It's all about Today, this day, not yesterday, or even tomorrow, but Today. It is truly all we have. We are called to live for the moment, to enjoy it and make it count. This is such a struggle for me! I am always planning and longing for what is to come. And the Lord has finally gotten my attention and invited me to live for today and teach my three to do the same. It is my prayer that in the moment of the day, God will show you, teach you, and capture your heart so completely so that you will see more and more how much He loves you. I am writing this as a reminder to myself and leaving it as a legacy gift for my three, who drive me crazy and yet, who I am certain, are and will do great things for all eternity! Whether you are sipping your first cup of strong black coffee, or closing the house down at the end of a tiring day, I pray you will be encouraged with raw honesty and truth. To the One who forever is worthy! This Day and Always! Amen. Celia Ann

Sunday, May 22, 2011

DON'T YOU DARE!

I have cried off and on, probably in my sleep.  Feeling like someone is interfering with what God is doing.  This is no small thing!  Fifteen years in the making and he is about to undo it all. 

Why do we give so much power to other people? 

"Show me the path I should go, O LORD:  point out the right road for me to walk.  Lead me; teach me; for you re the God who gives me salvation.  I have no hope except in you.  Overlook my youthful sins, O LORD!  Look at me instead through eyes of mercy and forgivenss, through eyes of everlasting love and kindness."  Psalm 25:4-7

Though all around me may seem to crash and take the worst turn, have I forgotten who holds my life? I have sought him when all seems lost and he has been my everlasting life.  Now, again, the tables have turned and one has spilled the oil on the fire.  But were they not surprised when four showed up instead of three?  Were they not surprised when they were walking around and did not have any evivdence of fire?

I believe he still collects each tear.  I believe he comes very close to those brokenhearted. 

His name is Emmanuel.  His name means to bring his very presence. 

This day, we can, in a personal way, expect God himself to come close, to care, to pick us up and minister as only he can do.  But this day, we can be very sure that His plans will not be thwarted by one who has tried to interfere and get us off track.  They will not be stopped by one who has given wrong advice or devasting information, even one in a place of power for the kingdom.  Because our hope is in God, his plans will not be turned or thwarted.  He is still a redeeming God.  He still wants to show off.  He still loves to take an impossible situation and turn it around.

"Commit everything you do to the Lord.  Trust him to help you do it and he will. Rest in the Lord:  wait patiently for him to act."  Psalm 37: 5, 7a

Man can do whatever he wants, but don't you dare think that you will ever get in the way of what my God is up to, no this day, not ever.  I am a woman determined to wait for the deliverance of God!  Are you?
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