Something to think about...

 

If we don't tear down the walls around our hearts and swing wide the gates of our souls...JESUS will never really be all...everything...to us. He will be our Savior...if we have asked Him to forgive our sins...but we will still always be longing for something more. We may never quite feel like it is completely well with our soul.

 

"until we see JESUS....face to face"

Well In You

Lord Jesus grow me well in You
Touch my heart through and through
Heal my soul and make me new
Every moment more like You
Make me every last bit whole
Cleanse my mind I give You control
Help me think on things serene
Lead my feet to things unseen
Fill me Lord with Your Holy Fire
So when I'm weak You are my only desire
Lord Jesus grow me well in You
You have touched me Lord through and through

Cstrech
2018

Psalm 118:24
This is the day the LORD has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.


Today Lord I surrender my heart feelings and thoughts...once again...to You.
Today Lord I surrender my soul and what I know is true in me...completely...to You.
Though I have failed You over and over again...with all I have in me...I long for only You.

Today Lord I am putting the lies of the enemy under my feet.
Today Lord I am choosing Your way.
Today Lord I  am choosing total abandon of my feelings and going with my heart.
Today Lord I am believing in and meditating on You and the things of You.

Philippians 4:8
 ⁸ Finally, believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of respect, whatever is right and confirmed by God’s word, whatever is pure and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace, whatever is admirable and of good repute; if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think continually on these things [center your mind on them, and implant them in your heart]. 

Today Lord I am placing You firmly in the center of my will...the center of my heart...the center of my soul. 


Today Lord I am choosing to worship You from way down deep inside.
All my heart...
All my soul...
All my being...


Today Lord I am choosing to make You the center of me. I ask that You help me to place You...implant You and Your ways firmly and deeply...above everything and everyone...in my heart.

Today Lord I am choosing to walk into freedom...and eternity...with You.

"until we see JESUS...face to face"

True Joy

True joy...inner joy...comes from our relationship with Jesus not our circumstances in this life. Life happenings can bring us joy for a time but invariably things happen that change our feelings. But true joy...everlasting joy...springs up from within and nothing can take that from us. Not loss...pain...sickness...nothing can take it away!! True joy is more than a feeling...it's a gift from God...a never ending way of life when He is the One whom bestows it...gives it...too you! 

Joy...Joy...unquenchable joy
Given us by the Lord through love
Joy...Joy...undeniable joy
When we are filled with His love
Joy...Joy...such amazing joy
Dropped down from the Lord up above
Joy...Joy...awesome joy
Falls on us as sweet rain from above

"until we see JESUS...face to face"

Come Holy Spirit

Except for the sound of the crickets the night is quiet and calm where I am. Though not so much that way in my thoughts. I am a bit on the edge and have been all day.  For me the calmness will only come when I read the Word...listen to worship music...and actually worship the Lord while doing these things. Oh...and writing...it helps to just pen my thoughts and feelings down.
The Lord brings peace to us in the midst of our troubles. And I am thankful.

So, while trying to sort out for myself the things that are putting me on the edge...I took a break and picked up a magazine! In the story a line from Steel Magnolias was quoted..

"Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion."

Well, I have to say that tears and emotion aren't even "words" I like. Not to mention actual things I like! But...God used that one line to speak this to me...


Hold on to the moment when you are able to find laughter in the midst of your tears...don't ever take it lightly. Why? Because to reach the point where you find the laughter you first have to fight through all the heaviness...the pain...the reason you are filled with the tears. So when you can once again tell the stories and release the pain...laughter will surely flow back in to you. Then, when the laughter comes allow it to flow through you because I think it is a gift from God. To have laughter, and let it flow out of you, is a by product of having allowed the Holy Spirit to apply the salve...the healing balm...to your mind, heart and soul for the hurt/adversity you carry in your heart.

Ask the Holy Spirit to come. To fill you with Him.

Come Holy Spirit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR0uTNwIqOY

All We Will Ever Need

In the light of His presence...the wholeness of His healing...the comfort of His love...we find sweet amazing grace...strength to face our fears...peace that passes all understanding.  In our brokenness He comes and shows us that He really is all we will ever need.  When we are tired...He grants us rest.  When we are broken...He is our joy.  When we are weak...He gives us strength.

2 Corinthians 12:9
But He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you [My lovingkindness and My mercy are more than enough—always available—regardless of the situation]; for [My] power is being perfected [and is completed and shows itself most effectively] in [your] weakness.” Therefore, I will all the more gladly boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ [may completely enfold me and] may dwell in me.

You need to become deeply rooted in Him so that whatever comes your way...

You. Will. Not. Be. Shaken...ever!

Colossians 2:6-7
⁶ Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in [union with] Him [reflecting His character in the things you do and say—living lives that lead others away from sin], ⁷ having been deeply rooted [in Him] and now being continually built up in Him and [becoming increasingly more] established in your faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing in it with gratitude.


Psalm 16:8
I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Psalm 62:2
He alone is my rock and my salvation,
My defense and my strong tower; I will not be shaken or disheartened.

So praise Him today and always!  For He is our Lord...our Savior...Jesus.  He has made us new and alive in Him and someday we will be with Him...

"until we see JESUS...face to face"



 

 

"I Am Here"

Sometimes the pain is great
We think too much to bear
But then we hear the Lord
He whispers "I am here."
I'm here right in the midst
Of all your heartache and your pain
Your sickness and your fear
Just come to Me and cling
Let Me take it all
The pain and misery
Turn to Me just now
Lay it down for Me
Enter in My rest
Come humbly now and stay
Nestle in find comfort
Find peace in Me today
I'll take your pain and heal you
Body mind and soul
Enter in just now
My rest will make you whole
I love you oh My child
More than your heart can know
Fall in My arms again
My love will make you whole