When you live alone, you have lots of time to think....sometimes too much time...I tend to over think things, analyze too much ...be guilty too much...take on problems too much...rethink too much....create, maybe too much....
As I have been an only child, aloneness was just part of my life..married to a geologist, who was gone a lot...only amplified the aloneness...except when when we had children running around and active...thinking and creating a multitude of projects over the years was part of my life...from decorations to weddings to women's ministry programs and curriculum to counsel ....to VBS to parenting and grandparenting .....to grief to helping those who grieve...and now there is time to put some of that on "paper"...
When I realized I had over 740 of these short pages, it was hard to even imagine that was possible...each day God gave me a different thought and I wrote them down...some for my own recollection or my family's...some to comfort, some to get them out of my head as them had to be written..some for history, some to share...but all to glorify what God has done so graciously, freely, comfortingly, lovingly...through the good and hard times...He is there ....helping me think, thank and praise....
Thank YOU....for the thoughts....the words to write and think about...
Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth,so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth,so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
"Jesus Calling"-July 7
Trust Me in all your thoughts.I know that some thoughts are unconscious or semiconscious, and I do not hold you responsible for those. But you can direct conscious thoughts much more than you may realize. Practice thinking in certain ways—trusting Me, thanking Me—and those thoughts become more natural. Reject negative or sinful thoughts as soon as you become aware of them. Don’t try to hide them from Me; confess them and leave them with Me. Go on your way lightheartedly. This method of controlling your thoughts will keep your mind in My Presence and your feet on the path of Peace.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lordour God.
—Psalm 20:7
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
—1 John 1:9
“To shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
—Luke 1:79
Trust Me in all your thoughts.I know that some thoughts are unconscious or semiconscious, and I do not hold you responsible for those. But you can direct conscious thoughts much more than you may realize. Practice thinking in certain ways—trusting Me, thanking Me—and those thoughts become more natural. Reject negative or sinful thoughts as soon as you become aware of them. Don’t try to hide them from Me; confess them and leave them with Me. Go on your way lightheartedly. This method of controlling your thoughts will keep your mind in My Presence and your feet on the path of Peace.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lordour God.
—Psalm 20:7
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
—1 John 1:9
“To shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
—Luke 1:79
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