REMEMBERING
To
begin the year of 2006, I sent out a devotional/prayer e-mail on each Monday.
These were mainly excerpts from my personal journal. In November of 2007 I wrote
my first blog entry. Exposed to only a limited number of viewers since then, it
is my prayer that it will now reach out to a larger audience and that what is
written and shared here will be a blessing and encouragement to all who partake
of it. That it may be food and drink to the soul, delivered to me by the Bread
of Life and Living Water to share with you.
"Blessed are all those who
hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be fed"-Jesus
Seems as
though the very early, even the pre-dawn moments of the morning are the most
precious and intimate with my Father, my Abba. Jesus knew it was a special
time, a needed time, and He set an example. Surely if Jesus needed this private
time with His Father, then how much more do I? I seem to have a more tender,
open spirit in the stillness and quiet and I remember the words of the LORD in
Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God..."
So, early
this morning I listened, and I wrote and now I share.
One Hope,
Jesus Christ...
One Lord,
Jesus Christ...
One Spirit,
Holy Spirit...
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 This body is Your temple, not mine
own...bought at a price 1 Peter 1:18-19 ...therefore to glorify God. Remember
the price, remember the passion, remember the cross, remember that Jesus did
that all for you, Jesus paid it all for you...look, turn your eyes on Jesus,
focus on Jesus, enduring the cross for you, look full into His face and what do
you see?
Amazing
grace...
Amazing love
flowing down,
From hands
and feet that were nailed to a tree,
That grace
flows down and covers me.
That is why
Jesus came...to seek and save, to give His life for me (to me), to willingly
lay it down, to ransom my soul, to offer Himself up for me...my Lord, my
Savior, my salvation, my Jesus.
Oh, to be one
with You,
Oh, to be
more like You,
Oh, to be
transformed into Your image and likeness,
Oh, to love
You more and love more like You,
Oh, to be
full of grace and truth,
Oh, for Your
glory to shine,
Oh, that
others see You in me,
Oh, that
others see You through me
At this time
of year when I remember Your sacrificial death and celebrate Your glorious resurrection,
I also remember anew and afresh the reason You came. You came, Jesus, to pay
the highest, immeasurable price that only You could pay, for the greatest,
immeasurable, eternal gift ever. .
So, I would
live a life of cherishing and sharing the gift, Your gift of grace and eternal
life.
So, I would
live a life of thanksgiving every moment of every day. Thank You Abba! Thank
You Jesus! Thank You Holy Spirit, my constant companion!
Today You
minister to me, encourage me, focus me, love me. This day You help me
remember...I need Your help, I need You, I need to remember and give thanks!