Submission

Not my will but yours be done, today
Not my plans but yours be carried out, I pray
May the words that I speak,
And the desires that I seek,
Come from your spirit, deep within my heart.

I am not my own
I am bought with a price
Of the precious blood of Christ.
Above all else I will choose you, Lord
Above the praise of man.

His LIght Will Prevail

Walking through the woods there was no breeze at all.
The sky was overcast with clouds. As soon as I entered
the path in the field I felt a very strong breeze on my
face. The clouds were moving very swiftly in the sky
revealing more and more blue sky. The sun previously
hid behind the clouds was seen with it's bright glow.
I began to think about how everything can look so
"dark" in the world we live in; yet Jesus can turn
the darkness into light for us. By faith we must look
up, up above the night and go forth with the glorious
gospel of light.

Thank you, Lord, that you will prevail
Thank you, Lord, that you never fail.
You chase the clouds away,
You turn my night to day.
You have come into my heart to stay.
In the summer rain or winter snow
The path that I take, you know.

Job 23:10 "He knows the way that I take and when He has
tried me, I shall come forth as gold".

Moment by Moment

The sun was shining, sparkling upon the wet grass; the
air refreshing after the rain. I begin singing and
praising the Lord. As I walked and praised the Lord
several thoughts of this busy life would interrupt my
time of praise.I thought," I want to live for this
moment of praise now and not worry about the next
moment". Then this thought came to my mind.

Every moment makes up hours
Every hour makes up days
Every day makes up weeks
Every week makes up months
Every month makes up years

And so on...until the end of time
But there is eternity....God lives in eternity
Right now all He requires of me is
to live one moment at a time
Oh to live that moment
in the light of His presence
one moment at a time

Sparkling Stones

In the part of the path which I walk in the driveway
through the field there are many rocks sunk down
into the ground. This evening I noticed something
unusual. The sun was shining on the rocks in such
a way that they just sparkled. I had never seen
them sparkle like that before. That sparkle lasted
only a few minutes. We who believe in Jesus are
"living stones" that we might show forth the praises
of Him who called us out of darkness into His
marvelous light. Moses face shone when he came
down from the presence of the Lord. "God has
shined in our hearts to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of
Jesus Christ. " II Corinthians 4: 6 "But we all
with open face beholding as in a glass the glory
of the Lord are changed into the same image
from glory to glory as by the Spirit of the Lord".
II Corinthians 3:18 Does the light of Jesus shine
upon my face so that others can see the glory of
God?

Refreshing Rain

The sky was very overcast. I felt sprinkles of rain as
I stepped out onto the deck. What a glorious
refreshing the rain brought to our dry, thirsty ground.
Now, perhaps, the trees which have many dead leaves
would be revived; the new little trees which Tony
planted would be thriving; The grass in the field would
grow greener for a second crop of hay.
I began to sing:
Rain, Spirit, rain
Rain upon my life today.
Rain, Spirit,rain,
Falling sweetly on my soul

I must go where the Spirit leads,
To His voice giving heed;
Every moment, every hour
Let Him fill me with His power.

It was time to refresh my soul. Thank you Lord, for
the opportunity to call out to you, freely, not
inhibited by other sounds and circumstances..just
out in your creation. I began to pray in the spirit and
what sweet release came to my spirit and joy..Isaiah
speaks of that refreshing..For with stammering of
lips and another tongue will he speak to this people..
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith you
may cause the weary to rest , and this is the
refreshing.
Thank you, Lord, for that wonderful gift of praying
in the Spirit. Thank you, Holy Spirit,for your
beautiful presence.

How

How can I not love you, Lord?
You gave your life for me.
How can I not love you
with all my heart and strength and soul?
You have come to make me whole.

How can I not love you, Lord?
You rose up from the dead
In You I have the victory
From self and sin
You have come to set me free

How can I not worship You
Bowing in humility?
You who are the KIng of Kings
How can I not honor You?
Of You my soul must sing

Life is like a puzzle

Every day is a new day, a day in which I have not
walked. But it is not new to you, Lord, for you
have gone before me. You see the big picture. I
only see a small part of the puzzle. There were my
thoughts as I begin my walk. Then you showed me
a beautiful illustration.
To the East, dark clouds were edged about with a
dark pink glow from the sun which was hidden
behind them. As I looked up I noticed other little
clusters of grey clouds surrounded with a pink
glow. This only lasted for a few moments, then
grey clouds covered the entire sky. The small
clusters reminded me of patches of puzzle pieces.
Life is like a puzzle to us, often times; however,
always remember that God
knows where all the pieces belong.

A New Day

Today is a new day
A day to trust and not fear,
A day of hope and good cheer,
A day for my obedience
I can depend upon your faithfulness
Your grace is my sufficiency,
Oh, Lord, I can depend on yu

I have so many things to be thankful for
I have so many reasons to love you, Lord
Let my love be not superficial or hypocritical
Let it be deeper, in my heart and in my soul,
In acts of obedience

Standing

Today has been rainy ; I did not go for a walk.
Praise the Lord for the good rain. It has been
very dry here. The Lord gave me a song,

Standing in the presence of the Lord
Standing in the presence of His love
Bowing at Jesus feet, the enemy must retreat,
Standing in His power, standing in His might
Standing day and night, Jesus is my light.

I do not stand alone, for you are with me
You are my refuge , my hiding place;
My light in the dark, I will not be afraid.
My hope in time of trouble,
My strength when I am weary.

Jesus I will stand for you,
To You I will be true;
I will not deny Your Name
To You shall be all fame.
By Your power divine
My faith shall not decline.

"Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the
power of His might. Put on the whole armour of God
that you might be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil ..Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of
God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day
and having done all to stand." Ephesians 6:10-11,13

Simple Worship

Hi everyone, It has been over a month since I have written in my blogspot. I have had a wonderful three weeks in Minnesota and northern Wisconsin. My dog Ruppert ran circles around me again and again. He was so excited and happy to see me. I was thinking this is an example of
how joyous my worship should be...each morning so excited to "walk with
the Lord". Sometimes I make worship so complicated. I am reminded of
the prophets of Ba'al in I Kings chapter 18. They jumped upon the altar and cut themselves with knives when striving to hear from their false god.
Then Elijah just simply asked that God make himself known to the people for who He is. The focus in worship isn't what I can do to "work up God's
presence" but in childlike faith and exuberance let praise flow from my
spirit as I worship God for who He is.