MOVE

It's funny I have not thought about this in many years, but today as I was crocheting it was one of the many places my mind wondered to...

It was December 2002, a friend had told me that at The Villages Town Square they were having free rides on horse drawn carriages.  I knew this was something my daughter would enjoy, and something I was never able to afford.  So we went to the square and had been standing in line anticipating this ride, enjoying the sites, sounds and smells.

We were finally getting close just a couple more groups and it would be our turn, when suddenly I became ill, nervous, agitated, I KNEW we had to move, we could not wait we had to move.  I know people thought I was crazy as I struggled through the crowd, I did not care I knew we had to go to the other side of the square.

We got to the other side and I lost my agitation and was feeling silly for not waiting a few minutes to see if I would feel better, when we heard crashing, screams, saw people running in terror.  I was in shock, we rushed back to where we had just come from to see what had occurred, within a few feet of where my daughter and I had stood was a car, the driver had a seizure, crashed through barriers, killing two people and injuring 17 others.

Think what you want, but I KNOW that God touched me that night, my daughter and I may not have been hit by the car where we stood, we may not have been trampled by the crowd of terrified people running for their lives, but who knows what may have been had we stayed and not moved.

How often in your life and your faith walk do you ignore the call to MOVE.  How often has moving saved you or someone else whether it is their life or their soul.  When God tells me to move often I am reluctant and perhaps that is why I remembered this moment today, as a reminder when God says move, I better MOVE......

"I"

I really need to "try" to remember to bring paper and pen with me when I go outside to crochet.  It seems that these are the times God most often fills my mind with thoughts of my day, words spoken, written and read.  Somehow, through God's design I am sure, these thoughts intertwined today to become what follows.  Hope you enjoy my day!

I

WORDS

I

HAD

WRITTEN

THEY HAD

ALL

INTERTWINED

TO BECOME

WHAT

FOLLOWS

FROM

THE

JUMBLE OF

MY MIND

JUST BECAUSE

I

CANNOT SAVE

THE WORLD!

DOES THIS

MEAN

I

SHOULD

 NOT TRY!

JUST BECAUSE

I

MAY NOT

FIT IN!

DOES IT

MEAN

I

CANNOT

 BECOME

A PART

 OF

THE WHOLE

FOR IS

 IT

NOT TRUE,

THAT IF

NOT

FOR THE

ME'S

OF THIS

WORLD

THERE

WOULD BE

NO

" I's "

IN MEMORY, IN HONOR-FOR YOU

“I asked Jesus,

‘How much

do you

love me?’

And Jesus said, ‘

This much.’

Then He stretched

out His arms

and died.”

- Unknown

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MY THOUGHTS

WERE OF YOU

TODAY

THE

 MEN AND WOMEN

WHO

HAVE FOUGHT

WHO HAVE

DIED

AS I SAT

 CROCHETING

A GIFT

FOR ONE WHO

SERVES TODAY

I CHOSE MY

COLOR

FOR THE

SORROW

YOUR LOVED

ONES FEEL

FOR THE

LOSS

OF YOU

FOR THE

MEN AND WOMEN

TO WHOM

THIS GIFT

GOES

KNOWING IT

WILL ABSORB

THE LIGHT

AND

LIKE THE

LIGHT OF

JESUS

WILL

PROTECT YOU

IN THE

NIGHT

I

THOUGHT OF

THE NAM

VETS

WHO CAME

BACK HOME

TO ABUSE

AND

RIDICULE

AND HOW

THEY

STILL

HAVE NOT

RECEIVED THE

HONOR

THEY ARE

DUE!

 I

CROCHETED

WITH MY

HANDS, NO

THOUGHTS OR PLANS

FINALLY I

WAS THROUGH

I

 LAID OUT

THIS CREATION

MADE

WITH

THOUGHTS

AND PRAYERS

OF YOU

I WAS

STUNNED

TO SEE

A WREATH

FOR THOSE

WHO DIED

A TRIANGLE

FOR

THE FATHER

THE SON

AND

HOLY GHOST

AND

A CROSS

FOR

JESUS

WHO WALKS

AT

YOUR

SIDE

Our Greatest Gift

Atheism



From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Atheism, in a broad sense, is the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist. Atheism is contrasted with theism, which in its most general form is the belief that at least one deity exists.


ATHEIST,

I woke this morning thinking of God's love, how blessed I am.  I seem to be running across many professed atheist lately, spreading their hate and anger on the pages of believers.  Lashing out at people they do not know,  their words meant to hurt, to cause doubt, to make people of faith question their beliefs.

I have prayed and asked God why, what is this need that drives them to search out people of faith.  I just could not understand such a driving need in them that they feel compelled time after time to attack people of faith.  I was at a loss, I have never felt the need to try to force my belief on anyone.  I certainly know that people need to know my God, the love of Jesus and the sacrifice He made for us...  I think that perhaps more than anyone out there they need to know that they are not to far gone for redemption, that the same God that loves and forgives me will also forgive them. 

They cannot confuse or move people of faith for what we feel for them is love.  We see the lost soul, crying out in need, searching not really to condemn us, but feeling their own condemnation and reaching out to the warmth of the love that they can see in us, but like the children they are they lash out in anger because we have what they want but fear they never will have.

KAREN'S DEFINITION OF AN ATHEIST:  Atheist are people who feel their sins are so great, that they cannot believe any God could forgive them, who lash out in anger and fear, at others who have what they fear can never be theirs.

We should love these people, reach out to them in love, let them know that we see the confusion behind their words of anger, the fear.  Let them know that they too can know the love we have, that no sin is to great to overcome the love Jesus has for them. 

Our greatest gift is Love!

STILL STANDING

TAKEN

SOME HITS

STILL STANDING

YEAH

I KNOW

YOU HAVE

BEEN HANGING

AROUND

WOULD

RECOGNIZE YOU

ANYWHERE!

STILL STANDING

THE HARDER

YOU TRY

THE MORE

I HAVE

TO SHARE!

STILL STANDING

SO DO YOUR

WORSE!

I KNOW

WHERE I

STAND

AND

WHO STANDS

AT MY

SIDE

STILL STANDING

ON

GOD'S PROMISE

ON

GOD'S WORD

HONEY

I thought that my posts for the day was written and was looking forward to working on winter caps for my Nanababies, but that will have to wait, for these thoughts crowding my mind.

It is a little known fact, though well established, that if you move to an area and have allergies ingesting locally produced honey on a daily basis, will build an immunity in you to many of the plants causing your allergies.

The Bible, Jesus and a woman I refer to as Honey are all like this, if we ingest a little of each into our life's each day we will build immunity, we will still have problems, but we will be better for taking this step to help us through our day, along the path of our faith walk.

The testimony:  I first heard Mac Gober's Testimony on KCM (Kenneth Copeland Ministry)  This is just a very small part, but huge, of that testimony.  I refer to the woman as Honey because her identity is unknown here on earth, and I think without his even realizing he did so Brother Mac referred to her as Honey.

Mac was a biker, a gang member, someone if you met on the street day or night would have most likely filled you with fear for your safety.  He visited a friend one day (I am only giving a small portion of the whole here) to do drugs, hang out.  He did not think his friend was home, he let himself into this friends apartment.  As he entered he saw a piece of paper on the floor and picked it up.  It said that Jesus loved him, that he was worthy of this love and forgiveness, his friend came out of his bedroom and he asked him what this #$@# was, his friend laughed and told him that the old lady he punched in the face the night before must have dropped it, that she knocked on his door trying to spread this $@#$#  and he punched her.

This story that should not have bothered a man who had himself done far worse, stayed with him haunted him, created in him a desire that he did not have the knowledge or words to understand but nonetheless felt, a desire to know why this woman would show up in a neighborhood like that one, in an apartment complex where she knew she could be killed or hurt, what kind of woman was this, what kind of love, what kind of God would lead her there.

This woman through one act, one moment in time, with no thought or knowledge of where this would lead, through her action led this man to Christ and through his faith in God, he has changed the lives of thousands.

Brother Mac went on to tell of a dream he had one night, that he was visiting Heaven and was in a hallway of pure white, he saw Jesus leading this old woman down this hall and Jesus said to her, Honey there is something I want to show you.  Jesus opened a door and behind that door were thousands of people, none that Honey knew or had ever met, Jesus told her that through her these people were led to Him.

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I write here what I feel led to share as I am led.  Very few visit this site, I share to my Facebook page.  I write the good, bad, and the ugly, my thoughts, feelings, so that perhaps someday someone might read my words and thoughts and something in them will touch their heart, their lives.

It would be nice to only write and publish the good, I would much rather that people think well of me, that you believe God always only works good and does not allow any bad into me or my life.  But that is only partially true, I allow bad in my life, like you I get angry, I get hurt, I lash out at people!  I would prefer you not see that, but how do I know what may touch your heart, what may lead you to want to know the God that I love so much, that I allow you to see all of me....Even the parts for which God forgives me!!!

RUTH

RUTH 1:16-17

 And Ruth said,

 Intreat me not

to leave thee,

or to return from

 following after thee:

 for whither thou goest,

I will go;

and

where thou lodgest,

I will lodge:

thy people

 shall be my people,

and

thy God my God:

Where thou diest,

 will I die,

 and

there will I

 be buried:

 the LORD do so

 to me,

 and

more also,

 if ought

 but death

 part

thee and me.

I laid these verses out in the format of poetry.  To me Ruth's address to Naomi is just that, sheer, beautiful, poetry.

Ruth is seldom mentioned in the Church, I am not sure why this is since she is listed in Jesus' lineage.  Her loyalty and love for her mother-in-law is inspirational.  I think she deserves far more attention than she receives and would recommend that women of faith, read the book of Ruth.  That they study this great woman.

She is a such a great example to women of faith.  Her story is to long to go into here and now, but she has been on my heart and mind a lot lately.  This will be the first I write of her but, I will write more.

Still musing!

KUDOS! TO BROTHER MAC

THE REST

ARE

STILL SITTING

IN THEIR PEWS

ASSURED OF

THEIR

FIREPROOF!

BECAUSE, EVERY

SUNDAY

AND WEDNESDAY'S

TOO!

THEY ARE RIGHT

WHERE GOD

WANTS THEM

SITTING IN

THEIR PEWS

NOT A HONEY

IN THE

BUNCH!

THERE WILL BE NO

ROOMS

FILLED WITH

PEOPLE

NEVER MET

BUT ONE OF

YOURS

REACHED OUT

IN FRIENDSHIP

TO ME

AN UNKNOWN

PERSON

A STRANGER

IN NEED.

SO

MY KUDOS

TO YOU

BROTHER

MAC!

 I'M SURE

THEY

WILL PROCLAIM!

I WAS THERE,

SITTING IN

MY

PEW!

MENDING

Broken Toys

As children bring their broken toys,

With tears, for us to mend;

I brought my broken dreams to God

because he was my friend.

But then instead of leaving him in peace to work alone,

I hung around and tried to help with ways that were my own.

At last, I snatched them back and cried,

"How could you be so slow?"

"My child," He said, "What could I do?

You never did let go...."

Author unknown

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AS usual this is not where I expected to be today!  I just love this journey.  The picture above is of, well mostly my dog Prissy, I am the coat and hood hidden behind the 60 pounds of Husky that decided it was time for mommy and me.  As I sat there being crushed by this dog who thinks she weighs 8 pounds still, does not understand why my lap seems to be getting smaller and refuses to believe me when I tell her Huskies are not lap dogs, I petted her, not knowing what need drove her into my lap but offering the only comfort I knew how, my love.

I thought of Jesus and his saying that He must leave so that the Comforter could come.  I thought of the different people whose lives I touch and who touch mine and the various kinds of comfort we give to each other either in our love for each other or through our love of Jesus.

I thought of the poem I opened this post with, how often we hand our problems to God but never really let go..  For me letting go is the hardest part, I still and most likely will always, struggle with not snatching them back.  It is who I am! 

But I am so grateful that when I am broken, when I feel that I just can't take any more worries, troubles or cares that the Comforter wraps me in His arms and says "Let go!"

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"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto My Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in My Name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in My Name, I will do it. If ye love Me, keep My Commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of Truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you." (John 14:12-17 KJV)


"But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of He: And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning." (John 15:26-27 KJV) "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment" (John 16:7-8 KJV)

AMAZED!!!!!

I have had the greatest journey with God today and never left my backyard.  You just cannot out give Him. 

I decided early this morning that I would work on some boy caps for NICU so I packed up some blue yarn to work on that today.  My neighbor came over with her two boys and since it was cold out she had her husband run in to get caps for them.  The youngest ones cap barely fit and for a brief moment I saw a flash of worry on her face.  Like many of us today they struggle, they would never ask me for anything but from that one flash of consternation I could see (having been there myself) that yes they could afford the small cost of a cap, but with that money they could put food on the table, put it towards a bill.  So I am halfway through the blue yarn I brought out with me, making nice warm caps for the boys.

While doing this another neighbor was working on a car, something he does for extra money.  He let his puppy run loose while doing this so I hollered over at him that I would watch her while he worked.  It gave him a couple of hours, where she could play and be safe in my fenced area.

All of my neighbors know of my faith, I share with them, my belief, my faith in Jesus  I do not preach to them, that is not my calling, I just share my walk, let them know perfection is not required, but love is...

It is not up to me to lead them to God, it is up to me to let God live so brightly in me that others want what I have.  That is my calling and God blesses me daily with opportunities to share with others, either through my words here or sitting in my backyard, waiting to see how God plans on blessing me today!