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A new year ~ A new heart

by | Jan 13, 2011 | Uncategorized

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you;
I will remove from you
Your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
And I will put my Spirit in you and move you
to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

Ezekiel 36:26-27

What a wonderful promise from God.
He really IS concerned about the heart’s condition.
For he has said, “where your treasure is there will be your heart”.
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit,
to sustain me.

That is a prayer.
Create in me…a pure heart
Renew in me…a steadfast spirit
(dictionary.com says: steadfast is fixed in direction; firm in purpose;
unwavering; firmly established).
Restore to me…the joy
Grant me…a willing spirit
Do not cast me:
(dictionary.com says: to throw or hurl; to cause to fall upon in a direction;
to throw out or down; to part with shed or drop; to set aside or throw forth; to place hastily or with force to reject or discard).

Do you get it yet? It is a prayer…
Do not discard me or push me away Lord
or take your Holy Spirit from me.

Is that even possible? That He would take His Spirit from us?
That would be a scary thought.
The Holy Spirit is our comforter. Our discernment.
It would feel so empty without the spirit with us.
Lord God we ask for a new Heart … we seek a new heart…
for this new year.
Along with that we ask for a new spirit too.
Help us Lord to have hearts that cry for others
with tenderness and compassion.
Lord God as we walk in your word and abide in your truth
we pray that you will sustain us with a willing spirit
as you restore in us the joy of your Salvation.
May THIS year be the year of joy and salvation and hope and healing.
Are you ready?

Light of my heart

by | Jan 12, 2011 | Uncategorized

St. Augustine wrote one time:
“Light of my heart, do not let my darkness speak to me.”

I think this is a profound saying because in this time of season where greying days are the norm and the weather is not an invitation to go out and enjoy. The darkness of the day can sweep over our spirit and dare to remove our joy or our hope or our spark of life.

It is easier to want to wrap in a blanket, drink tea by the fire and hibernate.
In order for something to speak to us we have to listen.
We have to be quiet and be still and listen.
Let me lean in and tell you something:
Do not LISTEN to the darkness talking…
1 John: 5-7
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you:
God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

So the message is this.
Darkness is not from God.
When our spirits feels downcast and sad and the darkness of the overcast day leaves us with a mood that feels defeated it is not from God.
We are to speak LIGHT to our day for God is light and life and hope and we stand in HIM.
Do not let the darkness speak to your heart.

Light of our hearts illuminate your love to us.
Shine it so brightly and so acutely that we will have no reason or desire to doubt or stay in the dark.
Light of our hearts
we thank you
for being who you are and for loving us.
Help us to stay in your truth
Help us to walk in fellowship with you
and help us Lord to keep our hearts pure.
Thank you Jesus for all that you do. Amen

Still resting

by | Jan 9, 2011 | Uncategorized

Still resting and recouping.
Antibiotics are working.
I am not as congested and not as ‘sick’ as in the beginning.
Still very weak and still coughing.
My appetite is very low food has been very minimal for 5 days now.
I have been sleeping 12 hours at night and still needing sleep in the day.
It has been a very bad bug.

Will try to get back to writing on Monday.
It has been one year since this blog was created.
I cannot believe it is one years old.

Resting

by | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized

This is not a good way to start a new year.
I came down with a respiratory infection, bad cough and wheezing at times and fevers between 101-102 and feel like a truck hit me and left me along side the road.
Not a flu just head and throat stuff.
I may not be writing three times a week this week.
It is just enough for me to get a juice glass or feed my dogs and cat.
Haven’t eaten anything solid for at least three days.
Did try some chicken soup and that didn’t even taste good.
Had to muster the strength to shower and go to the doctor it was hard since I had a fever and felt like I was freezing.
Wish I could have stayed in my pj’s.
Even my morning coffee tastes awful.
Would appreciate some prayers.
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