Thursday, November 24, 2016

"broad rivers and streams"

"But there the mighty and magnificent Lord 
will be for us
A place of broad rivers and streams,"
Isaiah 33:21 (AMP)

"All that you are suffering, all that you are enjoying, all that God sends you,
has this one design, to make you fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light."(CHS- GOD’S THOUGHTS OF PEACE, AND OUR EXPECTED END)

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

"thoughts of peace and not of evil"

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil,
 to give you a future and a hope 
(an expected end).”
Jeremiah 29:11. 

Thinking of our country presently, 
Depicted in this art -Talk of Red, Blue, now Purple,
cracked up close,
Black, White, Brown,
Bright shades of light and fresh hope as well!
Together reflect a peace, a calm, and continual expectancy that 
"The Lord not only thinks of you, but towards you. 
His thoughts are all drifting your way."

Sermon No. 1965 Charles Spurgeon)
"This morning my desire shall be to comfort any of God’s people who are in a state of perplexity, and thus are carried away captive. I would assure them of the Lord’s kindness to them, and urge them to trust and not be afraid. God’s thoughts towards them are good, though their trials may be grievous."

"The Lord not only thinks of you, but towards you. His thoughts are all drifting your way. This is the way the south wind of His thoughts of peace is moving; it is towards you. The Lord never forgets His own, for He has engraved them upon the palms of His hands."

"Once more, and then we shall have fully compassed this text. The Lord’s thoughts are all working towards “an expected end,” or, as the Revised Version has it, “to give you hope in your latter end.” Some read it, “a future and a hope.” The renderings are instructive. God is working with a motive. All things are working together for one objective, the good of those who love God. We see only the beginning; God saw the end from the beginning."  

"Our relation to God should, next, be one of continual expectancy, especially expectancy of the fulfillment of His promises...His promises are good words; good indeed, and sweetly refreshing. When your hearts are faint then is the promise emphatically good. Expect the Lord to be as good as His good Word." 
(CHS)





Thursday, October 27, 2016

"The Unseen"

"The Unseen" - Painting by Emily Ann Holuta
I want you to picture Jesus looking at you
 putting his hand under your chin 
and gently lifting it to his eyes and saying
 "look at my eyes"
"I care for you and will take care of you
- trust me:)"
When you hear the birds sing🐦
 know I gave them their song.
 When you see the lovely flowers 🌾
know I gave them their color and delicate petals.
When you look in awe at the mountains 🗻
and the sky 💫and the moon🌙
know I have placed them 
-just in the right spot just at the right time.
When you hear the ocean waves 🌊
and see the tide come and go
 and the sand stays and is not washed away
 know I have set the boundaries of the waves, 
so I surround you, very watchful,
 carefully guarding and keeping
 with the jealousy
 that your my own💜.

Psalm 23 (VOICE)

1 The Eternal is my shepherd, He cares for me always.
2 He provides me rest in rich, green fields
    beside streams of refreshing water.
    He soothes my fears;
3 He makes me whole again,
    steering me off worn, hard paths
    to roads where truth and righteousness echo His name.
4 Even in the unending shadows of death’s darkness,
    I am not overcome by fear.
Because You are with me in those dark moments,
    near with Your protection and guidance,
    I am comforted.
5 You spread out a table before me,
    provisions in the midst of attack from my enemies;
You care for all my needs, anointing my head with soothing, fragrant oil,
    filling my cup again and again with Your grace.
6 Certainly Your faithful protection and loving provision will pursue me
    where I go, always, everywhere.
I will always be with the Eternal,
    in Your house forever.

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

".. builder.."

"Every house is built by someone,
but the builder of all things is God." 
Hebrews 3:4 (VOICE)
"For he was [waiting expectantly and confidently] looking forward to the city which has foundations, [an eternal, heavenly city] whose architect and builder is God."
Hebrews 11:10 (AMP)

" " the smile of morning"

"...His grace lasts a lifetime. The deepest pains may linger through the night, but joy greets the soul 
with the smile of morning."
Psalm 30: 5 (VOICE) 

Sunday, October 16, 2016

"...then Sings my soul...."

"Then sings my soul.....
Sing louder....
Wake up,my hope,
Sing of blessings to come!
Sing of how he helped!
Sing of the weary way...along which he has carried us..
.to green meadows and still waters.."

"..hope..."

"Hope can be placed anywhere we choose, 
but the place we choose makes all the difference.
When we place our Hope in Christ,we are delivered."
(Rachel Wojo,-One More Step)