Little Things, Big Things

Cause me to hear Your loving-kindness in the morning, for on You do I lean and in You do I trust. Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my inner self to You. Psalm 143:8  

One way to learn to trust God and hear His voice in the big events and decisions is to hear Him in the little things.  Things as small as praying to find your car keys or that lost remote control. Suddenly the gift of the Holy Spirit drops either a picture or a word into our spirits and we find what we are looking for.  On several occasions,  I have driven on dark roads and the Holy Spirit would warn me of deer, no sooner than that word of knowledge was deposited into my spirit I would see a deer standing beside or running across the road. (1 Corinthians 12:8)  This gift and others are available to everyone who is filled with the Holy Spirit.  The gifts are supernatural endowments of power given to believers to help us live our natural lives in supernatural ways.  God loves us.  He cares enough to speak to us whether through a thought of showing us a picture or a vision about the little things in our lives.  Just think how eager He must be to talk to us about the bigger things also.  Remember that God cares about you so much that He wants to speak to you about even the little things in your life.  I know that I have learned allowing Him in on the little things and the big makes life so much more perfect...We are in His will...about my Father's business.

Come Close

Not everyone is willing to pay the price required to be close to God.  Not everyone is willing to simply take the time required or make the investments needed for spiritual growth.  God doesn't ask for all of our time.  He certainly wants us to do things we don't consider "spiritual".  He designed us with bodies, souls, ( minds, wills, and emotions), and spirits, and He expects us to take care of all these areas.  Exercising our bodies and caring for our souls takes time and effort.  Our emotions need to be ministered to; we need to have fun and be entertained, and we need to enjoy being with other people.  Our minds need to grow and be renewed daily.  In addition, we have a spiritual nature that needs attention.  To stay balanced and healthy, we must take time to take care of our entire being.  I believe the whole issue of intimacy with God is a matter of time.  We say we don't have time to seek God, but the truth is that we take time to do the things that are most important to us.  Even though we all have to fight distractions every day, if knowing God and hearing from Him is important to us then we will find time to do it.  Don't try to work God into your schedule, but instead work your schedule around time with Him.  Getting to know God is a long-term investment, so don't get discouraged if you don't get instant results.  Be determined to honor Him with your time and you will reap the benefits.  Come close to God and He will come close to you.  James 4:8

I Hate My Mother

My mom only had one eye. I hated her… She was such an embarrassment. She cooked for students and teachers to support the family. There was this one day during elementary school where my mom came to say hello to me. I was so embarrassed.
How could she do this to me? I ignored her, threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day at school one of my classmates said, ‘EEEE, your mom only has one eye!’
I wanted to bury myself. I also wanted my mom to just disappear. I confronted her that day and said, ‘ If you’re only gonna make me a laughing stock, why don’t you just die?’
My mom did not respond… I didn’t even stop to think for a second about what I had said, because I was full of anger. I was oblivious to her feelings.
I wanted out of that house, and have nothing to do with her. So I studied real hard, got a chance to go abroad to study.
Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. I had kids of my own. I was happy with my life, my kids and the comforts. Then one day, my Mother came to visit me. She hadn’t seen me in years and she didn’t even meet her grandchildren.
When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I yelled at her for coming over uninvited. I screamed at her, ‘How dare you come to my house and scare my children!’ GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!’ And to this, my mother quietly answered, ‘Oh, I’m so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address,’ and she disappeared out of sight.
One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. So I lied to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went to the old shack just out of curiosity.
My neighbors said that she died. I did not shed a single tear. They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.
‘My dearest son,
I think of you all the time. I’m sorry that I came to your house and scared your children.
I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion. But I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you. I’m sorry that I was a constant embarrassment to you when you were growing up.
You see……..when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t stand watching you having to grow up with one eye. So I gave you mine.
I was so proud of my son who was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye.

With all my love to you,

Your mother.’

A Woman's Tears

A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him.
"I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."

Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"

"All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?"

God said, "When I made the woman she had to be special.

I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world,

yet gentle enough to give comfort.

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.

I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfaltering.

And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed."

"You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."

By: Parwan Banu

Run To Jesus

I couldn't help but think of humanity running for its life before the flames of eternal judgment. Many people carry their little shelters of religion, good works, baptism, money, or morality, but these shields will not be enough to withstand the heat of God's holy wrath.The only ones who will live are those who run to scorched ground—ground where the fires of God's wrath have already burned. That ...ground is none other than Jesus Christ, who has taken upon Himself the wrath of God so that all those who stand "in Christ" will be saved.Have you made the decision to follow Christ, or are you still hiding beneath your own shelter of misguided whims and ideas? Don't wait another second to make that choice. It's a matter of life . . . and death!  LJ Tyree

Thanks to a mighty man of God who never is afraid to speak that which concerns the Father..  LJ Tyree

Always Forgiven

Good morning! How are we faithing? Apart from Christ, one is dead spiritually. Jesus was tempted but didn't give in. Jesus had opportunity but did not commit any sin. We who believe will stumble and sin some times but we are not wretched beasts who are incapable of a day without sin. That feat can be accomplished because the spirit that lives in us when we accept the grace of Jesus, makes it capable. I know I know, we've heard all our lives that we are wretched sinners and that is totally true before salvation but the Word tells us we are redeemed and no longer seen by God as those wretched sinners because he sees the advocate, Jesus his son. So if the Spirit abides in us and we follow after God and his Word, we can have days of sinlessness. When all sin is forgiven, we are dealing with a clean slate and with the Spirit guiding us, we can walk the narrow path of righteousness. This is not to make you haughty but to remind you of your redemption and to stop beating the crap out of yourself when you stumble. Repent as soon as you realize and move forward. Rejoice for those good days and thank God you are forgiven on the bad. This was very good and what I feel some of us needed to hear today! I copied and pasted this from our brother in Christ .....Russ Allen... Thank you Russ!!

Be Still And Know.....

John 4:25 "The woman said to Him, I know that Messiah is coming. He Who is called the Christ; and when He arrives, He will tell us everything we need to know and make it clear to us". Learning to hear from God and be led by the Spirit is an exciting adventure. God wants to speak to you and tell you what you need to know to enjoy your life, be blessed, be wise, and fulfill the good plans he has for each and every one of us. He always has something good and helpful to say, but sometimes people miss knowing these things because they fail to recognize that God is speaking to them. We need to learn how to hear and obey his voice. Earthly parents talk to their children all the time, so why wouldn't our heavenly Father speak to us? Human parents do not expect their children to know what to do if they don't tell them, and God feels the same way toward His children. He wants to tell us everything we need to know in life. We often want to go our own way so we can do what we want to do when we want to do it. But, when we live this way, we end up losing our way and wasting time. We need the Holy Spirit to guide us through each day of our time on Earth, and He is committed to doing so by speaking to us and telling us everything. We have a guide and a comforter in the Holy Spirit, who is with us 24-7. Just shut off our thoughts, wants, desires, & needs and listen for that still small voice....