I entrust my spirit into your hand.
Rescue me, Lord, for you are a faithful God. Psalm 31:5
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Morning Direction From Scripture 11-11-16
Turn your ear to listen to me;
rescue me quickly.
Be my rock of protection,
a fortress where I will be safe.
3 You are my rock and my fortress.
For the honor of your name, lead me out of this danger. Psalm 31:2,3
Put a name to God’s process of leading us out of danger.
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Pulling Out Of a Tailspin
One of the perks of my job is a monthly life-coaching session with a nationally certified coach paid for by the church.
I love my coach. He and I are making great head way in doing a “clean-sweep” of my life to help me gain a greater focus on the things I really need to be doing to fulfill my life’s mission.
We were almost finished our session yesterday. We were making my action plan and something I said spawned one more question. It was a good question. You can always tell a good question because it stops you in your tracks and makes you say, “Huh! I had never thought of that.”
More often than not a really good question is not easy to answer in the moment. Sometimes you even have to say, “I don’t know. I am going to have to think about that one for awhile.”
That is what I said to my coach. We closed off our session, prayed for one another and then went back to our various work loads.
I had a package to mail overseas. So I went to the post office and along the way the question kept burning at the corners of my mind. Something about it was bothering me. I mailed my package, got back in my car and suddenly it was like I was free falling from a thousand feet. I understood in that moment what the question was ferreting out in me. A memory, a hurt from several years ago came rushing to the surface. I thought it was dealt with done. I was wrong. The issue was only buried below skin level just waiting for the right situation (or the right question) to unbury it and bring it back to the surface.
Iccahrus falling from the sun
Life rewound and I was back at the very beginning of one of my life’s most painful seasons. Needless to say I didn’t get much more work done yesterday afternoon. Instead I chose to spend the afternoon listening to sad songs on Youtube while licking wounds I thought no longer existed.
I went home for my supper break and took a nap hoping it would make me feel better. I woke up still feeling like a plane whose engine had cut out while in mid flight.
On the way back to church I began to talk to myself, “Self you have got to pull it together you have to lead worship rehearsal tonight.”
I breathed a silent prayer for help and closed myself in my office to prepare my devotion for the team.
I was spanning through a host of devotional blogs and then I came across this post from CHRISTIAN BLESSINGS.
As the song, “Just To Be With You” by Third Day played I heard the voice of God whisper in my ear, “I have done everything just to be with you J. What are you letting stand in the way of us being together.”
I realized then that the only thing standing between me and healing of this hurt was me. I knew in that moment that Jesus could do more than just take away the hurt and rebury it.He could take it and truly heal it but in order to do that I had to decide not to let it stand between us anymore. I had to bring it out of the darkness and shine some light on it. And I had to stop feeding it.
So first I prayed and asked God to forgive me for letting these feelings stand between me and Him.
Then I took the song “Just to Be With You” to my devotion and I confessed what I was feeling to my worship team because a thing of darkness brought into the light loses its power. It was a little embarrassing admitting that I still was holding onto a hurt from almost a decade ago but it had to be done.
Then I determined no more sad songs. So this morning instead of “February Song.”, “Empty Chairs and Empty Tables” , “On My Own”, and “Til I Hear You Sing”, I listened to this:
And this
And This
Ahh that’s better!
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Morning Direction From Scripture 10-24-16
Praise the Lord!
For he has heard my cry for mercy.
7 The Lord is my strength and shield.
I trust him with all my heart.
He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy.
I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. Psalm 28:6,7
If God doesn’t answer your prayer in the way you want will you still trust Him?
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Evening Meditation 10-23-16
Praise the Lord!
For he has heard my cry for mercy.
7 The Lord is my strength and shield.
I trust him with all my heart.
He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy.
I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. Psalm 28:6,7
How closely do you think answered prayer is tied to your trust in God?
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Morning Direction from Scripture 10-23-16
They care nothing for what the Lord has done
or for what his hands have made.
So he will tear them down,
and they will never be rebuilt! Psalm 28:5
This verse shows a side of God that we don’t often like to talk about. How do you reconcile the judgment of God with the love of God?
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Morning Direction From Scripture 10-22-16
I pray to you, O Lord, my rock.
Do not turn a deaf ear to me.
For if you are silent,
I might as well give up and die.
2 Listen to my prayer for mercy
as I cry out to you for help,
as I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary. Psalm 28:1,2
What does it mean to you when the writer here says he lifts his hands towards God’s holy sanctuary?
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Evening Meditation 10-21-16
I pray to you, O Lord, my rock.
Do not turn a deaf ear to me.
For if you are silent,
I might as well give up and die.
2 Listen to my prayer for mercy
as I cry out to you for help,
as I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary. Psalm 28:1,2
God is never truly silent. He sometimes says things we do not want to hear or in ways we do not understand. Talk to me about such a time in your experience.
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Worship Wednesdays 10-19-16
I endeavor to seek Him first in all things! That is worship!
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Share Your World 2016 week 39
Share Your World has become one of my favorite challenges in the blogosphere. I have participated in it throughout the course of the last four or five years. Lately I have been a little behind in answering challenges. I just looked at this one and realized it has been about four weeks since I have participated! Oh my! Well I am not going to miss another!
I am writer hear me roar!
What is Share Your World? Here is the definition of the challenge from the hostesses lips or in this case finger tips:
Share Your World
Share Your World (SYW) is all about having a safe place for everyone to answer random questions that I post each week. Here is the basic format. I will ask you:
- To answer three random questions each week.
- Respond to a fourth item (I will randomly chose from this list)
- Making a List out of a topic
- Completing the sentence I start
- Answering a Would you Rather question
- Bonus Question is always the same “What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?” Because we all need to be reminded that there are many things in our lives to be grateful about.
In the past I’ve written columns like this in newsletters for various companies and organizations. And it was everyone’s favorite part of the newsletter. Since blogging is an international activity, I also thought this would be a great way for all of us to get to know each other. Share things about you, your home, your town, your country, your traditions. So once a week, I’ll post four new questions for you to answer about yourself or the area in the world you live.
I’m definitely a glass half full type of person, so all the questions will be upbeat, non-political and hopefully fun for all.
If you adore challenges as much as I do, please check out WordPress’s Blog Event Listing for other challenges.
How Do I Participate?
There are two ways you can participate.
- Create a SYW post. Then post the link to your blog in my comment box or leave your answers in the comments box of my blog.
- To make it easy for others to check out your blog, title your blog post “Share Your World” or “SYW” tag.
- Remember to Follow My Blog to get your weekly reminders.
I usually will respond to your entry on your blog, rather than on my page.
So come on join in the fun by clicking on this icon 
Here are this week’s sharing questions:
A class you wish you would have taken?
I wish I would have taken more language classes. I love languages.
What’s your favorite comic figure and why?
Oh boy! This is a hard one. I was a comic book freak as a kid.
How about I pick one male and one female character?
I always liked Dr. Fate
And oh let’s see…Saturn Girl
Name something you wish you could like.
Skiing. Fishing. Bungi jumping.
Tell me about your first crush / first date / first kiss.
My first date was in the eighth grade. Her name was Raelyn and we went to the 8th grade prom together. It took me weeks to get up the nerve to ask her. About a half hour into the dance I went to get her some punch while she was dancing in a group on the floor. Someone near her was spinning around and punched her in the face breaking her nose. End of date.
Who was your best friend when you were 10?
I did not have a best friend when I was ten. We had moved across town and I had changed schools. I wasn’t a popular kid and so I spent a few years on the edges of school society feeling pretty alone.
What sign are you? Do you believe in astrology?
I am a Sagittarius . I do believe in astrology. I believe in most magic. That doesn’t mean I believe it is good. Just because something is real, just because something works does not mean it is necessarily something that is good for us. Astrology is one of those very real very not good things we are warned by the Bible to stay away from.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am grateful to have had the opportunity to present the C.cada program and the Ingleside Project at our Network worship conference in Mendon MA last week. This week I am looking forward to a bit of a quieter week.
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