I MUST SAY HOW BLESSED I AM...MY HEALTH APPEARS TO BE GOOD....I HAVE A HUSBAND WHO LOVES ME, CHILDREN WHO CARE...AND A DOG WHO LOVES ME IN SPITE OF MYSELF~~

SO HOW MUCH MORE BLESSED COULD I BE? MY GOD LOVES ME THE VERY MOST AND HAS CALLED ME UNTO HIMSELF...NOT WORTHY TO BE CALLED HIS CHILD BUT HE LOVES ME...I'LL JUST TRUTH HIM TO LEAD ME, GUIDE ME, AND PROTECT ME. MAY HE LOVE AND BLESS MY FAMILY!

THE FUTURE IS HIS...

FORGIVENESS

HERE I AM LORD, AGAIN~~I AM STRUGGLING WITH FORGIVENESS. WHEN WAS IT YOU FORGAVE ME? WAS IT WHEN I CRIED OUT, WHEN I SAW MY NEED? NO, INSIDE I KNOW IT WAS AT CALVARY. BUT WHEN IS IT WE TRULY CAN FORGIVE OTHERS?

I MADE SO MANY MISTAKES, WRONG CHOICES, WAS JUST AN OUTRIGHT SINNER...EVEN TODAY WHEN THE ACCUSER SPEAKS...MUCH OF IT IS TRUTH AND SOME IS DISTORTED MEMORIES, YET TRUTH TO THE ACCUSER. MANY YEARS I'VE ASKED FORGIVENESS, SAID HOW SORRY I AM THAT MY CHOICES EFFECTED OTHERS, YET AFTER TWENTY-FOUR YEARS...STILL ONE CANNOT FORGIVE OR FORGET. I'VE EVEN SAID, "SON, LETS JUST START FROM TODAY...I WANT THE BEST FOR YOU." BUT IN TIMES OF CONVERSATION, THE ANGER IS STILL THERE TO THE POINT OF PROVOKING ANGER WITHIN ME. I'VE DONE ALL I KNOW TO DO.

THANK YOU, LORD, FOR SUCH PATIENCE WITH SUCH A ONE AS ME, NOT WORTHY TO SPEAK YOUR NAME...YET BY FAITH KNOWING YOU HAVE FORGIVEN ALL MY WRONG DOINGS. I KNOW YOU LOVE ME BUT SOMETIMES I WANT TO RUN AWAY FROM EVERYTHING!! I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PIT I FOUND MYSELF IN A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. I PLACE IT ALL IN YOUR HANDS CAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE. I HURT WITHIN, I'VE GIVEN OF MYSELF, I MUST ACCEPT THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE...UNTIL YOU CHANGE THE SITUATION.

I LOVE YOU AND WILL SUBMIT.

THE LORD, MY SABBATH

FOR THE LORD HATH CHOSEN ZION; HE HATH DESIRED IT FOR HIS HABITATION. THIS IS MY REST FOR EVER: HERE WILL I DWELL; FOR I HAVE DESIRED IT. PS. 132:13,14

PAUL SAID WE HAD COME TO MT. ZION, THE CITY OF THE LIVING GOD.....WE ARE THAT CITY THAT JOHN SAW COMING DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN....AND WITH NEW TONGUES AND STAMMERING LIPS HE'S GIVEN US THE ULTIMATE REST....FOR CHRIST IS WITH IN US....JUST A WHISPER AND HE WILL HEAR...

MAY WE HUNGER FOR HIS TRUTHS AND WALK BY FAITH. GOD BLESS YOU!

ONE OUT OF TEN CAME BACK

GOD SUPPLIES OUR NEEDS BY HIS RICHES IN GLORY! PONDERING THAT AND THE EVENT OF THE LEPPERS...ONLY ONE RETURNED TO GIVE THANKS. I WANT TO ALWAYS BE THE ONE WHO RETURNED AND WAS THANKFUL.

I AM MOST THANKFUL FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED OTHERS WHO MAY BE IN DISTRESS.

AFTER WATCHING A VIDEO OF SMALL CHILDREN IN AFRICA WHO ARE NEAR STARVATION, I FELT GREEDY. GOD HELP ME IN THIS AREA OF MY LIFE TO BE MORE GIVING TO ANY AND ALL! THE TWO SMALL BOYS OLDER SISTER WALKED FOR MILES TO FIND WATER, BRING IT BACK TO WASH HER BROTHERS...NOW THIS IS LOVE IN ACTION!

SO I WILL BE THANKFUL TO THE LORD FOR MEETING OUR NEEDS TODAY...

TRUSTING YOU

LORD, YOU CAME TO ME WHEN MY HEART PONDERED HOW I CAN FEED TWO EXTRA HUNGRY MOUTHS...PAY BILLS....AND AS I HUMMED , 'HERE I COME TO WORSHIP, HERE I COME TO BOW DOWN...'...YOU BEGAN TO STIR WITHIN ME...TO LET ME KNOW YOU REALIZE THE SITUATIONS WE HAVE NOW.

LORD, I THANK YOU FOR SAFE TRAVELS AS I TRACKED THE PLANE, JUST AMAZING HOW TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED...AND IT SHOWS HOW WE CAN SOAR INTO THE HEAVENS WHILE YOU MONITOR OUR EVERY NEED AND MOVE. MY GOD HOW GREAT YOU ARE! I KNOW MY MIND CANNOT GRASP THE MAGNITUDE OF YOU AND WHO YOU ARE.

I'M EVER GRATEFUL THAT YOU SEE AND KNOW THE FUTURE OF THESE LITTLE ONES WHO'VE COME TO STAY AWHILE...HELP ME SHOW THEM YOU'VE BEEN WITH ME FOR MANY YEARS TO WEATHER STORMS OF LIFE..THAT I AM THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE...AND YOU WILL HOLD NO GOOD THING FROM ME.

THOUGH SMALL I MAY BE, YOU SEE ME, YOU LOVE ME, YOU CARE, YOU ARE ALL I NEED.

AMEN!

APPRECIATION

GOOD MORNING LORD. THANK YOU ,I HAD A GOOD NIGHT'S REST AND AM ABOUT THE NATURAL THINGS I MUST DO TODAY. YOU KEPT MY HUSBAND SAFE ON THE ROAD AS HE LABORED FOR OUR NEEDS. YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF EACH SITUATION, LORD, JUST LEAD AND GUIDE US TODAY. SWEETEN OUR WORDS WITH PRAISE OF YOU AND GRATITUDE OF YOUR SALVATION GRACE UNTO US. ALLOW US TO SHOW FORTH THE LOVE IN OUR HEART AND WHERE WE NEED MORE LOVE...HELP US TO SURRENDER THAT PART OF OUR HEART UNTO YOU.

I ASK TRAVEL GRACE FOR TWO PRECIOUS ONES COMING MY WAY TODAY AND WE WHO DRIVE TO PICK THEM UP. BLESS ALL THOSE WHO ARE CONNECTED TO THIS SITUATION AND THOSE WHO WATCH FROM AFAR. GOD YOU KNOW...I LEAVE IT IN YOUR HANDS.

IN THE PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS CHRIST I ASK.

I COME TO THEE

TODAY I CAME SUBMITTING MYSELF TO THY WILL, O LORD. I WEPT AT YOUR FEET WITH TEARS STREAMING DOWN, RELEASING ALL PENT UP EMOTIONS INSIDE ME. YOU CAME AND WIPED THE TEARS AWAY, YOU ALLOWED ME TO REST IN THE MOMENT, AND CALMED THE STORM WITHIN, TAKING AWAY THE WAVES OF TORRID RAIN.

OH, HOW WONDERFUL ARE YOU MY GOD! I LIFTED MY VOICE, MY HANDS, MY HEART UNTO THEE. I SANG IN YOUR LANGUAGE DESIRING TO BE FOREVER IN YOUR PRESENCE! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TENDER CARE WHEN I'M TRASHING ABOUT IN MY MIND WITH CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE.

DEEP WITHIN I KNOW YOU WILL ALWAYS BE HERE! I WILL WORSHIP YOU!