Monday, July 8, 2024

Comfort verses 10…icechips

 Comfort verses 10…ice chips


My Five-Star 24/7 menu while here at hospital is cups and cups of ice chips…the doctors are turning my insides off, collecting buckets of infection all the while giving me bags of various drugs to heal…my medical pole looks like a laundry line on a sunny day…


Those ice chips as absolutely wonderful…they sooth my dry throat, lubricate my lips and just take good…I can pretend they are any flavor, but mostly I just enjoy them hour after hour…will never take them for granted again…a little/big gift in the midst of this health crisis…


It reminded me of Jesus talking about a cup of cold water given in His name…it was important, the kindness, the care….


On the opposite side, the rich begged Abraham fro send Lazarus with but a drop to cool his tongue from agony of the fire…no reprieve from the choices he had made while he was on earth…


I think I would much rather have the former water…that given in Jesus name ….


Thank YOU….


And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”

Matt.10.42


 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’ “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’ “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’ “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’ “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” Luke 16.19-31


Then your light will break forth like the dawn,

and your healing will quickly appear;

then your righteousness will go before you,

and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.

Isa.58.


As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.psalm 18:30


“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love” (1 John 4:18 NIV).


"Lord, I thank You that You are the God of the impossible. You can do anything. I want to trust in Your ability and not my own. Teach me to see difficulties in my life from Your perspective. Help me to focus on You and Your power. Today I bring before You this difficulty in my life [Name a hard situation you are right now facing]. Help me not to fear but to trust You in this situation. I declare my faith in Your ability to fulfill Your promises to me. I have nothing to fear with You on my side. I will be strong and courageous even in hard times. I will not be terrified or discouraged, for the Lord my God will be with me wherever I go (Joshua 1:9). You will never leave me or forsake me (Joshua 1:5). I do not need to figure everything out. You already know the best plan for my life. I will not try any man-made method to do only what You can do. Show me Your supernatural power. Teach me how to walk by faith and pray breakthrough prayers. I choose to have faith in Your ability to break through every obstacle in my life. Amen." 


John 14:27 - “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”


 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

2Thess.3.3


“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance” (James 1:2-3 NIV).



Cups of cold water…


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq97GyO_zpI



Sunday, July 7, 2024

Comfort verses9…. Hospital stay…..

 


Comfort verses….9….hospital stay….


The last week or so have been a change for me…spending time in hospital with perforated  bowels, spreading infection and knock-me-out-pain….not my norm….

The hospital staff, all the doctors, nurses have been amazing….when I have been lucid or not….

I kept thinking of this picture which came my way this year,,,


Thank you for All your prayers on my be half….


Thank YOU….


 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

Eph.6.18


 God is not man, that he should lie,or a son of man, that he should change his mind.Has he said, and will he not do it?Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it.

Num.23.19


“My soul yearns, yes, even pines and is homesick for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out and sing for joy to the living God” (Psalm 84:2 AMPC).


“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love” (1 Corinthians 6:13-14 NIV).


 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;they shall mount up with wings like eagles;they shall run and not be weary;they shall walk and not faint.

Isa.40.31


“The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command” (Hebrews 1:3a NLT).

 

“He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6 ASV).


From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I” (Psalm 61:2 NIV). 



Abide….


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLDEt9KP2O0


Wednesday, July 3, 2024

 A stroller…and three dads…

An engineer and a scientist….


Of course,  a stroller shouldn’t be so hard that it would confound a a man or a group of men simply trying to get it in the back of a car……but, for whatever reason it does…



Simple things made hard….

Several years ago, my husband and a friend were in the same dilemma, fortunately it was a cool

Day as the stroller was almost

Disassembled and toddlers could

Be

Placed in the car as they awaited their grandfathers’

Putting the strollers away…a simple button push away from Its collapse.


There are times when we make a simple task sooooo much more harder to do…

Salvation is simple, there are no specific prayers to

Memorize, no works that have to be

Done, no mountains to

Climb, no

Pilgrimages

To

Make.


 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.

Acts.16.29-34


 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Eph.2.8-10


Thank

YOU…


Grace grace….


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EYYQVL3RBfE&pp=ygUmZm9yIGJ5IGdyYWNlIHlvdSBoYXZlIGJlZW4gc2F2ZWQgc29uZyA%3D






it should be difficult,