L.O.A

Relationships are not always easy.
Neither is communication of
the soul's deep feelings, needs and desires.
That sometimes leads to misunderstandings, expectations, and impositions...
People are fragile creatures. And when they know this, they sometimes try to build a shell to protect themselves or hide behind.
When you're in a relationship... don't forget the other person.
Don't forget to pray for them; for their soul, for their needs, their feelings and desires.
And learn to communicate -with- them, in their own language.... in a way that they will understand how much you love them and do care.

Love, iAngel

Loving till it Hurts

There is a verse in the Holy Bible that says a man of integrity will be faithful to his own hurt.
That means no matter how painful it might be to keep his word, he keeps it.
For instance, say you work at a bank, have bills backed up so far beyond reason that you're barely able to keep food on the table (this is kindof an extreme scenerio here), and, say, it would be real easy for you to slip some of the money that passed through your hands each day into your own pocket. Say you went home every night after working at the bank job counting thousands if not a million dollars a day, and dreamed of how nice and easy it would be to take that money and pay your bills off without anyone noticing, maybe even buy a new corvette or something... but you don't steal the money, and it hurts. And the reason you don't steal it (or "take" it) is because when you took that job, you gave your confidentiality, your commitment and your word to your employer that you were are and will be a faithful employee. A person of integrity. Honest. Good. Pure. Even when you're tempted not to be.

I am realizing that I am super sensitive to people sometimes. And I think we all can be, in our own given situations. But I also realized, that, when I am feeling, and being - key word here -(be-ing)- supersensitive, it has to do with what I want or expect the other person to behave like.

Even when I think I am "being the better person", love is not about being better than anyone else. That is still selfish! Selfcentered, vain, egotistical! Rediculous!
Real love, loves until it hurts, even when it hurts.... it does not stop loving just because of a feeling of pain.
Think about this, Proverbs says, wounds from a friend are faithful.......but the kisses from an enemy are deceitful.
think about that.
there is so much truth there to be discovered, if we really want to find it.
Love leads to understanding. Understanding leads to knowledge. Knowledge to wisdom, wisdom to life.... justice and mercy.

The Word of God is so good. Line upon line, precept upon precept. It remains pure, no matter what.

I am a liitle sleepy, so please forgive the rolling off here, but I hope you all kind of see what message I wrote you all for.
And Good Night!

Hope

You believe in God, believe also in me ~ You're my beautiful child whom I long to set free ~ Don't be afraid, give all you're hope to me ~ True freedom will reign, with your hearts you will see ~ The freedom the world offers has a hidden price of chains ~ the freedom of God is pure and has only one thing to gain ~ It comes to you freely because freedom should come free ~ And it comes from the heart and soul, the center of all eternity ~
Selah

Isaiah 61
The Spirit of the LORD GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our GOD; to comfort all that mourn; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He might be glorified.

sm:)e

I was falling asleep last night in bed and as I was drifting off I was thinking about typing a message up. And in my dream I was writing about Truth and love and I could hear the words and what I wanted to say so clearly last night, but I was asleep and now it is today and sorry to say I have forgotten what it is I so eagerly wanted to type here today.

So, with that I want to let you all know that I will be posting more messages soon and I will write them down as soon as I receive them into my brains!

Hope you all are enjoying the turn of seasons and Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!

I love the LORD!

There is a popular worship song by Israel Houghton and in it the words go like this, "What does it mean to be saved, is it more than just a prayer to pray? More than just a Way to heaven? ... What does it mean to be his, to be formed in His likeness, to know that we have a purpose..."

The idea behind the words to this song probably has different meanings to different people, and the idea that it makes me think of is one of forgiveness. There are so many people saved, unsaved churched, and unchurched that all have different understandings of the Cross. But one thing I have learned of the Cross is Forgiveness. I have learned how to be forgiven - and I have learned what forgiveness really means.
The bible says that "anyone that calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved". So if you are someone that has called on the name of Jesus for Salvation and you believe with all your heart that He is Lord and Saviour, then you are saved.
There is so much more, though, that comes AFTER you say the name of Jesus.
Some people think asking for Salvation is the end.... I thought that. But it is only the beginning.
Forgiveness of sin is more than just asking to be forgiven, or in other words, asking not to be punished for doing wrong.
See, when you recognize sin in your life, and acknowledge it before the Lord, that is being aware.
See, He already forgave you when He hung on the Cross 2,000 years ago. In a way, you almost don't even have to ask... but the kicker is this... Since you ARE already forgiven... do you continue to sin? Do you still choose to do what is wrong in god's sight?

the Bible says that the wicked thinks that no one sees them...maybe not in the flesh (actually seeing them commit a sinful act or illegal deed), but the truth and core of the matter is... are you doing what is Right or what is Wrong? And there IS a difference.

Everyday is filled with choices, from the clothes you put on your back to the attidue you choose to have to the music you listen to to the choice of what you fill your mouth with (food and drink).
Everything is a choice.
The point being gotten and the question being asked is this:
Are you doing the Lord's Will for your life?

How do you know?
(You back it up with the Word of God... prayer... etc.)

The first two commandments, "Put nothing before the Lord thy God and love thy neighbor as thyself."

Where Faith Meets Life

Life is what we make it, so some say. And life is what you get, some others might say. But whatever you say, life is life, and to those that live, it is worth living for.
"To live is Christ, to die is gain", said Apostle Paul.
Yet sin is death, and Righteousness is the Way of life everlasting... so, I guess it comes down to your own personal understanding-perception- what you make your life about.

I recently watched the movie Shawshank Redemption. It is a favorite of mine, and there is a point where the main character says,
"Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'" in regard to a prisoner that had been let free, and didn't know how to live a free life.
And Christianity is like that. a prisoner set free.
Set free from sin.
But how many people set free from the chains of wickedness sin and unrighteousness have gone back into bondage because they didn't know how to live free?

I know it happens to people, but it doesn't have to.
People can learn to be free, without feeling weird.
And that is the trap of sin- people get comfortable with thier chains and don't know how to feel without them.
But I guess they need to realize that the chains are weighing them down. Holding them back.. making it harder for them to get to where they need to be in God.. or to "the prize" if you will.
People have needs. Not just physical, not only monetary, not just food for thier tummies. People have real emotional heartfelt needs to be loved, cherished, respected, and appreciated.
An observation would be that when people's emotional or mental or spiritual needs aren't met, they meet the need with something less than Love.

Love conquers all, and Love is the answer to the need. And I can't sit here and define it or say it's real easy to do, because it is and it isn't. But Love is the answer and part of loving is learning how to love, and live together in unity.

Life is beautiful, and I think love is what makes it so.

~Love~

O, Praise Him~

I have left off to write or post any update on i angel for a while, not only for a lack of what to write, but because I have been busy being blessed by the LORD!
All my life one thing that I have always desired and prayed for and asked the LORD for has been a holy relationship with a godly man, in marriage.
I had tried to force relationships before, cried and worshipped and waited and quit waiting and finally the LORD began preparing my heart ( I knew He was up to Something with the things He was revealing to my heart a bit before it began happening).
Now I have met the man that I desire to spend the rest of my life with, and how can I describe the Word to define the joy, pure love and sheer pleasure of being with the man God chose me for!?!? GLORIOUS!

I never thought just being around someone could be so mutually fun, enjoyable, loving, exciting, challenging and interesting all at the same time, and it is all those things~
I have really been wanting to come to my blog pot and write a good report and I kept delaying just because I hadn't made time to, but here it is. And my main goal is to tell everyone reading this, to never give up on what God promises you.
It may take a very long time to get to where He takes you, but if you keep Faith, and continue to believe and not give in or give up or sell out or settle for less, He will Keep His Promise. And they ARE better than we expect!!!

Thank You Father, for Being SO Good to us, Your Children!
Love The LORD for He is good, His mercy endures forever~

Loving Others as Yourself

For work I do hair; I work one one one with people- touching them, talking to them and getting pretty upclose and personal, at least in ther face.
I think about people, in general, like, I guess you can say in almost a psychological way, but with the love of Christ- because we people are so complex and unique that we can only be truly seen through the eyes of God through Christ.
Well, yesterday at work I was a little busy. I was working on some boy's hair and a lady came in and askd how long for a haircut and I told her about ten minutes.
I was done and went to get the lady and do her hair cut, and it turned out to be a bit difficult than I expected. The lady had very short hair and wanted more and more taken off and when I was done she began complaining and it winds up she didn't pay and caused a bit of a scene - and besides all of this (because these kinds of things are somewhat "expected SOMETIMES" considering working with the public) the point I want to make here is I learned something from the lady.
For one she was angery. She seemed to have a major attitude problem and without going into all kinds of detail what I learned is pretty deep-

and it's about people loving others as themselves- and how some people who are hateful towards others, really have hatred indside for themselves.
When the lady had left the salon I had alreay went in the back and was praying because the lady was really argumentative- and I did not want to lose my job over her much less be in an argument or in a bad mood so I went away and prayed and I realized that her anger and bad attitude had nothing to do with ME- but she has a problem.
Some people have problems, and that is sometimes a part of life. But when people don't deal with thier problems - and deal with them the Right way, then they only get worse, even if they are hidden or covered up or disguised for a while- even a long while.
So, as I was praying I was like, wow, she was really hateful to me Lord, and He showed me that her anger and hurt and hatefulness was because she felt that way about herself inside, that that is the only way she knows how to express herself. No body has ever corrected her... or loved her right. Her parents nor friends. Because Love changes people for good- and if she had been loved she would love, because that is how love works.
And I think from seeing her in my chair for just a few minutes, that it looked like she had made some mistakes in life and maybe she regretted the choices she made and then hated herself for it- or maybe her parents or some other person was unforgiving toward her and maybe she depended on those peoples love who took away thier love when she made a bad choise- I mean it does happen.
Some people are biased in their love and if you make a mistake they might take away thier love- and this is the Ultimate Reason we need Jesus- because sometimes we do make mistakes but we if we have the LORD ~
If we have the LORD we for one try not to make such bad mistakes.
From the time I recieved Christ I changes my desicion making style. I have not always chosen the perfect choice, but I have learned and am still putting into practice seeking HIS WILL in my choices, and I learn that sometimes His Will is very different than what I Want. But it is also much much better.

I could go on and on today but the point I want to make is that other people's attitudes have much more to do with themselves than with who they are directed at. Love is unifying, where as hate is isolating.
Love is healing, hate is hurting.
Love accepts, hate rejects.
Love purifies, hate corrupts.
Sorry to be so gory but its true... and this is why we need to deal truthfully with ourselves and confront people in truth in love- especially the ones who need it most.
Tell the truth in love.
It seems challenging, but it is very simple.
Let Love Have It's Way~

Love today!

iAngel

believe like a child

There is something I have pondered that troubles me every time I consider… How the children of God that say they believe, never see the fruits of God’s Power in their lives.

Healings. Miracles. True Salvation. Deliverance. Spiritual Knowledge. Wisdom. Life Changes. Holy Promises Fulfilled.
Why ?
Why don’t people- especially “those of the household of faith” – ever see God’s “promises” come to life in their lives?

Doubt. Unbelief. Mistrust. Fear. Impatience.

These are a few reasons people do not see God’s fulfillment of His Truth in their lives~
But we need to ponder these reasons and ask, why DO people DOUBT God? Or WHY do people not believe Him and His Word in their lives? Or why do they think in fear, that they are less worthy than another person to have what God has promised to “ALL who believe”? And for people who don’t trust the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, WHO then can they trust? For we all know that the “trust” of “man” is futile.
Where then is faith? It comes from a Knowledge of WHO GOD Really is.

God… The “God of our Fathers”.. the God of Jesus Christ… And David the King of Israel, and Isaiah the prophet, and Elijah and Elisha the miracle workers… and Esther the queen who saved a nation and Moses who lead the Israelites out of egypt, is that same yesterday, today and forever~ It is the same God that has always been~ And if we really want to have what God has promised through the Word of His Son Jesus Christ, the first and foremost we have todo is DARE to Believe.
I say Dare because it takes COURAGE to STEP OUT IN FAITH, it takes momentum, courage, passion, faith with reckless abandon~ to have the good things that God has for His Children! Why? Because there is a world out there full of thives imposters and liars that don't want (God's People) to have what (HE) wants (us) to have, because they don't have it. Have you ever heard that saying "Misery loves company"? And we see it all around, envy, lust, competitavteness...such things will never bring true peace or glory~ Only recieveing the Blessing from GOD, for the Bible says, "every good and perfect gift comes doen from the Father of Lights.."
(God is no respector of persons) he doesn’t compare us with each other… he compares us by our selves… meaning… He doesn’t say, oh, Sally is better than Trina, because of this this and that. NO. He has placed within each individual person a unique purpose, design and value that only HE can create and fulfill– and His value is based in His Word, and He judges according to HIS standards for us, not other’s people’s, and certainly not against other people’s, or their’s against us.

So we have to decide… what do we (each individually) expect and or desire from life, from the LORD?
What is our purpose for being here? What has God placed in Your’s and my hearts, and you and God know…
The LORD said to me that many of the desires that I have in my heart are desires that HE has FOR ME. God is not some God that makes people and ignores us. NO! He is a Loving, intimate, attentive, caring, compassionate Father.
That is what He created us for.
So we must dare to believe. For Himself. He Delights in us... He loves it when we come to Him for help, or for answers, or for anything we need, because in us is HIS Glory, and in Him we are fulfilled and gratifyed and blessed better than any other way possible. Because GOD IS GOOD!!!

One thing besides the list that I wrote earlier also keeps the LORD from fulfilling His Promises in our lives, and that one thing (which ALL the others fall into) is SIN.

Unbelief is sin, fear can be classified as sin, doubt is certainly sin, mistrust is sin( 1 corinthians 13 the love chapter claims that love always trusts) so if we do not trust we are not living in love therefore it is sin.
So, I would like now, to encourage your faith.

I want to use a few examples from the Word, to open your minds, hearts and spirits to the Power of The Holy Ghost; And to realize and discover what kindof God we really serve.
I hope you all can catch all this, and may the Holy Spirit give understanding as He so pleases.

Let’s consider the Gospel, it means “Good News” in the original text… some of the things that have really made me question MY faith and say, well, if God can do that, then…what can't HE do??!!???!
Are for example, when Jesus awoke Lazarus from death. In John chapter 11. The Lord Jesus Christ (not only was resurrected by God Himself) but rose a man from the dead. The Bible says that Lazarus “stank” as dead, and if you read the gospel carefully, you will read that they had to also take the grave clothes off him.
You know what I really want to say?? Why Can’t God be goodto us? He is good! So Why do people not believe in Him like they say they do? Because they really don’t believe.
God is good all of the time. Anything that we perceive as wrong or evil from God, is not really from God but is from the devil. And the fact that we humans “believe” that something evil would come from God is a LIE from the Devil, whose name means “Deceiver”. Does that make sense now? He will try to reduce your faith in God by putting bad things in your life or causeing problems to the point thta you think God is against you, but in reality it is one of Satan's main tactics of "DECIEIVING" you (into fearing God, distrustung God, giving up on God, not believeing in God).
We have to KNOW who our enemy is in order to be able to fight and destroy him.
His name is also “Accuser”,
“Accuser of the Brethren”,
“Liar”,
“Adversary”,
“Enemy” ,
“Imposter”, - just to show you who the devil really is.

I just want to challenge your all’s faith, because I can sit here and list a bunch of faithful things that the LORD has done, (in the Bible) but in my perception that would be like rewriting the Whole Bible here… so I just want to challenge your faith, and ask you,
“Why can’t God do something awesome in your life?"

And

“Where is Your faith?”

JESUS said that if we have faith as a grain of a mustard seed, that we can say to a mountain to move and it will obey us, and that we can say for anything to happen and it will.
What is a mustard seed, and what does it look like?
What mountains do you want to move out of your way~ into the depths of the sea?

All you have to do is simply believe.

Love, 'cause it's better than not to!

What is oppression?
Opression is judgement of another person to the point of ruling or controlling them by means of words/phrases of disbelief and or condemnation.
Let me reiterate... I can use myself as a prime example.
After I got saved when I was about 20, I turned my whole life around. I had many belongings from my former life ... that of partying, drugs, ungodly music, pictures of me and my friends using drugs (like, my whole photo collection basically), my whole wardrobe, Everything!
I threw it all away!
All I had left was a long black skirt, a pair of pants, and two or three tops to wear. Late I started rebuilding my wardrobe, but I literally threw it all away. Probably a 500 cdand tape collection. Pictures, some of which I later regretted tossing out...
I cleaned house.

Jesus helped me.

After that my family thought I was not right. They thougt I was crazy for changing so radically.
and it was a Radical Change.
It was a Big change, in fact it was straightly a "Life Change"!

They started thinking there was something wrong with me for acting in such ways... where as I had an after thought a couple of years down the road... "How could they think I'm not right now, yet all the time I was younger I was off the chain crazy wild???" Hmm.... the Bible says that in the later days that "men will call what is good bad and what is bad good."

Some where people have it backwards.

and then... the people in my life started telling me I was crazy... started telling me I was wrong.. started telling me this and that and the neighbors too!
Now, I have forgiven my family, please understand- I understand that they had no idea what on earth I was going through and dealing with....
But I have learned that what we say to people matters. And what we say to people can sometimes make or break them.
And what we say to others about people (which is gossip, by-the-way) can also have effects on thier reputation- how other people see and judge them.
Let's not be ignorant here people... It can be difficult to not judge people sometimes.
and why??
People are judges by thier looks, or thier finacial status, or thier religioun, or thier education.

But if you look pastthose outward things, skin, money, habits, knowledge... they are still human just like you and me.
Maybe they are different- we all are. Jesus teaches us first of all not to judge, but He also says that we shall judge people by thier fruits.
Whether they be good or bad.

Now then. What fruit are we supposed to be looking for?
What is this fruit we should find???
Ok, I will remind you :)

The fruits of the Spirit are as follows:
Love
Joy
Peace
Patience
Kindness
Gentleness
Goodness
Faith
Meekiness
Temperance aka self-control
Righteousness
Truth
(Honesty)


Against such their is NO LAW!


I discovered within myself on my Christian walk thus far.. on the issue of fear.. or faith vs. fear, is that I must have to be pure, in order not to fear.
Like, if I am dealing with fear of some sort, I have to know within my own heart where I stand, and then stand.
I have also learned this, because to be honest I have had sex outside of marriage (Lord Knows)
and I have learned what I think so many people maybe don't think about?? or practice or see with thier spiritual eyes, is that, just because (I) like or "love" somebody, doesn't mean I have to have sex with them.
Not even if I want to :)
Simple as that.

I don't understand why people become so jealous, lustful, envious, etc.. the Bible says that men lust to envy... meaning, they love to look at what other people have and get jealous / envious of what someone else has and want it for themselves. Maybe its sex or lust related, maybe its material, or monetary..... but the only thing that will EVER bring your Human earthly soul the kind of satisfaction a soul desires and longs for comes From GOD ALMIGHTY.
That is the Truth.

Some people think Money can answer everything, it can't... Solomon may think so.... but it can't love you. In fact.. quit trying to get love and just love! Love the LORD, love yourself, love somebody that needs it!
'Cause we all do!!! We all need love, every single on of us.

God is Love

Everybody needs God.



God is LOVE~
Everybody IS Loved... so let us love each other. And quit being so stinkin' envious..
We're supposed to love like Jesus Loves US... Love always trusts... Love always believes the best about someone (opposite of oppressing someone)

which brings us back to the beginning of what I started this with.

So instead of passing judgement on your neighbors, Love them.

Love them and let them Be!

LOVED!

What’s so difficult about communication?

What’s so difficult about communication?

The Little Things...

Have you ever heard the song by BUSH, "LITTLE THINGS" ? The singer in that song, says over and over "It's the little things that kill". And to connect this to the Word of God in the Bible, there's also verses in Song of Solomon that say, "it's the little foxes that destroy the vines " (with the grapes...)
And so.. it seems ...
But sometimes the little thngs can keep a dream alive. And sometimes it's the little things that make a day go great. And make a happy life.
Think about it... little things.... like the cashier at the store having the two extra pennies you need to have exact change for your purchase. Or, the person in traffic letting you in.... or a smile from a stranger.. (who might be an angel, you never know ;) !
Sometimes the little things can be a little deeper, or if we pray for spiritual revelation, a little more spiritual.
I will give you an example.
I was at Baskin Robbins two days ago, and I was searching the menu trying to decide what to get, and then finally I was like, I will just get ice cream. So I looked at all the different flavors, and the tub of my favourite (mint chocolate chip) was just about empty... just a few chuncky scoops around the bottom of the barrel.
ButI decided to get it anyway (hoping for no freezer burn!)
I have talked to the server there a few times before, and I half-jokingly said, "Just try to fit the rest (of what's in the barrel) into the cup!"
And he looked at the ice cream, looked at the cup and then looked at me.
I laughed and said, ok, just get as much in there as you can, then!
So, he scooped a scoop, and showed it to me, and I said, put a little more in there~ Because there was still room.. he almost hesitated, but I told him, "Give and it shall be given unto you"..
And that is was Jesus said, and it hold true. *~Luke 6:36-38~*
So then when it dawned on him he was going to really try to put the whole rest of the bucket of ice cream into the cup (lol!) but I told him it was enough :)
I like inspiring people to do Jesus' Words. Because they ARE true, and they are GOOD.
And see, the little things can make a good difference too... We need to meditate on the things that are "true, noble, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy"~! ~*Phil 4*~
I think we'll all be happier and more gratfeul and fulfilled, what about you ?
:)
Have a Happy Day~ Do a little thing for someone today for GOOD~!
<3 iangel

Why?

Touched by God-
Feeling – healing-
The depth of my heart –
The smell of a candle and burning wax –
All alone –
in Your Presence, unknown –
Sometimes - we don’t know-
How close, He really is.
The Angel of His Presence – will surround us,
And protect us –
We must believe.
We must receive – love.
God is love.
Why? Why do people hate Jesus?
When He came here – to show us His perfect love?
God sent His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes on Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
Why don’t people acknowledge, accept, admit the pain they feel – when they sin- when they hurt the God of all creation – that is inside of them?
God is real.
And HE wants you to know that HE loves you-
This is not embarrassing – love is not embarrassing- love is truth – love is power-love is life.
GOD IS

Please??!!

What is the difference between people pleasing, and pleasing God?
How can we please the LORD, and still make everybody else happy at the same time?
We can't !!! No one can! that is why JESUS said, "If you love father, mother, brother, sister or anyone more than me, you are not worthy of me.."
Let's put GOD first!
Right???

~ A Dreamy Poem ~

Seizing my Rendition from the Hands of God -
Please splatter my love all over your brain's walls,
and paint them up to where they won't fall ~
Press the play button and watch the time go by ~ My wandering mind wonders,
"If I had wings would I fly?"
Crystal like complexions on the sky of glass above~
Seeing the moon cry stars is for my one and only Love~
Do you think? Maybe . . . I could be Dreaming ~
and if I am . . I won't stop breathing ~

Dec. 3, 2000

Use your Brain! And your heart... and your soul.. and your strength!

I get a "daily motivation" each weekday from A New Thing Ministries, and this morning devotion is about our thought life.
We as Believers should be aware (as many who study the Word already are aware) that many our battels and the most fierce of them we have happen in our minds.
So much of our faith life even though "spiritual" is established through our mind.
But they Lord says from the Beginning, that we shall worship Him and Serve Him, with (all) our mind, heart, soul and strength.
We have a brain, we should use it.
What I want to get at in this writing, is in Kim's devotion, she talks about strong holds of the mind. She brings the verse from Proverbs that says "as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he".
She goes on to say that if a negative thought comes to mind, it is easy to deal with by casting down (like the Bible instructs us to), but if the thought goes un prayed on, or if we keep thinking it and keep thinking about it without appying the Word of God to it to either validate it or condemn it, then it will only get worse. and that is how "strong holds" get developed in the mind. Or, on the mind.....
Thoughts are like vines. I think when Jesus said He is the True Vine, it had to do with the fact that not only in He the vine and we the branches but the virtues of Him by God like faith, peace, love, joy, patience and such the like, are like vines. Thoughts are like vines, too.
So, I want to share a little bit of my personal testimony.
and I never really share it often because it isn't something that I am proud of. But after I had been found by Christ, some events took place in my life and I ended up in a place called ACT, which is a government type of rehab/holding place for people who are having problems but aren't neccessarily illegal.
So, I was put there involuntarly, and committed, and diagnosed as in a word, "crazy".
I had to fight tooth and nail and WORD to keep my sanity.
I faced so much adversity, so much accusation, so much isolation, that all I had was God. The only one I could trust was Jesus, for a very very long time.
Even my own family believed satans lies.
And let me tell you, if it weren't for the TRUTH of GOD'S WORD ~ I might still be locked up.
I was perscribed very heavy dosages of anti-psychotic medication for about 4 or 5 years, and if I didn't believe in the healng power of God ALmighty, I might still be on those medications.
If you don't believe me, think about how many people there are who take medicine... they are out there.
All I am trying to say is that with God ALL things ARE possible.
Satan will kick you when you're down. he will spit in your face. he knows where you're weak and he will use it to his advantage to keep you down.
it's his job to keep you from glorifying god. it's his job to see if he can make you curse God, it's his job to see if he can dissuade you from believeing that God loves you.
I have questioned the LORD before. I have cried out to Him... Why god... why if you love me are youlettin this happen to me? And why have you turned everyone against me? even my family?
I don't know except that He wanted me. He wanted me to know that He will be with me in the fire.. He will be with me when no one else is.. He will believe in me when no one else will. He will protect me from and deliver me from all evil.
And through all of this I have learned and seen and believe all the more that Our God IS a HOLY ONE~ A HOLY and RIGHTEOUS GOD. He can HEAL. HE CAN DELIVER. HE CAN SPEAK. HE CAN BRING BACK THE DEAD TO LIFE AGAIN. HE CAN BRING THE DEAD TO LIFE. GET THIS PEOPLE! IF GOD ALMIGHT CAN RAISE MEN FROM THE DEAD INCLUDING OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHAT CAN'T HE DO????!!?!!
He can do Anything!

We have to believe, and stop limiting ou lives, or selves and our faith in a Holy God.
In a LOVING GOd.
I think we limit His love to what our earthly perception of love is... maybe it's conditional, maybe it's sex, maybe it's gifts, but His love is so much more... So supernatural.
So Wonderful.
We need to "renew our minds" in His Word. We should examine yes, our lives, but if we truly want to be "Christian" we should examine Jesus Christ and His ways.. if we really want to be like Him.
I love you people and I hope you see God's limitless love in your lives today.
And I hope you are refreshed and blessed, in Jesus Christ name!

JUDGEMENT DAY

What will you be doing on judgement day? Who are you thinking will be judging you?
What will you do, if your neighbor judges you?
Will you stop doing what you do?
Whatever that may be?


What if you do the will of God, and people judge you for it?
Will that make you quit?

What if you love and get hated for it?
Will you not love, for personal acceptance?

What if putting God first makes people in your life angry at you? Or call you names? Or tell you that you're wrong? Or tell you that you're crazy?
Will you stop serving God then?
Would you rather make human beings happy and be like them (people pleasing - self-gratifying- respectors of persons) or would you SERVE the LORD no matter what ?
Will you serve the LORD no matter what?
What if it means jepordizing your social status? What if it meant losing your job? what if it meant showing people your true self? what if it meant changing things you don't wanna change about your self and life?


God is not a half-way kindof God.
He is either ALL or NOTHING.
I mean if you're serious about LIVING FOR HIM.

I am speaking to myself in this... there are a few things I need to clean out of MY life to live a life that is WELL PLEASING to HIM.
And I see that now... and I repent.
I will henceforth strive with my righteousness to do what I know pleases my LORD and my GOD~in Jesus CHRIST"S NAME.

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Love Changes Things *_has been edited_*

I see something in people's lives (sometimes) that i think we all need to understand and get free from.
I will use myself as an example, though I have tried to be the best I can in these types of situations, I have "felt" the way I am about to write about, though I think (and hope!) I've conquered this prety well...Lord give grace....
And what I want to write about, is not giving to someone for fear of them having something that I do not. AKA fear of loss. Fear of missing out. (envy)
It could be like if you are praying for somebody, and you pray for them but you hold back from actually really believing completely (with them) for thier blessing, because if they get blessed, maybe they will be happier than you, or maybe they will be getting something that maybe you want, too, but since they are asking for it or getting it, you are "upset" or angry about it. And what that comes from is a spirit of ungratefulness, a spirit of competition, of comparision and envy, and ultimatley unbelief. The Bible says in James that the spirit within man lusts to envy. And I think it is because (man, some women too) don't appreciate what they have. And maybe they have appreciated what they have, but then got tired of it, because maybe they were trying to fill a need use something other than god to make themselves have peace or be happy.
But that is God's place, and we have heard that He is a jealous God. Is He not?

If you ask and if you believe, then you will have what you ask for.
It is as simple as that.. Jesus even said it. But then there are things we can ask for that aren't what God wants us to have... but He will give it to us, to show us that is not what He wants us to have. Because, see, He wants us to learn to TRUST HIM. To TRUST HIS judgment(this isn't good for you, this is what I want for you).. because it's a RELATIONSHIP, a REAL relationship with God Almighty.
_edit_ we need to leard to LISTEN to the LORD, and then OBEY Him.... trusting that He has our BEST intrest in mind
So it's gotta be true. (we have to learn to be honest... and question our motives, sometimes, too..."why do i want, this or this?" and is it good for the long run? )

I think people, we have to learn to not judge each other. We have learned how TO judge each other, but we have to unlearn that, and learn how to love people. _We need to start paying attention to what our inner voice is saying. some people reading this would have even said "inner critic" where I said voice. We need to start supporting people we love and even sometimes the unlovable, because it's hard enough in this world to fit in and feel loved for who we are, individually and in community. WE all should appreciate each other_
Every body does things that are wrong sometimes, but should you stop loving them?
No. Keep loving them, because hopefully one day, they will see the results and the evidence of sin in thier lives. And they will have to face the fact that they are responsible (as we aLL are) for our own selves.
The bible says that by God's mercy and grace His people turn from sin. Meaning, we repent because we know He will forgive us... He won't throw us in a lion's den or into a wolf- pack for confessing to Him we make a mistake. In fact, He wants us to come to Him, because He understands, and wants to help us out of our (sinful) ways so that we can lead lives that Honor Him and fulfill our hearts. Because that's the kind of LORD He is... He wants His creation to be happy.
The Major difference in people who have Jesus as thier Savior vs. those who don't, is that believers(in Jesus Christ) have SomeOne they can call on to make things right in thier life.
Maybe you think that is pretentious, and maybe you say, what about people who abuse grace, by saying it's ok to sin because I can just ask Jesus to forgive me and it will be alright.
Forgiveness isn't the point here, because according to the WORD we ARE forgiven, the point is, are you doing the Will of God for YOUR life?
Is what you're doing getting you to where you want to go in life?
Is who you're with helping your life become a Glory to God, or are you hanging around people who bring you down?
Are there things in your life holding you back from who you want to be?
these are questions only you can find the answers to.
And if you come to find that there are things that you wish were different, then you have to accept responsibility for yourself, and make the changes neccessary to have the life you want.
'Cause we only get One. But we do get it, and if we need to change, there is still time. Life may be short, but it ain't over til it's over.
There was a message on a church sign close to where I live that said,
"We must become the change we want to see"
that was said by Mahatma Ghandi, an Indian Peacemaker....
But the statement is true.. instead of looking around judging everybody else, hating them, be a better person... love them, love them anyway, love them for who they are... because love is what people want... and need.
Love is all people really want and need.
And who can they get it from? How can they find it inside?
We have to show them that there is love inside ....
Love comes from the heart.... Love is free.... Love is alive, Love changes things. Big things.... Love changes lives.
Love y'all.
In Jesus' Name.

FAITH

I am so thankful for the rain we have been getting that I wanna say "Thank you Jesus!" So, Thank YA JESUS! I Love ya LORD!

I wanna encourage everybody, too, to remember that Jesus tells us to "Be a light" in this dark world. I know it's so easy to get ticked at people- driving, or at the grocery, or in the gov't buildings - anywhere really... But we are called to be PEACEMAKERS and CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH ... so, instead of expecting OTHERS to be perfect, let US be perfect and they will see and it (the SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST) will "rub off" on them... I BELIEVE!
.... So many people wanna "pray" for this wanna "pray" for that.. Jesus said, "ONLY BELIEVE" Maybe what they really mean, is "help me believe for this, and believe for that" (Lord Jesus help them!)

It doesn't get much simpler than that, My Friends. "Only Believe". Like when we were children and all we did was believe... we didn't say "oh pray for this, pray for that " about every single little thing.. all we had to do was believe... and if we did, we had what we asked... and that is the same principle Jeuss has given us for THIS DAY!


So, My Precious Ones, Be Encouraged to Believe for what God has for you, and do Just THAT, BELIEVE!~

U can do it... I believe in you!
LOVE, iANGEL

High Salvation

It's my time to ponder life's paths
To seek what Way He would have me to travel
It's High Time to wander this road
And cast up the stones on our way to Zion~

There's no time to wonder why
No time to look back, no time to cry-

Have simple faith, like a mustard seed
small and plain and easy to see
~
Sometimes it's different, the ways that we see
It's always about you, or is it all about me?

What was it like for you growing up?
Were your parents around? Did you have enough?
What have you done to deserve your Salvation?
Was it something you earned or a planned destination?

For me it's been a Celebration and to God All the the Glory ~
For This Revelation~ of Salvation~ and this Hopeful Destination~


~i found this from what i wrote sometime in the past year... thought I should post it for ya's~ <3 & peace

Let the Redeemed of the LORD say so!

I was reading a Joel Osteen book and this is what it said... The Word of God says that "the Redeemed of the LORD say so".
Not "think so" or "believe so" but SAY SO!
We as Children of the Most High God have authority over our own lives and especially concernign the Will of God for our lives. and if we start speaking Words that line up with His (God's ) will for our lives, nothing can stop IT from coming to pass!
Because when we agree WITH GOD - He is Empowered BY US to DO HIS GOOD PLEASURE.
ANd that my friends and loved ones is something to shout about!
People think other people are crazy when they see thm shoutin' and dancin' and acting all crazy but they are acting that way because something has happened inside of then that this body can't contain!
We are vessels for His Spirit and when He gets His way only one Word I can think of can describe it : ~GLORY~!
So... Here is what I said today that I want to write on here for a confirmation to MYSELF and to my readers:
I will do the Will of God for my Life. I Will do the will of God so much so that it will cause others to do the WIll of God for THIER lives and God Will Get ALL the GLORY!
I will tell the Truth in Love. I will set the captives free. I will love as Jesus has commanded. I will forgive as he forgave me. I am free and I Love THE LORD my God.
Love you all...In Jesus Christ the Lord!
Be Free... for we shall know the truth and the truth will make us FREE!
There is NOTHING like BEING FREE~

love me

It is not all about me, or who I think I am, or what I think I am, or who you think I am.. or what you think I should or shouldn't be......
There is good and bad in everyone - and if you get so consumed in the bad that you forget about the person inside, remember that God made something special and good inside of everyone.
Look for the good inside of people. All people. Because God created all people, and He called His creation good.

Ya know,I write a lot about love/ sex / marriage and something I "heard" in the Spirit recently is make sure you marry the right person or it will break.
You gotta find the right mate for you... the right "fit".
Do u really think there is Only One?
Write Me.
~IA

So, I was talking to a guy I met a while back and we were talking about relationships and marriage, and how he didn't really believe in marriage. He said to him, marriage was "the end"; that when you get married, "It's over".
I thought about that and thought about that and for a long time, I thought, you know... thats a really bleak outlook on marriage and life and stuff, and I never came to any expansion or understanding on what he had said.
But then recently I thought about it, and this has been happeneing to me more frequently with things I've "heard" or talked to people about. (the expansion thingy)
And what the word I got is: It IS over... The quest for LOVE. It IS the end, (Marriage).. the end of your search for "the" One and the beginning of Life!
I think that is awesome~
One of my good old friends said something funny but true, and that is, sometimes we have to be miserable to get where God wants to take us.
I don't like it, but, I can't deny that that is the truth- Sometimes ~
Maybe it's me... and it usually is, but, at the most I have a Holy God who is with me in the fire and in the rain... an He will never go away!
TO me that is a good thing. It keeps me on track.
Well....it is time!
BE GOOD

Integrity

You win some you lose some; Either way keep your integrity!

Sexuality & Christianity

I have been thinking about sex and, well, life. I am almost 30 now and I was not raised in a church friendly environment... but then came to the Lord later in life and began attending church.
I think the church has some good things going for it, but I also think that - at least in todays modern churches- there is a lot of condemnation on people for doing what people natuarlly do.
I think people need to learn how to respect and love.... its one thing to be corrective, but it's another to be condemning. To condemn or to say something is wrong, without showing or telling or teaching the RIGHT way to do a thing doesn't have much effect...
Its like saying, we know were wrong, but there's no right way...

I have more to say about all of this... but no is not the time.
Hope your inspired.....
Be Blessed~
I Angel

I'm sitting at a coffee house and there's something that looks like a small door in a brick wall.....and an alarm was going off....
what is the difference?

i was into church.... but it seems to be bad for me....
but now i see.......
and i still can't not be me~
i love~myself.

only love.

the rest of 1 corinthians 13

...placing the word ~love~ where (it) belongs ~


Love is not rude.

Love is not self seeking.

Love is not easily angered.

Love keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
Love always protects,
Love always trusts,
Love always hopes,
Love always perseveres.
Love never fails.


We could all use a little more love.

:)

~love~

what is love?
love is patient.
have you been patient, lately? or have you lost your patience, lost your faith in hoping for something good?
can you wait on God? what is the rush for, anywhay?
love is patient and still kind...
even when i have to wait, i will smile .... i won't be angry at people, at anybody, for taking longer than what i want, or expect.
God works things in mysetrious ways.
i heard a story about 9/11 (twin towers) and there was a (good) report about a man who had been trying to go to work that day (he worked at the towers) and things kept delaying him.. traffic, stop lights...and he didn't make it to work on time, but because of those delays his life was saved.
love (charity) envies not.
love does not look at (it's, his or her) loss, or lack - or make comparisons with what others (seem) to have that (he or she) (seem) to not have.

Main Entry: 1en·vy
Pronunciation: \ˈen-vē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural envies
Etymology: Middle English envie, from Anglo-French, from Latin invidia, from invidus envious, from invidēre to look askance at, envy, from in- + vidēre to see — more at wit
Date: 13th century
1 : painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage
2 obsolete : malice
3 : an object of envious notice or feeling

from merriam-websters.com

i also looked up "malice"...
Main Entry: mal·ice
Pronunciation: \ˈma-ləs\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin malitia, from malus bad
Date: 14th century
1 : desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another
2 : intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse

synonyms malice, malevolence, ill will, spite, malignity, spleen, grudge


i personally think gratitude, and thankfullness can completely overcome envy.

love (aka charity) vaunteth not itself (vaunt means 'lift up', 'exalt', make 'high', as in "high and mighty"), and love aka charity is not puffed up....

jesus told us that the ones who "lift themselves up".. will be cast down, and those that "humble themselves", will be lifted up.

to be continued...

~* So much to do.. need to find some Time!*~

Hello Dear Ones~
It has been busy and slow for me lately and I have been thinking about everybody... and trying to get some inspiration and now I have some interesting things to say, with not much time at the moment, SO, I just wanted to keep everyone notified that I WILL RETURN!
And with some good news at that!

Keep being blessed and Keep being Blessings, Dears!
Love~ IA

Here Are Some Great New Ideas ....

1. Plant a Tree in your yard

2. Instead of spending money on going out for entertainment, be creative- start a hobby or renew intrest in an old hobby

3. Read a Book

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God is BIGGER than ANY problem you have!

in the end, FREEDOM is the only thing worth living for!

There is a very fine line between idolatry and reverence for God.
If you love something and use it accordingly, that is fine- with all moderation and regard for yourself, others and most of all God.
But if you misuse and abuse anything- then it becomes a problem.
Again, if you use something, and you are in control of how much, how often, and to better your life and the lives around you, then good.
But if the object controls you, your habits, your attitudes and your destiny, then it is an idol.

Many people hear the word "idol", and think of an unspecified person... or maybe they think of greek gods.... or maybe they don't really know what to think.
The first few definitions of "idol" in the merriam-webster online dictionary would easily confuse , or confirm the uncertainty of what exactly an idol might me... they call idol things like, "false god", "the likeness of something", "imposter"... but then we get to a better description of what an idol really is, that we can understand in "layman's terms":
'Idol' is defined and described as "an object of extreme devotion".

So, to break this down, an idol is something someone is extremely devoted to.
It could be anything.
It could be sex. It could be clothes, or vanity. It could be drugs. It could be money. It could be a lifestyle. Anything that consumes your mind - other than GOD - is an idol.

You may wonder then, How can anyone live and please God? Or How can anyone not be called an idolater?
The easiest answer is to confront your idols, and get rid of them.

But there's a biggger problem... and the main reason idolatry is suck a tricky demon to defeat.
Most people do not want to get rid of their idols... or their drug habits, or their spending habits, or their sexual gratifications, or their pride- yes pride is an idol. An idol of the ego, an idol of the self.
HMMMMMM.........................................................???


People - if people want to be TRULY and WHOLLY satisfyed in their lives should realize that if something is needed to make them happy in life, or feel better about thier life, unless it's GOD, then it's an idol.

I see people never satisfyed, never satusfyed with thier lives, or thier work or their relationships because they try to find satisfaction in ways that will never satisfy.

The things that truly bring satisfaction and peace and contentment and glory to life and to people are things from GOD, pure things... true things, good things....
let me tell you of some...
LOVE


PEACE


JOY


RIGHTEOUSNESS


GOODNESS

GENTLENESS

KINDNESS


HUMILITY


MODERATION aka TEMPERANCE aka SELF-CONTROL


which brings us back to the subject of this message.

Idolatry vs. Self- Control


I confess: I used to be a chain smoker. And I used to be a "pot-head". I used to be a lot of other things.

Then I got set free.


I will make another confession.
I have smoked cigarettes since I quit.
I have even smoked pot since I quit.

But the difference is this:
cigarettes do not control me..... the urge or craving for cigarettes do not control me... getting high on weed does not control me... I don't have to spend money every week on drugs or cigarettes every week to maintain my inner peace and sanctity. I don't have to smoke a joint every day to enjoy the day. I know some people who can't LIVE and be happy and normal with out consuming some type of substances. Yeah, I take herbs, but thier legal, and I can survive pretty good without them. I treat them like a luxury, not a neccessity.
When we start depending on things, like drugs for happiness, sex for pleasure, money for entertainment, then we begin to lose the true value of happiness, pleasure, and enjoyment of life... for what it is.

I have learned the glory of the liberty of not being in chains to things that kill and waste and uses and makes poor.

I used drugs and cigarettes --- they were my friends.
If I was lonely or alone or bored, smoking made me feel like I was doing something... it took my mind off of it's lonliness... but it was hurting me. And it was making me tired and I was wasting all my money and my precious energy and I was only becomeing unhealthier and unclean because of them... I can go on and on.

I know the victory of conqering my addictions.
I know what it's like to be freed from chains of the mind... of the spirit.. of the self.

YOU CAN BE FREE~!

FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM~

FIGHT FOOR YOUR PEACE~

BELIEVE IN REAL SATISFACTION~
BELIEVE IN REAL LOVE -
THESE THINGS DO NOT FIND US , NOR DO WE FIND THEM; WE CREATE THEM. WITH OUR LIVES, OUR LOVE, AND OUR WILL.

FAITH AND STRONG HOPE TO ALL WHO DARE TO BELIEVE!
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10 Ways

10 Ways to Destroy a Relationship

10. Don't Communicate Honestly

9. Never Listen

8. Disrespect the other person's feelings, thoughts and ideas

7. Gossip about them - (talk about them instead of TO them)

6. Send them negative energy

5. Put the other person last on your list (Ignore the other's needs and desires)

4. Always be right, Make sure the other is always wrong

3. Be inconsiderate

2. Never Forgive (Never Believe in them, never pray for them..)

1. Hate the other person



10 ways to Keep a Relationship

10. Think good things about the other person often

9. Pray for that person, and pray how to be a blessing to the other person

8. Believe in the Very Best for the other person

7. Want the Very Best for the other person

6. Trust (Obedience--- also being open emotionally)

5. Be Responsible for Yourself

4. Be A Good Example...
3. Eat together

2. Give Room for Grace (pray together, or for each other)

1. Love the other person

Thank You for Reading my Letter~

I think people want good lives.
I do!
I think people would like to be happy and not sad. I think people would like to be respected and appreciated, not angry or disrespected ...
but what does it take to be happy, you can't MAKE people honor and respect you... sometimes you can't even get people to LISTEN to you!
So what can we do?!
I think people want good lives.... but we can't expect to do whatever we want (good or bad) and then expect everything to be good.
Everything in life that we experience is a result from choice.
Everything WE do is our choice... Every one has choice. AKA FREE WILL.
Our Free Will goes as far as our attitude to our outfit, our job to our integrity, our dinner to our workout routines..... and we all know that good things sometimes take effort and discipline.
Sometimes though, good things are easy.
Sometimes we do not recognize just how easy they good things are!

(because everything else in life is a struggle)

We have to choose if we want the good or the bad.
If what you think is good is good, then you should be happy right?
Or maybe you are not happy because you are subject to someone else's Free Will. And in the Truth, we all are subject to one another in that we all have Free Will.
We have the power to love or hate each other. We have the power to hurt or heal.
We have power to forgive and forget, ourselves and each other.....we only have to choose it.

We should not let other people's Free Will affect OUR Free Will, or we can now call Good Will.
Sometimes our Good Will is hurt when others do not appreciate or respect it.
So sometimes (I speak from experience) Good Will turns south .... well, maybe WE turn south, when we feel dishonored, disrespected or unappreciated.
But - we can only be what we are.
I love the fact that we are all individuals. It gives me hope to think that hopefully, other people can forgive me, as I learn to forgive myself. And I also forgive others that have hurt me.
Sometimes people don't realize that they are hurting another person...maybe they can only see where they are right now and life, and have forgotten that there is a future ahead of them. Maybe they are living for the moment instead of seizing the moment.
Sometimes I don't realize how I hurt others... sometimes I don't see my self the way I really am.
And when people try to tell me, I either don't believe them, don't understand them or am so hurt that I don't seem to care (because of my passion in self-)

We are all human beings.

Who are you?

Who am I to you?

But if we look inside, sometimes we have to open up and say... I am human. This means I am vulnerable.... I am weak, sometimes I am too strong.
But I have a heart... I have a mind .... (of my own) and so do you.
I bleed, but don't we all?

Jesus bled so we would remember that---- and His message is to forgive one another completely (from our heart) and to love one another as He loved us.
Embarrassed...Ashamed (he was naked on the cross), humiliated (he was God's Son, right? and look at Him on the Cross!)Rejected, Neglected, Hated.... but now we can be AWARE of the Reason He existed....Truth, Love, Life Eternal.

~They Say Thankfulness is the Mother of All other Virtues~

_If You Make a Mistake, Learn From It_

I hang around with a lot of men. It's because I was raised by my Daddy and my brother. I lived at my grandmother's house, and was also influenced by my grandpa.

I watch and listen - and a couple things I want to say - that I have seen recently - are that men fear death.
All some men talk about is dying, fear of dying - -- maybe it's a fear of not accomplishing the LIFE God has given to you.
BUt, nevertheless, the point I want to make is that I see these types of men, and I see this in common- they would rather dye, than forgive one another.
They would rather dye than give something to a brother- (or a sister sometimes?)
they would rather dye than go to church. They would rather dye, than dye to self.

so they fear death... because fo their pride. Because of their shame, they are afraid of what other people think. But they don't repent.
They are so ashamed of their sin, they feel so misunderstood, so ruled by thier emotions- and try to figure it out by themselves, or ask each other- or abuse themselves with substances that temporarily relieve the emotional pain (the continual reminder of thier "failure" "wrong", "hurt", "conviction") that they lose the truth- and they want someone to come an save them, but they need to get up and save themselves.

They need to realize that only God Almighty is perfect, and that He is Merciful, He is Faithful, and It's all about HIM.
The conviction is, Maybe THEY were wrong---- (not the other person)-- but maybe NOBODY "taught" them "HOW" to FORGIVE ~someone~ (you fill in the blanks)---
maybe they have never seen -witnessed- a "scenerio" of someone giving another one - of humbling thyself and LEARNING HOW to change a situation for a greater cause.
Maybe they think they are better than others- (I think that type of thinking is backwards)-


That, my dear ones, is called "Live and Learn." Maybe also you could say ... "If you make a mistake, Learn from it!".....
And Turn Toward God.


God is The Saviour- Seek the LORD GOD and Be SAVED~!

Wisdom for Thyself

Instead of telling people what they need to do - We should pray that they get a revelation from God - and they will!
Why should you hate someone because they don't know better? If you are truly of God, you will want them to learn to love- so we can all be one- with loe, with respect, with Peace- With GOD.
Sometimes I tell people what I think they should be doing. I am always correcting people, and sometimes giving good advice, but they get mad and annoyed at me whan I tell them.
It's because they haven't asked for it.
They haven't gotten tired of the same old same old, and they are "o.k." living in their comfort zone of complacency.
They will never change or recieve the blessings that they deep down really want - until they SEE the need for a change, and THEN they will seek the LORD.

So for now I keep my wisdom to myself....unless it is solicited and asked for.


:)

Q-Heart

Wondering what's really on your mind-
Do you know that I think of you sometimes?
I wonder if you think of me, and wonder if a love could be..
My life's a story, written so true~
Sometimes I wish it involved more of you~
Now you know that I think of you,
and I wonder if you think of me too...

This Day is This Scripture Fulfilled~

John 15
1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

Proverb

What do you think about people that justify their wrongs by saying other people's wrongs are ok?
Like saying, "Oh, the Jones' left their garbage cans out all week so we're ok for leaving ours out, even if it was only for half a week."
I see it as double evil.
I don't mean to get all political on ya or religious, but I had what I thought at one time was a group of friends, but when it came to the nitty-gritty I realized that they weren't really all they cracked themselves up to be, even though they seem to act like they are something they're not.
I see such people ... and I am aware of their fear- whether they are or not. Whether they choose to confront their fears or not, they will live in them untill they choose to deal face to face with reality. Not "their" reality, not what they think is reality, but- reality.
there are somethings that just ARE - and no matter how you try to make it right or wrong, you cannot make what is wrong, right, and you cannot make what is right, wrong.
Even if you decieve yourself into thinking (believing) that something wrong is right, that doesn't make it right- sorry to break it to ya, but you are not the ruler of the universe! That position is already taken!
And let me assure you, I speak with first hand knowledge, I know how easy it can be to decieve and trick ourselves into thinking all kinds of lies, excuses deceptions and falsehoods, in order to get what we want, hide from our shame or sin, or try to make our seves feel better.
And that is another issue that I want to mention as well.... making selves feel better.
So many times, people, deal with the "symptoms" of the issue, and not the actual issue itself.
Why is that?
(I am really funny about using the word "why" but I feel like this is the proper usage---- we should never question "why" someone "feels" a certain way, or "why" they did something, or "why" they think what they think.... that kind of usage of "why" is oppressive, disbelieveing and goes against the nature of freedom, --- we do what we do-- we all have freedom of choice- the question is, are you sure this is right, Are you positive that this is a good choice, is this what you want to do?)
Back to Why do not people deal with the issues, and only try to make them selves temporarily "feel" ok with themselves?
I really do not know the answer for each individuals life, I can only speak of my self, or give you my opinion (on someone else), but for me, I have learned that if I do not confront the real issue at hand, and only attempt to temporarily relieve they symptom(s) of the issue, I would still be left with an issue, maybe at an even greater depth of difficulty of overcoming, but I now know it is Way better to deal head-on with the ISSUE, and not the SYMPTOM of (the) problem- whatever it may be.

I think it must be scary or painful sometimes to admit our shortcomings, or faults, or setback, or even our weaknesses to each other, our families, and sometimes even our own selves! (Much less GOD!, the One who wants to HELP us with these infirmities!)

So what do we do?
What CAN we do?
We can begin the process of soul-searching. (Not others, our OWN!!! ;)
We can begin to really look at the areas of our hearts, and lives and even our own thoughts, and confront the things we think need to change (in order for us to truly address and deal with the "issues" and not just the "syptoms" ), and sometimes is can be scary.... because we might be so overwhelmed by our own foolishness, or wickedness, or embarrassed by our ignorance and so ashamed of our selves that we fear confronting or even thinkingh about such things because we feel alone, or that we "can't tell anyone" because they might reject us, or not understand, or laugh us off (to scorn), or think we're dumb or stupid for feeling or thinking the ways we feel or the things we think.
Believe me I've been through it. But.... I think in some ways we probably all have.... AND, I just want to write this and say thank good ness for Grace. Thank God for His Mercy. Blessed be the ones who are willing and tenacious in confronting themselves- you already know the blessings of truth, love and the grace of God through Jesus Christ! And I want to say also to those that maybe aren't where they want to be in life, or in their spiritual walk- maybe you know there is more for you, maybe you are not really as satisfyed as you truly desire to be- and maybe you think that life is never going to be completely fulfilling- maybe you think nobody will ever truly understand you---or truly care- I want to tell you that someone does understand, and that someone does care- His name is Lord Jesus.
I do not know how many "Believers" I have on here, but I can tell you, when I had no one, I had Jesus. He has been my Faithful Friend.
And when you find yourself all alone, with no one else to trun to, He will be there, and He will guide you, comfort you and show you the Way.
Like He did for me. (And always will!)
To make it easy and to close things up, let me put it to you like this, I can't heal or repair all you problems..... but there is One who can!

Be Blessed....and Remember, Jesus Loves You!!!!!!

(And so I do :)

Read the Signs...

The United Methodist Church in the Town that I live always has a thought or phrase that they change up every week on their church sign...and this week it says, "Are you teachable"
That phrase means very very much to me, considering a few very meaningfull things.
For one, I heard the message of the gospel being preached by a small group of evangelists that were from Georgia, 8 years ago. They had set up shop, so to say pretty much right across the street from where the Methodist church is downtown. they had brought out their guitars, even a set of drums and were playing and ministering on the side of the road, holding signs saying "turn or burn" and such as the like.

I was about 20 years old. I had never heard the Gospel. I didn't even know who Jesus Christ was.

But there they were, preaching and playing on the side of the street Downtown Deland on a Friday night.

Something about them made me feel good. I saw Light in their Light, and they "loved" me. I went to their house church meetings, listened to their radio broadcasts on 1310 am ... (if you live in the area and are a Spirit seeker, you probably know about 1310.... !) and then after about 6 months of hearing the Word. I asked for Jesus. (That was actually in a car at about 10:30pm in a Publix parking lot. )
But the ministry of the ones I met in Downtown Deland has meant everything to me.. if they had not been sent, I had not heard, if I had not heard, only the LORD knows where I would be!
But thanks be to the LORD for His Word, His Ways and His Great Commission!
The thing that made me want to write this message today though was what is on the Methodist sign outside... "Are you teachable" ....
When I had gotten my salvation, and I had even been water baptized (by a man named John, no less!) and I had also recieved the Holy Ghost with fire and the gift of tongues, I started having ... "Problems". Not problems by me, but ... how can I say this - all hell came against me.
I had to fight to prove real, and like I said in a post before this, I had so much persecution even from my very own family- that I had a difficult time being stable. One of the things that John (my baptismal preacher!) had told me a few times before they went on thier High Journey was that I wasn't teachable.
I thought I was, but I honestly had way too much going on and was so new to the Faithof Christ that I didn't really understand what he meant. After they had gone I didn't have a home church and went through many other trials and tribulations, but here I am! It's been 8 years in the making and I think I am finally teachable!
~Hallelujah!~

The answer is finally, "Yes."

~I am learning~

Thank You Jesus! Thank you for sending your workers to meet me where I was, Lord, and where I am.(Always~) You are always Faithful- Help me and others to trust Your Faithfulness, more and more I pray. For this I thank you, Father, in Jesus name. amen.
Be Blessed~


-edited----2.3.10

The Eternal Moment.

The eternal moment
Is it still –
It is moving
What is time
Moving
So fast, so slow
Can you stay in one place
In time, for a moment
In eternity –
Or is life too fast to notice
The movement of time
So fast, so slow
A moment, in a moment, God is with us.
His Presence makes me see
How eternal life can be.
My question of how to stay in a moment
Is answered by the truth
Above
That we can only keep going on into eternal life
By believing in His Son,
The Lord Jesus Christ.

Death and Life are in the Power of the Tongue...

I pray and think when I’m riding in cars sometimes and last night after church I was thinking and praying and I get real inspired many times on what to write about in those moments and last night I thought about people judging other people. Like people judge other people or maybe another “person” based on what they see (in the natural). But in the natural we do not always see what is behind the scenes, so to say.
I can give you many examples, even of my own life and even in scripture that back this up 100%.
The first scripture I want to bring up Is "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit."(Proverbs18:21). See, what we speak, becomes what we see. And if we go around speaking life, we get life; if we speak death, we get death. And, if we go around speaking what we see, (which we all do sometimes), if we speak the truth (about it), then all is well, it is good for edification, exhortation and comfort. But if we go around speaking falsehood(bearing false witness), according to “our” ignorance, judgmental ways, or selfishness, then we (in the natural) “subject” life and truth to things less than what they are. Because if it is not of truth, then it is .. well, less than real.
I will give you an example.
I will use my own life experiences, so it can also be for a testimony, and a glory and a hope unto the LORD.
When I got saved about 8 years ago, I did a complete 360 turn around from the life I was living to a life that honored God. I did so much so, that the people in my life thought I had gone mad. And in a way, I kind of did.
When I found my God and Jesus Christ, I completely cleaned out my bedroom of all my possessions. Clothes, music cds, shoes, hats, pictures, everything. When I was done I had a long black skirt and two tops and I don’t even remember what kind of shoes I kept. I literally had nothing.
The people in my life saw the changes in me and it scared them. And they thought something was wrong with me. There were times that I definatley went to extremes to hear from God… but you know what? I heard from Him. And what the point of all of this I’m saying is that the peope in my life, namely family and a couple of long time friends, thought I lost my mind. And they began speaking that.
They said it over and over- to each other, to other people, even to me.
But I did not believe them.
I knew that God was doing something awesome inside me, and in my heart and in my life and in His Kingdom. I did not know exactly what it was at the time, but I knew it was His doing.
It was not easy to hear my family say thingslike that, and to go through the things I believed violated my rights and my privacy and my freedom… and I suppose it was not easy for them either, to understand the will and the mind of God. But because I did not allow myself – rather, because the LORD kept me, and always held me steadfast in His Presence and His Truth (His Word.) I was able to make it through a very trying time. And come out on the the better side.
I have learned so much about the LORD through the last ten years that I would not change but one thing. - and that being my own fault. (The Lord knows.)
But, the most important thing I want to convey through this -my experience to you, whoever you may be, one or many, is that there is power in what we speak.
Whether it be on a pulpit, on the phone with a friend, here in virtual land, or in person face-to- face. God created with the Word. He destroys with a word. The power of life and death are in the tongue, and not only that – but there is truth and / or falsehood behind our words. See, we can say one thing, and be completely sincere and honest about it – or we can say that same thing, yet not care at all. (And most of the time humans are pretty uncanny about sensing when others are being real with them or not....)
There is depth to the words we speak. There is purpose behind everything. The words that have power are the words spoken in truth. Whether for good or for bad, it’s the truth behind the Word that gives it it’s strength. And I believe ultimately if there be truth inside those words, they will be for good. Even if they hurt.
Sometimes truth hurts.
Sometimes life is painful, - We cannot avoid pain in life. We do not have to wallow in it, or stay in it, but to try to avoid pain would be unrealistic.
“He who would have nothing to do with thorns should never attempt to gather roses”.

Look at Jesus, our Lord. I do not think that he saw the cross as glorious at all. I think modern man has glorified the crucifixion- and I do not discredit it(the crucifixion) at all- it is my life, it is truly the only reason I am here. But I think the pain Jesus went through was not to make Himself famous, like some kind of idol.
It was a real event that took place- it was a moment that he realized life is real- A moment when He saw the desperate need of humanity for God-I believe that God became more and more real to Him as He lived his last moments before That Moment. And the whole purpose of the cross was to bring us to The Truth- of God. He died so that I would know that someone loved me. So that I would have a way to get out of the filthiness of sin… he died so that I would find strength to live. He died so that I would be able to see the truth from the lies. He died so that I would not have to (die before my time). He died to prove to mankind that God is Real. He died to prove to mankind that God is ALL Powerful. He died for so many more reasons- I think if you look you will see. (If you look with ALL your heart ! - Jeremiah!)
He died for you and everyone around you- and me.
And not only did He die but He died with a greater glory in mind that He rose from the dead! (The thourns and the rose!) that God can do it- God can make a Way where there seems to be no way. God can do the "impossible!!!" It is not in how we human minds think --- because in these days everyone seems to look to each other to find an easy way out or to find love in inanimate objects or to hurry through life, well, let me tell you- look to God for all these things and you will find much more than you could ever have asked for.

Look to the LORD, God Almighty- God Most High.
Find your answers in Him. Read His Words…listen to what He says, and you will learn the truth. "Humble yourselves, sons of men, hide yourselves, daughters without care- for the LORD on High is looking upon the earth, to see if any are ready for His return. To see if any take Him seriously. To see if any are willing to believe. And to live in these last days, for His Righteous cause and His Righteous Ways. For He is looking for a Righteous People- a People that will not go astray, nor turn aside at the worlds wicked ways. For the LORD is Holy, and HE longs for a Holy Nation. He longs for an Holy People. For HE is a Most Holy God. Amen. "

Watch what you say people, myself included- for there is power in (our ) words-
May we all be mindful of the LORD- with us. In Jesus name. amen.

Victory is mine!

One of the best feelings in life is accomplishing a great task. Overcoming an overwhelming obstacle. Proving wrong all adversity. Defeating all odds!
What a glorious thing and what a great day it is!
Praise You Jesus! The One Who made it all possible! Thank YOU, Lord!
Glory to the LORD!~

Blood and Mercy

Right on to buddy Riddell.... in that many churches today do not like to preach the bloody message of the truth of the cross....
I was praying on the WORD the other night and heard from my associate pastor at church the verse in psalms that goes "mercy and truth have met together"(Psalms)...see the message of the cross is mercy. And some people do not recieve full mercy, full forgiveness- they still feel bad, like they don't deserve full forgiveness, full mecry.
But the complete truth about it is, without truth, we would not need mercy.
think about that.
Without truth, there would be no need for mercy.

How can you be merciful for something that isn't really deserving of mercy?
That would be like- false mercy.
Mercy is for people who need it.
Mercy and truth meet,--- with out sin we wouldn't need a savior.
People are not perfect. I think it's real easy to try an believe that humans are some kind of perfect- but they're not. and just because you don't "SEE" their sins, does not mean that they don't have any.
Many times, the sins you can't see are the worst.

Thank God the LORD for His Holy Spirit, for His discernment, His TRUTH ABSOLUTE, that is Love that covers a multitude of sins, mercy that meets truth. And Peace that kisses righteousness.
Amen, and amen.

And Love!

A couple of weeks ago I was hangin' out with one of my guy friends that I've known in the Lord for a few years. And I hadn't seen him in a long time but seeing him is always good...and from our last time of spending a little time together I realized we had talked about something that I can share... that maybe you can think about and take with you.
We were on the phone and I always ask him like, tons of questions 'cause I don't always have trusted guy friends to that I can conversate with... and sometimes I thinkI can be quizzical to him. Sometimes I ask him questions because I want to know, and sometimes I ask him questions to see if he understands (me, - like, am I crazy for thinking this or do u know what I mean??:) and then, sometimesI ask him questions to see if HE knows what is going on. ;) I think some ladies might know what I am talking about here...but anyways, what I asked him was this:
"If Jesus was here right now, is there anything in your life you would do differently? Like, would you act differently, talk differently???" etcetera etcetera...
well... his answer was like, yeah, totally.
So then what I said was this,
If you would live or act or talk or be differerent if you KNEW Jesus was here, then why don't you just be that way NOW?!?!!?
I mean, GOD IS HERE, isn't He?
And Jesus basically came so we would Know that.
Virtually...
so........
I think also it could be applied many different ways....
maybe you would have more faith, if you knew Jesus was here... or if he was (in person) standing next to you..... because He would speak the Word for you,- but, He gives US power, DUNAMIS POWER - and HIS HOLY SPIRIT- that does the work for us.
It (The Word of God) says that it is "Not by might, nor by power, but by MY SPIRIT"-
(Thus sayeth the LORD)
God is so powerful.... al HE has to do is speak- and it changes everything.
And it isn't about yelling or screaming or getting violent. I believe Jesus didn't get violent all the time... I only read one instance where he acted out in a sense of violence and that was to overthrow the people selling things in the church to get a gain.
I've heard a few people's variation of what the parable of the mustard seed of faith means to them. To some it means having a small amount of faith, yet seeing it move for God. And that's fine, I have believed that and have prayed it and have seen results from it.
But I know there is also a faith that is simple, and plain, and that has purpose, and that is mustard seed faith.
Its plain, to the point, it does the job. And does it the only way that it can be done!
For God's glory~
If we just believe.

O, How I LOVE the LORD!!!

Psalm 97
1The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
3A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
5The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
7Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
8Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
9For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
10Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
12Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Testimony~

I have been thinking for sometime on writing some testimony of mine here on this webpage. There is really so much I have gone through that to sit and write it all would be probably impossible. But, I can definatley testify on what the LORD is doing in my life right now, in regards to my salvation and some of what I have been through in my life.
It starts with a 17 year old girl that was pregnant, and had an abortion.
That girl was me.
I was a runaway, living with a boyfriend. A guy 2 years older than me, under house arrest, at his dad's house. It was bad.
I got pregnant. I found out. As soon as I found out, I burst into tears full of fear, full of pain, full of guilt.
I did not know what to do to provide for a child. I did not have anyone to turn to for any kind of "moral" support.
I turned to someone, and, unfortunatly, they advised me to have an abortion. And because I had no other "choice", by means of intervention or support -(my family had divorced 5 yr.s prior and my parents never talked, even to this day they do not talk to each other)-
I decided to have an abortion.
Deep down I didn't want to have an abortion. But I didn't have anybody or anyone to consider the alternatives, or to figure out how to make it in this life with a baby.
No one!
In fact, after I had made the choice, I didn't even tell anybody except the three or four people who knew. I didn't think I needed to.
The day came- and I can truly say I believe that having an abortion was the worst decision I have ever made.
But In some way, I don't feel completly responsible for making that decision. I just wish that I had had more fortitude at the time to stand up for myself and run out of that office like I had wanted to.
And, believe me, I wanted to.
After that, and I mean immediatly after I woke up- all I thought about was wanting to go back to sleep. All I wanted to do was be "out of my mind". So I started using drugs. I had been around drugs before. I had done them - but now I just wanted to escape - escape my reality - escape my mistake- escape my pain. my shame. and my sorrow.
I really believe that abortion is deeply opposing to what the true nature of a woman is. And I think it affects men who are involved just as deeply.
I cannot express what it has been like trying to get over the grief, the shame, the anxiety, the self-loathing and the pain of what I have experienced.
But I was bold enough one day very recently to talk to a lady online who was making prayer request for a "friend's daughter who was considering having an abortion".
I typed a prayer right away.
Then she posted back and sounded a bit (in my opinion) doubtful for the girl. So I wrote her back and told her she needed to step in.. and tell the girl this and that- she needed to DO SOMETHING to help that girl, to stop her from making such a horrible painful bad choice.
We wrote back and forth about 4 or 5 times for a week, and then one day I checked to see if she wrote me back. And what she wrote was not what I had expected.... but she wrote and asked me if I needed a healing. She asked me... if I had been completely healed from the abortion that I had... she said I was angry... she showed me things that I didn't really see.
Yeah, I knew I was angry- I knew I still (have) pain- but I didn't see at the time that the LORD was (and IS) dealing with my heart, He wants to heal my pain.
And that is what He has been doing. It hasn't been too long ago.. only a couple of weeks...
I had borrowed a book about healing from abortion about a week before all of that happened. I hadn't even picked it up to read it; but after communicating with the lady online, and sensing the LORD's desire for me... in the fact the He didn't give up on persuing me- to heal me.
How can I say... what a Wonderful God we have!
And the first night I spent with Him, since He began this healing and recovery in my soul, I have had a PEACE that I have not FELT in OVER 10 years.
seriously!
I have been so blessed... I did not even KNOW what was missing in me.
It hasn't been fully set in me... sometimes I turn to the LORD and feel it again... but I am trusting the LORD to make it a permanent healing, and a permanent peace, a SHALOM peace, in me.
Shalom means "perfect peace'' in Hebrew.
That is what I am truly hoping for.
As well as being able to come out of the walls of isolation and hiding for fear of no one understanding me... or the pain I have carried with me since I was a little thing.
( I think now 17 years old is like so young!!! I'm almost 30! yikes!)
You know... I could look at it like... so much has been wasted... so much I could have had... I could blame God, I could never want to get better... but I do.
I realize... and I'm thankful and grateful that at least I can be healed! At least I am saved now! I may have lost a few years, but I now have the rest of my life to live with God through Jesus Christ~ I still have time to get married and have a family. And.. sin is not God's fault. I am thankful that He reached down from heaven and saved me... and loved me.... and that He didn't give up on healing me. And HE is With me.
And I LOVE Him.
~

How can a heart say.. "I do not need love"???

Love No Matter What

I have been thinking deeply about homosexuality. (Not for me, but about "it")- does anyone ever consider how homosexuals use the rainbow as their emblem... when after God destroyed the earth because men were exceedingly wicked, He put the rainbow in the sky ... saying He would not destroy man again by flood...
Another thing I have been thinking about is how people, if they felt comfortable talking about their inner struggles, maybe homosexuality, or who knows, drug tempttation, anger issues.. all these things, maybe they could find real help. I think people, wheter Christian or not, get real uncomfortable when people begin confessing their Real problems. Mostly because they don't know how to handle them. But we should realize that wickedness is not uncommon to mankind. Jesus said the works of the flesh come out of men's hearts. Fornications, adulteries, thefts, murders, all manner of wickedness.
But... I really think and believe that just because you or I have a wicked thought, we do not neccessarily want to act on it. We do not even want the thought(s) whatever it or they may be.
So what should we do? Or what could we do?
Do you feel cpomfortable enough with anybody you know to be able to confess the worst possible thoughts you may have had to another living person? Or are you afraid they would judge or condemn you? I mean what about you, if someone confessed something horrendous, whether they were tormented by and idea or what if they actually DID something and felt BAD about it but needed help... how would you deal with it?
I mean, people, we need to be more compassionate with each other.. and love people no matter what. It is called unconditional love.
And it is the One and Only thing that will help ANYBODY and EVERYBODY to overcome the fall and the wickedness and the tempations of mankind.
All people need and truly truly desire is love, whether it be in the form of love, respect, appreciation, admiration, affection, recognition... whatever and everyform, it is truly wat people want.
(And need....... and desire......)
But WHY THEN ARE PEOPLE SO HESITANT TO GIVE IT? (love).
Why don't people love freely?
Are they afraid of who they love getting "the wrong idea" ?
Are they afraid of making someone else jealous?
Are they afraid of crossing boundaries, themselves?
How can we truly love others...?
Maybe they feel or think if they love they won't be loved in return.
I ddon't know what other people think....and I don't get too many comments here on this page. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing but I don't write all this for the fun of it I believe I am dealing with some for-real issues here that I think about and pray about EVERY DAY.
I don't care what teh world says or what "man " or "woman" says...I believe in LOVE ... no, I am not talking about romance here though it does exists... I am talking about loving people the SECOND COMMANDMENT GOD GAVE HUMAN KIND! PEOPLE!
COMEON NOW!
Let's get with it! Why do w go around judging or feelin' like others are judging us when they probably arent!!!!!And even if they were or are.. is judging them back or shutting down or hating them or not talking to them (avoiding them) really gonna help the situation?
Why are we afraid to love people that are already loved?
Why are we afraid to show our true love?
We're afraid of getting hurt.. being hurt... hurting others....
I just found a quote in a book I got it's a book of proverbs on the Fruits of the Spirit... one of the quotes says:
"He who would have nothing to do with thorns should have nothing to do with roses"


We get hurt in life... we will no matter what.
We suffder sometimes, we cry... we have pain, it's part of life.
Solomon said with knowledge comes sorrow....
are you going to let pain or sorrow or hurts stop you from loving?
What about the love that doesn't stop.... or quit.. .and that does not get easily offended or stop loving because it was offended. We need to see that life is not about "us''. Yes, we are here and yes we're involved... we are alive. But there is a greater Cause, there is a greater ONE than us.
We do not live forever..... but there is One who does.
We should live our lives as though when we get old and are about to make our Final Journey Home, we can look on our lives and think, "YES, I did and said everything I wanted to... my days have been full of love and joy and peace. I have no regrets. I have been blessed. I have done good.''
The only thing that will satisfy you or anyone you know in life is love.
I truly believe this with all myheart.
Give love to someone you know today!


A post.script. note. about the homosexual thing I was thinking about ... Ihave heard women say when they have struggled with relationships that they "marry Christ". I have read inthe Bible.Paul talking about being married to Christ. And God Himself says He is married to the backslider.
When I think about homo's that wanna marry each other, I think, they should marry Jesus, instead.
I hope this doesn't offend you... but for real. What if you said that to a gay guy whao was flaunting his sin. King David said he cast down the wickedness of the wicked. So did Job.
And we gotta remember, people who are living in extreme wickedness do not truly like it.
They just don't know what it really feels like to be truly loved, cared for, believed in, stood up for, appreciated, understood. I'm not talking about understaniding sin, I'm talking about understanding pain.
Sin comes from a lack -
what?
A lack of LOVE.
Love people... you never know whose life you might change.


I think also (true) forgiveness, and (pure) humilty can sudue all manner of evil.