24 Emotional? Who's Emotional??

I am an emotional person, God made me that way.....so I run on emotions, sometimes...well a lot!  Smile

I cry in sad movies, when I hear a sad or a joyful story, when I am deeply moved, when I sing about the Name of Jesus, or just speaking His Name can bring tears.

Actually the most beautiful, wonderful part of my life--when I look back--are the ups and downs of my actual life.  (Not saying they were beautiful as we 'trudged thru the sludge'.  Smile)

We (my siblings and I) had a pretty normal childhood...to some degree.  My Dad was a hard, abusive man, which helped me determine what I was NOT going to be like when I became a parent.

One day, Greg, you said to me, (something like this),"Mom, you are amazing", to which I replied, "Oh, my, why would you say that?"  

He talked about all the negative things that had happened, including Andy's death, how I had married an abusive man like my Dad, gone thru it all and have come out on the other side, a stronger person.  What I think is so amazing is, even tho' it seemed like a lot, in reflection, I did not feel that I had gone through anything that other people had not gone through also.  

So if Grace and Forgiveness have covered my entire life....isn't that a REAL MIRACLE?  I actually feel like it was 'no big deal.'

The phrase 'God does not take you out of your troubles, but He takes you 'thru' them...isn't too exciting at this point in your life, and in mine as well.   We're walking, we're sludging, we're trusting, we are also trying to fix something we cannot fix.  Just keep walking, just keep trusting, just keep seeking, just keep asking.  This last THING that the devil threw at you... cellulitis....??????????

I tell people that this Blog is for your benefit, Greg, and it is...however as I think you have already guessed, God is helping me walk thru, work thru many issues that I haven't  thoroughly worked thru before...maybe partially, maybe not at all...so this is good for me, and good for you, I hope...tho' you are constantly in the battle...I am--we are--holding up your hands that you cannot possibly hold up by yourself...and tho' as I wrote last time, the 'Body' doesn't seem to be stepping up to the plate...do you know how many people love you and care, and are praying for you???

Just a few days ago, when I put another plea for prayer (on f.b.)-- remember little Linda from New Life?  She responded that at just that time God had told her to pray for you......pretty special?

So with that, Look up, Hang on, don't let go!!!!

We'll see you here there or in the air!!   

(And that's the truth....*pluuh!*)    

Couldn't really spell that!!

Cray, the answer is secret!

Nanny, Marker, Mom etc...etc...  

(I can hardly see where I covered emotions, at all.......but I am emotional!!) 

Smile

16 Coincidence?

It is no coincidence that Cliff and I are reading 'Job' this a.m. in our quiet time.  It is also no coincidence that my private 'quiet time' had me in Romans Ch. 8.  There are no coincidences with God’s timing.  I just don't have a clue who I am, or where He is in this situation…(mainly your situation, Greg)...But of course I know who I am, I am God’s Chosen Treasure,  and so are you, and I know I am, like you, on this earthly walk, that won't last forever,  (tho' it seems like forever, now) but how we handle this, WILL last forever!!   God promises!

This day it is hard to write, because my emotions are sooooooooo high. But I have been searching the Scriptures, and I see all these Precious Promises, and I think, are they for us, Greg?  It must be My prayers that are hindering a break-through for you....How much more stress can your heart handle, as well as the rest of your body? You have been in the hospital 4 times in the last month, the last was your heart, they said "stress”, not a blockage.

Now your lease is up, and they have taken the stance, 'it's up, and we have chosen to not renew your lease.'  So be out by the end of the month????? Where are your Mercies, Lord, that are new every morning? 

The promise that,  

“I will contend with those who contend with you?”

I have never had depression, like I've seen with others, and what you have been through…(and I hope it is through!!!! smile )   I wake up with a song in my heart every morning, that is who I am, and will be....but there have been times that I have said to myself, 'I am ready to throw in the towel, and I was, except I didn't really know just what that meant...It didn't mean I was going to end it all....I just couldn't see how I could handle any more.   I see you at and beyond this point, and my heart breaks.

God IS in control, and He sees out into eternity, He also promised me that

“Greg is going to be all right.”  

I have to trust Him, who else could I go trust?  We just need HELP as we walk thru this valley...spiritually, financially, mentally...for

you especially, Greg.  Where are you, (meaning the rest of the Body of Christ?)  You know that if you break your little finger it upsets the whole body?...well your whole body is broken, where are you Church?

I am only just preaching to the choir, because the only ones reading my blog are near and dear friends and family.  But perchance God will lead someone to this blog that will be 

'that hand extended, reaching out to the oppressed, let me touch him, let me touch Jesus, so that others may know and be blessed.'  

 

Music is my heart, and that of course is a song.  smile    

Please pray for Greg, for a kidney, (which by the way has been put off for another 2 years, because of all the other problems in his body) healing for his eye, (been in the hospital 3 times in the last 60 days for surgery on his eye, 2 times for laser treatments to relieve pressure) heart, which he has had 3 stints, and 3 heart attacks, in the last few years.

God, we have a big problem here, and I know you are on the throne....Your promises are true,  

'you are God, you cannot lie' , 'you are the same yesterday, today and forever,' ' when you  cry unto me, I will answer.'   'You have a plan for Greg, plan to prosper etc...'  

Hide us behind the cross, calm our fears, Isaiah said,

'the work of righteousness is peace, the effect of righteousness confidence and assurance forever.’   

Well we know it is not our RIGHTEOUSNESS, but yours, that we can stand before the Father and claim these Precious Promises, that are your Word, O God, not ours, so we know they are true!!!

Forgive me for whining, Father, and give us MUCH GRACE, to serve you effectively.  The devil wants Greg to be incapacitated, but You  know what you have for Greg to do.....don't be discouraged, Greg, for my long goings on this a.m.; just be encouraged that He will supply!!

Boy am I hanging on, tight, this a.m.....you do the same!  

He's coming soon, and we will meet you here, there or in the air!!  

You too, Cray.

Nanny

8 Mercy Ship of Grace

Everyone wants to go to Hawaii....so he (with a little  "h")

 challenges us to swim.  (Whenever I speak of the devil, I

never give his name a capital 'd', he isn't worth it.)

 

So we work and we train....and we all jump in, and we swim like mad....

 

 

Some get farther than others.....

 

We look back and say, "I'm doing better than they are....

Look how close to the shore they are!!!'

 

We don't realize that the enemy doesn't want us to get there,

he wants us to drown...he came to 'kill, steal, and destroy'

that is his main mission in life...to keep us from the Father.

What we do not realize is:

No one is going to make it!  We are ALL going down, sooner or later.

Do we need more strength training?  More swimming lessons?

Get more sleep, eat better?

 

NO.....What we need is a boat.

 

No one comes to the Father....Except through Jesus and Jesus alone.

 

He is the boat.....

 

Nothing we do gives us the edge.....

 

We are all going down.....Unless we get in the boat....

 

That in a nut-shell is GRACE.

 

We all need Great Grace as the Bible mentions.....and then?

Yep, we need to give Great Grace, to the others, whether it is

family, friends, neighbors, homeless....people we know or not!

Whomever God puts in our paths......we cannot pull our skirts around us

And pick and choose.............everyone needs Grace....who better knows this than me?

 

What if we had to be so good, so thin, so tall, so lovely?????  Dear gussie,

 I'd never make it!  But we don't...He takes us just as we are, and where we are, how cool is that?

Don't TRY to be like Jesus.......that'll never work.....Just invite Him in, and as He dwells within our hearts, He will do the changing....that is, if we let Him.

Hang in there...hang on tight to His Hand...and...

we'll see you here, there, or in the air.

(Cray...in the  morning!)