Reflections

This morning is a nice, cool day with a refreshing
wind blowing acroos the field. The neighbors cows
are kicking up their heels, prancing lively across
the field. Rupert is bounding up the path.
Everything speaks of life. It makes me want to
jump and dance and praise the Lord.
Blow, blow wind of the Spirit, blow across my soul.
Blow, blow wind of the Spirit, blowing away all
chaff until the reflection of Jesus is clearly
seen.
I think about when I was little;I used to stand
by the river bank in front of my grandparent's
home. When the river was real clear I would
throw in a little stone and watch the ripples
go farther and farther away. If the river was
not clear I could not see the ripples. If the
river was clear I could also see my reflection.
The Holy Spirit(the river of life in me) wants
to ripple out to others.I need the wind of the
Holy Spirit to blow upon my soul in order that
everything that obsures the reflection of Jesus
would be "blown" away.
I also thought about the time in Georgia
when my husband and I were sitting on the
porch of a log cabin and we could hear the
rippling of the water over the stones in the
creek bed just below the cabin. It sounded
so refreshing. That reminds me of the
refreshing our soul receives when we let
the Holy Spirit refresh our souls through
the Word of God.

Intense love

I am thinking about the intense hatred that an
atheist must have for God. Is my love for God
to the same degree of intensity? Oh,Lord,
that my love for you would be so intense
that I would be so enthralled with your
love to the degree that all other voices
become dimmer and dimmer..that I hear only
your voice. You showed the intensity of your
love at Calvary.

Home Sweet Home

Today as I walked I looked back at my house.
The paint is fading in some places and the
shingles on the roof may soon need repair.
I began to think about this "earthly" house
the real me lives in.

This old house is fading away,
This old house is getting weary every day.
But God is preparing a house in the heavens,
A house that will not fade away.
A house by the streets of gold,
that never will grow old.

About this time I noticed that Ruppert was no
where in sight. He was left behind. I began
thinking about what I will leave behind when
Jesus calls me to go to my heavenly home.

I'll leave behind all sickness and pain,
All sorrow and shame.
I'll leave behind all fear and sadness,
All will be joy and gladness.
Famine and war will be heard of no more,
When I arrive on that beautiful shore.

And the treasures that I have laid up
Are the faces of those who have believed,
Who the Saviour have received
When I sent my money up ahead..
that they might have Bibles.

But my mansion in the sky,
will be nothing in comparison
To the presence of my Lord.
To look up Him who died for me,
How awesome that will be!

AM I READY

Am I ready to suffer for your name
Or would I rather shrink back in shame?
Do I realize this is an opportunity
to share in your suffering for me?
Do I count it all joy that I am counted worthy
to suffer for your name?

My hands are your hands
My feet are your feet
My mouth is your to speak.
When I am asked to sacrifice
To give my all and not count the price
Lord, enable me to do it for you with joy

I need a vision, Lord, a purpose firm and true
Let not my vision be of selfish ambition
for then it would utterly fall
But I would look with You, Lord, unto the harvest field
To share your shame and reproach.

What I am Looking for?

As I walked I glanced through the woods noticing
that there was quite a large clearing where I
could see for a distance if there would be a wild
animal. When I was by the gate I looked back into
the field and could imagine what I would do if a
panther came bounding across the field toward me.
Could I hide behind the huge hay bales? Not really.
I thought about the Lord's protection. Then I saw
a little leaf falling to the ground. I thought
about how the Lord said He even sees the little
sparrow that falls to the ground. He also said,
"So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow
for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of
its own. Sufficient for each day is its own
trouble." (Amplified version) In other words I
need not be looking for evil but rather looking
to Jesus, the author and finisher of my faith.

Have you met Jesus?

If I was walking down the path and met Jesus coming
my way. What would my reaction be? Would I
recognize His voice? Would I shun him out of fear
or draw near? Would I bow in sweet surrender?

Have you met Jesus?
Have you experienced His touch upon your soul?
Do you know that He can make you whole?
He can wash away your sin,
Make you pure and clean within.

Have you met Jesus?
Have you seen his face?
Do you know that it is filled with mercy and grace?
When you come to him in faith,
He will not turn you away.
Come to him today, do not delay.

Someday Jesus will be appearing
for those who His voice have been hearing.
Today is the day of salvation,
for those of every nation.
If you have never met Jesus
I pray that you will meet him now

Only God Can

I cannot overcome worry and fear , but God can
Those little habits no one sees,
I cannot over come, but God can
To have a truly repentant heart,
I cannot, but God can do it in me
To endure hardnes as a good soldier of Jesus
Christ, I cannot, but God can do it in me

I can no more keep myself saved than I can
save myself
It is not about what I can do,
But what You, Lord, can do through me
So I might as well quit trying to do my very best,
I might as well start yielding and You will do the rest.

Revival Fires

Revival Fires are burning in the world today
Revival Fires are burning and their coming this way
Revival Fires are burning and my heart longs to pray
Come with all your cleansing power in my life today
A spark of hope is rising, deep within my being
A Holy Spirit stirring, a mighty returning

"O God, You are my God; early will I seek You,
my soul thirsts for You, my flesh longs for You..
Psalm 63:1

Never Alone

As I began my walk back home from the gate, I
heard a truck going by on the road. The thought
came to me,"I am all alone (although my dog,
Ruppert was with me)What if some men jumped
out of the truck and came and kidnapped me?
Then I began to sing about Jesus and realized
that I am never truly alone. Nothing could ever
happen except He allowed it.

I will never walk alone,
Jesus walks beside me
and He lives within me.
He never will leave me
nor forsake me
Every day, every hour,
every moment He'll be with me
He knows the path before me
I'll never truly walk alone.

I think about my brothers and sisters who are in
dangerous places because of their testimony for
Christ.I pray that they will realize God's
presence with them; that they will know they are
truly not alone.

Never Alone

God Sees

I kept noticing in the pathway little insects that
had died and were being eaten up by ants; it was a
rather repulsive thing to see. It was a picture of
death and destruction. I shuddered to think about
the death and destruction that is going on in the
world today; however, I began to think about what
God sees. He sees the heartaches, griefs,pain,
and suffering that is going on in this world. He
sees the destruction and terror. Psalm 102:19-20
tells us that the Lord looked down from heaven
and beheld the earth to hear the sighing and
groaning of the prisoner, to loose those who
are appointed to death. He not only sees but
cared enough to send Jesus, His only beloved
Son, who took bore all of our sorrows and
griefs. In Psalm 84 when talking about those
who pass through a place of weeping, verse
seven says, "they go from strength to strength
every one of them in Zion appears before God."
The Lord also tells us that when we see all
these things come to pass, it is time to look up
for Jesus is coming soon.

STANDING

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
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
may 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 stand".
Ephesians 6:10-11,13

The Heavens declare the glory of God

Oh, Lord what an awesome, beautiful picture you
painted for me today. The eastern sky was filled
with an array of blue, silver, white, pink and
purple colors! The clouds were like a very thin
layer of feathery substance thatlooked like lace
over satin. It was almost indescribable. The sun
though yet not seen was causing a brightness to
certain clouds. I noticed several flocks of white
birds flying just above the green grass. Then I
heard an airplane. It was a small airplane flying
directly overhead. The birds and the airplane
reminded me of a song.
Some bright morning, when the night is ov'er
I'll fly away
To my home on that celestial shore
I'll fly away.

I'll fly away, O glory, I'll fly away
In the morning, when I die
Hallelujah by and by
I'll fly away.

Contentment

This morning as I walked out into the field and
looked up into the sky I saw the longest jet
stream which I have ever seen....it stayed in
view for the longest time. It reminded me of
flying and I thought about my desire to go to
China or some other foreign country. Then I
thought about the words of a song that I have
known for a long time. "If Jesus goes with me
I'll go anywhere". I have never given much
thought to some of the words which say, "If
Jesus goes with me I'll stay anywhere." It is
talking about being willing to stay home. This
morning I had read in my Bible, Hebrews 13:5
which says,"Let your conversation be without
covetousness and be content with such things
as you have,for He has said, I will never
leave you or forsake you." Only Jesus brings
true contentment. To be content is to be
satisfied. If I am satisfied with Jesus I can
be truly content whether I go on a mission
trip or not; whether I go and see my grand-
chldren often or not... whatever circumstances
the Lord has planned for me I want to be content.

Sensitivity

I love the stillness of the morning the vastness of
open field and sky above; it inspires me to worship
you, O Lord. Today, Rupert, Lynelle's dog keeps
stopping to smell the scent along the way.
Sometimes he holds his head up high and trots
along confident that he is following the right
scent. Lord Jesus, I want to be in tune to what
you are doing. The clouds are moving slowly I
want to sense by your Spirit when the "clouds
are moving". . Like the children of Israel, I
want to move when the clouds move.... when your
Spirit moves, and stop, rest and wait when your
Spirit says wait. That is very hardto do,
Sometimes I am so very eager to run ahead.

CHANGING SCENES

This morning I noticed many changing scenes in
the sky. White billowy clouds in the southwest
turned to grey rolling clouds, dark clouds in
the West seemed to disappear as blue sky appeard.
I thought of the words in the Scripture, "I am
the LORD, I change not" I looked up that verse.
It is in Malachi 3:6. The rest of the verse says
because He changes not, we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:22 says," It is of the LORD's
mercies that we are not consumed because his
compassions fail not" Numbers 23:19 says,
"God is not a man that He should lie, neither
the son of man that he should repent, has he
said, and shall he not do it?" We can depend
upon the LORD.

My God can do anything but fail,
My God can do what He says He will do
His promises are all true,
My God will bring you through.

My God can do anything, anytime, anywhere
My God can do anything but fail.

"For with God all things are possible " Luke 1:37

YOU ARE SO VERY REAL TO ME

When circumstances are beyond my control
When frustrations mount up within my soul
and my own strength is fragile and small
Then let me cry unto you Lord
Let me come before your presence
Feel the touch of your compassion
When the tears stream down my face
Let me know they are not hidden from your love

Your understanding is infinite
Your mercies never fail
You are so real, so very real to me.