Month: June 2023

Guidance and Provision

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The smoke from the wild fires has plagued our area for days.

“God help them fight the fire and bring a wind to blow the smoke away!”

A new smoke alert sounded, I notice our county is not mentioned. Hopeful, I walk outside to check my peas and raspberries.  Thankfully the air is good and I decide to work outside.

Picking peas was easy but, my raspberries are a mess.

I have a God thought: Less is more.

With emotional ties to the raspberries, I try a new thing.  I cut branches with tiny fruit and it opened up space to let air in to dry.

I hear thunder! “Time to head in, but let me get just a bit more.”

Thunder a second time. “OK, I’m heading in.”

Checking the radar it looks like the rain is an hour away so I decide to run. Listening for thunder and not hearing any I run three miles.

The sun has not set it’s time to weed the flowerbed.  Noticing pink in the clouds, I head to the cemetery for sunset pictures and I notice the smoke returning to the area.

“Thank You God for the thunder that stopped my weeding and clearing the rain so I could run breathing good air.”

The Sound of Freedom

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“The Sound of Freedom”

Have you seen the adds for it?

It is opening on July 4, 2023, and they are wanting people to pre-order tickets to open up more screens.

It was over five years ago when I first heard about it and it caught my heart back then.

Why do I care so much? It is just a movie, right?

The difference is the truth about it. So many kids are trafficked for sex, slavery or harvesting their organs. IT will soon be the biggest evil enterprise unless we work together to change it!

I connect to it because of my life. The seven year old girl in me cries out for someone to rescue her. Never let this happen to anyone else, ever again.

IT IS NOT a victimless crime. Children are people. Society suffers when this stuff goes on. When these children survive they are very broken people who need help.

The Good thing is God is Excellent at healing broken people.

God Shines His Light In the Dark and the dark has to flee!

Help us shine a light and change the world. Google it and get tickets.

God Is Very Good!

 

More Grace

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Waking with hope to start typing my book, but the day chips at the hope.

Pain causes me to lay down. I try everything I know but nothing is working. How wonderful it is to fall asleep and wake with no pain.

I start to make breakfast trying to rid the bad thoughts filling my mind when my phone rings.

A ministry calling, ” Happy Birthday, is there anything we can pray for.”

The phone call was perfect timing to remember God is still working in my life.

We take the dogs for a short walk but the smoke is bothersome. Wildfire smoke has made its presence here. There was a moment today when the sun came out and fresh air appeared. I walk outside. Finding peas and raspberries ready to be picked, I grab bowls and get busy.

Later in the evening I walk the dogs over a mile and most of it I cover my mouth with my shirt.  I do get my 10,000 steps.

I lay down again wait for the pain to leave trying to think of a way to move, and God says, “Take a bath!”

Hope grows and pain leaves. I start the dishwasher to heat the water. Sitting up I pray, read my Bible and Praise before getting into the tub.

No book writing today.

The feeling of God’s Grace fills me with Peace. He Knows my joy in gardening.

God Is Good!

New Beginning

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While I was making breakfast today, God dropped a new beginning to the book I need to write.

While Bart and I were walking, I pulled up my app to tell him how many days in a row I have been posting. Today is day 3o. It is a God thing!

Eighteen months ago God helped me get 10,000 steps for 30 days. My normal body has always shut down at least once a week. Stringing together days is a miracle.

The first 30 turned into 103 days of 10,000 steps. Many of those days I couldn’t move until about 8 P.M.. This has become the time when my body becomes alive making a run for the goal possible.

Last year on my first 30 day mark, I started running at least a mile every day. It continued for 73 days, ending with the string of 10,000 steps.

The second 30 day mark is when I started sitting at my computer and typing something every day. This trained me to get comfortable typing.

My speed has tripled and I am clicking on things with no fear of breaking something. The only time I missed typing was for Dad’s funeral.

I am at another 30 days mark. I Believe I need to keep daily posting, Making time to write the book is important.

My house and gardens still have much work needed and my raspberries are ripening already. HELP JESUS! HELP!

LORD I NEED GUIDANCE! Less pain would be good LORD! Amen!

GOD IS GOOD!

A Day In The Battle

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Waking with energy and no pain I am excited for church. It should be good I have almost 5 hours sleep!

Amazingly, I’m out the door early, but the vehicle is trying to tell me something.

I clicked OK a few times and say, “God Keep everyone safe on the road!

Arriving early, I feel excited to worship and see people. I am blessed.

When I start the vehicle to drive home the warnings were going off again. Mostly what I saw was the crash protection not working. I have driven for 45 years without crash protection. I’m fine.

My husband is getting all the alerts on his phone and calls. The drive-train had an issue. The alert didn’t leave the screen. What am I suppose to do? I’m 15 miles from home?

I stop at Aldies, it shouldn’t cause a problem.

Returning to the vehicle with food I ask, “God can you have someone come take my cart? Pain arrived.”

Within a few steps of returning my cart, a man sticks his hand out his window with a quarter. It takes me a minute to understand.  He wants my cart.

“Thank You Jesus!”

“Before he left his vehicle he asked,  “Are you a God person?

“Yes.” That is an unexpected question.

We talk for a few minutes, and he becomes the first person to take my business card!

I pray, “God Bless this man and his wife with Peace.”

I start home praying, “God Keep everyone safe on the roads and get me home safe!”

Arriving home, I wonder if it is just a computer problem because the car felt fine.  Whatever the problem, we are hoping the the warranty covers.

“Jesus let this be like the water pipe braking that took time and energy but it didn’t cost us anything. Do not let it be like the oven we have paid for twice and it still isn’t working. Help Jesus! Help!”

God Is Good!

The Chosen

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Have you heard of this TV program? They are taping the forth season at this time and I am waiting for it.

I first heard of it from Jerry Jenkins in his writing guild. His son, Dallas Jenkins was chosen by God to tell the story of Jesus through those who knew Him on earth.

The first time I saw his work was on Facebook, the short film of “The Shepherd.” When I saw it I cried and cried! I wanted to invest but we were out of a job at that time.

Jerry gave the information for the first four episodes and the first night I couldn’t log on, but I had access later and I watched them over and over.

This is the Jesus I Know!

The Jesus Who has taken me through all of everything and meets me where I am at. He knows when I am ready to grow and face the memories I protected myself from.

I do watch some of The Chosen nightly. Some nights it takes away my pain, and other times it just clears my mind of garbage. This program has been teaching me a better way to respond to situations.

If you haven’t checked it out I am begging you to! Look on your phone for “The Chosen App” and start watching for free! Let it change your life like it has changed mine.

God Is So Very Good.

Identity-even Jesus Needed

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 Jesus stayed three days in the temple when He was 12 years old. He listened and asked questions of the teachers, attaining information not available at home.

He needed to search the scriptures to know His Heavenly Father just as we need to do.

At His baptism The Holy Spirit rested upon Him and His Dad publicly announce, “You are My Son the Beloved; in You I have found My Delight.”

After He was filled with Holy Spirit and Knew Who He Was, Jesus was ready to fast 40 days in the desert and face the devil questioning Him, “If You are The Son of God?”

Jesus was filled up with everything He needed to stand firm.

My earthly fathers didn’t fill up my Love tank but God has done this. As I have learned of His LOVE for me and taken it into my soul then I have been able to stand up for what is True and Good and Acceptable, but when I was only partly filled I found myself backing down.

How does a person get filled up with the LOVE of GOD? Spend time with Him in His Word and prayer. Just talking about your day and asking Him about His day. Ask a question and listen for the answer.

He has answered all of my questions, I believe. Some of my answers arrived immediately but one came 30 years later. It was so interesting, I was eating breakfast and God said, “Yes.”

It was all I needed I knew what He was referring to. Why did He wait for so long? Maybe I wasn’t in the place to hear it before.

God is Good!

Pauline Prayer 2

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The prayer of our love abounding in real knowledge and discernment.

Philippians 1:9-10, 11

And this I pray, that our love will abound in real knowledge and all discernment,

How many people think of abounding in LOVE? And what do knowledge and discernment have to do with LOVE? Things to ponder.

Would having real knowledge and discernment expose the lie of twisted truth that pops into my mind?

so that each of us may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ;

Is God telling us that we cannot approve excellence without LOVE? Is the reason we are suppose to walk in LOVE to be sincere and blameless? Does that mean no shame or guilt?

having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

I know walking in The Righteousness of God in Jesus has transformed my life completely.

How will LOVE that leads us to BE SINCERE AND BLAMELESS change my life?

Pauline Prayer 1

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Philippians 1:9-10, 11

And this I pray, that our love will abound in real knowledge and discernment, so that each of us may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ;

having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

I notice, the fruit of righteousness is all through the New Testament. The only way to KNOW it is to receive the gift through through Jesus Christ. It has nothing to do with us except to receive the gift and believe it.

It took 15 years to really make His righteousness mine. I had such a shame countenance it took a lot of Word (reading my Bible) to wash my thoughts and transform me in my inmost being.

I knew it was mine when I stopped confessing that I am a sinner in church. My words changed in many places.

I know I am born again in the righteousness of God.

I watched my response to put down’s and rejections change. Self condemnation disappeared.

A New Found Confidence to speak up and be heard appeared and took me by surprise. Now  I am learning when to speak up and when to keep my mouth shut for Wisdom sake.

God Is Good!

Inheritance

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Romans 14:17 The kingdom of God is not eating or drinking but Righteousness, Peace, and Joy in the Holy Spirit.

For most of my life I went to church but didn’t understand anything about walking in the Power of God and His Righteousness.

In my 20’s God was asking me to spend more time with Him, but I talked with a friend for  hours every day I couldn’t give it up.

The next thing I knew we were moving 3000 miles away. God made a way for me to spend more time with Him. Living in Florida I found Joyce Meyer on TBN an she helped me grow in my faith.

The first thing she taught me was the power of forgiveness and I caught that quickly but righteousness of God took 20 years for me to make it mine.

Walking in the righteousness of God is the single most important thing that changed my life.

This is what I used to fight the self defeating thoughts that plagued my mind daily.

Who knows if I was able to give up talking for a few hours a day maybe God could have set me free from the self torture 20 years earlier. How would that have changed my life for the better.

I am thankful that God kept pursuing me.

Hosea 4:6  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge

Proverbs 4:5-8  acquire  Wisdom and get Understanding and prize them

God Is So Very Good!