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See Photos Here.I’ve been pondering lately if perhaps “love” is the answer to any need, any problem, any pain, any loneliness, and yes, even healing.  Love, when you consider a source for the need – can remedy.  From love comes care, comes kind and gentle, brings compassion and friendships.  It gives – period.  Just as Jesus served, love serves.  And from God’s love for us – comes Jesus into our world.  

Our world is breaking; is bleeding; is hurting.  Our world around us.  Just as bitterness and hate creep into our minds, evil creeps into our very souls.  It smothers us.  And it ain’t worth it!  Pray we all can reject.  Pray for our governing to let God into our world.  As we reach, He will also.  We can do this – we can bring love into our world’s needs, by bringing God into it’s every inch.  Into our hearts God works miracles!

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 From my book:  In Your Sanctuary, pg. 89:

“Lord, thou has been our dwelling place for all generations.”  (Psalm 90:1)

As I come to your sanctuary I can see.  You guide me Lord, as I open my soul to you, in your sanctuary.  …where His Spirit gives me rest and hope, and where my condemnation cannot follow and shall not be. “Under the shadows of thy wings”  we may find refuge (Psalm 91).  We find rest…in your sanctuary.

This world will beat us down, when we don’t look to the Spirit.  As we sow to the Spirit, we come to God’s sanctuary.

As you hold me this day, I am rested for yet another.  In the hope of you Lord, “under the shadow of your wings”, in the arms of your care, I come.  As we look to God and talk with Him, and focus our life…to come each day…we are in God’s sanctuary where nothing can touch.  Fear does not touch in God’s sanctuary!

In the arms of God’s court…in His sanctuary, come to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Help Him come more into our world by His presence in our days, in each of us, where we meet Him in His sanctuary.

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From the world, not to the world.  (in read James 1:27)  Why do we care then what others may be impressed by – we try and please everyone else with our fashion and frantics.  We drama our lives to impress (others).  Why?

This world is spotted to the core with corrupt.  We see this everyday.  Why then would we even have a moment of wanting to impress such agonies in our life?

If we could keep our thoughts kind and giving and loving – there impressions should come, then the world around us becomes “unspotted”.

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From my book, While There is Time, pg. 105:

We can pretend all we want.  We can come to show ourselves for others.  We can make our face to please, for show, and clothe ourselves to shine as crimson (Jeremiah 4:30).  God is not pleased by our vanity.  And as we have caused our world to howl, know its mourning is from God to repent us.  He will not repent from showing His purpose in us.

I see hope for change, as I read Isaiah 58:12:  “The restorer of paths to dwell in.”  “They that shall be of thee shall rebuild old waste places.”  Our sacrifice to God is to take away the yoke (and pointing of finger), to undo burdens, to cast away stumbling  blocks.  These make us worthy to be called.  “Not doing our own ways or pleasures or words.”  Isaiah 58:13 “Delight thyself in the Lord.  “…my Spirit…and my words shall not depart…”  (59:21).  We see how we can build our seeds – our world, our eternity, and restore the paths to dwell in.

Our cost is not from pocket, no money can buy God’s riches.  No money can know His thoughts nor ways.  We come to God empty – our contrite hearts and feeble minds we lay at Christ’ feet.  And He will renew our spirits free of charge.  (“freely given to us of God.”  I Corinthians 2:12)  “…when I called you did not answer, when I spoke, you did not hear…”  (Isaiah 65:12).  As our hearts are weighed to turn to Jesus, we need not subdue or ignore. “…before they call, I will answer and while they are yet speaking I will hear.” (65:24)  We are weighed for a purpose…  All things we do, still we are not at peace without our Lord.  We eat but are hungry, drink and are left to thirst.  …we cannot be full in our hearts.  

Come to rest where rest and peace can only be…with God as our center.  As your words move deep into our souls, as you speak, may we listen.  (65:19) “…and the voice of weeping shall be no more.”

It grabbed my attention the other day when I read John 11:52 “..gather together in one the children of God”.  And all nations.

It seems impossible in a world we now live in – to even fathom “as one”.  God works the impossible, we need to keep Him in our hearts and believe His word.  And we need to read His word – therein He speaks to our soul.  One by one we can bring unity – as we bring God back into our world.  God then can do the impossible.  He can unite our hearts.

“Took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet Him, and cried Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.” (John 12:13)  Imagine that He walk in our world like that, and we welcome and praise Him in the like.  As we’re brought to our knees in despair, may we bend our knees and bow our head and speak to God.  Talk with Him.  And He will move into our hearts…one by one.  And we can be one, through God into our world, by hearts one by one to Him.

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From book:  His Hope for All of Us, pg. 7:

So, I hope in help to see others’ stumbles and needs, the same as myself, in growing God’s path in our lives.  Others’ needs are my rewards, if my giving to the need so before them.  We all have needs, we all have stumbles.  I pray I may be a tool in the opening to God’s presence, stumbling block which I am, to help in some way as God feeds.  And in showing God’s strength is revealed in weakness and empty, He brings strength…in needing He brings.

Acts 2:44-47 shows as God wants us to live and thrive and survive with one another.  The way we could be of this mind and accord.  How nice the thought and I smile.

Help us see others’ needs as our rewards, from God to our souls – through people you are sending in our life.  Help us look to help others in theirs.  Show Jesus in lives around us, help Him grow so our hope in Him for all of us will grow. 

Use me as your tool to work in hearts without.  Where there is no hope, no strength; lead me Lord to be your hands in your desire and your care.

Request:  I’d love to hear from you.  Please slip me an email at:  thewritewordsjournal@gmail.com  and let me know if my words touch your heart at all.  For that is the purpose – to help others by touching their hearts, helping their hearts by hopefully moving them closer to God.  My words are fed, I promise you, by God.  For His purpose – hopefully in each of us.

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I need to pour my heart into celebrating Christmas this year.  To get me through the most difficult one of my life.  But as I put one more strand of lights outside, it reminds me of whom and why I’m so festive.  To spread the joy and celebration of the one my son and we love more than anything possible.  For him to know that love so deeply and closely now and to be a part of that love, is a cause to celebrate to the world.  And to help my heart smile.

Our Father in heaven…where my son lives and who sends him charge over those he loves.  Thank you Jesus, for creating it possible and allowing my son to live with you forever in our hearts.  Your love is my cause indeed to celebrate even more.

There is hope when I hear FAITH and GOD spoken of (as our answer) on the news lately.  I think we have about hit rock bottom in this world, and have no strength at all in us (nor answers).  That’s where God needs us, to do His work in us.

It’s good to see in the media, ones who welcome a word of hope.  This country has tried to force out that for whom we stand.  It’s nice to see us let God move back into our world. 

When I read II Thessalonians 1:3, I joy to see words of how God wants us to live – because I know we can and will through Him.

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In read:  “…because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth…”

How nice.

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Sometimes I feel really stupid, writing and nobody reads it.  But it’s not for man’s approval, it’s for a hopeful tool it can be to feed a needing and hurting, then I am fed. Restore Such An One I was moved to write on in my book.  The purpose of the book is for ones to read and in hopes it may feed even one’s needs or hurts.  When I yearn to have a purpose – to be a tool to feed of God to someone; when I ache in thinking there’s no one to read, I feel empty.  And that’s where evil creeps in through doubt.  But I know in me, God moves that doubt – and I write.  For God’s glory and his help do I write, I must write.

I remember I wrote an article once for a news column.  It was ‘In My Rejection’.  The editor wouldn’t let it publish and so I felt even more rejected.  And then I came to scripture that reminded me how Jesus was rejected over and over and over again.  I am shown in my rejection to be silent to any doubt and to feed as I am fed by God’s words.  And so I write.  And he calms me in knowing someone will read.

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Excerpt from book, pg. 118 “Restore Such An One”

We all have different things to live through.  And some may not be approved of others, yet the way is before us, and God uses somewhere for His purpose, for us to grow in Christ.  If our paths were already straight and we walked only in them, then Christ need not die (in vain?).  God in control – not us to judge a path someone else walks in – God is judge and in control.  These paths are made straight only through Jesus Christ.

How would our own life be, if everyone else was already perfect and walked only in God’s straight path?  And we be the one to sway in doubt or weakness to the path not accepted by others.  How would that be?  Through wrongs we can be made right.  …As we’re brought to our knees as our heart weighs…until we be as Christ wants us.  What if we’re a vessel – those of us who sin?  Look at Saul…God chose him as a vessel – a chosen vessel for others who may not normally know Christ.  Sometimes it takes ones, perhaps of a different way that we see, to show others of God.

It amazes me we tend to pick and choose those worthy in our life.  Different worlds and different colors we are made, all made by God.  Who are worthy of His Son as Savior?  Those only who feel they have no sin?  Those whose life follows the rules we think they need to keep?  Who are worthy of God’s love through Christ?  Or has Christ died in vain?

I look at my flag, worn and tattered from the year’s past weather.  It makes me think of our country, literally, worn and tattered from this year’s weather.  We are being torn and we are beginning to rip at our seams (and in our hearts).

We must mend this tattered world, and mend it’s flag in us.  We are strong and we can unite and we do unite when devastation comes.  We need to stay united to keep our country strong, and to mend it everyday where needed.

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Cool Quote from Mother Earth News:

“…we can heal our nest and live regeneratively.”  – Joel Salatin

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While I think on the days ahead of our Thanksgiving Holiday, I am in constant reflection and gratitude, for the many blessings in my life.  I look at the beautiful leaves this Fall and honestly, some have been more vivid than mid-summer flowers.  As our peak seemed to be last weekend, I have been blessed to be able to sit among the colors and walk in it’s path around my yard.  The flower beds seem to rejoice with brilliance at the upcoming rest for it’s next season to shine.

I am so blessed to live in the mountains of SW Virginia – how awesome among the Appalachian Mountains.  It reminds me daily of God’s gifts in our world.   A gift He alone has blessed me with.  He has placed me here away from noise and congestion, away from smog, away from bright lights so our sky can show it’s stars at night.  How awesome to live at this pace and in this place!

The best of my blessings is my family.  My loving and supporting family.  So close to my home is their home.  No matter ever the need or the hope or the hurdles we share – we share them.  And for that I am so blessed to have the family I do.  Stop and still in the moments ahead of this Thanksgiving season, and be fed by the many blessings we hold in our heart.

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Excerpt from book, pg. 136 “We are blessed everyday”:

Let us be thankful for our many blessings along the way in life.  And also be thankful for our days we don’t see blessings.  For only God can see.  And as He shows us His way, may we see all days as a blessing to be thankful for.  

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…and in their minds will I write them.  (Hebrew 10:16)

When I read this verse 9/22/10 it showed me what I felt as I write.  I ached to write, but with no direction to complete a book.  I only knew a title, for years.  God feeds – He truly does.

Written 1/25/14 before pulling all my entries to compose and publish The Write Words: Journals.

Sometimes we look too far and deep to see a reason for the paths our life takes.  Each day we ponder over and pick apart – lots of times in worry.  Sometimes we try too hard (in strife) to figure out God’s message to us and in His word.  And we don’t understand.  God’s words are simple and true – just as they say.  Simply don’t pick them to no avail.  Words written just as God moved ones to write.  So simple yet deeper than the oceans.  God’s words carry hearts more than the depths of the oceans.  As we simply still to see.

My heart turns to you Lord as my prayer for this day.  May I turn to you as this life roars through my mind.  Always eating at the edges of my soul, my worries are always there to smother me.  Only as I turn and know you are in control – your way is the way I move to any comfort in my heart.  Peace you bring dear Lord, as I see in me when I come and lay my life’s worries.  As each day seems to bring a new woe – you are ever ready to see me turn (to you).  As I praise you in my life – I can see by your words.

Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures. (Luke 24:45)

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When we crumble others… – it’s like my niece used to say when she was two “that not nice!”  And it’s not.  It’s not intended as God wanted us to live…with each other.  He gave us each other.  And yes, God has made us different for a reason.  Stop and think about that reason.  Perhaps there are lessons to be learned in so being – His lessons to bring us to Him, together.

Think how boring our world would be if we all were the same and no variations.  Consider all the differences as being the same as ourselves; for we all are different from another.  Consider others the same as ourselves and love them as ourselves.

God tells us, the woes in others are the same as in us.  Problems and needs of others will at one point be for ourselves.  When we deal with those issues together – we unite to form a resolve.  Start with God – He will remove those problem differences and we can all be one in Him.  For God’s plan, not our’s.  A resolve in living that!

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Excerpt from my book (“My dear daughter”, page 125):

All our paths now and our woes therein bring us in need to God.  And this life prepares us and our hearts and souls through all our many struggles to God’s perfection from within.  God is our purpose.  Our purpose for even being.  What He asks now is we have a relationship with Him.  Focus on Him.  And in His words you will find Him.  In your needs as you read from the scriptures, He will open the treasures of His presence.  I promise.

…it is His purpose this world even be my dear.

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