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Originally Posted by LadyCoonskinner
You, dear sister, are such a blessing to me.
Thank you for your sensitivity to God.
You have been the lifter of my head the last couple of days.
Yesterday on the way home from work, I asked the Lord to let someone call me or talk to me. When I got home and checked the computer, something I NEVER do, I saw where you had posted and cried and cried because the Lord answered my prayer.
Last night before I went to bed, I got my husbands Bible and opened it and it fell open to Isaiah 39. I read chapters 39 thru 44 and the Lord really spoke to me and comforted me. I've felt for so long that we've been dropped in the desert and left to find our own way. But the last couple of days, I've really gotten serious and been asking God to pull us out of this mess. And He has really helped me and strengthened me. The verse that really stuck out to me was Isaiah 41:10 "Fear thou not: for I am with thee: be not dismayed for I am thy God: I will stengthen thee: yeaI will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."
I went to bed with a lighter heart than I have in the last year. Thanks so much for your kind word and words of wisdom. |
Dear Sister,
The reason I know what you are speaking of is because I have been
there, done that. I know when we look to our Heavenly Father and we
realize we are in desperate need and cry out to Him, He is so happy
that we are acknowledging Him as OUR Father. And He is!
Many times perhaps it has been because it is hard to acknowledge what we
cannot see. Thomas saw Him as Lord and God but Jesus told him that the
reason Thomas believed was because he had "seen" him with his natural eyes,
BUT Jesus said that "blessed are they which have not seen yet have be-
lieved". Peter said, "Having not seen ye loved". We have not seen Him
but we love Him, with joy unspeakable and full of glory.
Faith is not what we see but it is what we take hold of, and hold on to that
which we do not see UNTIL that which we do not see, we do see. That's
faith. HE knows right where we are and He knows how desperately we need
and desire to depend on Him completely. That's why His Word tells us that in
the day we seek Him with our whole heart, He WILL be found. He will reveal
Himself to us.
I could not have said these things to you a few years ago. But
I got desperate too! And I spent much time with HIM. Alone with HIM! I can
tell you HE wants to be alone with us.
Sometimes we think we are lonely be cause those close to us are gone. But
it's because we need to spend time alone with HIM, GOD HIMSELF!! There is
that which man can do and fulfull, and there is THAT that only GOD can do
and fulfill. One is physical and the other is Spiritual. One is flesh and the
OTHER is SPIRIT! The Holy Spirit takes care of or fulfills the need of our soul.
Alone with Jesus, a Refuge sweet,
when storms assail me, when the tempest beat.
He'll ere go with me, as on I trod.
I'll face the judgment, alone with God.
I want to have a close relationship with Him so that whatever comes or
whatever goes, it will be alright. We must develop this close relationship
with Him. Again, it might seem hard to develop a close relationship with
"Someone" we cannot see, but once we began and that relationship be-
gins to grow and we become so close and we understand this is what we
needed all along. Then it is easy to talk to Him and trust Him.
It is very simple. Read His Love Letters and commune with Him. He hears
every word and knows every desire. He will do what no other can do.
Sing unto Him all ye lands, come before His Presence with singing. Know
that the LORD, that He is God. It is He that hath made us and not we
ourselves. We ARE HIS people, the sheep of HIS PASTURE.
Touching Jesus is all that matters
and our lives will never be the same.
There is only one way to touch Him.
Just believe when you call on His Name!
Blessings, little Sister! Your best days are really ahead!
Falla39
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