I'm starting this week's new thread with a quote kam shared from last week.
kam shared, "By God's grace, for God's glory."
Psalm 146 (selected verses):
"How good to sing praises to our God! How delightful and how fitting.
How great is our Lord, His power is absolute!
Sing out your thanks to the Lord.
Sing praise to our God. The Lord delights in those who trust Him, to those who put their hope in His unfailing love."
I trust Him, my hope is in His unfailing love. You, too? Yes? That means He (almighty God) delights in us. WOW!
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Posted by daisyrlb (Member # 15686) on :
We put a smile on God's face.
Posted by daisyrlb (Member # 15686) on :
Been quite a while since I sang this old song,
"The greatest thing in all my life is knowing You. The greatest thing in all my life is knowing You. I want to know You more. I want to know You, Lord. The greatest thing in all my life is knowing You."
Life gets so busy and crazy and _______ (fill in the blank), it's nice to remember--what the greatest thing really is.
Posted by daisyrlb (Member # 15686) on :
"In the morning let our hearts gaze upon God's love and the love He has allowed us to share, and in the beauty of that vision, let us go forth to meet the new day." Roy Lessin.
This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
We ARE loved with an everlasting love.
Thank You, Father God. May each person who reads this sense Your love now.
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
Write today's worries in sand. Chisel yesterday's victories in stone. (Max Lucado's tweet this am)
Posted by daisyrlb (Member # 15686) on :
You bring such positive insights (and help too) when you post on Lymenet.
That recent quote, great way to live, kam.
I'm going to remember that! Posted by Jen50 (Member # 8423) on :
Thanks for this! I've been struggling w. my faith lately w. regard to this disease and need to remember to hold on to it tight:)
Posted by daisyrlb (Member # 15686) on :
Jen50 from experience, I agree with you totally.
Our faith and prayer really does play an important part (perhaps the most important part) in being able to live a quality life in spite of Lyme plus having hope for recovery from this dastardly disease.
With God ALL things ARE truly possible!
I'm praying for you right now.
Posted by daisyrlb (Member # 15686) on :
I was thinking about this song and decided to listen to it on Youtube. "The Power of Your Love" bye Darlene Zschech of Hillsong.
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Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
Going to listen to the UTube song as soon as I read this.
It was posted on FB this am but I couldn't read it there due to the small print so copied and pasted it here.
I think it was titled when you need Help.
Today at 5:00am by Charles R. Swindoll
Exodus 18
A prayer to be said When the world has gotten you down, And you feel rotten, And you're too doggone tired to pray, And you're in a big hurry, And besides, you're mad at everybody . . . Help!
Asking for help is smart. So why don't we? You want to know why? Pride. Which is nothing more than stubborn unwillingness to admit need.
The result? Impatience. Irritation. Anger. Longer hours. Less and less laughter.
No vacations. Inflexibility. Longer and longer gaps between meaningful times in God's Word.
Precious few (if any) moments in prayer and prolonged meditation.
My friend, it's time to declare it: No way can you keep going at this pace and stay effective year after year! Give yourself a break! Stop trying to cover all the bases! Relax!
Once you've put it into neutral, crack open your Bible to Exodus 18:18-27, the account of a visit Jethro made to his son-in-law Moses.
Jethro wasn't impressed as he watched Moses dash from one person to another, one need to another.
"What is this thing that you are doing for the people?" he asked. Moses was somewhat defensive (most too-busy people are) as he attempted to justify his schedule.
Jethro didn't buy it. He advised Moses against trying to do everything alone and reproved him with strong words: "The thing that you are doing is not good. You will surely wear out" (vv. 17-18).
In other words, he told Moses: CALL FOR HELP.
The benefits of shifting and sharing the load? Read verses 22-23: "It will be easier for you. . . . You will be able to endure." Isn't that interesting? We seem to think it's better to have that tired-blood, overworked-underpaid,
I've-really-got-it-rough look. Among Christians, it's what I call the martyr complex that announces, "I'm working so hard for Jesus!"
The truth of the matter is, that hurried, harried appearance usually means, "I'm too stubborn to slow down" or "I'm too insecure to say no" or "I'm too proud to ask for help."
Since when is a bleeding ulcer a sign of spirituality . . . or a seventy-hour week a mark of efficiency?
The world beginning to get you down? Too tired to pray? Ticked off at a lot of folks? Let me suggest one of the few four-letter words God loves to hear us use: HELP!
Efficiency is enhanced not by what we accomplish but by what we relinquish.
Excerpted from Day by Day with Charles Swindoll, Copyright � 2000 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. (Thomas Nelson Publishers). All rights reserved worldwide. Used by permission.
.....OK...this really doesn't fit for those of us who no longer have the ability to keep a 70 hour work week....
..I am doing very well if I am able to put in 7 hours which include outdoor time...a 5 min walk in the forest and emptying the dishwasher and fixing a simple meal.
But, those of us with lyme do need help and those that are caregivers do need help.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Psalm 91:14-16
"Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
He will call upon me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble, With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."
Posted by daisyrlb (Member # 15686) on :
Kam and Lymetoo I found a different video with that same song, so I posted it instead of the other video. Maybe the other video wouldn't be as appreciated by some.
The power of God's love truly is the cross and the resurrection. And that was shown so powerfully. This new video is very inspiring too.
What you both shared ministers to me.
I really like Charles Swindoll. When my husband and I get to northern Texas we like to go to his church.
Kam in the past month or so (actually since Christmas) the Lord has been dealing with me about having a countenance of peace and calm. Not pressure and busy-ness.
Also peace and calm are a lot more healthy and healing.
Lymetoo those verse from Psalm 91--WOW, God IS faithful!
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
Listening now. And will be listening again later as the brain can only take in bits and pieces.
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
Note to KAM: Peace and Calm Peace and Calm. Posted by daisyrlb (Member # 15686) on :
I have really needed Peace and Calm today...finally at almost 4pm I finally have it. A nice nap helped.
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