Hello,
today i am not planning on giving a "Word from the LORD", today i feel lead just to write. I am learning to be patient. I am learning to be compassionate and understanding. I am learning to "keep my eyes on my own paper" as my teacher used to remind me. There is great wisdom in that little saying, "keep your eyes on your own paper"... we used to think of that as an admonishment to keep us from the temptation of cheating... but is it any different when the Father admonishes us through His word in Gal 6:4 where He tells us to not "compare ourselves to others". The context there shows Paul telling us to do our own work, without comparing ourselves to others and thus becoming proud. I believe for many of us it is also fair to conclude that comparing ourselves to others can also lead to needless or excessive self-ridicule and discouragement. Clearly the word tells us to keep our eyes on what WE do, not what others do. Then we can "have the personal satisfaction and joy of doing something commendable [in itself alone] without [resorting to] boastful comparison" (Amplified)
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
13 Mar 2009
"Do you do what i ask? Evaluate yourself honestly, do you DO what I ask? I don't mean the really big things, I mean the simple things like "pray for this person right here", "say to them that I LOVE them", or "tell this person that I see their tears and an answer is on the way"? There are so many opportunities that I invite you to participate in what I am doing. I WANT you to be part of all that I am doing! I invite you and yet most times you rebuff my invitation. Like my parable of the party, "The party is prepared, servants go tell the invited guests the dinner is ready! But the invited guests make excuses why they will not come: "I'm already commited to something else", "I have a new piece of property i just bought and want to check it out", "I'm already running behind schedule, what if they want to talk...", "what if they are not having a 'bad' day, I would look silly", "what if I'm really not hearing God correctly"... so I pass the invitation on to others. Don't you know that I PERPARED these good works in advance for you to do? Don't you realize I custom-made these opportunities and arranged events for you to be THE ONE to receive my blessings by participating? and yet you dismiss my gift to you as a nuisance, a bother, an inconvenience, something to be avoided. My heart is saddened when you reject my offer. I know that you are afraid of what might happen. BUT, my CHILD, don't you realize that I AM there, I AM watching, I AM your protector and I will NOT allow anything happen to you that I do not desire. Do you REALLY believe I AM good? Do you REALLY believe I LOVE you with a LOVE you can NOT fully understand? So I pose this question to you again, "Do you do what I ask?" ... "If you love me, keep my commandments."
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
4 March 2009
The "Protector" says:
"My children, it is time to draw close to Me. When a mother recognizes or senses that danger is near by, she instinctively draws her children closer to her. She "restricts" their movement and to the child it seems like punishment, but in reality it is Love and Protection. The storm is coming and it is time to move closer to Me. It may seem that I will "restrict" your movement and activities, it will SEEM like I am punishing you, but my sweet child, it is protection. Being nearer ME will provide protection from what is to follow. "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the last days"... why is it that only Noah and his family were saved? Didn't the warning go out? Didn't Noah "give a clear and obvious witness" that judgement was coming? Yes he did, yet no one took his warning seriously because THEY could not see the danger for themselves and would not rely on someone else who COULD see the danger. I am saying, the "danger" is coming and unless you heed the warnings, you too will be lost like the friends and other family members of Noah's family. He had brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews all who died in the flood because they would not listen to the warning. Understand that it had never rained before, so they could not understand the seriousness of his warning, nor can you. The danger coming has never happened before so do not rely on your past experience to understand. Simply trust ME and understand, it is time to come close and stay near..."
"My children, it is time to draw close to Me. When a mother recognizes or senses that danger is near by, she instinctively draws her children closer to her. She "restricts" their movement and to the child it seems like punishment, but in reality it is Love and Protection. The storm is coming and it is time to move closer to Me. It may seem that I will "restrict" your movement and activities, it will SEEM like I am punishing you, but my sweet child, it is protection. Being nearer ME will provide protection from what is to follow. "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the last days"... why is it that only Noah and his family were saved? Didn't the warning go out? Didn't Noah "give a clear and obvious witness" that judgement was coming? Yes he did, yet no one took his warning seriously because THEY could not see the danger for themselves and would not rely on someone else who COULD see the danger. I am saying, the "danger" is coming and unless you heed the warnings, you too will be lost like the friends and other family members of Noah's family. He had brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews all who died in the flood because they would not listen to the warning. Understand that it had never rained before, so they could not understand the seriousness of his warning, nor can you. The danger coming has never happened before so do not rely on your past experience to understand. Simply trust ME and understand, it is time to come close and stay near..."
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