Oh, LORD, You're Beautiful!!

Hello all! 

I hope that you are having blessed and beautiful day in the LORD! Hurricane Nicole has come and is now hopefully on her way out. Yet, even through the wind and the rains, there is truly none other like Him!

Today is a great time to pause and to pray. It's good to just press into His presence. Let His mercy, grace, and love permeate your hectic and weary soul and saturate your spirit with His peace. 

Oh Lord, You're Beautiful- Keith Green

It's good to be busy, lest we be idle and unproductive. Yet, when we stop and assess what our hands and minds have been busy doing, are we being truly fruitful or have we just gone in endless circles?  Have we sown seed or gone through motions of it only?

Take some time to just seek the Lord in the garden of your heart. Take some time to just praise Him and give Him thanks for all that He has done, is doing, and will yet do. He is our strong tower. Soak in His presence and surrender all your cares to Him. He will restore your strength, your peace, and your hope. He will give you direction and set you on a straight path. Nobody cares for you more now or ever than the God who created you. Your Heavenly Father knows what you need. Among all of the things that can encompass, the first and biggest is always Him.  💗

🌹God bless you, go with you, and give you peace. 💖

~Scriptures to bless you~ 

(translation version in parentheses)

Psalm 55:22

Turn your burdens over to the LORD, and he will take care of you. He will never let the righteous person stumble. (God's Word (GWT))

Leave your troubles with the LORD, and he will defend you; he never lets honest people be defeated. (Good News Translation (GNT))

1 Peter 5:6-7

6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God [set aside self-righteous pride], so that He may exalt you [to a place of honor in His service] at the appropriate time,

7 casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully]. (Amplified)

Isaiah 41:10

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. (NLT)

‘Do not fear [anything], for I am with you; Do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you; I will certainly take hold of you with My righteous right hand [a hand of justice, of power, of victory, of salvation].’ (AMP)

Do not be afraid--I am with you! I am your God--let nothing terrify you! I will make you strong and help you; I will protect you and save you. (GNT)

Matthew 11:28

“Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (NASB)

Philippians 4:6-7

 6Never worry about anything. But in every situation let God know what you need in prayers and requests while giving thanks. 7Then God's peace, which goes beyond anything we can imagine, will guard your thoughts and emotions through Christ Jesus. (GWT)

6Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God. 7And the peace of God [that peace which reassures the heart, that peace] which transcends all understanding, [that peace which] stands guard over your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus [is yours]. (AMP)

John 16:33

"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (NKJV)

"I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.] (AMP)

Psalm 62:8

"Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah"

(BSB) 

Romans 8:28

"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." (NKJV)

John 14:27

"Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid." (BSB)

James 1:12

"Blessed [happy, spiritually prosperous, favored by God] is the man who is steadfast under trial and perseveres when tempted; for when he has passed the test and been approved, he will receive the [victor’s] crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him." (AMP)

"Blessed is the one who endures trials, because when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him." (CSB)

What's On My Heart 💗

 Good evening, all.

There is so much going on right now in life. It's hard to keep up and keep track of all the thoughts and things that need done. However, with God's grace and tender loving mercy, it will get done. God is so faithful. I aspire to that. I know I can never be as faithful in this fleshly nature on this earth as He was but I can do better than I have. I am sure that we all can. I just want to leave this song with your for now. 

A friend recently quoted her pastor in her podcast, Heels On Water, as having said, 

"If you know who you are, then you know what to do."

I agree with that. This song has been on my heart for two days now and it is stirring up action and recognition that was there but fell out of sight and mind, getting buried in the back of my mind somewhere. In the process of finding it again, direction and clarity started to return.

"I'm a child of the Most High God and the Most High God's for me." - Ben Fuller ("Who I Am")

Upon listening to the words of this song fully and reflecting on God's nature, it is clear what I must do to the best of my ability...reflect His excellent image. 

No, I am not able to reach perfection. The only one who can truly do that is Jesus and He died a miserable death on the cross to set us free. Perfection ascended back up to Heaven with Him. Yet, we have His Spirit living inside of us. The Holy Spirit will guide us in the ways that we should go and how to conduct ourselves in the paths of righteousness. I hope to expound more tomorrow. For now, I need to get some sleep. I hope that you all rest well when you go to sleep next also. 

❤ Many blessings in God.

Praise Him In The Hallway

 Hello again. 

There is a lot, lot, lot going on here this past few weeks. It is getting late tonight and I have an early morning ahead of me. I have been meaning to come in and leave some posts. It clearly hasn't happened. I told myself it had to happen before I went to sleep tonight. So, I will leave you with some simple thoughts that have been circling around in my brain that have been helping me to handle it all. I will also leave some music to meditate on that will hopefully stir your faith and cause it to rise a little higher within you. 💖🙏

"God is good all the time and all the time God is good." 

He didn't bring you this far to drop you. 

If He can fling the stars into the sky and keep the universe in perfect distance, rotation, etc and not implode, I am sure that He can handle any of our tiny lives. They are not tiny because thy have no value but tiny in comparison to a galaxy. In terms of a galaxy, we might be the pinpoint of a needle.😉

"He works all things together for the good of those that love the Lord and are called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28)

 "4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your graciousness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. 6 Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses every thought, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

8 Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise—dwell on these things. 9 Do what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you." (Phil. 4:4-9)

Have a blessed evening and sweet sleep. If you are reading this in broad daylight, I hope you have a blessed day and week. ❤

Build A Boat by Colton Dixon

See Me Through It by Brandon Heath

I Got That by Anthony Brown and Group Therapy

This one just crossed my mind and it is beautiful. I love the old hymns. 

My Jesus, I Love Thee by Darlene Zschech