,  that are simply not good for us.  Today, let’s let Gods word guide us in discipline!!! 😇🙏♥️🦅 Romans 8:18 “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”

Fires of life

Jeremiah 17:7-8 "But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, who's confidence is in Him.  8He will be like a tree planted by the water it does not fear when heat comes; it's leaves are always green.  It has no worries in the year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."   These are a couple of my favorite verses.  The tree doesn't "fear" when the heat comes.   We all can "feel the heat". As a Fire Fighter I remember, "The Heat" if things were getting too hot, it was likely time to get out.   For sure it was time to get to the seed of the fire and put it out.    Life has lots of fires.   We shall not fear when the heat comes but Trust God and do what we can to get to the seed of the fire and put it out.    Many times we can not fix the fires of life.  When we put our faith first it’s like putting on our turnout gear and donning our SCBA’s .  We have tools to do what needs to be done.    Don your Faith today and always let His word guide you through the flames of life!! 😇🙏♥️🦅. Don’t fear  when the heat comes, Trust God, keep your leaves green and continue to bear fruit!!😇

Live free

John 8:36 "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed."      When I first quit drinking my kids would remind me of all the bad thing I did.    I would tell them, " I'm really sorry about that and it was horrible, but that was the old mom.  I am a new mom because of Jesus.   I had been freed of my alcoholism.    It didn't mean I was free to drink, but free to leave that demon alone.  Today be free in Jesus from the sin that can ensnare you!😇♥️🙏💃🦅

Sin is sin

John 8:7 "When they kept on questioning Him, He straightened up and said to them, " If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."     Jesus is speaking here about the woman caught in adultery.   It is easy to judge others if they have loud sins. Murder, adultery, stealing to me seem like loud sins.   Sin is sin.    Jesus said if we hate in our hearts   We have committed murder, he said if we lust after an other man's wife we have committed adultery.   Each of us have issues in our hearts.  I'm thankful the loud sins of my past are not as much of a temptation for me now, but sin is my constant battle.  The condition of my heart is something I always need to train.    I train my heart by reading Gods word and seeking His ways and wisdom in my life.   I ask the Holy Spirit to guide me in my readings and in my life.   Then I try really really hard to listen and have a pure heart.   When I get a little haughty thinking somehow I'm better then someone else that is in a loud sin.   I try to stop and have compassion.  Sin is quick.  It can over take me in a moment.    I know what it's like to fall into the "Loud" sins.   I know what it's like to fall into the , culturally acceptable sins.   Jesus died on the cross to forgive us all our sins and give us a right standing with God.   Today, if you're tempted to be judging, take a look at your own heart and accept the forgiveness Jesus died to give you and extend that forgiveness to others😇🙏♥️🦅

Don’t put a square peg in a round hole

 John 4:27 "To this John replied, "A man can receive only what is given him from Heaven."     This verse reminds me of the phrase, you can fit a square peg in a round hole."   I want to force things to happen.  I want the healing that doesn't come.  I want..... we all have this.  Trust God.   I would like to be the great fixer, but that is not my job.  That is Gods job.  He is  sovereign.   He can be trusted.  Today be inspired to let God be God and you be you. 😇🙏🦅♥️.  In AA we pray, “God grant me the serenity, to accept the things I can not change, change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.”

His Word not our worry

"Lord, let me listen to your Word, not my worry!”  This is my prayer today .    We all have things that we can choose to worry about.    I have a couple projects ahead of me that seem insurmountable.   Yet, His Word assures me.  Philippians 4:11 " I am not saying this because I am in need , for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty.  I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, weather well fed or hungry, weather living in plenty or in want.  13 I can do everything through Him who gives me strength."      Philippians 4:6 "Do not be anxious about anything, but In everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will gaurd your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."    These verses are helping me remember that no matter how daunting the tasks a head of me seem.  God is bigger!!!  Gods got this!!   I’ll put on my “try”, I’ll do my best and leave God in charge of the rest. 😇🙏🦅♥️

He is actually in charge of my best too😇.  Even if I have a fail, He’s got it!!

Bad dog owner!

Today I am winning "bad dog owner" award.    I gave my dog table scraps that had a lot of fat in them and she had diarrhea all over my hallway.   I gave her these scraps to make her happy.   Yet as her master, if I want to do what is best for her I would withhold them from her.    My son saw her lately and said, "your dog is fat".  That is an other example of me giving her more food then she needs.     God doesn't do that.  He sees the big picture and He gives us what we need not what we beg for, if what we beg for is not His will. He loves each of us so much that He waits for the right time to give us the right things.   Today be patient as you live life Gods way.   😇🙏🦅♥️.  John 7:6 "Therefore Jesus told them, "The right time for me has not yet come; for you any time is right. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil.  8 You go to the Feast. I am not yet going to the Feast, because for me the right time has not yet come."

Can’t sleep? Read and rest😇🙏

The other day I couldn't sleep.  I felt anxious.  I usually sleep well  but I had been busy and had been skipping exercise time and Bible time.   I had missed both for about a week so it's no surprise, I was  loosing my "peace".   I got down on my knees and asked God for wisdom.    Then to hear Him, I opened the Bible to read.  My Bible opened to Matthew 11.  It's amazing to me how God speaks to us and meets our every need when we open His word.    Matthew 11:28-30. "Come to me , all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."    I hope these verses help you today too😇🙏♥️🦅 TRUST 

Cast your cares!!

1 Peter 5:7 " Cast all your anxiety upon Him for He cares for you."   This is one of my favorite verses.  Easy to memorize and very spot on!!   I've been over busy and running on low sleep for over a week.   Sorry I haven't posted these inspirational verses.    I should be back😇.   I did get the lake house closed and I now have a new beautiful, kind,wonderful and extremely patient daughter in law!!!   She is an amazing addition to our family.  I'm So very thankful!!!😇🙏♥️🦅

Still of the moon and warmth of the sun

Thank you Lord for the still of your moon and the warmth of your Sun. Let us sing your tune as we go forth.  Let your radiance shine bright, either day or night."   Yesterday morning I took my final paddle board for the season on Pelican lake.  I started out in the dark under the full moon with the water so still the stars were reflecting off it.    On my way home the "Son" rose.  I felt it's warmth, as I watched the moon set. At the same time there was an Eagle.   It was clearly an amazing moment!!   A friend of mine once said, "I can feel the warmth of His Son, as I sit in His Sun.    That's where my Son spelling comes from.    Sunshine always reminds me of walking in the light of Jesus.     Today let's walk in His light and Shine!!! Be bright !!!😇🙏🦅♥️

Walking in the warmth

Nahum 1:7 "The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him."       At the Cabin I have electric heat and a big stone fire place.   I am conservative with the heat because it is expensive.      So I can really tell the difference when I walk into a heated room.  I love the warmth kicked out but the fire place.  But that too is only used sparingly since I have to attend to it.   Walking into the comfort of a warm room reminds me of walking into the comfort of Jesus.     When my heart is stead fast on trusting God even the cold is warm.      

Thank you for the No

Matthew 7:7-8 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  8 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door will be opened."     Knock...Knock!!  😇.   God hears our every prayer and He knows what we need before we even know what we desire.  This song reminds me that we often don't get want we ask for but we get what we need; for Gods good, sometimes that is very hard.  Knock, Wait, Trust, Knock, Wait, Trust.....He knows!!!!  He's got this...He's got it all!!!

Tasha Layton; “Thank you for the No”.  This is a great song.   I’d post it here if I knew how😇

Glorious will return

Jeremiah 29:7-8 "But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. 8 He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; it's leaves are always green.  It has no worries in a year of draught and never fails to bear fruit."   TRUST.    Yesterday, was my last water ski day of the year.   It was a glorious lake day!!   75 degrees, sunny and low winds dominated the day.   Leaves were in full color I felt so much joy I didn't want the day to end.    Today, it's 40 degrees with high winds out of the North.   TRUST is like the weather, even though today looks less then ideal for me I know God will give me an other glorious day.

Don’t hope so …KNOW SO!!

John 6:32 "Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one He has sent."   It's that simple!!! Believe 1.  You are a sinner and can't save yourself. 2.  Jesus came to this earth suffered and died for you to pay the price of your sins and give you right standing with God.   3.  Jesus rose from the dead and you too will have eternal life through your faith in Him.    I golfed with a dear Friend  of mine that recently lost his only son.   His son was a believer and I have been assuring my friend he will see his son again if he simply believes.   He said, "I hope so".   I told him, don't hope so....KNOW So!!    He said he likes that.  He said.  I believe the three things you say.  But all this religious stuff.   I don't buy all that.    Religious stuff turns a lot of people off, the church is made up of broken people that also turn people off.    Keep the main thing the main thing.  Jesus is the way the truth and the life!!   It's that simple.   😇♥️🙏🦅

Fading flower? Flourishing Word!!

Isaiah 40:8 "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of our God stands forever." ......22 "He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, ands it's people are like grasshoppers."   ..... 28 "Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the Earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom."   I really like Isaiah chapter 40!  As I ponder it this morning,  I am reminded, I am a flower that falls, or a piece of withering grass.   God knows!! He understands my need to make a difference with this short life I get.  He gives me His Word  so I can.     I look at the people who have been my greatest influences for good and they are the people who directed me to Jesus, through His word.  Thanks you Lord for putting your Word in our hearts so we can help others know you, and know your peace of everlasting.😇🙏🦅❤️

I used to get discouraged to think I was just a fading flower but know I am encouraged knowing that while I am here learning and sharing His Word, He has a great impact on others during my short stay.

Spirit and Truth…. Simple?

John 4:24 " God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship In Spirit and in truth." As I read this today I am evaluating weather I am truly worshiping God in Spirit and Truth  it is a constant battle for me to turn from my fleshly desire and walk in Spirit and Truth.  Sincere thankfulness helps me.  Seeing the leaves approaching full color here at the Lake it's easier to stay in reverence and awe for God's magnificence!!  He takes the time to paint the trees and He knows our every word before

 they are formed on our tongues......Such and awesome God there is no way my flesh could ever be enough to praise Him fully.  

Walk in Spirit and Truth!!!