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Lord, Give Me Holy Balance!

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I have invested (I am trusting it is an investment) a HUGE block of time this morning reading politically directed material. Popular or not, I am inviting you to visit KAT’s Meows and watch, listen, read and pray. Pray that we do not just accept this with a there is nothing I can do attitude or perhaps a state of denial. Either stance will paralyze.

Four years ago I lost a Reader (perhaps more than one) because of my political praying in print; because I made no apologies for my conviction that Barack Obama was not fit for the Presidency. I have not changed my mind and thus far our Constitution at this writing is still upheld enough that I can say so. Albeit there is increasing censorship looming.

However, it is not good for me to be consumed with the political storm; a balance is a must. I am urging you and reminding myself to be prayerful, to be politically  informed, to FIRST GO carrying out the Great Commission; and since we are GOING anyway, as the HOLY SPIRIT prompts urge every soul you can to resist and refuse to buy into ‘Separation of Church and State’ as it continues to be perversely spewed. America needs REAL CONSISTENTLY PRACTICING CHRISTIANS saturating the political scene. I said recently at my Facebook page:

It is a sad day in America when a man cannot get elected President because he is too godly.

May JESUS have mercy on each and every American who rejects a candidate because he or she is too Christian principled.

Now let me land this thing with Good News.

Matthew 28:18-20 King James Version (KJV)
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
via Matthew 28:18-20 KJV – And Jesus came and spake unto them – Bible Gateway.

Do you see? Do you see the Good News that will keep you and me sane in this crazy world? 

Jesus said: All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.

ALL POWER is given to HIM!

Not the Democratic party. Not the Republican party. Nor anybody in either party.

JESUS is in charge!!

So tell me, what does it profit a soul to side against HIM?

I gotta hush now — and work on my holy balance.  :)

There are prayers to pray! Praying (PFT) is breathing for Christians. Breathe RED!

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Truth.
I did other stuff yesterday and did not write, so you got no post in your email boxes this morning.
And then last night I was so outdone with a Public Figure and Facebook that I did not write; actually, I am so outdone with our President that I did not even watch his speech.
I suppose you could say since I don’t get to tell him what I think, I don’t want to hear what he has to say.  One-sided conversations are so frustrating!
Have y’all found that to be true too?

Too often I catch myself having an internal conversation with folks who will never hear what I would so like to say. It does me no good or them.
So why do I do it?
Flesh.
That’s the honest truth.
But admitting it to you is helpful and Father GOD and I are working on it.  :) 

Accountability.

Such a good thing!

I’d like to spread that around! Oops.  Not going there. :)  It’s a dead-end road.

Shall I share a Scripture and post this???

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” Philippians 4:8 KJV

via BibleGateway.com: A searchable online Bible in over 100 versions and 50 languages..

That was easy. I opened my online Bible and there it was at my fingertips.
Father GOD is so funny sometimes, so tender and loving even with discipline.
Do y’all find that to be true too?

Thank You, Father.  I love you for loving me. Thank You for each of our Readers too.  Are we doing all that You want us to do as a group?
If we are not, would You lay it on our hearts to do more as a unit?
Would You give us discernment and direction on how we can make You known and alleviate some of this world’s suffering in JESUS’ name?
Thank You, Father.

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Love, Kathie 

Assurance - Promise, KWT Paraphrasing

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Psalm 139 New Living Translation (NLT)

1 O LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.

2 You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.

3 You see me when I travel and when I rest at home.  You know everything I do.

4 You know what I am going to say even before I say it, LORD.

5 You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!

7 I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!

8 If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there.

9 If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans,

10 even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.

11 I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night—

12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.

13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.

16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book.  Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.

17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!

18 I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand!  And when I wake up, you are still with me!

19 O God, if only you would destroy the wicked! Get out of my life, you murderers!

20 They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your name.

21 O LORD, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you?  Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?

22 Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

via Ps 139 NLT – Psalm 139 – For the choir director A – Bible Gateway.

How comfortable are you with verse 1?  He knows EVERYTHING about you?

Verily verily (don’t you like that? Reminds me of JESUS. There are 25 verses in the KJV wherein He said it.) knowing He knows ALL about me means more to me than my frail vocabulary can tell. This Truth gives me comfort, peace, a reality of security that is unequaled.  I met a young woman once who said she did not like it that He knew it all and saw it all concerning her. I thought that was sad. What do you think?

And how about verse 10? Wherever I am, wherever you are, if we are His, He will guide us AND His strength will support us.  That just flat-out feels good, doesn’t it?

Verse 16 — how sad do you think He is when He records the brevity of lifespan for every aborted baby?

Oh, oh and verses 17 and 18 — He thinks about you and me so much that His thoughts of us cannot be numbered! They outnumber the grains of sand on all the world’s beaches and under all the world’s seas. You know if we would just allow the Holy Spirit to give life to this Scripture within us it would cure our insecurities and inferiority complexes. Don’t you think?

I’ll finish with verse 24 – Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.  YES! Bring on the Search Light, ABBA.  Look in every corner, crevice, every minute place and cause me to see and be offended at every thing You find that offends You.  Amen and amen.

And it occurs to me as I am about to put this to post that His Word is the Search Light and if I am really serious about wanting Him to point out my offenses, I will open myself and apply myself to searching His Word, reading it, meditating upon it, praying it back to Him, for myself and for you.

So! Which of these verses speak to you today?

There are prayers to pray! Praying (PFT) is breathing for Christians. Breathe RED!

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