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Busy and Blessed

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It’s been a busy, blessed weekend. Music and messages at Satsuma First were so worth being there!

Supper at a local eating establishment was yummy and our waitress was a sweetheart – Victoria. We will look for her when we visit again and as the HOLY SPIRIT leads remember her in prayer.

This is how the week is shaping up: two days this week pitching in to help with some meal preparations, at least one Easter dress to start working on, one day of GRANDS pick up, a field trip on Thursday, Pasty Clairmont Thursday night, Friday night and Saturday – Priscilla Shirer simulcast.  What a week! And that’s just the stuff I know about.

Did I say busy and blessed?!

Two verses to ponder today. No doubt I’ve shared them here before as they are my life verses – verses that have saved my life many times. In times of trauma that I thought I could not bear and certainly did not understand, I kept these verses close. Written on index cards and posted at my kitchen sink, bathroom mirror, in my pocket — wherever I needed to be reminded:

Psalm 145: (New American Standard Bible)
17The LORD is righteous in all His ways And kind in all His deeds.
18The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.
via Ps 145:17 -18 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

And He still is!

PRAYING FOR THESE

Thank You for songs, thank You for music, ABBA.  Thank You for the song that I hear playing in my head even now — Our God Reigns.  And You do. Thank You. Thank You for recording Psalm 145: 17 and 18 for me and for every other dear One who has and will be comforted and strengthened by it. I know it’s true. I know because You said it and because for me You have never been wrong and You have never been unkind in every  thing You have done or allowed. You are right and You are kind in all You do. You are near to help, save, rescue and deliver every soul, not just some but every soul who calls upon You in truth. I have said it before and I believe it still, You can work with honesty.  It may be ugly and it may be ‘bloody’ but You come and bare You Holy Arm to lift up those that will just be honest with You.  Thank You, ABBA. In JESUS Name, thank You. Amen and amen.

Blessed to bless,
Kathie

Assurance - Promise, Christian Living

In the Making!

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Still nursing a sinus episode so perhaps our Monday time together will be brief.

I have spent much of today reading, that is when I was not sleeping.

One of my reading choices has been Radical by David Platt. It’s not a speedy read for me as it has required pondering, note taking and praying. I do not know what the outcome of reading it will be — I pray it’s RADICAL.

I also read a bit in Judges.

Judges 6: (New American Standard Bible)
12 The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, “The LORD is with you, O valiant warrior.”
13 Then Gideon said to him, “O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
14 The LORD looked at him and said, “Go in this your strength and deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”
15 He said to Him, “O Lord, how shall I deliver Israel? Behold, my family is the least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
16 But the LORD said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat Midian as one man.”
17 So Gideon said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who speak with me.
18 “Please do not depart from here, until I come back to You, and bring out my offering and lay it before You.” And He said, “I will remain until you return.”
19 Then Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them out to him under the oak and presented them.
20 The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And he did so.
21 Then the angel of the LORD put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
22 When Gideon saw that he was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Alas, O Lord GOD! For now I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.”
23 The LORD said to him, “Peace to you, do not fear; you shall not die.”
24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and named it The LORD is Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
via Judges 6:12-24 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

And there is much more in this passage than I am not going to touch on tonight as time is ticking.

Please note how the LORD addressed Gideon: 12 The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, “The LORD is with you, O valiant warrior.”

O valiant warrior.

That is not how Gideon saw himself as shown by verse 13.

Perhaps the LORD is seeing more in you than you are seeing in yourself.

I appreciate and enjoy verse 14: “The LORD looked at him and said, “Go in this your strength and deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”

THE LORD LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID.

What more would we want than for the LORD to look at us and speak to us?

In the beginning of our Text Gideon is afraid, even thinks of himself as cowardly; but JESUS doesn’t.  And by verse 24 neither does Gideon.

Gideon said: “The LORD is Peace.”

Yielding to and knowing JESUS is our very own PEACE does not mean we will never be afraid but it does mean we are valiant warriors in the making!

Thank You for this Passage and for the encouragement You give us in it, ABBA, and I pray, HOLY SPIRIT, for You to take this offering and minister it as You will. You know the precious souls on own minds. Thank You for the healing You are continuing to bring. Thank You for Who You are to us. Thank You for our IDOK Troops, keep them safe and protected we pray. Amen and amen in YOUR NAME, LORD JESUS.

Blessed to bless,
Kathie

A Quick Hello, Assurance - Promise, Christian Living

Flat Out … :)

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Hmmmm.    A blank page.

I’ve been thinking I want something light and entertaining for our Friday time together — where’s that humor my friends tell me I have when I need it?!! Especially when it’s 8:38 PM!!

I’ve had fun today.  But if I told you what was fun about, it could be construed as bragging.  So I’ll just share parts.

Truth is doing life with JESUS is just flat out fun!

Texting with my niece, seeing a picture of her ‘new Friend’ all the way from South Africa; hearing good news that my grand-nephew is going to church now.

Meeting new friends in Blog Land — that actually live in the Philippines.  She has a well setting view of Heaven. I enjoyed reading her work today.  Crown of Beauty Perhaps you’d like to visit too.

Chicken vegetable soup and cornbread for supper.  Pretty fine stuff, if I do say so myself.

I’ve spoken true words over myself today — a fine thing you know to speak true words to yourself.

I scratched the back of an old dog and he thoroughly enjoyed it and I enjoyed pleasing him.

The digits on the bathroom scale are going down.  :)

A pot of green tea in the afternoon helps curb the appetite — 3 bite size cookies are a sweet treat.

The house is quiet — no intruding television — the hum of a ceiling fan: gives a Girl reasons to smile.

A beloved hubby who is just flat out a good man.

Flat out — I’ve come to just flat out like those two words.   :)

Okay. Time to reign this in.

Psalm 108: (New American Standard Bible)
1 My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.
2 Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn!
3 I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the peoples, And I will sing praises to You among the nations.
4 For Your lovingkindness is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the skies.
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, And Your glory above all the earth.
via Ps 108:1-5 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

PRAYING FOR THESE

Thank You, ABBA, for the privilege and the responsibility of reviewing and praying for those on our list. Thank You for seeing each name, each soul; thank You for meeting their needs. Thank You for silly times, thank You for allowing us to do life with You. I pray for each Dear IDOK that they will enjoy Your Presence today; that their love for You will be strengthened today and this day will not pass without each expressing to You that You are Awesome and worthy of praise. And we remember our IDOK Troops for safety, protection, blessings of peace and hope. And speaking of peace and hope — I pray for the peace of Israel.

Many other matters too, without giving them  specific voice here, still we bring them to You; thank You for hearing; thank You for answering in JESUS Name. Amen and amen.

Until Then + + +
Kathie

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