Everyone has different path to healing. In my situation, I had to deal with everything on my own. No one would listen to me. I was discounted. When I came to the point where I could no longer cope, the only assistance I could obtain came from medication through the local MHMR, which is a...
:P Don't ya'll hate it when you are on the phone and one of 6 things will hapen a sombody or the dog pukes, the kids want stuff right then and need your undivided attention or the hubby decides to play but wants to embarras you while you on the phone or the doorbell rings, toilet will overflow...
I wrote this quite a while ago to a friend. Someone needed to hear it today.
Jesus Christ Himself spoke directly into my heart. I have always (lifelong) somehow felt that His promises do not apply to me. I am so unworthy. One of the huge issues I've been dealing with is the free choice thing...
21 Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Gentile[e] woman who lived there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”
23 But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a...
I once read that according to Michael Angelo,-- a sculptor who views a piece of marble looks for the beauty, and for possibility within it. The sculptor’s goal is to reveal the treasure within the piece. We start out a rough sort of material but only God sees the beauty within. He shapes us...
Now that Ive found a comfortable place to blog, I'm starting over. Thought I'd bring a few favorite pieces from LiveJournal over and see how they fit. How awesome to be able to blog without getting trash mail or propositons! Feels like home. Think I'll hang out. Enjoy!
Izzy
OUCH!
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The wheel spins faster and faster as the firm hand of the Potter begins to shape the clay.
"Stop it, I can’t take any more".
"I am creating a vessel of honour - an instrument of great unsurpassed
beauty to be of service in the courts of the King.
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"Ouch!" says the ruby as the Craftsman...
What do I want God to do for me?
Jan. 1st, 2008 at 3:14 AM
As I have pondered this question in my mind the hymn "Be Thou My Vision" keeps playing in my head. I realized that I want Him to become my vision, the apple of my eye, to fill my inmost being overflowing. To use me in radiating...
Wait…
Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried:
Quietly, patiently, lovingly God replied.
I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate,
And the Master so gently said, "Child, you must wait".
"Wait? You say, wait! " my indignant reply.
"Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!
Is your hand...
Father God, Today I ask You to be at work within me. Help me to be willing to be changed in the inner places where you want to work into my heart what is pleasing to You. Equip me today to accomplish what I need to and keep my heart soft and ready to say "yes" to You, the God of peace. In Jesus'...
Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes. Matthew 6:34 (The Message)
there's only so many times you can
allow someone (or others)...