Some Heavy Lifting

Have you ever thought of how horrible drowning would be?

If something was pulling you down and down, how far could you stay conscious underwater before you suffocated or inhaled to much water?

Would you feel yourself be crushed by the depths?

It is a sad and painful thought.

How dark and lonely it would be; how lost and hopeless life would be.

How cold and vulnerable you would feel.

How scared and desperate you would become.

Your lungs would burn. Your ears would ring! The water holding you, no way for you to be set free.

The weight of the world becoming heavier... and heavier... and heavier... and heavier... never, not once letting up for one moment!

I was thinking about this and thought, "what could be worse?"

Jesus says in Matthew 18 verses 5-6 "And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me. But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large mill stone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea."

Food for thought.

Growing Pains!

Do you remember when we were young and our bodies were growing? Sometimes our muscles would ache constantly and we would toss and turn at night, or we would run into walls because we had gotten bigger without noticing it. We would pull something out of our drawer and find that it didn't fit us anymore, and have to throw it away. It is an exciting yet painful process sometimes!

Our heart and spirit in our walk with God is something of the same picture. We are constantly growing and striving to be like Christ. It aches and we loose sleep over it sometimes. We run into things we don't understand because our hearts have gotten bigger and we learn to be more careful. We pull things out of our life and look at it and we are faced with a decision: "do i throw it away or keep something that doesn't fit?"

It is an exciting process. Though, some of the things we pull we have become attached to, and we don't want to get rid of it. But if we keep it we create clutter. It might even get in the way or trip us. It is Painful, but we have to toss the bad habits and characteristics that don't fit us anymore.

Let Christ stretch you and make you strong. Let Him clothe you with His robe of love. God Bless!

Home Work: Clean out your dresser ;) I know i have some throwing out to do!

Learning to love Jesus is hard work!

We can sometimes get distracted when it comes to loving. It takes time and hard effort. You might think that love is supposed to be simple, but if you look around, you can see many people who loved eachother once upon a time but have given up because of the choices they made. The exciting rush of joy they felt at the begining has disappeared and the difficult task of loving their partner sets in. If they have no desire to learn about their partner's desires and needs and dont take the time for them that they both need, they end up falling away from one another, not closer! It cant be a one sided relationship either, both have to work at it! Love is patient, it is kind, it is not selfish or boastful. Jesus set the example for true love, he loves you but you cant let it be a onesided relationship with your savior! You have to study his likes and dislikes and passions! You have to learn
to love Him! It is a relationship, you can not give up. God bless

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Mind vs. Heart

Mind: "Stop, you don't know what your doing!"

Heart: "But i must!"

Mind: "No! Can't you see all the possibilities of how it could go wrong?"

Heart: "I do not! I feel the hope of how it is supposed to be!" 

Mind: "Don't pull that feeling stuff on me! Don't you remember what happened and how it felt last time?"

Heart: "Of course, but this is what i was made for, I have to at least make a small effort to see which way it turns!" 

Mind: "If you get hurt, don't you come crawling back to me for comfort, i am not going to be apart of this drama!"   

Heart: " What? Who says it is always going to turn out badly? It Could..."

Mind: "The World! Thats Who! It Has nothing in common with you and wants to crush you to bits? Doesn't that scare you in the slightest?"

...

Heart: "...YES! In fact, that terrifies me!... But that is exactly what the world wants! IT wants to terrify! The world want's it to turn out badly or it doesn't want it to happen at all! But if i am trusting in God to take my fear and then to lead me, in order that i might find success! Then i might have a picture for another poor heart to hope toward!"

Mind: "... You pitiful heart... how do you cary so much? Why do you endure pain to try and gain something that might never be? How can you suffer, over and over and still have hope deep within?"  

Heart: "It is not by any of my own doings that I try again after i have failed? The Purpose that the Lord has for me pulls me up when i have been nocked down!"

Mind: " I wish I had a purpose like you! You make me feel like a pessimistic humbug!"

Heart: "You have a purpose as much as i do! Your supposed to argue and reason with me as we just were! You may think that your suggestions (or more like commands) are discarded and trampled on sometimes, but they influence the way our body act as well!" 

Mind: " Oh... so i should make a suggestion of how to go about this situation as carefully as possible, instead of  throwing the whole thing out the ear? "

Heart: "Yeah... it will work out better, i think, if you are thinking and i am feeling as one! That way we keep each other in check!"

 

Mind: "And keeping God always in our focus?" 

Heart: "Yes! God is our focus!" 

Hobby update #1

Mistress Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells, and cockle shells,

And pretty maids all in a row. 

My garden is coming along! I just planted some Tomato plants and my tulips are finally peeping their heads from the ground! There is ONE sun flower and i am praying nothing chews it up! Everything else is growing beautifully and I keep seeing more and more buds on my chrysanthemums! Mom gave me about two pounds of sprouting potatoes to put into the earth! That shall be an excuse to be near my garden with out nothing to do! :D 

Genesis 2:15

The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

Child of the Most High

Lord, the I Am, Creator of heaven and of earth, deserving of all praise and honor.

His daughter: She is beautiful; she is radiant; she knows when to speak.
 Her words are healing; her lips sing of her redeemer; her eyes seek His face and hold compassion for those around her. 
Her actions are kind; her thoughts are pure. She has taught her hands to be always diligent.Her work is praised by the leaders of the city.  She delights herself in the presence of the Lord. She shines like the morning sun when he is on her heart. 

Praise Him.

Praise Him, all children.

...Live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way...

Colossians 1:10

Ephesians 4:1 

Philipians 1:27

Praise him,

You are a child of the most High God .

Pulled to Safety

Every one is selfish.

                    Each human being's world revolves around their own person. 

                Each is a ruler in his own mind. 

How? 

                    Is it possible to be King over the King. 

              We are a fallen people. 

     Living only for ourselves. 

We will never escape in this world. 

       Immaturity has us captive. 

             We are set in a pattern.

                   The weight pulls me to the bottom.

                           The hole is too deep now.

                                The raging river has swelled.

                                                 I am caught in the current.

i feel...

there is no rescue

            "For where you have envy and selfish ambition there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven  is first of all pure; then peace loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere."

James 3:16, 17

                     There is another way to live.

      Jesus came that we might live life to the fullest. 

                 He brought mercy,

                        though we have sinned.

                He has forgiven,

                      though we have spat in his face.

Each of us want to stand out.

   Why blend in with the world?

      Save me.

          I am yours.

            Save me. 

               Stop flailing...

I feel...

My rescuer has come.