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Compost Pineapples

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Well, it’s been Monday all day long! That’s catch up day from the weekend. And just so you will know — I’m not caught up.

I visited my compost bin today, most often for a long while now my beloved has been the one to take our contributions, but today I made the trek out back and you know what I found?

Life.

Life in a bin of decaying food scraps. Actually Jerry previously told me they were out there and today I went to see for myself. Not that I did not believe him, just wanted to see for myself, you know. And in truth there are four of them out there growing with no effort from us other than dumping into the bin the tops we whacked off four pineapples (at various times, not all at once) we brought home from our local food establishment.

Life in a dump. Who’d thought it? Goes to show if there’s a spark of life even in stinky surroundings something new can grow. That’ll preach don’t you think?

Isaiah 43:19 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
19 “Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.
via Isaiah 43:19 NASB – Behold I will do something new Now it – Bible Gateway.

Here are some pics. Three pictures are worth three thousand words. :)

So tell me, God doing something new in your life even amid some stinky stuff? Keep looking for those pineapples. You know the HOLY SPIRIT is all about producing fruit. :)

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Brave the Dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie

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Owning Our Own . . .

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As I was praying and working on my praying cards (which are index cards, some folks have individual cards with my desires for them and Scripture to pray over them) today a particular need came to the forefront – tithing. Not a favorite subject of many. But it is what it is – an act of obedience, a crucial one.

For sure, GOD does not need one thin dime from any one of us but we so need to give it. And how much? ALL of it! The tithe (10% of your earnings) is only a start. We should be faithful stewards NOT owners of all the monies in our coffers. You see owning our own money will make us very poor indeed.

Hear the Word of the LORD:

8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you!
10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.
11 Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes,” says the LORD of hosts.
12 “All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful land,” says the LORD of hosts.
via Malachi 3 NASB – The Purifier Behold I am going to send – Bible Gateway.

Did you get that?
And now here it gets uncomfortable for me just on the outside chance that not all The White Stone’s email subscribers are (Faithful) Stewards. Truth is if you are not the Faithful Steward as described above then you are the Robber described above. And did you also get that those outside the Faith see Faithful Stewards (Tithers) as Blessed People. Perhaps one of the reasons folks remain lost is because so many who profess the name of JESUS are Robbers of God. Pretty sad, isn’t it?

You see being a Faithful Steward (Tither) is all about faith and trust. We either believe GOD is faithful to His Word to us or we don’t.

I have one more Text to share before I close today.

18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the Most High God.
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heaven and earth:
20 And blessed be the Most High God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
via Genesis 14 KJV – And it came to pass in the days of – Bible Gateway.

Do you see it? Do you see that Abram gave tithe with a willing, grateful heart? Do you see that he gave because the Most High God had been good to him?

Has the Most High God been good to you?

And now since for sure none of The White Stone subscribes fit into the not a Faithful Steward company, this nugget is for you.

Blessed be Abram of the Most High God.  (Spoken by Melchizedek to Abram)
Blessed be Kathie of the Most High God. (Spoken by GOD to me)
Let me tell that does something for me!!!

Go ahead. Try it on! Fill in your name.

Blessed be _______________ of the Most High God. (Spoken by GOD to You!)

Settle in under that today.

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Brave the Dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie

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I Thought So

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Deuteronomy is one of my favorite books of the Bible. And for our Friday visit I want to pull three verses from chapter 4 for us to meditate on today and throughout the weekend.

Deuteronomy 4:31 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
31 For the LORD your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.
via Deut. 4:31, 39-40 NASB – For the LORD your God is a – Bible Gateway.

Deuteronomy 4:39-40 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
39 Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
40 So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am giving you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may live long on the land which the LORD your God is giving you for all time.”
via Deut. 4:31, 39-40 NASB – For the LORD your God is a – Bible Gateway.

True. These verses were written first to Israel. They still hold for Israel but when you exchanged your sin debt for JESUS Righteousness, these promises became YOUR promises too.

Galatians 3:29 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise.
via Galatians 3:29 NASB – And if you belong to Christ then you – Bible Gateway.

But you know this, don’t you? This is not new to you.
I thought so.
But isn’t it good to be reminded? Isn’t it good just to read it again and let it fall fresh and new and sweet and comforting on you again today?
I thought so.

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ABBA, thank You that in JESUS we are Abraham’s seed; thank You that You have One Body and the day of joining is coming. And oh what a glorious day that will be. Thank You for each and every Dear One either by email or web page that comes to pray here with me, I pray Your Words will take root and bear much fruit in each of us. We are continuing to pray for many, particularly the McDaniel family and the Henderson family as they celebrate the lives of Ray and Junior, respectively.  Your Word tells us the homecoming of Your Saints is precious to You and yet You know the pain of separation so I know You have comfort to give these families. May it be they receive every morsel of it. And I’m still thinking of Don, Kerri, Diana, Dori, Allison, LaJuanna and every name and circumstance that has been entrusted to us for prayer. Thank You for hearing our prayer and for attending every need in JESUS name. Amen and amen.

Brave the Dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie

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Larry Ray

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He was 18. School had just started. He only needed two credits to graduate; so by 10:00 he was nearly home. August 4, 1965 my brother, Larry, made it all the way home to JESUS. I still miss him.

Larry was born with only one kidney and by age 12 that one kidney ceased to work properly. There were no transplants back them and so in the winter Larry missed lots of school; too sick to get out of bed. So his last year of high school he only attended two early morning classes and he was then free to go home. And on that Wednesday morning, there on the road at the church the man rounded the curve on Larry’s side and Larry died. The man was driving a gravel truck, as we called them back then, and he was drunk. It happened fast.  I was 13. He was 18.

The Friday night before the Wednesday, there had been another fatal crash. That one the fault of the young man driving. It was so tragic. And Larry had said, I don’t know when I will go but I won’t go drinking and I won’t go driving too fast and I KNOW where I’m going. And when Larry went, a young man who heard Larry’s words, came to find JESUS. He said he wanted to be able to say what Larry had said. I don’t know where that young man now 46 years older is but Larry I do. Praising JESUS and waiting.

2 Samuel 12:19 David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead. “Is the child dead?” he asked.

“Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.”

20 Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.
21 His attendants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”
22 He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let the child live.’
23 But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
via 2 Samuel 12 NIV – Nathan Rebukes David The LORD sent – Bible Gateway.

I will go to him, but until then there are seeds to sow and a harvest to reap.

Revelation 2:17 – His Ministry to you,
Kathie

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David worshiped. I want to do the same, ABBA.  You have been faithful all these years. Thank You for the future, thank You for the present; thank You for the past. Comfort those who mourn. And I pray, HOLY SPIRIT, that with all our losses that we bring them quickly to You, people, things and dreams so we can do as David did — give You praise.  I am remembering Diana today and Kerri and Lily and others. Thank You for the plans You have for them and for us; to prosper us, never to harm us. I pray for hopeful and cheerful hearts for every reader here in JESUS name. And, ABBA, thank You for Larry; thank You for the reunion to come and until them I pray to go about doing good in Your Name, JESUS. amen and amen.