God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.'”
Exodus 3:14 NIV
Jan24
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Jan24
Let My Life Be The Proof Of Your Love
If I sing but don’t have love…I waste my breathe with every song…I bring, an empty voice…A hollow noise
If I speak with a silver tongue…Convince a crowd but don’t have love…I leave a bitter taste…With every word I say
So let my life be the proof…The proof of Your love…Let my love look like You…And what You’re made of
How you lived, how You died…Love is sacrifice…So let my life be the proof…The proof of Your love
If I give to a needy soul…But don’t have love then who is poor…It seems all the poverty…Is found in me
When it’s all said and done…When we sing our final song
Only love remains…Only love remains
If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing. If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.
1 Corinthians 13:1-7, The Message
The Gospel is a message of love…
Lord, let my life be the proof of Your love…
Jan24
Hold On To The Promises
Jan24
“Should’ve Been Me”
Let’s all face it…
It should’ve been us!!
Jan21
“Never Once”
Jan21
“Behold, He Is Coming With The Clouds…”
“And every eye will see Him…” Revelation 1:7
“Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.”
I Thessalonians 4:17
“…and they will see the Son of Man
coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.”
Matthew 24:30
“Jesus said to him,
‘You have said it yourself; nevertheless I tell you, hereafter
you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power,
and coming on the clouds of Heaven.’”
Matthew 26:64
“And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above;
and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.”
Daniel 12:3
“When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars,
which You have set in place, what is man that You are mindful of him,
and the son of man that You care for him?”
Psalm 8:3-4
“To Him who made the great lights,
for His steadfast love endures forever.”
Psalm 136:7
“The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it,
for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.”
Revelation 21:23
“And the street of the city was pure gold…”
Revelation 21:21
Jan20
As a Christian, I gotta say this is the most eloquent post on the subject of Christianity that I’ve read in a long time!!
I started running again. I have never been a serious runner. It’s easy to make excuses to sit at home on my behind.
“I’m reading a book, so I’m actually exercising my mind.”
“I don’t have time for this stuff. I barely have enough time to do the things I really want to do.”
“I am not built properly. I’ll injure myself.”
“Runners’ feet stink. I don’t want that to happen to me.” ***
“I just don’t like to run.”
“I was humiliated in high school by their running program. They made me feel terrible about myself. No thanks.”
But I am motivated when I watch my husband. He’s a very serious runner. 30+ miles a week, up at 5:45 every morning to get it done, and he’s a basket case if the weather or illness prevents him from running for several days in a row.
My desire to run…
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Jan19
Lunch Will Be Served On Our Front Lawn! Hope You Love Fish!!
“Hey! Is this where the party is???”
“Oh yeah! Lunch is served!!”
“We’re big birds! We want more!!”
“Oh, they’re so greedy!!”
“Who me? What do you mean???”
“I’m ready for my close-up!!”
“Did you have to invite these two guys???”
“Watch it!”
“Humph!”
“Okay, lunch was delicious! Let’s be friends!
See you tomorrow…
Same time, same place!!”
Thank you, God, for Your fine-feathered friends to delight us!!
Jan17
Hey! Did You Hear? My Son Is Now Quoting Me On FB!
Does that mean I’m really a writer!?! Ha!
It just started last week!
We were at drama practice sitting around trying to think of some good choreography…
For “Me Without You” by tobymac…
Great song!
There’s an instrumental part (sort of robotic-sounding) in the middle of the song…
And we were trying to think of cool movements for it…
So, as we were tossing ideas back and forth…
One of us (probably me! Ha!) said,
“How about if Jesus was a robot in this part???”
Everyone laughed, except for one of our newer boys!
He had been asking questions all practice…
Like…
“Why do we need to BE a piano?
Or turn ourselves into musical instruments?”
We tried to explain how human video dramas are done at Fine Arts competitions…
If the song talks about a ladder…
We need to MAKE a ladder using the people in the drama…
If there’s a hill…
We MAKE a hill with our bodies!
Still he didn’t get it!!
So I guess the “robot-Jesus” idea was the last straw!!
He was so exasperated with all of us…
That he said, “That’s just really offensive to talk about Jesus like that!!”
That’s when I said the line that my son quoted on FB!!
“Don’t take us as seriously as you’re trying to!!!”
All the older kids cracked up…
My son wrote it down and posted it…
As a quote from his wise Mom…
And I got 20 “Likes” on his FB page!!
Two days later, I had a funny dream that I remembered completely…
Most of it was a convoluted story of us moving into a new house…
Realizing that it was falling apart…
That the previous owners left all their stuff…
Even a kielbasa/hotdog- looking food item in the grill, etc., etc.
Oh, and I dropped my cell phone in a lake!
Crazy!
But, at the end of the dream…
I was coming home late from somewhere…
And my retired cop husband was sitting in his car in a Foodtown parking lot where we used to live in NJ…
Waiting for me to make sure I was safe…
I saw him sitting in his car with the headlights on…
And I thought, “How nice!”
Just as I was going to turn right to pull into the parking lot…
A HUGE Moose
Came charging at the left side of my car!!
I was at a red light…
But, I said to myself…
“I remember what my husband always said to me!
‘If a HUGE Moose came at you, even if you’re at a traffic light…
Step on the gas and get out of there!!'”
By this time, after telling my husband and son this crazy dream…
We were all laughing hysterically!!
My husband does give us lots of safety tips…
But never once about a HUGE Moose!!
But, I got 30 “Likes” on that one!
One of my friends read it and didn’t understand it!
Guess you had to be there!
My philosophy is…
To never take myself or life too seriously!
Ahhhh…Laughter!
Belly laughs…
Joy, Joy, Joy!!!
Jesus, give me more of it!!
“A joyful heart is good medicine…” Proverbs 17:22
“Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy;
Then they said among the nations, ‘The Lord has done great things for them.’” Proverbs 126:2
“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance…” Ecclesiastes 3:4
“A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.” Proverbs 15:13
“Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!” Psalm 32:11
Jan13
“Up On The Roof”
“Hoo…Hoo!”
The way the sun’s shining, makes this dove seem as if it’s made of clay, like our roof!
But, it’s very real!!
Looking up…I caught these black birds perched on a neighbor’s roof!
They have a great view of the Heavens!
And not a care in the world!
Jesus, if we would just learn to look up, too!
And stay fixated on You…
I know you’d care for us, also!
Amen!
When I look up (fix my eyes on You!)…
I see some amazing things!
I remember all your promises…
I see all Your faithfulness…
Help me in this new year to do just that!
“…fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before Him He endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2 NIV
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