Nothing Can Separate Us

God's love for us is just awesome. It reaches to every area of our lives and regardless of what we do, or regardless of what happens in our lives none of it can separate his love from us. Our father goes to small and great measures to assure us of his love for us; like allowing his son to die in order to remove any and all things that would prevent us from receiving that love.
 We perform a great task and feel that he loves us more because of our accomplishment; its comforting to know that that love is still there when we fall short.

Creation Groans

 

It was rather quiet outside this morning, there were some animals singing, but not the normal chorus. It seems as if creation was waiting silently or could have just felt the coming rain. In the book of Romans we read how creation groans. We also groan; but creation--? Man sinned---creation fell. Creation is frustrated because it became a victim of decay, corruption, frustration and futility. Creation can't achieve its purpose. I listened to a minister preach (several months ago) from that aspect and this morning (light bulb over head) God confirmed in his word. When we are restored to the glorious manifestation that God has for us, creation will be restored. The book of Revelations tells us of a new heaven and a new earth, and Isaiah tells us that the mountains and hills will break forth in singing and the trees shall clap their hands.

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem

Being surrounded has several purposes, two of which are to keep out and keep in. Keep out the things that come from the outside that can harm you and keep in the things that you don't want to lose. What assurance the people of Jerusalem must have felt looking at the mountains that surrounded them, knowing that their God was around them in the same manner. What assurance we have also for the scripture continues—so the Lord is round his people from henceforth even for ever.

My Hiding Place

God has a hiding place for all his creatures; just to name a few: a squirrel just went up a tree growing between two dog houses, the dogs are trying to figure out where he went. The turtle hides in its shell, the chameleon is famous for changing its color to hide in its environment, fish hide in the ocean, wild animals hide in the forest, and the sun hides behind the clouds. God also provided a place for us to hide---in him. Although disappointment, discouragement, rejection and hurt comes, the sting is not so bad because we are hidden in him.

God Cares

In my quiet time this morning, it was not so quiet. I did the reading and the exaltation, and yet my thoughts kept running through a list of to do-s for today and the next two days. It wasn't until I went into my closet to pray, asking the Holy Spirit to speak to my heart, I began to run through the list out loud. I heard myself give all of it to God. Then the whisper—“cast all your cares upon me”. What an assurance. It was just what the Spirit had led me to do. Of course peace and clam began to flood my being and I chuckled and shook my head (at me). How we so easily forget. Thank you God for calming and quieting my soul.

Come boldly

I've come to know that the words “not to or do not be afraid” appears in every book of the Bible. We can come to the throne of grace because of one of the many things Christ did on the cross. He removed the fear of approaching a Holy God. We don't have to fear the possibility of falling dead because we come with unclean hands and hearts. Because of the blood spattered on the cross we can come boldly, obtain the mercy (withholding what we deserve) and find the grace (giving what we do not deserve)to help in the time of need. Thank You Jesus for making us deserving. WOW my God is awesome!

 

Love keeps no record of wrong.

Those words are so comforting to someone whose wrongs out weight the rights---someone like me. You and I might remember every wrong thing that we did or that was done to us. But once we accept Christ as our Saviour, the wrongs are remembered no more. Love keeps no account—the Love of our Father caused my wrongs to be placed on Jesus which caused him to keep no record of the wrongs—mines and yours. Many scriptures come to mind as I pondered those words this morning. Because God keeps no record of my wrongs, now there is no condemnation, there is no price to pay, there is no shame or guilt, no penalty. Get this dear friends—God does not keep a record of it, and since he has the final say so,  be at peace. 

And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.

None Seek Me

I’ve read the scripture where the above words come from many times; and each time I come away thinking-- surely that is not true. I know that there are many that seek God. But this morning as I read it again --well to give you a picture--I am looking like a cartoon character with a light bulb suddenly shining above my head. How many times I have gone on my own understanding and my own merit believing I was okay with God, depending upon the good that I had done. None seek me--we seek ways and means to make ourselves more desirable, and then feel that (as someone just said) God will be glad to have me cause I am doing such a good job of keeping myself.
The only way and means to be worthy for God is through Jesus. Its not through keeping the law, which only continues to show how imperfect I am.
Thank you God for giving Jesus, the one and only way--cause me to seek him more.

He fulfills his purpose for me.

There isn't any accomplishment I can boast about, because God accomplish all things for me. So why did I becomes so easily frustrated when it seemed like things were not working out as they should. Could it be I didn't believe that God accomplish all things for me. Could be--since I had to always have a back up plan (plan B).  Don't judge me--you have probably sat in that same arena; and while we participated in that show,  the one who rules in heaven laughs.  Thanks be to God I am walking away from that time in my life where I thought I had to help God. Getting a better understanding of the  comparison of our thought process to that of the lilies of the field and praise God for it. Go ahead dear Lord--accomplish your purpose for me.

God's Anger

Have you ever gotten angry or upset when you saw people who professed to be Christians having behavior traits or actions that were not in keeping with what is Christ like. Do we realize that its not how we feel that matters, its how God feels. Sin angers God, because of what it does to us. Not like we get angry and began talking about the person/s, or wait with our fingers pointed to see them punish. God's anger is out of his love for us. It cuts us off from all those promises he is waiting to give to us.

Sitting on my front porch: watching two small creatures crawling around looking for food (which kind of creature or which kind of food I am not sure), so I leave the porch to get my trusted Spectracide. I return and they are still crawling around. I spray enough to intoxicate them; but they seem to be unaffected by the assurance written on the bottle.They just keep on going. The thought occurred to me how humans could learn from my two visitors who refuse to die.We should keep on moving regardless of what life sprays on us. I am now noticing the creatures slowing down, I guess they marinated in the substance to long, the toxic has entered their bodies. I guess for the creatures and for us---if we stay in it to long we will absorb the toxic (of the world desires), and eventually we are slowed down. Thank God we are covered in his righteousness and live in his Kingdom.

What Its all about?

Jesus told his followers "What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear". Please join in blogging about your time with the Lord. Come on ---don't keep the treasures to yourself.