that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. — Romans 10:9-10
Have you?
Continually seeking Him,
Sharon
But you, O Lord, are a a God of compassion and mercy, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness. (Psalms 86:15 NLT)
Read: Joshua 15, Luke 18:18-43, Psalms 86:1-17, Proverbs 13:9-10
Relate: Some people are angry at God…I mean really angry. Why? They were hurt. Maybe I’m talking about you. Maybe you were hurt, and God didn’t stop the hurt from coming. I’ve been there. We may clench our teeth and say in our hearts, “How dare he stand there in all his power and allow us to suffer!” We rage and rave shaking our fists in righteous indignation. We scream to the heavens, and we say, “Where were you? You failed me. We have all felt the sting of living: betrayal, divorce, financial struggles, abuse, death, etc. etc. etc. The world is teeming and spilling over with damaged and broken people-people whose hearts are wounded- and some of…
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“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 (NASB)
It would be one thing if God sat on His throne safe in Heaven, immune from all suffering while He watched us in agony on earth. Some might feel justified in accusing Him of not caring. But that is not the case. For one thing, we must understand that our suffering causes Him grief. We understand this, because we hurt when someone we loves hurts. God was so moved by our suffering that He sent His Son to suffer in our place. Do we grieve when innocent children are abused by wicked men? So did God grieve when His innocent Son was abused by wicked men. Yet He knew this suffering was necessary in order to deliver us from eternal suffering.
On the wings of prayer
our burdens take flight
And our load of care
Becomes bearably light
And our heavy hearts
are lifted above
To be healed by the balm
Of God’s wonderful love.
Helen Steiner Rice
This is what the LORD says:
“Don’t let the wise boast in their wisdom,
or the powerful boast in their power,
Or the rich boast in their riches.
But those who wish to boast
should boast in this alone:
That they truly know Me and understand
that I am the LORD
who demonstrates unfailing love
and who brings justice and
righteousness to the earth,
and that I delight in these things.
I, the LORD, have spoken.”
Jeremiah 9:23-24 (NLT)
Even the Lord, the God of hosts,
The Lord is His name.
Therefore, return to your God,
Observe kindness and justice,
And wait for your God continually.
— Hosea 12:5-6
Sound advice.
Continually seeking Him,
Sharon
For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. — Romans 13:6-7
Verse of the day for the United States. Thanks to BibleGateway.com for the chuckle I got from reading this this morning.
I am grateful for a God who supplies my needs no matter the need nor the absent mindedness of my husband and myself. We had changed our deductions, which was supposed to be for a short period of time, but forgot to change it back. The realization that all of 2014 deductions were way, I mean way, too low came when we did tax preparation this year.
Needless to say we had to “pay tax to whom tax is due”. My gracious, awesome God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) supplied that need. And the great thing is that we still met our monetary obligations, tithe, and we’re still eating.
Do you know God? If you do you are truly blessed. If you don’t, I suggest you seek Him through His Word, the Bible. Ask someone you know, who has this same awesome, wonderful God, to tell you about Jesus and what He has done for you. You will not regret knowing Him.
Continually seeking Him,
Sharon
You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice,
You have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your way, in your numerous warriors, — Hosea 10:13
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. — Galatians 6:7-8
The king is not saved by a mighty army;
A warrior is not delivered by great strength. — Psalm 33:16
Trust in the Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. — Psalm 37:3
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight. — Proverbs 3:5-6
Continually seeking Him,
Sharon
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. — Genesis 2:1
The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. — Genesis 2:8
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers. — Genesis 4:10
What a perfect ending to a week of vacation. What a perfect beginning to a new week. I woke up this morning and as I stepped out onto my porch the sun was just beginning to rise, the brook behind my house was running after the rainstorm last night, and the birds were just singing praises to the Lord. For a moment everything was right with the world. (I actually recorded a minute and 40 seconds of listening to all the beautiful sounds of creation but I unfortunately don’t know how to get that on to this website).
I thank God today for His beautiful creation and for electronics that allow me, at any time, to go back to the garden and know the tranquility, peace, contentment and presence of God, even if it is only for a moment.
I thank God for making His presence known to me this new day. May you experience a moment in the Garden and know the God who created it.
Continually seeking Him,
Sharon
Sow with a view to righteousness,
Reap in accordance with kindness;
Break up your fallow ground,
For it is time to seek the Lord
Until He comes to rain righteousness on you. — Hosea 10:12
The wicked earns deceptive wages, But he who sows righteousness gets a true reward. — Proverbs 11:18
‘For I will pour out water on the thirsty land
And streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring
And My blessing on your descendants; — Isaiah 44:3
God is willing and ready to pour out His righteousness, Spirit, blessings and reward. Seek Jesus! Do everything in righteousness and with a loyal heart to the Lord.
Continually seeking Him,
Sharon
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