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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Captive Thoughts

We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every though captive to the obedience of Christ.  2 Corinthians 10:5

 

Picture the mind as a vast ocean.  I am standing on the shore fishing.  I am peaceful, resting in God, waiting on Him.  My mind begins to wander away from the peace of God and onto negative things. It begins to play old reruns of the past. It begins to paint "What If" portraits.  

The sea is no longer calm, but is becoming rough and choppy.  It becomes a little scary and I start to become unsettled.  I hear God say "Reel it in."   I notice the tug on my fishing line and I begin to reel it back in.  There isn't a beautiful fish on the end of the line, it is an ugly, smelly mass of polluted junk!   I take it off my line and throw it in the nearest dumpster and slam down the lid. I know I cannot just throw it on the ground, causing more pollution, it has to be throughly disposed of.

I return to the water and again cast in my line.  My thoughts are once again of God and the beauty of His creation. I am once again at peace,waiting, at rest in Him.  Once again the sea is calm.

 


 


Sunday, December 16, 2007

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It's been awhile since I've blogged.  Not sure why.  Just haven't been "inspired" I guess.  We had such a fun and exciting day yesterday.  Our grandson Markham's football team won the final state playoff game so the Katy Tigers play next Saturday for the State Championship.  Yeah!!  They are a great team & I appreciate so much the integrity of the coaching staff.  They are building that same integrity & sportsmanship into the team and it is a good thing to see.  We took our two grandchildren, Megan & Ryan with us to San Antonio to the game, so all grandchildren were there except Julie.  She had a wrestling tournament.  Yes, that's right! We have a granddaughter who wrestles and she's really good at it too.  Her goal is to to wrestle in the 2012 Olympics and who knows, she might just make it!!  Since you are reading my blog you will just have to let me brag a little. It's a grandma's right!!  There's always some big event to attend when you have 5 grandchildren.  Last weekend it was Megan's cat show, Markham's game & Julies wrestling match.  After the first of the year it will be Ryan's ice hockey games & Sam's basketball games, as well.  We are just soaking it all up, knowing very well that these times go by so swiftly.  I think the most special moment for me yesterday was, after the game, we were all waiting outside to congratulate our grandson when the team came out to get on the buses. Markham held it together pretty well until he saw his dad.  Then he just lost it.  To see this big football player sobbing on his dad's shoulder is a memory this grandma will hold in her heart for a really long time. Lots of work has gone into that father-son realtionship & it showed yesterday. Relationships are work, but they are worth it. I think the older I get the more I realize how worth it they really are & how very important it is to treasure each moment God gives us. Be blessed today, my friends & treasure the moments God gives you.      


Friday, November 16, 2007

ME AND THE RED SEA

I’ve been thinking a lot this past week about Exodus 14:13-14.  Moses had brought the Israelites up to the edge of the Red sea and they were panicking because they thought they were trapped.

“Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid.  Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today.  The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.  The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

We have had somewhat of a “Red Sea Experience” recently.  It was a time when we literally stood back and watched the Lord work. 

I’ve been thinking this week about what it means to stand firm.  It is a command that repeats itself throughout scripture.   On what or whom do we stand firm?  How do we stand?  The following, it seems to me, is a least of part what it means:

We stand firm on Christ, the ultiate foundation and the rock that makes all others fall.  1 Cor. 10:1-4, Romans 9:33

We stand on His Word   Matt: 7:24-27

We stand in our faith   1 Cor. 16:13

We stand with the assurance we are clothed in the full armor of God   Eph. 6:13-18

A multi-layered foundation!  A firm place to stand!  

 “He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.  Psalms 40:2

However, I think there is at least one more layer to add.  We stand on the prayers of our family and friends (or do their prayers help up stand? I’m not sure, but probably both.)

Anyway, we knew and still know that multi-layered foundation was and is our strength.  It’s not so hard to stand when you have a firm foundation to stand upon.  And it’s not so hard to stand when you know others are standing with you on that same sure foundation.


Wednesday, November 07, 2007

I have set the Lord always before me.

Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Psalms 16:8

 

 

Some trust in chariots and horses,

But I trust in the name of the Lord, my God

Psalms 20:7



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