PSALMS & MUSINGS OF COMPASSION & COMFORT
FOCUS
SILENT SCREAM
INNER PEACE
FOCUS...FOCUS.
PRAISE GOD IN ALL THINGS.
NOT FOR ALL THINGS
THAT LIFE TO US BRINGS.
FOCUS...FOCUS.
GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.
PRAISE HIM,
STILL PRAISE HIM
AS BELLS OF DEATH
HAVE ALREADY TOLLED.
FOCUS...FOCUS.
SPECIAL ANGELS WERE ASSIGNED.
THEY GENTLY
GUIDED THE WAY
TO ETERNAL PEACE OF MIND.
FOCUS NO MORE
ON DISEASE.
FOCUS NO MORE
ON DISTRESS.
NO MORE ON
DETERIORATION
OF BODY AND DIGNITY.
FOCUS
ON A MIND THAT IS SOARING FREE!
FOCUS…
FOCUS.
ON HEAVENLY BEAMS IN FLIGHT.
THAT GUIDED
FROM A WORLD OF DARKNESS
INTO
GOD’S
PERFECTING
LIGHT.
INNER PEACE
SILENT SCREAM
INNER PEACE
INNER PEACE
I THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER,
THAT INNER PEACE
HAS RESURFACED AT LAST.
WITH THE DAWN OF THIS BEAUTIFUL MORNING,
DISTURBANCES
OF UNPLEASANT DREAMS HAVE PAST.
I THANK YOU THAT
NOTHING CAN TRANSPIRE
DURING THIS DAY...
THAT WILL DIVERT YOUR PLAN FOR ME
OR ESCAPE EXECUTION
OF YOUR WILL OR YOUR WAY.
I THANK YOU FOR AWAKENING ME
WITH A “SOUND MIND”
AND A “FIXED HEART.”
STAY MY MIND ON THEE, DEAR FATHER,
AS NEW MERCIES
EACH DAY YOU IMPART.
ACCEPTANCE OF YOUR WILL
WILL ONLY BECOME EASIER FOR ME,
AS I MEDITATE DEAR GOD,
ON YOUR AWESOME SOVEREIGNTY.
GOD THE FATHER,
GOD THE SON, GOD THE SPIRIT,
YOUR TRINITY...THREE IN ONE.
LET THIS DAY BE ONE
THAT TRULY GLORIFIES YOU...
AS YOU MINISTER TO MY SPIRIT,
AS YOU WALK ME , GENTLY, THROUGH.
THANK YOU, FATHER, THANK YOU.
ACCEPT THIS ATTITUDE OF PRAISE.
REFRESH…
RENEW…
LET ME FEEL YOUR PRESENCE,
AS MY HANDS WITH HUMILITY ARE RAISED.
AMEN...AMEN...AMEN
SILENT SCREAM
SILENT SCREAM
A TIMELY PRAYER
SILENT SCREAM
TODAY...YES EVEN THIS DAY….GOD OUR FATHER
CAN STILL HEAR OUR “SILENT SCREAM”
THAT STARTS AT OUR TOES, CREEPS UP THROUGH OUR HEART,
INTO OUR VERY BRAIN, IT SEEMS.
AS IT TRAVELS UPWARD IT GAINS MOMENTUM AS ANXIETIES START TO RISE
IT CAN EMBODY INSECURITIES, SHOCK, GRIEF, DEPRESSION, ANGER,
HEALTH ISSUES, DISSAPOINTMENTS TOO…
THAT SILENT SCREAM‘S INTENTION IS TO DEGRADE
OUR SPIRITUAL STRENGTH TO GO THROUGH.
FATHER , YOU CAN SEE OUR FUTURE….FAR...FAR DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU REMAIN IN CONTROL WITH NO DIFFIICULTY CARRYING OUR LOAD.
INSTRUCT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO SQUASH THAT SCREAM ...
WHILE DEEP WITHIN US…
TO ARMOR US UP FOR THE BATTLE THROUGH
OUR SOVEREIGN GOD IN WHOM WE TRUST.
ENHANCE OUR PRAISE AND THANKS FOR VICTORIES ALREADY WON,
FOR OUR HISTORY WITH THE FATHER, HOLY SPIRIT AND ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.
THE ISSUES OF LIFE PROCEED OUT OF THE HEART
SO FATHER MONITOR OUR THOUGHTS, GUARD OUR TONGUE,
MOST ...ESPECIALLY...KEEP OUR HEART
IN LINE WITH YOUR DEVINE WILL . INITIATING
RIGHTEOUS GOALS FROM THE START.
YES , GOD OUR FATHER CAN STILL HEAR OUR “SILENT SCREAM”.
EXPRESSIVE OF INSECURITIES, GRIEF, DEPRESSION, ANGER ,
HEALTH ISSUES, DISSAPOINTMENTS TOO,
FOR HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN GUIDE US SAFELY THROUGH.
A TIMELY PRAYER
DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS
A TIMELY PRAYER
A TIMELY PRAYER
FATHER, WE GLORIFY AND PRAISE YOUR NAME.
THANK YOU FOR
THE PRICE YOU PAID ON THE CROSS.
WHICH REDEEMED US, JUSTIFIED US, SAVED US,
SO THAT BECAUSE OF SIN
WE WOULD NOT BE LOST.
IN THIS SEASON OF LIFE, FATHER,
WE’RE EXPERIENCING PAIN, CONCERN, DISTRESS
AS WE OBSERVE THE
DETERIORATION OF LOVED ONES
THAT WE SINCERELY LOVE…
BUT THAT YOU LOVE BEST.
YOUR WORD INFORMS US
THAT WITHIN YOUR LOVE
WE’RE PROVIDED INNER PEACE,
YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOUR FAITH.
WE PRAY LORD, FOR RENEWED STRENGTH,
ACCEPTANCE OF YOUR WILL,
DIRECTIONS TO ENDURE
FOR LIFE’S TURBULENT RACE.
FATHER WE ARE CONFIDENT
THAT THERE IS NO FAILURE IN YOU.
THAT FOR EVERY THING THERE IS A PURPOSE
A LIFE LESSON THAT IS UNIQUE AND TRUE.
SO, TEACH US FATHER, SWIFTLY...
ONLY IF SWIFTLY AGREES WITH YOUR TIME.
IF NOT, THEN GRANT US STRENGTH
FOR THE STRIVE,SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION
AND A SECURE, SOUND MIND.
WE WITNESS OUR LOVED ONES
SEEMINGLY SLIPPING AWAY FROM US.
THEIR MINDS, THEIR BODIES REFOCUSED
ON THE GOD IN WHOM THEY TRUST.
THE LIGHT IN THEIR EYES THAT RELATED TO US
SEEMS NOT TO BE THERE ANYMORE.
THEY JUST RELATE TO YOU, FATHER
AND THE GREAT THINGS
THAT YOU HAVE IN STORE.
THEY HAVE RELIED ON YOU, FATHER.
TO SEE THEM THROUGH THEIR JOURNEY OF LIFE.
YOU HELPED THEM RAISE FAMILIES,
TEACHING US HOW TO PRAY..
HOW TO AVOID PAIN AND STRIFE.
SO NOW, DEAR FATHER,
WE STAND HELPLESSLY
BY WATCHING THEM
DAILY DRAW CLOSER INTO YOUR ARMS.
WE PRAY FOR A QUIET,
PEACEFUL JOURNEY
IN YOUR TIME , FATHER
TO A LAND THAT IS FREE FROM HARM.
WE CANNOT CALL YOUR TIME, DEAR FATHER,.
AS YOU ARE SOVEREIGN,
AND HEAL IN MANY WAYS.
SOME HEALING WILL TAKE PLACE HERE ON EARTH..
SOME HEALING IS JUST TO BEHOLD YOUR FACE.
WE THANK YOU FATHER
FOR THEIR LOVE,
THEIR FAITH AND LIFE LESSONS
THEY TAUGHT THE FAMILY.
WE RELEASE THEM TO YOUR WILL, FATHER,
WHERE THEY CAN AGAIN
LIFT THEIR VOICE IN SONG TO THEE.
THANK YOU FATHER FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO CARE FOR THEM WHILE HERE.
FOR THE STRENGTH
YOU HAVE SUPPLIED..
FOR LAUGHTER,
FOR ENDURANCE,
HAPPY TIMES AND
EVEN CLEANSING TEARS.
WE CLING NOW TO THE HOPE WE HAVE IN THEE
AS IT IS A LIVING HOPE..
PROMISED IN YOUR WORD
THAT TRANSCENDS TIME AND SPACE
TO EVERLASTING LIFE WITH YOU,
OUR LORD.
AMEN...AMEN
I
DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS
DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS
DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS
RE... I THINK I’LL DROWN IN MY
OWN TEARS.
THERE IS A SONG THAT SAYS…
IT BRINGS A TEAR INTO MY EYES
WHEN I BEGIN TO REALIZE
I’VE CRIED SO MUCH
SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE
I THINK I’LL DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS.
THAT SONG IS NO LONGER RELATIVE
TO ONE WHOSE LIFE BELONGS TO THE LORD.
BECAUSE HE HAS PROVIDED A “COMFORTER”.
IT’S PLAINLY STATED IN GOD’S HOLY WORD.
DON’T MISTAKE MY MEANING.
I’M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD NOT CRY.
WHEN THERE IS GRIEF, SORROW, DISEASE, GROSS CIRCUMSTANCES
AND LIFE’S CLOUDS
ARE DOOM AND GLOOM IN OUR SKY.
THE PSALMIST DAVID
GRIEVED HARD FOR HIS SON ABSALOM.
HE DID NOT EAT, SOCIALIZE OR SLEEP.
BUT WHEN GOD
CALLED ABSALOM TO BE WITH HIM
DAVID GOT UP, WASHED HIMSELF AND BEGAN TO LIVE AND TO EAT.
WHEN A RELATIONSHIP IS DYING OR HAS DIED
TEARS ARE A SAFETY VALVE
TO POUR OUT OUR EMOTIONS AND GRIEF
OF LOVED ONES LOST,
OF RELATIONSHIPS LOST,
OF QUALITY OF LIFE LOSS
THAT SNEAKS UP ON US LIKE A THIEF.
GOD’S COMFORT
IS GREATER THAN THE ENEMY’S PLOYS.
WE NEED NOT DROWN IN OUR OWN TEARS.
FOR HIS WORD SAYS
HE IS THE AUTHOR OF SOUND MIND
AND LOVE.
GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF FEAR
WE NEED NOT FEAR OUR FUTURE
AS WE EXPERIENCE
THINGS WE DON’T UNDERSTAND.
WE CAN SHED OUR TEARS AND PRAY TO GOD
TO GIVE US WISDOM
AND STRENGTH TO STAND.
DROWNING SYMBOLIZES
THAT OUR LUNGS ARE COMPLETELY
FILLED WITH FLUID TO CUT OFF OUR BREATH.
JESUS, THROUGH HIS
SACRIFICIAL CROSS EXPERIENCE
ALLOWS US TO ACCEPT HIM
AND LIVE BEYOND PHYSICAL DEATH.
“HE THAT BELIEVETH ON HIM
SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.”
BELIEVERS ARE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
WHO EMPOWERS US AS WE STRIVE.
SO LET US NOT DROWN
IN OUR OWN TEARS.
EVEN AS WE CRY INTERMITTINGLY
DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS.
GET UP NOW...FEED YOUR BODY.
READ GOD’S WORD TO FEED YOUR SOUL.
DO SOMETHING TO HELP OTHERS.
BE ENCOURAGED
THAT YOUR NAME IS ON GOD’S ROLL.
LITTLE BY LITTLE YOU’LL BEGIN TO RECUPE.
TO ENJOY THE SUNSHINE OF LIFE AGAIN.
DON’T BURY YOURSELF
AND DROWN IN YOUR OWN TEARS.
REACH OUT TO JESUS,
HE IS STILL YOUR FRIEND.
HIS LOVE HAS NO LIMIT.
HE POURS OUT
MERCY AND GRACE TO SUSTAIN US
OVER AND
OVER
AND OVER AGAIN.
ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS
DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS
DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS
ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS
SO, THE SEASONS ARE CHANGING.
A TIME THAT MAKES US GLAD
BUT WHEN WE THINK
OF LOVED ONES GONE
OUR HEARTS ARE IN PAIN,
WE FEEL SO SAD.
I’M NOT COMFORTED BY YOUR REMINDER
OF HOW MANY YEARS WE ALREADY SHARED…
BECAUSE UPPERMOST IN MY MIND
IS THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER HERE.
PLEASE DON’T TELL ME
THEY ARE IN A BETTER PLACE.
I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT BUT…
I’M MISSING THEIR PRESENCE..
ON EARTH...IN MY SPACE.
I MISS THE CONVERSATION.
EVEN THE SILENT ONES
WHEN WORDS WE DID NOT NEED..
TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST THOUGHTS. OH
HOW MY BROKEN HEART CONTINUES TO BLEED
DON’T TELL ME NOT TO CRY. THAT
CHRISTIANS SHOULD HOLD BACK ALL TEARS.
BECAUSE MY CREATOR BUILT IN THESE
EMOTIONS. TO EXPRESS JOY,
LOVE, SADNESS AND EVEN FEARS.
DON’T TELL ME
NOT TO TALK ABOUT ONE
WHOSE LIFE WAS SUCH A PART OF MINE.
ALLOW ME TO RECALL
“THE COMFORTER”
AS HE DAILY DEALS WITH ME.
ALLOW ME TO OPENLY
PRAISE MY LORD AND SAVIOR.
AS I RECOMPOSE AND
REFOCUS ON HIS PROMISED VICTORY.
HE HAS REMOVED
THE “STING OF DEATH.”
AS IS WRITTEN IN HIS HOLY WORD.
SO I PERCEIVE THAT
AS THIS PAIN IS STILL SO DEEP
IT’S DRAWING ME CLOSER TO “MY LORD.”
MY LORD, WHO ALONE,
IS MY SHEPHERD INDEED.
WHO WILL NEVER
LEAVE OR FORSAKE.
WHO WILL CONTINUE
TO SUPPLY MY EVERY NEED.
SO ...MY PRAYER, HEAVENLY FATHER..
HELP ME TO MEDITATE ON YOUR WORD.
TO PRAISE YOU AND SING YOUR SONGS..
TO CLAIM MY VICTORY.
TO PERSUE RIGHT AND RESIST WRONG.
HELP ME TO WORSHIP YOU
AND TAKE TIME TO WATCH AND PRAY…
TO TELL OTHERS OF YOUR GOODNESS..
TO TRUST YOU COMPLETELY...AND OBEY.
HALLELUJAH, I FEEL HIS PRESENCE..
”THE COMFORTER”
WHO HAS BEEN THERE ALL THE TIME.
I VISUALIZE LIGHT AT THE TUNNEL’S END
AS I HOLD ONTO THE HAND OF GOD…
MY UNCHANGEABLE FRIEND.
SO NOW I CAN THANK YOU,
MY PRAYER WARRIORS...
FOR JUST PRAYING AND STANDING BY…
ALLOWING ME
TO WALK WITH CHRIST THROUGH THIS GRIEF…
ALLOWING ME TO FREELY TALK AND TO CRY.
AND RESPEAK ABOUT THOSE TIMES
WHEN EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
INDEED...WHAT SHOULD YOU SAY?
SOMETIMES NOT A WORD.
JUST STAND BESIDE US.
REMEMBERING US WHEN YOU PRAY.
ALLOW ME THE TIME TO ADJUST
TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF
“THE COMFORTER”
AS HE DAILY DEALS WITH ME.
Think About It
GOD IS CALLING HIS ROLL
HEAVENLY FATHER,
FRIENDS, ACQUAINTANCES AND LOVED ONES NAMES
ARE BEING CALLED FROM YOUR ROLL.
LIVES ARE MORE QUICKLY VANISHING
AS THE BELLS OF DEATH SWIFTLY TOLL.
OH, FATHER, LET US NOT TAKE LIGHTLY YOUR VISIBLE WARNING SIGNS.
LET US ALLOW YOU TO WIPE OUR SLATES CLEAN.
GRANT CONTINUED INNER PEACE AND A GOD CENTERED MIND.
WE HAVE THE ASSURANCE, FATHER, THAT IN DEATH WE'RE JUST MOVING ON.
NO NEED TO FEAR OR TREMBLE
AS WE REST ON YOUR PROMISES TO NEVER LEAVE US ALONE.
WE'VE READ THAT HEAVEN IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE OF PEACE.
WHERE WE CAN REJOICE WITH THE ANGELS
WHOSE PRAISES HOLY, HOLY, HOLY TO YOUR NAME WILL NEVER CEASE.
BEFORE OUR DAY COMES, OH FATHER
LET US NOT ALLOW ANYTHING BETWEEN YOU AND US OR MAN AND US..
THAT WILL PREVENT OUR VIEWING THOSE BEAUTIFUL SCENES.
HELP US TO WITNESS TO OTHERS.
THERE IS NO MORE TIME FOR DELAY
TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS PERSONAL SAVIOR,
FOR YOUR FACE WE SHALL SEE ONE DAY.
I AM NOT RUSHING YOUR TIME, FATHER OR TRYING TO FORESEE YOUR MASTER PLAN. I'M JUST MORE AWARE OF THE SURETY
THAT IT'S INEVITABLE THAT WE'LL LEAVE THIS LAND.
SO, LET THIS BE THE SEASON FOR PROMPT FORGIVENESS AND AGAPE LOVE.
A SEASON OF CONTINUAL SINCERE PRAISE TO YOU
AS DO THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN ABOVE.
MAN BORN OF A WOMAN
HEAVENLY FATHER, MAN WAS BORN OF A WOMAN
TO BE ON EARTH FOR ONLY A FEW DAYS.
DURING THAT TIME YOU HAVE ADMONISHED
THAT WE CHOOSE TO WALK IN YOUR WAY.
LET US NOT TAKE LIGHTLY THE CHOICE YOU HAVE GIVEN US
TO ACCEPT YOU AS OUR SAVIOR, TO BE BAPTIZED, TO OBEY AND TO TRUST.
THERE IS NO DOUBT LORD, THAT YOU SAID IN YOUR HOLY WORD THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO BE PAID
FOR NOT ACKNOWLEDGING YOU AS OUR LORD.
IN PHAROH'S DAY, YOU TURNED HIM OVER TO A REPROBATE MIND
HARDENING HIS HEART SO NO PEACE COULD HE FIND.
PEACE THAT PASSETH UNDERSTANDING IS AN AWESOME GIFT FROM YOU.
WITHOUT PEACE OUR NUMBERED DAYS CAN BE MOST MISERABLE...IT IS TRUE.
INNER MISERY IS NOT ALWAYS VISIBLE TO OTHERS WE HAVE FOUND.
BUT INNER PEACE IS OBVIOUS WHERE TRUE LOVE OF YOU ABOUNDS.
INNER PEACE CANNOT BE MEASURED BY OBVIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE.
THE DEMON OF DARKNESS IS ALWAYS WORKING
TO STIR UP WRATH AND EMOTIONAL STRIFE.
THERE ARE ATTACKS ON OUR BODIES, ALSO ON OUR MIND.
BUT THROUGH IT ALL GOD'S PLAN PROVIDES PERFECT INNER PEACE AS WE CLIMB... MOUNTAINS OF DISTRESS, JOY, SORROWS OR MULTITUDES OF BLESSINGS.
HE GIVES PERSEVERANCE, ENDURANCE, EMOTIONAL BALANCE
TO UPHOLD US DURING LIFE'S TESTINGS.
HIS WORD PROVIDES TO US AN AVENUE OF PRAISE.
OUR FATHER INHABITS THE PRAISE OF HIS PEOPLE
AS BLOOD CLEANSED HOLY HANDS WE RAISE.
WE NEED NOT BE PERFECT TO RAISE HOLY HANDS TO HIM.
PERFECTION IS NOT IN US. WE'RE JUST SEPARATE, FORGIVEN FROM OUR SIN.
ONLY THROUGH GOD'S FORGIVENESS PURCHASED ON THAT OLD RUGGED CROSS
DO WE HAVE A RIGHT TO PRAISE
IN CONFIRMATION OF THE SIN THAT HE TOSSED...
AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST, THE PSALMIST DAVID SAYS...
NOT REMEMBERED, NOT RETRIEVABLE. IT'S TIME OUR HOLY HANDS TO RAISE.
MAN BORN OF A WOMAN HAS ONLY A FEW DAYS..
LET US WORSHIP AND SERVE OUR CREATOR
AS WE OFFER GRATITUDE AND PRAISE.
LORD YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE
LORD YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE YOU KNOW JUST WHAT I NEED.
YOU APPLY YOUR TOURNIQUET OF COMFORT
JUST WHEN MY HEART BEGINS TO BLEED.
YOU UNDERSTAND MY GRIEF... MY PAINFUL DESPAIR.
I JUST PRAISE YOU DEAR LORD FOR YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE.
BEFORE MY BIRTH AS A BABY AND
AS YOUR CHILD. YOU KNEW ME ...
PREDESTINED MY LIFE CALLED ME TO BE GENTLE...NOT WILD.
YOU SUPPLIED TEACHERS, PREACHERS, OTHERS AS EXAMPLES FOR ME.
LORD YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE REINFORCING THAT MY SOUL IS STILL FREE....
FREE FROM BEING COMPLETELY OVERCOME BY ANY OF LIFE'S CIRCUMSTANCES.
I PRAISE FATHER, SPIRIT, AND SON. MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS.
FATHER FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE GIVEN.
FOR ALL YOU HAVE TAKEN AWAY. I UNDERSTAND NOT,
BUT I ACCEPT YOUR DIVINE WILL TODAY.
ALLOW THESE TEARS TO FLOW GENTLY FROM MY EYES.
I TRUST IN YOU COMPLETELY CRYING DOES NOT HURT MY PRIDE.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR ME LORD WHENEVER MY HEART BEGINS TO BLEED.
APPLY YOUR TOURNIQUET OF COMFORT FOR YOU ARE AWARE OF WHAT I NEED.
I ACCEPT
ON THE MOUNTAIN WE FEEL REVIVED
ENJOYING PRAYER AND PRAISE FEELING EXTREMELY ALIVE!
BUT IT'S IN THE VALLEY THAT WE SEEM TO GROW
STILL FEELING THE PRESENCE OF OUR GOD WHO LOVES US SO.
IN THE VALLEY WE SEE OURSELVES IN RETROSPECT.
THE PART OF OURSELVES WE ACCEPT
AND OTHER PARTS WE NEED TO REJECT.
ACCEPT THAT PART THAT GIVES YOU
A DEEPER LOVE FOR ALL SISTERS AND BROTHERS,
PREDESTINED RELATIONSHIPS BY OUR FATHER ABOVE.
THE PART THAT GIVES YOU A GUT LEVEL APPRECIATION
FOR THE POSITIVE PART OTHERS HAVE PLAYED IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS.
ACCEPT YOUR ZEAL TO STUDY GOD'S WORD
ENHANCING YOUR DAYS AS YOU WALK HUMBLY WITH OUR LORD.
ACCEPT THE HOLY SPIRIT'S GUIDANCE IN PICKING YOUR BATTLES
EVER AWARE OF THE ONE IN CHARGE
WHO KEEPS YOU FROM GETTING OUTRAGEOUS AND RATTLED.
WHEN LIFE PRESENTS AS CHALLENGE AFTER CHALLENGE
THREATENING YOUR DETERMINATION TO STAND STILL AND STEADY...
NEVER LOSING YOUR BALANCE.
ACCEPT ALL THE PROMISES GOD'S WORD PRESENTS TO YOU & ME
TO WALK WITH US HERE ON EARTH
THEN SEND ANGELS TO GUIDE US INTO ETERNITY.
.
Comfort & Consolation
HEAVEN
NOW JUST THINK OF YOUR HEAVENLY HOME
WHERE WITH JESUS AND LOVED ONES YOU'LL BE.
WHEN ALL THE BATTLES OF LIFE
HAVE BEEN FOUGHT AND YOU'VE GAINED YOUR FINAL VICTORY.
WE HAVE READ OF THAT PLACE WHERE THE STREETS ARE MADE OF GOLD.
WHERE NEW BODIES PREVENT US FROM EVER GROWING OLD.
WHERE THINGS OF THIS LIFE THAT GROW UGLY AND TRIVIAL
ARE OUTWEIGHED BY THE FACT THAT THERE WILL DWELL NO EVIL.
I KNOW YOU LONG TO SEE YOUR LOVED ONES ,
FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SAVED, BAPTIZED BELIEVERS
THAT STRIVE TO PLEASE GOD TO FOLLOW HIS GUIDE FOR BEHAVIOR.
BY FOLLOWING PRECEPTS OF OUR SAVIOR AND LORD.
THEY WERE SAFE HERE,
THEN BOUND FOR GLORY TO RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE AND REWARD.
LIVING LIFE ITSELF GROWS SWEETER AS FAR AS RELATIONSHIPS GO.
ALSO WITNESSING GOD'S GRACE AND MERCY AS IT CONTINUALLY FLOWS.
BUT YES,
SOMETIMES JUST THINK OF HEAVEN
WITH JESUS AND LOVED ONES AGAIN.
WITH THE BLESSED ASSURANCE
OF A WORLD THAT WILL BE WITHOUT END.
THE GARDEN
PSALM 92:13 TLB " FOR THEY ARE TRANSPLANTED INTO THE LORD'S OWN GARDEN AND ARE UNDER HIS PERSONAL CARE. "
ALL GLORY AND PRAISE TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WHO DOETH ALL THINGS WELL. WE PRAISE YOU IN PRAYER AND IN SONG AS YOUR SOVEREIGN WILL PREVAILS. FATHER, AS YOU HAVE TRANSPLANTED OUR LOVED ONE INTO YOUR GARDEN
UNDER YOUR CARE.
WE ARE CONFIDENT OF YOUR AWESOME PRESENCE THEY WERE SURELY AWARE.
YOU HELD THEM,
CALMED THEM,
ROCKED THEM IN THE CRADLE OF YOUR LOVE.
UNTIL FROM YOUR GARDEN YOU SENT ANGELS TO ACCOMPANY THEM,
TO THIER HOME SWEET HOME...ABOVE.
YOU SURROUNDED THEM WITH GENTLE KINDNESS
AND THE INNER PEACE THAT COMES ONLY FROM YOU.
NOT APPREHENSION BUT ACCEPTANCE
THAT YOU WERE GUIDING THEM SAFELY THROUGH.
WE COMMITTED THEM COMPLETELY, FATHER.
AS IN OUR MIND WE KNEW
WE COULD NOT PARTICIPATE OR HOLD HANDS WITH THEM
ON THIER FINAL PRIVATE GARDEN WALK.
WHICH WE MUST ALSO, ONE DAY TAKE.
ENVISIONS
I AM ENVISIONING THE LIVES OF LOVING SAINTS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE.
THEY ARE PASSING BY IN ROBES OF WHITE
WORSHIPING THE GOD WHOM THEY ADORED.
THERE ARE GOOD MEMORIES AND THOSE WHICH I CONSIDER AS BAD.
THERE ARE SWEET AND HAPPY MEMORIES AND SOME THAT ARE QUITE SAD.
ARE THEY PREPARING TO WELCOME HOME ANOTHER LOVED ONE DEAR?
I PRAY THAT INTERCESSORY PRAYERS FOR A GENTLE CROSSING BE HEARD.
ONE WITHOUT PAIN OR FEAR.
ARE YOU SENDING YOUR ANGELS, FATHER , TO BREAK THIS BIG CIRCLE OF LOVE.
THAT CAN ONLY BE RECONNECTED WHEN WE MEET IN GLORY...ABOVE?
AS THAT DAY SEEMS TO BE SWIFTLY APPROACHING
CONTINUE TO GRANT INNER PEACE.
THAT PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING
AND GIVES INNER JOY THAT WILL NOT CEASE.
I SUBMIT TO YOUR WILL, DEAR FATHER,
FOR OUR WAY IS PREDESTINED FOR US.
I AM ACCEPTING OF YOUR PERFECT PLAN
THAT REQUIRES NO EXPLANATION...ONLY TRUST.
Quiet Time Meditations
INNER PEACE
OUR FATHER GOD IS SPECIAL
OUR FATHER GOD IS SPECIAL
INNER PEACE
I THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT INNER PEACE HAS RESURFACED AT LAST. WITH THE DAWN OF THIS BEAUTIFUL MORNING, DISTURBANCES OF UNPLEASANT DREAMS HAVE PAST.
I THANK YOU THAT NOTHING CAN TRANSPIRE DURING THIS DAY...
THAT WILL DIVERT YOUR PLAN FOR ME
OR ESCAPE EXECUTION
OF YOUR WILL OR YOUR WAY.
I THANK YOU FOR AWAKENING ME WITH A SOUND MIND AND A FIXED HEART.
STAY MY MIND ON THEE,
DEAR FATHER,
AS NEW MERCIES
EACH DAY YOU IMPART.
ACCEPTANCE OF YOUR WILL WILL ONLY BECOME EASIER FOR ME,
AS I MEDITATE DEAR GOD,
ON YOUR AWESOME SOVEREIGNTY. GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON,
GOD THE SPIRIT, YOUR TRINITY...
THREE IN ONE.
LET THIS DAY BE ONE THAT TRULY GLORIFIES YOU...
AS YOU MINISTER TO MY SPIRIT,
AS YOU WALK ME ,
GENTLY, THROUGH.
THANK YOU, FATHER, THANK YOU. ACCEPT THIS ATTITUDE OF PRAISE. REFRESH...RENEW...
LET ME FEEL YOUR PRESENCE,
AS MY HANDS
WITH HUMILITY ARE RAISED
AMEN...AMEN
OUR FATHER GOD IS SPECIAL
OUR FATHER GOD IS SPECIAL
OUR FATHER GOD IS SPECIAL
OUR FATHER, GOD IS SPECIAL FOR OUT OF CONFUSION HE BRINGS PEACE.
HE SPEAKS CALM INTO OUR SITUATIONS,
EMITTING AN INNER JOY
THAT WILL NEVER CEASE.
HE HAS AN EYE TO SEE THE FUTURE.
HE CAN SOFTEN AND WARM A HEART THAT IS HARDENED AND COLD.
HE SPEAKS LIFE INTO OUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
GENTLY GUIDES
THOSE OF US WHO ARE OLD.
OUR FATHER GOD IS A HEALER OF MIND, BODY AND SOUL.
HE FULFILLS PROMISES IN HIS WORD AND RECORDS OUR NAME ON HIS ROLL.
HE SENT HIS SON TO EARTH
TO GIVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU AND ME.
HE PAID THE COST FOR OUR SINS,
SO FOR ALL, ETERNAL LIFE IS FREE.
HE DOES NOT BEAT US INTO SUBMISSION. THROUGH HIS WORD HE WOOES EACH ONE.
HE IS THE HEAD OF THE GODHEAD...HOLY SPIRIT...AND THE SON. ONE HAS ONLY
TO BELIEVE AND RECEIVE.
CONFESSING THAT BELIEF WITH THEIR MOUTH. ASKING FORGIVENESS, FOR ALL HAVE SINNED...OUR HEAVENLY FATHER SAVES AND BRINGS US OUT.
OUT OF LIFE'S DARKNESS
INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT.
ACCEPT,
TRUST AND OBEY.
LIVING
ACCORDING TO HIS WORD WILL SUFFICE.
IN A WORLD OF SO MUCH
TRAGEDY AND CONFUSION
ONLY OUR SPECIAL FATHER GOD
CAN BRING PEACE.
ONLY HE
CAN TURN OUR MOURNING INTO GLADNESS WITH AN OBVIOUS JOY THAT WILL NOT CEASE.
PREPARATION FOR THE DAY
OUR FATHER GOD IS SPECIAL
PREPARATION FOR THE DAY
The father is preparing his children
for the day that stretches out before us.
He says, I know exactly
what this day will contain.
All you need to do is trust.
We think we would feel more prepared
visualizing, in our mind, what is up ahead. Maybe a map,
or blueprint,
or news flash instead.
But God says, however, there is a better method of being prepared
for whatever we encounter this day.
He says, spend quality time with me
as only I can reveal the way.
He will not show us
what is on the road ahead,
but will thoroughly equip us
so we have no need for dread.
His living presence is our constant companion
each and every step with Him.
If we stay in continual communication in prayer whispering His Name Jesus
He will redirect our thoughts to the fact that He is always present,
Yes, He is always there.
So let us accept that He has already
prepared us for our day
By keeping our focus on Him
Remembering to praise, worship and pray!
THE BLACK SEA UKRAINE
FROM A MOTH TO A BUTTERFLY
PREPARATION FOR THE DAY
TO KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER
FOCUS ON IT'S SOVEREIGN CREATOR!
FROM A MOTH TO A BUTTERFLY
FROM A MOTH TO A BUTTERFLY
FROM A MOTH TO A BUTTERFLY
WHEN SOMEONE BECOMES A CHRISTIAN HE BECOMES A BRAND NEW PERSON INSIDE HE IS NOT THE SAME ANYMORE.
A NEW LIFE HAS BEGUN.
RESTORED FOR A PURPOSE
FROM A MOTH TO A BUTTERFLY
FROM A MOTH TO A BUTTERFLY
AS RESTORED CHRISTIANS WE CONNECT PRESENT DECISIONS TO FUTURE CONSEQUENCES WITH A CAPACITY TO SEE ALL OF LIFE WITH A DIVINE PERSPECTIVE.