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| Cait is back in Maui, she left early thursday morning and arrived 9:30 that night...I miss her already! However, it's all good because she is right where she is suppose to be! She left me this poem on my voice mail the other day...she is always blessing me with something. Then the time came when the risk it took To remain tight in the bud was more painful Than the risk it took to bloom. ----Anais Nin Lord, help us all to let You do the work in the inner chambers of our hearts. To let You grow and comfort and heal us, so we can serve You and love You and love eachother in a way that honors You. Lord, please help us to bloom bright. Amen. | | |
| is coming home.....and I wont have to talk to her on the phone, or by e-mail,or by xanga. I will look at her and speak with her face to face. I will get to sit with her and laugh and talk and pray and see those amazing blue eyes that are so full of life and genuiness. | | |
| Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I shall keep it to the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; indeed I shall keep it with my whole heart. Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in it. Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way. Establish Your word to Your servant, who is devoted to fearing you. Turn away my reproach which I dread, for Your judgements are good. Behold, I long for Your precepts; revive me in Your rightousness. Psalm 119:33-40 Will we keep it to the end? Will we keep Your law? Do we delight in it? Are we devoted to fearing You? Do we long for Your precepts? Lord, help us to be obediant to Your word! Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous(humble), not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, KNOWING THAT YOU ARE CALLED TO THIS, that you may inherit a blessing, for "He who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil and do good.; let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil." 1 Peter 3 : 8-12 This life we live is not for ourselves and our own ambitions and desires but, this life we live is for Jesus and His kingdom and His honor....what will it take for us to understand this and die to ourselves....how do we surrender fully....we need revival, and it starts by looking inward. Not, "Lord change them but, Lord change me!" The word of God = Hope and Growth! Lord, there will be a day of rejoicing because You said so! So, this is what God put on my heart, do we love Him enough to do it His way..... | | |
| being connected, valued, befriended, cherished by another is a compelling need that permeates the life of every human being. Yet love and friendship can't be manipulated or prescribed. You can't choose a canidate and merely follow a top-ten list of things to do to make close relationships happen. So how then are such relationships to come about? Is there anything we can do to develop a bond of companionship that is intimate, fullfilling, and even joyful? Jesus created a model of love, as he did of frienship. He also reassurred us with "I have loved you even as the Father has loved me...I have told you this so your joy may be full", we also hear from His heart the welcoming words, "I have called you friend". We don't need to set out in search of a friend, rather, we must simply set out to BE the friend that Christ modeled. Like Him, we must be anticipating the needs of others, wearing ourselves out at giving. Jesus died doing it. The rewards are infinite and joyous and eternal! - Joy MacKenzie I am so blessed to have so many friends who I can connect with, who value and cherish me, who I value and cherish. I could go on and on about them all but.....there is my one particular friend at this one particular time who filled that compelling need with the smallest little gesture that I would like to share with you. We ( me and this particular friend) were out shopping for a few gluten-free items at the neighborhood Whole Foods for you know who. And we came across the most beautiful, red, ripe pomagranite! We took it home and shared it. Every bite was followed by a "mmm, o my gosh this is so good". So the next day I was thinking that it was so good and I was craving another one. Well, just to be my weird self I texted this friend and said,"I'm craving a pomagranite!" I didn't get a message back and just forgot about it. I came in from work way later on that day, tossed my purse on the chair and hung up my coat ( Cait, we are wearing coats these days..ha..ha)thinking what every mom thinks when she walks in the door after work "hmmm...what should I make for dinner?" So, I headed for the kitchen to see what I could come up with....and there sat on the table a red, ripe, beautiful pomagranite with a note..."ENJOY- I Love You- xoxo Alicia" There is something to be said about the little things we do for one another....unity, edification and encouragement, just to name a few... and Alicia "I love ya right back" | | |
| One of the deepest callings of friendship is to weep with those who weep. As I write, in autumn, I watch the leaves falling off my favorite tree outside my window. And so there are seasons in all our lives when the wind blows cold and we feel fragile and exposed. These are the times when we wrap each other up in a blanket of love and friendship and stay right there until the buds begin to show again. Real friendship grows when we are prepared to be there equally in the bad and the good moments. When we can walk through a field with a few thorns in the grass and make it to the other side, our friendships will be stronger and our joy will be real. We were formed for relationships but we are filled in Christ. Our deepest needs for intimacy will be met only in the "friend who sticks closer than a brother"(Proverbs 18:24). The One who has surely carried our sorrows. The One who has known us before we were born. Sheila Walsh Well, i just wanted to share that with you all, my young friends... | | |
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