God is good all the time...here's why!

Personal Testimony

Today, it was my turn to work security at the Dorthea Dix Hospital courtroom. It's in the house where the former head of DDH lived on site years ago.

Patients at DDH have hearings to determine how long they need to stay for additional treatment after their initial commitment is about up.

There is a court proceeding with a judge, a rep from the DA's office and a rep/advocate for the patient, DDH staff, a court clerk, and a deputy.

The patients are escorted in for their hearing. They all have various degrees of mental illness, and the things I see and hear will break your heart.

Some patients have suffered all their lives; others were stricken later in life for various reasons.

From young adults to senior citizens, each patient has their own story of how they ended up at DDH.

I just praise God for the mental faculties I have, and that I don't have a family member with a mental illness like the ones I see at DDH.

Pray for those patients and their families.

 

The Seed

A successful Christian business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together.

He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you." The young executives were shocked, but the boss continued. "I am going to give each one of you a SEED today - one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have given you. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO."

One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed. Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown.

After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow. Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing. By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn't have a plant and he felt like a failure.

Six months went by--still nothing in Jim's pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim didn't say anything to his colleagues, however. He just kept watering and fertilizing the soil - He so wanted the seed to grow.

A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection. Jim told his wife that he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick at his stomach; it was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right.

Jim took his barren pot to the board room. When he arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful--in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for him!

When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives. Jim just tried to hide in the back. "My, what great plants, trees, and flowers you have grown," said the CEO. "Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!"

All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the financial director to bring him to the front. Jim was terrified. He thought, "The CEO knows I'm a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!" When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed - Jim told him the story

The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, "Behold your next Chief Executive! His name is Jim!" Jim couldn't believe it. Jim couldn't even grow his seed. How could he be the new CEO the others said?

Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not possible for them to grow. All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers.

When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chief Executive!"

If you plant honesty, you will reap trust

If you plant goodness, you will reap friends

If you plant humility, you will reap greatness

If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment

If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective

If you plant hard work, you will reap success

If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation

If you plant faith in Christ, you will reap a harvest

So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap
later.

Two thousand years ago Paul wrote to the church at Galatia the same story but with fewer words, "What you sow, so shall you reap". (Gal. 6:7)

We are grass that will wither and die but the incorruptible seed of God's Word will live forever - sow it daily into the life of your family! (1 Peter 1:23)

 

Lord, prop us up on our leanin' side

Sent to me by another church member and dear friends:


Every time I am asked to pray, I think of the old deacon who always prayed, 'Lord, prop us up on our leanin' side.' After hearing him pray that prayer many times, someone asked him why he prayed that prayer so fervently.

He answered, 'Well sir, you see, it's like this....I got an old barn out back. It's been there a long time, it's withstood a lot of weather, it's gone through a lot of storms, and it's stood for many years. It's still standing, but one day I noticed it was leaning to one side a bit. So I went and got some pine poles and propped it up on its leaning side so it wouldn't fall.

Then I got to thinking 'bout that and how much I was like that old barn. I been around a long time, I've withstood a lot of life's storms, I've withstood a lot of bad weather in life, I've withstood a lot of hard times, and I'm still standing too. But I find myself leaning to one side from time to time, so I like to ask the Lord to prop us up on our leaning side, 'cause I figure a lot of us get to leaning, at times.'

Sometime we get to leaning toward anger, leaning toward bitterness, leaning toward hatred, leaning toward cussing, leaning toward a lot of things that we shouldn't, so we need to pray, 'Lord, prop us up on our leaning side,' so we will stand straight and tall again, to glorify the Lord.

-- Author Unknown

 

2 good songs by Bebo Norman

I will lift my eyes - http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=cff1c97a74e03e15f43e&page=2&viewtype=&category=tr

Yes, I Will - http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=9166ddf205dd8cdf4edc

 

Yep! God IS good - ALL the time.

I was having the crapiest day today. A friend I have not heard from in a while sent me the sweetest prayer in an email. It reminded me that I had not taken the time to pray today. So, I stopped then and talked to Jesus a while. I prayed for my friend, others I knew needed prayer and my own frustrations. And you know what, I feel better. Know what else, God laid a huge blessing on me out of the blue today.

Thank you Lord. Praise God, He IS good ALL the time!!

 

Here is another one for you!!

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=b00db3c2afc128dc13b7

 

Personal Testimony

Yesterday was my turn to work at the Wake Co. Sheriff’s Office State Fair exhibit in the Kerr Scott building. I volunteer for a turn each year because I enjoy meeting the people who come to the fair, especially the kids, who love to get the Jr. Deputy stickers we give out.

I arrived at the fair early so I could get a foot long hot dog before my shift started, and to take a little time just walking around the fair grounds.

This year I especially enjoyed just watching the younger children in Kiddy Land and how they enjoyed their experience at the fair.

To see the joy and happiness in a kid’s face and hearing their laughter just blesses my soul.

As I worked the WCSO exhibit, passing out stickers, one little girl stands out in my mind.

She was probably about 4 years old and looked a little tired from her day at the fair. She was content to be riding in her stroller. As her parents pushed her by our exhibit I asked her if she would like a sticker.

She flashed a huge smile and accepted the sticker from my hand.

Then, she surprised me.

Without any hesitation she threw out both hands as if she wanted me to pick her up.

I leaned down into her arms, and without saying a word, she grabbed me around the neck and planted a kiss on my cheek.

That little act of thankfulness made my whole day.

Thank you, Lord, for using that child to humble me and remind me how I should be toward others.

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Prayer of the Children: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogU48WZV8WQ&mode=related&search=

Child’s Prayer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIuphB7nyVg

 

Why God Made Moms

WHY GOD MADE MOMS - Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:

Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of ?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me.

What kind of little girl was your mom?
1. My Mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.

What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?

Why did your mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mom didn't have her thinking cap on.

Who's the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goof ball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.

What's the difference between moms & dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend's.
4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.

What does your mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don't do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.

What would it take to make your mom perfect?
1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.

If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that.
2. I'd make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.

 

Be Still

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=15ae3bf5e9dc46e17222&page=11&viewtype=&category=mr

 

Some quotes about God

Any fool can count the seeds in an apple. Only God can count all the apples in one seed. ~Robert H. Schuller


Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway. ~Mary C. Crowley


God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. ~St. Augustine


Young man, young man, your arm's too short to box with God. ~James Weldon Johnson


God understands our prayers even when we can't find the words to say them. ~Author Unknown


What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ~Eleanor Powell


A man with God is always in the majority. ~John Knox


Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. ~Victor Hugo


You can tell the size of your God by looking at the size of your worry list. The longer your list, the smaller your God. ~Author Unknown


Maybe the atheist cannot find God for the same reason a thief cannot find a policeman. ~Author Unknown

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. ~C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain


The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through. ~Edna St. Vincent Millay


God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things done. ~Harry Emerson Fosdick


The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too. ~Teresa of Avila


People see God every day, they just don't recognize him. ~Pearl Bailey


God's will is not an itinerary, but an attitude. ~Andrew Dhuse


Let God's promises shine on your problems. ~Corrie Ten Boom


I just hope God does not get bored of dreaming me. ~Author Unknown


You found God? If nobody claims him in thirty days, he's yours! ~Author Unknown


When I saw others straining toward God, I did not understand it, for though I may have had him less than they did, there was no one blocking the way between him and me, and I could reach his heart easily. It is up to him, after all, to have us, our part consists of almost solely in letting him grasp us. ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke and Benvenuta: An Intimate Correspondence


God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning


I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. ~Mother Teresa


We strive to be God's worthy audience. ~Candea Core-Starke


I wear a coat of angels' breath and warm myself with His love. ~Emme Woodhull-Bäche


Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God. ~Diana Robinson


Weave in faith and God will find the thread. ~Author Unknown


When we can't piece together the puzzle of our own lives, remember the best view of a puzzle is from above. Let Him help put you together. ~Amethyst Snow-Rivers


They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse. ~Emily Dickinson


If you don't know what's meant by God, watch a forsythia branch or a lettuce leaf sprout. ~Martin H. Fischer


Some stand on tiptoe trying to reach God to talk to him - you try too hard, friend - drop to your knees and listen to him, he'll hear you better that way. ~Ever Garrison


Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. ~Garth Brooks


Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign. ~Anatole France, Le jardin d'Epicure


How idle it is to call certain things God-sends! as if there was anything else in the world. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827


God enters by a private door into each individual. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson


Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. ~Leo Buscaglia


God is the perfect poet. ~Robert Browning


God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed. ~Saint Augustine


God's promises are like the stars; the darker the night the brighter they shine. ~David Nicholas


"What do you think of God," the teacher asked. After a pause, the young pupil replied, "He's not a think, he's a feel." ~Paul Frost


God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul. ~Jean Paul Richter


All are but parts of one stupendous whole,
Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
~Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, 1734


Perhaps history is a thing that would stop happening if God held His breath, or could be imagined as turning away to think of something else. ~Herbert Butterfield, Christianity and History


Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance. ~Alfred North Whitehead


We can never escape God's lovely essence. ~Sonnett Branche


Remember this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light, the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is also the case when people withdraw from God. ~Augustine


Are you wrinkled with burden? Come to God for a faith lift. ~Author Unknown


There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way." ~C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, 1943


We need not join the mad rush to purchase an earthly fallout shelter. God is our eternal fallout shelter. ~Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963


Life is God's novel. Let him write it. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer


You are not obliged to put on evening clothes to meet God. ~Austin O'Malley


When you knock, ask to see God - none of the servants. ~Henry David Thoreau


Your mind works very simply: you are either trying to find out what are God's laws in order to follow them; or you are trying to outsmart Him. ~Martin H. Fischer


Most people wish to serve God - but only in an advisory capacity. ~Author Unknown


The self-appointed spokesmen for God incline to shout; He, Himself, speaks only in whispers. ~Martin H. Fischer


A lot of people are willing to give God credit, but so few ever give Him cash. ~Robert E. Harris, Laugh with the Circuit Rider


There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart. ~Blaise Pascal


God waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man's hands. ~Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, 1916


Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message. ~Malcolm Muggeridge


We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors. ~Malcolm de Chazal


How important the concept of God is, and how instead of valuing what has been given us, we with light hearts spurn it because of absurdities that have been attached to it. ~Leo Tolstoy, Last Diaries, 1960


No pillow so soft as God's promise. ~Author Unknown


For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections. ~Peace Pilgrim


Some people talk about finding God - as if He could get lost. ~Author Unknown


For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread. The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.... Shall we think of the day as a chance to come nearer to our Host, and to find out something of Him who has fed us so long? ~Rebecca Harding Davis


I do not believe in God, for that implies an effort of the will - I see God everywhere! ~Jean Favre


I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker. ~Voltaire


All that I have seen teaches me to trust God for all I have not seen. ~Author Unknown


"I was six when I saw that everything was God, and my hair stood up, and all," Teddy said. "It was on a Sunday, I remember. My sister was a tiny child then, and she was drinking her milk, and all of a sudden I saw that she was God and the milk was God. I mean, all she was doing was pouring God into God, if you know what I mean. ~J.D. Salinger, "Teddy," 1954


He who kneels before God can stand before anyone. ~Author Unknown


Peace on the outside comes from knowing God on the inside. ~Author Unknown


God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home. ~Joseph Roux, Meditations of a Parish Priest, 1886


Hunting God is a great adventure. ~Marie DeFloris


God is a circle whose centre is everywhere and circumference nowhere. ~Timaeus of Locris


Some people always sigh in thanking God. ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning


If God asks that you bend, bend and do not complain. He is making you more flexible, and for this be thankful. ~Meriel Stelliger


When we lose God, it is not God who is lost. ~Author Unknown


Life is a tapestry: We are the warp; angels, the weft; God, the weaver. Only the Weaver sees the whole design. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994


Those who never rebelled against God or at some point in their lives shaken their fists in the face of heaven, have never encountered God at all. ~Catherine Marshall, Christy, 1967


If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. ~Voltaire


I had a thousand questions to ask God; but when I met him they all fled and didn't seem to matter. ~Christopher Morley, Inward Ho!, 1923


I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light. ~Mary Gardiner Brainard


Availability is better than ability for God. ~Author Unknown


Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue. ~Eugene O'Neill, The Great God Brown, 1926


Peace is not the absence of affliction, but the presence of God. ~Author Unknown


If you are not as close to God as you used to be, who moved? ~Author Unknown


When we put our cares in His hands, He puts His peace in our hearts. ~Author Unknown


Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well. ~John Greenleaf Whittier


Exercise daily. Walk with the Lord! ~Author Unknown


Be God or let God. ~Author Unknown


Every morning I spend fifteen minutes filling my mind full of God; and so there's no room left for worry thoughts. ~Howard Chandler Christy


I believe in the sun even if it isn't shining. I believe in love even when I am alone. I believe in God even when He is silent. ~Author Unknown


God can never be a definition. He is more than even the entirety of the dictionary. ~Scarlett Bene


Darkness cannot put out the Light. It can only make God brighter. ~Author Unknown


No God, no peace. Know God, know peace. ~Author Unknown

 

A good song to start the week off:

Arms of Love - Kutless
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8f714d12dc1de747133c&page=1&viewtype=&category=mr

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We'll get a chance to make alot of choices this week. My study bible had some good questions to ask before we make a decision:

If I choose one course of action...

...does it help my witness for Christ?

...am I motivated by a desire to help others to know Christ?

...does it help me do my best?

...is it against a specific command in Scripture and would thus cause me to sin?

...is it the best and most beneficial course of action?

...am I thinking only of myself, or do I truly care about the other person?

...am I actingly lovingly or selfishly?

...does it glorify God?

...will it cause someone else to sin?

 

Story...

We were supposed to go to Kinston for a softball tournemant this weekend. It's a huge deal, with Halloween and all, and the kids really look forward to it all year long.

We got rained out on Friday, and games were cancelled. Our organization decided that it wouldn't be worth the tournemant fees to go and play for only 2 games on Saturday.

Friday night my transmission in my truck got very sick. Had we taken the truck to Kinston, Lord only knows where we woudld have been stuck and by what mechanic our truck would have been looked at.

Lesson...

God works in mysterious ways!

 

Here's one young man's great testimony:

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=9590404403a50f1b3cac&page=8&viewtype=&category=mr

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Message on a billboard: Life is short. Eternity isn't.

 

Bring on the rain - great message

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8b39a6f55078d71a117e&page=4&viewtype=&category=mr

 

Good morning to all.

This is the day the Lord has made! Amen?

I just want to share just a portion of the morning devotional from www.lwf.org.

I encourage each of you to sign up for these daily devotionals from Dr. Adrian Rogers. It's a great way to start the day.

Here's what Dr. Rogers had to say this morning:

The thing I love about the Old Testament is the thing I love about the New Testament. The Old Testament and the New Testament both are the inspired Word of God. Don't get the idea that the Old Testament has a different message than the New Testament.

All of the Bible is about Jesus.

If you read the Bible and you don't find Jesus, you better go reread it. Somebody may ask if you have read the four gospels, and you can answer them, "I've read all sixty-six!"

From Genesis to Revelation, it has the same villain -- Satan. It has the same hero -- Jesus. It has the same purpose -- to present salvation in no other name but Jesus.

 

hEARS MINE FOR TODAY“I will pour water upon him that is thirsty.”
- Isaiah 44:3
When a believer has fallen into a low, sad state of feeling, he often tries to lift himself out of it by chastening himself with dark and doleful fears. Such is not the way to rise from the dust, but to continue in it. As well chain the eagle’s wing to make it mount, as doubt in order to increase our grace. It is not the law, but the gospel which saves the seeking soul at first; and it is not a legal bondage, but gospel liberty which can restore the fainting believer afterwards. Slavish fear brings not back the backslider to God, but the sweet wooings of love allure him to Jesus’ bosom. Are you this morning thirsting for the living God, and unhappy because you cannot find him to the delight of your heart? Have you lost the joy of religion, and is this your prayer, “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation”? Are you conscious also that you are barren, like the dry ground; that you are not bringing forth the fruit unto God which he has a right to expect of you; that you are not so useful in the Church, or in the world, as your heart desires to be? Then here is exactly the promise which you need, “I will pour water upon him that is thirsty.” You shall receive the grace you so much require, and you shall have it to the utmost reach of your needs. Water refreshes the thirsty: you shall be refreshed; your desires shall be gratified. Water quickens sleeping vegetable life: your life shall be quickened by fresh grace. Water swells the buds and makes the fruits ripen; you shall have fructifying grace: you shall be made fruitful in the ways of God. Whatever good quality there is in divine grace, you shall enjoy it to the full. All the riches of divine grace you shall receive in plenty; you shall be as it were drenched with it: and as sometimes the meadows become flooded by the bursting rivers, and the fields are turned into pools, so shall you be-the thirsty land shall be springs of water. FROM QUICK VERSE

 

Psalm 23 - neat video with a song from Mercy Me

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=985af88da8437958f4c1&page=3&viewtype=&category=mr

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Psalm 23 always brings me back in perspective when the devil tries to throw me off course with his lies and schemes.

The Lord is my rock, my strong tower, and my shelter.

God's Word is true and faithful and I can count on Him forever!

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A prayer for those who are struggling through a difficult time:

O Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You, hoping for all things from Your goodness.

You make a root flourish beneath the soil; You can make fruitful the darkness in which I find myself today.

I adore You in all Your purposes even without knowing them; Your will be done, not mine.

May I be patient!

It is so difficult to realize these trials, heartbreaking as they are, can be turned into blessings.

Lord, give me peace of mind, peace of heart, and peace of soul, as I offer You my thoughts, my words, and my action, and yes, Lord my sufferings.

May they all be for Your greater glory, Amen.

 

As we pray we all have that special place that we go and meet God in prayer. here's a poem that I wrote.
and to all those that would take this poem and claim it as their own, it's copy writed

This Special Place
Written by (((JCG))) 09/20/2007




The voice I hear so soft and gentle, as the spirit speaks to me.
And the comfort I feel, makes me forget my human frailty.
That’s where I find that wonderful atoning grace, my God in thee.
As I pray to you my God, in the stillness, where no one else can see.

Down on my knees, Where all honor to You Lord, I bestow.
For that price on the cross You paid, some many years ago.
I give You praise and honor Lord, for You deserve it so.
Yes Honor to You dear gracious Lord, is only what I show.

It’s here in the quietness of this place that I begin my day.
Here in this wonderful place that I am taught the way.
Here on my knees, I humble myself to You Lord, and pray.
It’s here Lord that You show me, everything will be okay.

And I thank You Holy Lord, for this time I spend to renew.
And I thank you for this feeling that can come from only You.
And Lord there’s just one more thing, for me that You can do.
Let many others find this special place, Lord let them find it too.

 

For those parents, especially mothers who lost a child through miscarriage

I was watching my daughter today and marveling at how fast they grow up, and I thought about the time she was born and the joy I felt watching this new and precious life come into this world.

Thank you, Lord, for this child you sent to us.

Then, I thought about a co-worker of mine who just had a miscarriage.

I remember how happy she was when she announced to everyone that a baby was on the way! You could just see it in her eyes and facial expression.

But, in just a short time, God chose to call that tiny, unborn child to Heaven.

There's no way anyone who hasn't experienced such an event understand the emotions that go through the mother and father's mind.

We can only offer support for them and assure them that God is still in control. His ways are not our ways, and it may take until we finally get to Heaven that we understand why things happen the way they do.

This song is for those who may have experienced such an event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM-RUCSqUyM

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For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother's womb.

I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.

My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;

Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.

Psalm 139:13-16

 

That was beautiful Kent and so moving.