Psalms chapter 144 King James Version
1 A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
12/03/2010
12/01/2010
On or around November 28th I was snatched from my home by a furry, four legged beast, stolen away from my mate! A kind woman took me from this beast before it could rip and devour me and placed me here so that I would be safe and hopefully if someone came looking I could be found and reunited with my sole mate.
Sadly, she failed to listen to the weather report, so here I sit, alone, cold, wet, with the rain pouring down on me. Bless her heart she tried to explain that this was really a blessing for the beast that stole me was not named Squirt for his size! She wants me to know that I am being washed and will soon be clean.
She claims to understand, how it feels to be alone and tells me of her soul mate Jesus, God who walked among men, who rescued her from being devoured by a beast and how without Him she too would be unclean, that he cleansed her of her sin, and that as with me, alone she has no strength but with her soul mate she too can offer comfort, warmth and love.
Sadly, she failed to listen to the weather report, so here I sit, alone, cold, wet, with the rain pouring down on me. Bless her heart she tried to explain that this was really a blessing for the beast that stole me was not named Squirt for his size! She wants me to know that I am being washed and will soon be clean.
She claims to understand, how it feels to be alone and tells me of her soul mate Jesus, God who walked among men, who rescued her from being devoured by a beast and how without Him she too would be unclean, that he cleansed her of her sin, and that as with me, alone she has no strength but with her soul mate she too can offer comfort, warmth and love.
So if you recognize me, please take me home, for without my sole mate I too am lost....
11/23/2010
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......
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......
11/16/2010
"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 "
11/11/2010
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
********************************
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
11/10/2010
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!
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!
11/09/2010
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
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