Yes that's my baby girl, and you are right, I am truly blessed that the Lord has givin me something to smile about every moment of the day.
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Today at 10:58 PM Gerry said this in Post #40
I have missed you too. And you are right. Jesus is very Sweet! And little One, you may be be sure that He is blessing you too. Could your avatar possibly be what I think it is? See how blessed you are!!! WOW!
Today at 10:52 PM Gerry said this in Post #39
Amen to the signature. I learn so many things the "hard" way it seems. Not long ago I posted a story about a friend that was in the hospital. He was an old vet who was a gentle soul and well loved and admired by all who knew him.
Anyway he was in the hospital dying and I discovered he was in the hospital when visiting another one day. So I dropped into his room to see him and turns out I was the only one he knew for quite some time. Even his caretaker, whom he loved, he did not know. But he brightened up and spoke to me, and since the nurses came to minister to his needs I said, Bill, I will be back tonight and hang out with you, would that be ok?" WOW! He lit up and said yes, and it was my intent to go and share with him the Gospel of Christ, just to make sure he was ready, because I did not know for sure if he was or not.
I was to return at 10 but took a nap and did not awake till 12. Bill died at 10:30! It grieves me deeply to think Bill may not have been ready and because I took a nap....
Well, anyway, I am reminded of what Jesus said:
Mark 14:37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
Now, I don't wait. I held my Mother's hand for days before she died. I had bothe hands on her when she took her last breath. What a blessing to know her death was so peacful because she was well ready to go. I am so grateful to know that, though she is absent from the body, she is present with the Lord, with my brother and my Dad, and one day I will join them there. I would sure like to see all my friends there as well.
Today at 03:27 PM nomad said this in Post #21
When I read your post I saw that it was good. What you say is what we need to be doing. But it really is a question of how we do it. I haven't read many of your posts, but they all seem to be scriptural, the ones I remember reading.
Its really not an issue of how much scripture we know but how we use it with Gods direction thats important.
Today at 01:16 AM Annabel Lee said this in Post #44
I didn't get to hold my mother's hand since her death was sudden and unexpected but I did hold my Grandmother's hand the night before she died. She was in and out of conciousness but she squeezed my hand so I think she knew I was there. That was about six years ago on Christmas Eve.
She died on Christmas day. For some reason it didn't feel sad. She seemed to be with us that day.
Today at 01:01 AM Kristen said this in Post #41
Yes that's my baby girl, and you are right, I am truly blessed that the Lord has givin me something to smile about every moment of the day.
Today at 11:16 PM Annabel Lee said this in Post #44
I didn't get to hold my mother's hand since her death was sudden and unexpected but I did hold my Grandmother's hand the night before she died. She was in and out of conciousness but she squeezed my hand so I think she knew I was there. That was about six years ago on Christmas Eve.
She died on Christmas day. For some reason it didn't feel sad. She seemed to be with us that day.
Today at 11:46 PM Annabel Lee said this in Post #49
She was way too young. Only 60.
Enough of this sad stuff....Kristen and Badfish you have a gorgeous baby.
Today at 11:51 PM Badfish said this in Post #50
Thanks! I would replace some pictures in my profile or add some of my own to the photo gallery if Kristen wasn't hogging the cam!
My mom was 51 and Kristens mom was 28 I think, oh sorry enough sad stuff.
For a long time I have been preaching that NOW is the time for Christians to get serious about their Faith and to be obedient and do the work Christ has called each of us to do.
Today at 06:06 PM nomad said this in Post #57
There is more to this statement then I first saw and understood.
What a word Gerry. After talking with the Lord, towards the end of our conversation He gave to me a deeper understanding of this. Not only am I in total agreement with this request before our Lord but that we all come to understand we cannot be taking lightly our christianity. We must act NOW
I was sitting there and in the spirit I was lying on a flat surface of some kind. When I went to proceed and move forward and to go, from the flat surface arose what looked like a rock. If I didn't move, the surface was flat. If I moved to go the rock would come forth out of the flat surface to block me off. The more I moved against it the larger It became.
I said to the Lord, this rock stands in my way. It resists my progress in you. I then asked Him to crush the rock to bits because It stood against Him.
He who has an ear let Him hear what the spirit says to the church.
Obey the Lord. There will come a time when great things will rise up and you will act upon them. The more you act on them the more it will rise to stand in your way. But the Lord of Heaven has seen you prayer and will come down from the Heavens with the voice of the arch angel and will smash the rock that stands arrogantly against you. I am the Lord who Is and was and who is to come.
Let Him who has an ear, see what I saw that no man add to the word written here but that which is of the spirit of the church. And we all agreed, Amen.
Tho we did not see, we saw, we saw what we did not see and asked what is it that we just saw that we may see more. For more is the Word and the word is not always clear but my Word stands forever. Let him who has wisdom see what is written here that they may know I am the Lord of heaven. I am in him who writes these words speak not against the Holy Spirit of the Living God lest I come and crush your arrogance to pieces. I am He who kindles the flame of life and death let no man or sin stand before me says the Lord of Host.
I said to the Lord, let not that which prevents your word from going forth stand in your way, but crush it according to your way and not my own way that I may be healed, for I am them who stand before you. You rise up oh Lord and we submit not. Now help us to submit to you, that we may not become apart of that which stands arrogantly before you. Let our word be your word and our will be your will and let us rise against that which arrogantly resists you.
The Lord said to me "my way is not your way, do you see this". I thought for a moment and responded to Him " I understand that your way is not my way, but that which is in me stands against you, crush the rock that stands before you arrogantly that my way may be your way. The Lord said to me "Shall I crush Myself?". I realized there was more meaning to what I saw then I understood. I said to the Lord " this is perplexing, I want to know the meaning, show me how to proceed". I heard a voice which spoke with many voices and one of the voices said "I will." Another voice said "come follow me". I knew this to be the voice of the One who speaks with many voices. I said to the Lord "I am hungry for more, feed me". "Make my "I" your "I" and let us be made as one in understanding." I then said to myself I know He will bring this about for it is His will.
Glory, and Honor and Praise to the Son of the Living God Jesus Christ our Lord.
I write this because I wish to learn and share with my brothers and sisters. We cannot share with one another if we have petty greivances, jeolousy or misunderstandings. We cannot become stronger in Knowledge of our Lord without one another. The truth of what Gerry has written is deep in meaning and intent. We must obey the Lord. Thank you Gerry for what you started in this thread.
Feed us your word Lord, I'm starved.
Today at 08:09 PM Gerry said this in Post #59
Psalms 51:17: "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise."
Contrite means penitent and that means a heart willing to do a work, not for salvation since that is already taken care of by grace through faith in the finished work of Christ, but rather a work of atonement through obedience to His commandments.
Our ways are the ways of understanding and logic. If it makes sense then we will do it. But God requires of us Faith and Obedience. He calls us to push the rock, not to move it. After years of pushing the rock, we feel we have failed because the rock has not moved. Yet God says we have succeeded because, though the rock has not moved, we were obedient to His Word to simply push. We then can see that our obedience has resulted in a well developed and muscular body fit for use in His service. He then moves the rock out of our way so that we may proceed to the task before us.
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