Comfort verses….11…

 Comfort verses….11…

Today i am waiting for a phone call from my vacationing Doctor, hoping he has an okay for another surgery to put me back together.  

Maybe today, maybe tomorrow…a call, I hope….but,

“Many are the plans in a person’s heart,but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

Prov.19.2”

 But I have calmed and quieted myself,I am like a weaned child with its mother;Ps.131.2

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! (Romans 11:33 NIV)

 ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

Jer.33.3

 The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

Deut.31.8 

Thank YOU….

God is not against me…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsY6or9_V-w

Old cars, and old old cars…

 Old cars and old old cars…

Yesterday one of my daughters came and got me from rehab to meet her family at the local park for one of the towns annual fundraiser events, a old car show… the weather was just right under the trees and many car owners with their cars came out to proudly show off their restored cars…and there were some beauties…

I remarked that earlier in my life, the cars were from my grandparents and parents generations …now few of those and they were mostly from my generation! Age!!!

A beautiful restored Ford pickup, like the one my father bought when I was 4 or 5, my first memory of our cars…a restored Ford Falcon like the one I learned to drive in…cars my classmates drove proudly to school and to work….gas guzzlers when gasoline was cheap…muscle cars….all tuned to find out who could be the loudest…

It is interesting what details we remember as we age…cars for instance…I am not by any stretch of the imagination a car expert…these are just memories I grew up with…cars were tools in our family to get from one place to another, not trophies to be shown off…and we have had all kinds…old beater trucks/cars we got at auctions for work, used cars that fit our family, hand me downs from others and sometimes a new vehicle when times were a little more prosperous and there was a need…

When my husband graduated from graduate school partnered with another graduate…they boasted their vehicles had more years of experience than they did…which was so true…old trucks, jeeps…

There are several places in the Scriptures where the writers look back over their lives at various things…or they bless their offspring with prophecy for the future…we read the Word written so many years ago, as a historical account of many lives…as well as what God is speaking to us now, to our hearts…tried and true truths…

It doesn’t decay as old cars do…it is a Devine tool for life…not a trophy to show off…

 Your word is a lamp for my feet,a light on my path. 

Accept, Lord, the willing praise of my mouth,and teach me your Ps.119.105,Ps.119.108

 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

2Tim.3.14-17

Thank YOU….

Ancient Words…

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

Tomorrow, tomorrow is only a day away…..”Annie”

  

Tomorrow, tomorrow is only a day away…..”Annie”

At the beginning of this week, I was frustrated…another week in rehab…have been waiting for tests to comeback to “spring”me from here. They did come, but the person who needed to make the decision was vacationing…of all things, how could he? Wasn’t my getting out more important? 😊chuckle…chuckle…as if we really have control over time…

Then I thought of a different way of getting “sprung”. I could do it part of the time…but, since there are doctors that I need to see most days, I am on their time schedule, not mine…so a negative in plan as well…

Contentment…with God’s plans is really what is comes down to…

I can’t boast of my own, or I really can’t make my own unless he agrees…

Thank YOU….

Do not boast about tomorrow,for you do not know what a day may bring…Prov.2:1

 “I know that you can do all things;no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 

You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’

Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,things too wonderful for me to know.

Job.42.2-3

 May he give you the desire of your heartand make all your plans succeed.

Ps.20.4

 For he spoke, and it came to be;he commanded, and it stood firm. The Lord foils the plans of the nations;he thwarts the purposes of the peoples. 

But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,the purposes of his heart through all generations…

Ps.33.9-11

 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. 

What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 

Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

Jas.4.13-17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk6GASkBEUQ 

Rehab 2

 Rehab 2

Part of the building I am living in right now is permanent living for disabled, really elderly…

⁃ one person is always asking when their spouse is coming or they should be here any moment…

⁃ Another can go from catatonic to never stop moving or talking…

⁃ Some have to be hand fed by others…

⁃ One was abused as a child and again as an adult, yelling profanity, wanting to sit in the dark…

⁃ Teachers, professionals, businessmen, famililessness, pastor’s wives, farmers, mothers, fathers,etc, etc, etc….

⁃ Waiting…

I watched my parents, grandparents, in laws, husband, friends die…not easy at any age… brings to mind..

David’s demise…

 When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son. “I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, act like a man, and observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go and that the Lord may keep his promise to me: ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel…1Kgs.2.1-4

 “Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day.

Acts.2.29

Thank YOU….

Todays the day…

  Today’s the day…..

I awakened this morning knowing I was to write today….with all of the medications, procedures, Physical Therapy, hospital stay, rehab stay ( I am still in rehab waiting for wound healing). It has been hard to write…even when I had ideas running to and fro in my head/heart…so many meditations tend to play havoc with concentration, thinking or drowsiness, it is hard to read or write very much…I was able to read a book this week which was a milestone…have been able to read a verse or two and then that is about it…

So if you are headed for major surgery or even minor, this is one thing to expect…

This sojourn was not expected, in “my” plans for my life…neither was cancer this year…I was well and healthy, going on with an active life…then a change of path…God knew… I was going to live forever…

Sin comes in all shapes and sizes, quietly , noisily, and 

God showed me one of mine…Pride of good health…I walked, went to the pool, travelled ….just plain lived an active life…and was PROUD of it…

He kept bringing me back to this set of verses in Luke…

“To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ “

But, the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Luke.18.9-14”

What lessons we gain lying in bed staring at the ceiling day after day…knowing that and thankful for people from All over the world are praying for your healing and health…not knowing that they are part of healing heart as well…

God Moves…

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Eph.4.22-24

Thank YOU…and thank you for all the prayers, cards, letters, phone calls, time each of you have put into my life…blessings…

This is soooo worthy of listening to….it confirmed, “today’s the day”… 

A living sacrifice…Pastor Brett Seigalkoff, September 29, 2024….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBXaEUNZoP4

Oh , sinner….

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ9gTTv25-s

A living sacrifice…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XyU3rqyG4IU

Rehab…

 

Rehab..

One purpose of rehab is to help one heal…there is lots of physical therapy to get your muscles in shape again, exercise classes, food, rest times and just plain down times to sleep, watch TV, read, puzzles, play games, etc…

When I watched tv, it was mostly cooking shows,   The news and good movies( no horror ones)….

There is only so much news one can watch…world events are changing quickly, and you phave to be on the lookout for good news…as I. Read these verses this am, I thought about those leaves that can heal the nations…we sure could use some now…

There is so much evil which permeates society, the world over…

The words written decades ago are still the same for today…the living Word never is invalid….

 For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error.

2Pet.2.18

 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 

And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.

1John.2.16,1John.2.28

On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. … There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. Rev 22:2-5

Thank YOU….

People need the Lord….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i93ysKZeR4

A friend..

 

A friend…

They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord (Psalm 112:7 NIV)

WITH A HEAVY HEART I must share that Jan passed away September 9 from a very aggressive cancer and is now free of pain and in the presence of Jesus. Three months ago we were happily hiking in Yosemite. On July 6 she experienced pain from a compression fracture in the back and began pursuing treatment. Through CT scans and eventually a bone marrow biopsy a few weeks ago, we learned she had stage-4 cancer. This has been very sudden. Jan completed my life and deepened my soul and will be missed by the many people she touched. 

THANK YOU for your prayers for me, my kids and grandkids

I usually hear from these friends about once month, their adventures, their travels, their highs, their lows…but this summer has been unusually quiet… their lives have been totally sold out to the Jesus Film project all over the world…my summer has been pretty quiet as well, trying to do what doctors have prescribed either in the hospital or rehab….

My husband and I have known them at least 20 years….I went to the Yucatán peninsula to share the Jesus Film with them…we have gone to conferences with them , eaten with them, we knew mutual friends in far away places , visited and had long talks with them….kept informed about the spread of the gospel through the film and Jesus Film partners…

Then this letter…this verse…their life directions…and we count our days as blessings…

Thank you, Jan and Steve…

Thank YOU for your direction, care…

Blessings…

Thank You..

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