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Barnyard Talk

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Proverbs 14:4 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
4 Where no oxen are, the manger is clean, But much revenue comes by the strength of the ox.
via Prov 14:4 NASB – Where no oxen are the manger is clean – Bible Gateway.

I am a simple-minded, long removed from the country-girl woman. However as I share what I see in today’s verse it will confirm to you that getting the country out of the girl is a long process. :)

Obviously, in a barn (manger) without oxen (cows, horses, or mules, same principle) there is no poop, no hold your nose smell and no messy clean up.But that is not all there isn’t in a barn without oxen. Neither is there fertilizer – a much-needed commodity to grow rich, healthy foods and neither is there strength to pull the plow to till the ground to grow the crops.

Babies.
Babies are messy. They too poop and smell up the place but love makes them worth every smelly diaper, two o’clock feedings, all night floor pacing and the list goes on and on.

People – family – friends.
Sometimes they are messy too. They stink up our lives sometimes with the things they do and say.

So what am I saying? A life lived in love gets messy and sometimes it just down right stinks! BUT the rewards are worth it!  Enriching the lives of others, seeing the Holy Spirit ‘fertilize’, water and cultivate the seeds you have sown in the heart of a messy soul is worth it all when the fruit of holiness begins to peek its glorious head.

Proverbs 14:4 Where no oxen are, the manger is clean, But much revenue comes by the strength of the ox.

Barnyard animals and Messy People — how you handle them just might make you rich.  :)

HOLY SPIRIT,  I pray the ‘humor’ of this piece of writing will be useful and will be a tool fit for teaching Your Truth to receptive hearts. I pray we will apply ourselves to knowing Your Word and allow Your Word to equip us to love wisely the messy people in our lives; to love them so much they come looking for You. Amen and amen.

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Brave the Dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie

WEDNESDAYS are Praying for IDOKs by name days. If you have specific matters that you’d like for me to pray about with you, click HERE and let me know.

A Quick Hello

Ahh

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So good to be home!

Jerry has cashed in on some much need sleep since getting home from the hospital this afternoon. We have received delightful phone calls, I’ve handled a few loads of laundry, and have eaten too many cookies and wonderfully moist banana bread; and now I am about spent but wanted to say hello and wish you a blessed weekend and thank you for your love and prayers.

I’ll plan to check in with you again soon and in the mean time

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)  Hebrews 12
1 Therefore since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses  surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and run with endurance  the race that lies before us,
2 keeping our eyes on Jesus,  the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame,  and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne.
3 For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you won’t grow weary and lose heart. via Hebrews 12:1-3 HCSB – The Call to Endurance Therefore since – Bible Gateway.

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Brave the Dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie

A Quick Hello

Gals of Scripture

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Some things are beginning to come together for my Gals of Scripture study. I am narrowing the WHO(s) we will study. I so covet your prayers for me as I do this.

Playing around with words I am now calling the study: Gals of Scripture because
God
Always
Loves
Sinners and Saints

And because God Offers Salvation to and even delivers His message of Salvation through Gals of Scripture.

I know, I’m quirky but what can I say; I am who I am — for now.

So that being said and moving quickly to get this posted, my love to you, my IDOKs, and thank you for your specific prayers for me. The class starts September 8.  I don’t have much time and, in truth, I’ve never done this before, not like this. Yikes!! So PLEASE pray.

Revelation 2:17 — His Ministry to you,
Kathie

A Quick Hello, Christian Living

A Beautiful Specimen

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While ironing today, I watched the movie Secretariat again. And when we reached the end I was crying big ol crocodile tears.

You are free to think I am a bit further out in right field than you have until now thought, but today watching the portrayal of Secretariat winning the Belmont Stakes, I got a Word from JESUS.

You see I really think DADDY GOD enjoyed Secretariat winning that race on June 9, 1973.  I think He enjoyed seeing that beautiful specimen He created laying it all out there; running for all he was worth and winning the prize.

But what really brought on the tears was seeing, hearing in my spirit, that is what He wants for me too. To lay it all out there and run in His Name for all I’m worth and win the prize.

I’m still smiling about that and I think DADDY GOD is too. How awesome He is!!

Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
via Philippians 3 KJV – Finally my brethren rejoice in the Lord – Bible Gateway.

A sweet weekend to you all. Run your race well, lay it all out there in His Name and for His Sake and worship His Majesty.

Thank You, ABBA.  I love You for Who You Are. Amen and amen.

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Revelation 2:17 — His Ministry to you,
Kathie