Personal Reflections on Psalm 19 & Psalm 150

Psalm 19: The Works and the Word of God.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

In the opening of this psalm, the author declares that the heavens and their sheer expanse clearly give proof of the Glory of God and in seeing them one should be in awe.

While creation itself has no voice, the author points out the fact that it speaks loudly of a creator. Toward the end of the description of creation, we are told that there is nothing hidden from the heat of the sun which makes me reflect that there is also nothing hidden from God. While the sun gives light to every part of the world, leaving no one place out, God seeks to shine light on all of us internally. The sun itself is an item we can see and feel physically while God is something we see and feel without physical sight or touch.

From there, the author of this Psalm celebrates the law of the Lord. He shares the truth that when we pay attention to the law, life itself becomes sweeter in a sense. He shares that God is the source of wisdom and how when you go to God for such items, they are given to us in ways that are simple. While we are guaranteed to face storms, we are able to find rest in the truth of the Lord. When we discover this truth, life does indeed become sweeter, for we are able to find joy in everything.

I feel in knowing these truths, the writer is also fully aware at how easy it is to fall outside of the law and he is fully aware of the awful feelings that come with sin. He calls out to the Lord praying that the Lord helps guard him from sin so that he will be blameless and ends with the final heartfelt emotion that he hopes his words and his focus on the Lord are acceptable to the Lord revealing his deep desire to be loved by God.

I love that he ends with calling the Lord both his rock and his Redeemer. When you consider this was written long before Christ died for our sins, it makes me realize that God indeed has been revealing himself to those who have sought him just as He promises He will.

Psalm 150: A Psalm of Praise.

I love the joy that is in this psalm. I feel it must have been written when someone was having the best of best days. It seems to have the same purpose as Psalm 100. This weekend was a hard weekend for me as far as being able to keep my focus on the truth; The Lord is faithful. He is my provider of all I truly need. I think this psalm is a great reminder of how we are to live each day.

First the psalmist reminds us that we must praise the LORD! Next he tells us to praise Him not only in church (His sanctuary) but also in His mighty expanse. When I read that today, it made me pause and remember how incredible it is that the God who created the universe, is also the God that created me for a purpose. In just the view I see upon waking, I should give praise. This message was one I needed to focus on today and reflect upon. Yesterday, I was so caught up on the ‘what ifs’ that I forgot to give thanks for the guarantees in life; God will provide me with all the grace I need to get through each day.

From there the psalmist reminds us that we should praise Him for His mighty deeds; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness. Sometimes, when we are focused on the rotten stuff in life like I was yesterday, we lose sight of all that God is doing for us in the middle of the muck. Yesterday, I was so focused on what I was not going to be able to take care of as well as worrying about how my situation was going to play out, that I could not see the blessing in the things I could take care of. By not singing thanks and giving praise as suggested for all that is good, I could not see any good at all.

I love what comes next. Praise him with trumpet sound; Praise Him with harp and lyre. Praise Him with timbrel and dancing; Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe. Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with resounding cymbals. To me this verse clearly shows how much the LORD loves music and celebration. He truly loves for us to live abundantly. We sing and dance and celebrate when things are good. In ending this psalm by saying that everything that has breath should praise the Lord, I am reminded that no matter what the world throws at me, in God alone, I should find all I need to celebrate life and give / sing praise.

Do You Want To Be A Champion?

Totally Tripping Tremendously Thankful Thoroughly Thoughtful Thunderous Thursday! Can I hear a boom boom! Oh I am so in love with Christ. I am so in awe of what He has done for me. What a friend! What a Savior! What a King! What a Lord! I mean when you consider that He didn't just die for us, He allowed himself to be hung on a cross for our sins when He was sinless. Before his sacrifice, we all faced a Certain death. A Finality. Sure, there are various ways we all die. Some of them seem so wrong and cruel and vicious and unjust and truly many times they are just that. What we need to remember is that this death is no longer our Finality. Thanks to Christ, when we believe we are saved and while we die here on earth that is not our final hour. What an amazing blessing to be bestowed with such Grace.

For me it gets even better than that. You see before Christ died, He Taught. He taught us a better way to maneuver through this life. A way that would allow us to live abundantly! Abundantly!!

We are not capable of living out the Law. No human can live all their days here on earth without stumbling when it comes to the Ten Commandments. Jesus took that law handed down and expanded it's meaning to show us that without Grace we would never make it. Today I am so thankful for Grace, especially when I read today's encouraging word from K-Love:

Don't sin by letting anger control you. 

Think about it overnight and remain silent. ~ Psalm 4:4-5, NLT

Not sure about you but I have moments of anger rise. It is only by my desire to walk in the Spirit that I am able to follow in Jesus teachings. This is not to say I never get angry! Sadly I still have my moments. However the Voice of Righteousness convicts me of my emotions and reminds me who I am in Christ. 

That transformation did not happen overnight. It has come about over time by the renewing of my mind. I am happy I read today's encouraging word before coming to work this morning. No sooner than I sat at my desk, I had a phone call from an angry person that wasn't even our customer. I felt truly sorry for the person on the other end for anger was in control of them. You could literally feel it coming across the phone. I tried to get them to see that while they were angry and threatening me that all I was capable of doing was listening to their rant but in the end the result would remain the same. 

Sadly this only made them angrier and they began calling me things. I recognized that this was their feeble attempt to get me upset. I was wearing my armor and their words dissipated into the harmless vapor they were all along. 

Anger is one of the evil ones best weapons. He gets in your head and can spark that rage to ridiculous heights. Just think of Cain and Able. He has been playing this game since the beginning. Anger and Jealousy are two of the top weapons the evil one uses to get one person to hurt, harm and even murder another. 

Realizing that anger in itself is a sin. Knowing that sin separates you from God, can you imagine a life without grace? It would be short lived! We would all be toast for real in the end no matter how we made our exit. Today that is not the case and that my friends is the good news. These are the words you should repeat to yourself every morning and night and reflect on just what they mean for you. 

Jesus. Grace. Saved. Redeemed. Saints. Rest. Fruit of The Spirit. Love. Joy. Peace. Patience. Kindness. Goodness. Faithfulness. Gentleness. Self Control. Walk in The Spirit. Convicted of Your Righteousness. 

Now many false teachers believe if they tell the world all about Jesus and help others actually see the truth, then those that listen and get it will go crazy thinking they have no cause to be or do good. 

The truth is, when you realize the truth, the Holy Spirit convicts you of your righteousness and you will Want to walk in the Spirit. You will understand and truly feel the difference. Walking outside of the spirit will not feel good. 

It is true some accept Jesus and walk in a moment of darkness. After all the evil one is not going to let you go simply because you accept Christ. Oh no. No. NO. He is going to come after you with a vengeance. You see, the father of lies cannot allow you to accept Christ and proceed to easily walk the rest of your life on cloud nine knowing the truth and sharing it with others. Nope. He is going to throw everything at you. This is why it is so important to renew your mind daily with the word. It is why our Lord went to such lengths to leave us with such great writings of advice and council. You are blessed and protected in the reading of the Word. It truly is armor. 

Should you wonder how I can be so sure of such protection you should go back and read just one of my blogs from this summer. I will highlight it at the bottom. It is a timeline of when and how the evil one came at me with two barrels fully loaded. I felt the blows. Trust me I did. The more he came at me, the more I turned to the Lord and dove into His word. 

The armor we are advised to wear makes a GIGANTIC difference in how well we dance through the battle being waged upon us. Every day you wake up, you should dress for battle. We truly are in a spiritual war. The evil one is quite the adversary. He has had thousands of years to watch us. You think he hasn't come across the likes of you before?

There is one person who walked this earth in a human form that lived out the law and when He was crucified and His blood was poured out, everything changed. The most important thing you can do in your life is learn about and understand just who Jesus was. The next most important thing you can do with your life is spend it sharing what you have learned with anyone and everyone. 

I love that this verse comes before the teachings of Jesus and I love Psalms. We are taking a deep dive into four Psalms at my home church on Sundays. King David, the same David that defeated Goliath, was truly a man after God's heart. I am indeed a woman after God's heart. So it makes perfect sense that King David's words make my heart leap with joy. I feel my blood race through my veins when I read various Psalms written by King David. Honestly, I get the same feeling when I read some of the things written by Paul as well. They remind me of champions for the Lord. I want to be a champion for my Lord. I want others to understand and feel the Love the Lord holds for them. I want them to experience it for themselves. There is no greater feeling in the world then knowing your Heavenly Father is smiling upon you. 

Father I come before you today with songs of praise. What a loving Father you are. What a foolish child I was. I am so thankful for your Grace and your Faithfulness. What a blessing they are. I truly love how much you care for me. Your ways are amazing and I am often left in awe for the the many blessings you bestow upon me. I am unsure what I ever did to earn such favor but I am sure thankful for it! All I long for the rest of my days is to be a champion for you. A mighty warrior. Use me Lord to reach out to others. Please use my fingers to say what it is you want to say. I love all the words you have left for me to read through others. They make me sing and dance and laugh and leap with joy for I know they are all true. You love your children. You desire for us to live abundant lives. I pray that others feel your love to such depths as I Father. May their hearts sing praises to you. May we glorify you in all we do. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

* As promised, here is the link for the timeline blog: http://youareworthytoo.blogspot.com/2013/09/god-is-always-good.html

On a final note, I just watched the new Mercy Me video for their new song called 'Shake' put on your dancing shoes and get ready to bust a move if you have a device that will allow you to listen / watch! Be blessed and be a blessing!

Wendy, walks with God

Mom of Many

© Wendy Glidden 

'What Can Mortal Man Do to Me?'

Good morning! According to my calendar, it is Totally Terrific Testimonial Tell All Tuesday! Here is one of my testimonies: Last night I was assistant coach for my son's 2nd grade basket ball team. I was able to participate in all the drills and it was awesome!

A year ago everywhere I went, I shuffled. Lifting my feet off the ground was something I simply was not capable of doing. Toward the end of summer, I prayed to God to have my healthy body back. I cried out in anguish. After being in massive pain for almost three years, He had answered my prayer for healing regarding my back and had literally placed a wellness doctor in my path. He was delivered to me in such a way there was no denying it was God that was placing me in his care.

Upon my first visit to him, he began putting my bones back in place. I knew I was in bad shape, I just did not realize how bad! I began seeing him late April / early May and now I only see him once a month for an adjustment.

With his help, I had the confidence to begin a workout routine that another friend suggested I try. She had been pursuing me to try one of her companies workout videos and I had told her about the fact I truly needed a 'Physical Therapy' kind of work out video to follow and she knew just what I needed. She excitedly told me about it and I decided to give it a go.

I am so happy I did. In 42 days, which is only six weeks time, I have dropped 36 pounds and 34" of body fat from my skeletal frame and have gained amazing agility and flexibility in the process. I am so happy with how far I have come I could cry tears of absolute joy. I am now one of 'those girls' with a fat loss story that is unbelievable! I have not made it to my goal size or weight but I now know it is 100% possible in the next 42 days to get the job finished!

My goal is to lose 78 pounds. This will also mean losing 4-5 more inches around my waist, 2 - 3 more at my hips and another 1 - 2 off my chest area. With that my arms and legs will also shrink a bit.

I read once that for every pound you take off of your body it is like removing 4 pounds of burden. I know my frame appreciates the lighter weight it must still tote around. I can only dream about how awesome getting back to where I want to be will feel! Only 42 more pounds to shed!

I have promised to reach back and help anyone who is desiring to truly lose weight. It is hard work. It takes determination. However, this works so well and is so healthy, you will secretly enjoy watching yourself melt. If you need a coach or someone to encourage you or whatever label you want to slap on it, I would be thrilled to be that for you. Simply email me at wendyglidden123@gmail.com and indicate what you want help with.

I'm into total wellness so from helping you with your mindset and your relationship with the Lord to losing weight and getting into the size pants you want back into or into for the first time, I am here for you! Nothing would please me more than to reach back and help someone who has tried almost everything and failed.

Recently God has been flashing me things from my past again. As far as my life line goes I managed to get beyond the adoption to the point I almost lost my life in a bike wreck due to literally working myself to death so that I could fall asleep without thinking. Absolute off the charts craziness is what follows that scene and I have once again been dragging my feet.

However, this past Sunday, when we were asked what becoming a believer in the cross and Jesus Christ had changed in our life, I replied, for me it had meant freedom of fear. Fear of judgement from others, fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of anything.

It reminds me of David when he asks, 'What can mortal man do to me?' I love David's Psalms. We are covering 4 different Psalms in November. Last Sunday we covered Psalm 32 and touched on Psalm 56, which is one of my endless favorites. I am going to share David's words here, right out of my MacArthur study bible. I hope you love his trust and enthusiasm half as much as I do! Psalm 56 in it's entirety:

** My study bible highlights this as Supplication for Deliverance and Grateful Trust in God. This took place when the Philistines seized David in Gath.

verse 1: Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me; Fighting all day long he oppresses me.

verse 2: My foes have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.

verse 3: When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You.

verse 4: In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?

verse 5: All day long they distort my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.

verse 6: They attack, they lurk, They watch my steps, As they have waited to take my life.

verse 7: Because of wickedness, cast them forth, In anger put down the peoples, O God!

verse 8: You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book?

verse 9: Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call; This I know, that God is for me.

verse 10: In God whose word I praise, In the Lord, whose word I praise,

verse 11: In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?

verse 12: Your vows are binding upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.

verse 13: For You have delivered my soul from death, Indeed my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

I love the trust King David places in the Lord. I know just how he feels. As I go forth and share more things from my early to mid twenties, I too will trust in the Lord knowing that He is using my stories to inspire and encourage and call others home. All for the glory of God.

I thank the Lord for all He has delivered me from. While I have shared a ton, I have so much more to reveal. I keep saying I am going to get to it and truly I am. I must go back and refresh my memory of where I ended exactly so that I can continue from there.

Should you just be joining me in this journey, I invite you to go back to my introduction post, in my mind humorously titled, 'In the Beginning' and read the personal posts up to 'Saying Goodbye to Amanda Rose' there is one after that where I share my bike wreck, but for the life of me I cannot remember it's title right now.

It is my prayer that my story inspires hope and reveals the glory of God. It is also my prayer that it helps you in building your trust and your relationship with the Lord.

I have missed out on sharing the last couple days encouraging words by K-Love on my Facebook page and I love both Monday's and Today's, so I am going to share both of them now:

Monday 11/4/2013

But the Lord stood with me and gave me strength ~ 2 Timothy 4:17a, NLT

Tuesday 11/5/2013

I promise this very day that I will repay two blessings for each of your troubles. ~ Zechariah 9:12b, NLT 

The Lord has stood with me time and time again and has given me strength. I know this as truth for I have felt myself drained of all strength, yet remain planted on my feet, held up firmly by the mighty hand of our Lord. 

I too am beginning to witness what I would say are more than two blessings for each of my troubles. Perhaps it feels like more for I have had much trouble over my life span! Us saints are not promised an easy life you know!! I hope I have managed to leave you with a smile today! Remember be blessed and be a blessing to others!

Father, today I come to you singing praises for all the miracles you have performed concerning me. I am blessed to call upon you and have you deliver me. I am blessed to have the relationship that I do with you. For decades I called upon you in times of big trouble but turned my back on you in my daily life. What a fool I was to think you were not for me any longer. What a fool to believe the lies that were being fed to me by the evil one. He is clever but not wise for he set himself against you to begin with. Thank you for speaking to me. Thank you for your signs and wonders. I pray I am witness to many more for they tickle me to no end. Father, it is my prayer that more of my brothers and sisters that are today where I have been in my past concerning a relationship with you step fully into the light and draw much closer to you. May their eyes and hearts be opened my Lord. May they begin to seek more of your wisdom and love and may they grow and become workers. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Wendy, walks with God
Mom of Many

© Wendy Glidden 2013

Tuesday's Tidbit . . . a Little Rhyme to Pass the Time!

For those who follow as I blog, I am thrilled that the words are once again flowing. Hope washes over me. It may seem silly but I too dread the times of 'silence'. I once read another girl's blog and she was talking about her walk with God and she made the statement about the dreaded times of dis-connect. I get them myself. Moments of silence are when I seem to allow self doubt to creep in. I try to remember that thoughts that aren't full of love and hope are not thoughts from God and when I focus solely on the dark thoughts well . . . it's hard to hear outside the buzz. So on days like today when it is God that stirs me awake I can not help but feel on top of the world. I try to stay here. On top of this mountain I have found myself on today. That is why you, my friends, are so important to me. You encourage me! I hope I encourage you! In hopes of bringing you a little encouragement, Here is my Little Tidbit Rhyme for the day:

I awoke today with something to say and now a smile is upon my face.

Nothing in this world can do it for this girl like Our Father’s Love, it holds first place.

If you give thanks and sing songs of praise, I tell you your eyes will often be amazed!

Miracles I’ve retold that have happened in my life at times leave me completely dazed!

I Pray for wisdom, I pray for truth, I pray for the lost, I pray for our youth,

I Pray for mercy, I Pray for Love, I Pray for Friendship with Our Father Above,

I Pray for eyes to open and hearts to feel, I Pray for protection and for all hurts to heal

I Pray for you, I Pray for me, I Pray that we stand firm in our faith and live abundantly!

If there’s one thing we do well on our own, I declare we know how to wallow!

If you walk along your own path without God’s guidance you’ll find life is quite hollow.

It’s a fact, when you can’t stomach the truth, you’ll find it hard to swallow.

It’s also true if you Seek first the Kingdom of God, everything else will follow!

If you want joy you can have it, you see, it’s yours for the making!

Without God though you can’t have Joy. It’s the evil one who’ll do the taking!

I pray you Put on your full suit of armor and stand firm with me in this fight.

Why sit in the shadows of darkness when there is so much abundant light?

Have a wonderful day everyone! Love,

Wendy, Mom of Many

Copyright © 2013 [Wendy L Glidden]. All Rights Reserved.

Evolution verses Creationism . . . It Never Stood a Chance!

Good morning! I have not written in over a week! Just goes to prove I do not write on my own! I have lofty goals of writing daily . . . sadly I am only human . . . I can just as easily get sidetracked from what is most important in the day. Taking time to get into the word. I pray every day. . . at least in it's simplest form. I talk to Our Father. I ask, I ponder, I think, I reflect. Sadly I find when I don't actually pick up my bible and get into the word I feel like I am missing something. Today I know what that something is! It is a piece of my armor. When evil is what you fight against from morning to night, I think it is in our best interest to dress appropriately for it!

So there I was . . . life was beginning to get crazy . . . my next verse on my alphabet picture was from Psalms 100, verse for 4.

Enter His gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name.

I don't know why I struggled with this so much. I give thanks and sing praises daily. It's become a habit of mine. If nothing else it will help you find joy in the midst of chaos and misery. That alone should make this count as wise council!

As I often do, I like to read the entire Chapter that a verse comes from. Psalms 100 is short, sweet and to the point. Here it is in it's entirety:

Shout with joy to the LORD with all the earth!

Worship the LORD with gladness.

Come before Him, singing with joy.

Acknowledge that the LORD is God!

He made us and we are His.

We are His people, the sheep of His pasture.

Enter His gates with thanksgiving;

go into His courts with praise.

Give thanks to Him and praise His name.

For the LORD is good.

His unfailing love continues forever,

and His faithfulness continues to each generation.

I will admit that I read this Psalm out of two Bibles. My little one that I reference in my blog and my bigger study bible: The MacArthur Study Bible (New American Standard Bible). I didn't just read it once from each one. Nope. I actually read it several times. I would get done and just sit there with a blank mind. I had no idea how I was to blog on this verse. I asked Our Father again and again, what do I do with this? I have been kept quite busy over the last two weeks so to the back burner this went.

This morning I awoke to another topic that has been running a muck in my brain. Darwinism and Evolution. Take this and couple it with the fact that we teach this in our public schools and you could paint me in the turmoil I was very aptly in. You see, I feel for those who have yet to find belief, let alone Faith. From the jump, many are taught about everything but God in our world. It's so sad how far we have come. The only truth to evolution is this . . .  if we insist there is no God we have lost the battle and we are no wiser than the primates we seem to long to be connected to.

The sad truth of the matter is, Darwinism has been dis-proven yet our Government insists on teaching this as fact to our children. If science and math really are the subjects of importance when it comes to staying up with the world why are we cutting our feet off? I am going to reference several interesting articles regarding the truth of the matter. From one extreme to the next. I hope you take the time to do a little research of your own. 

Even in all aspects of all sides I believe in studying the competition. Hence, I read their practices, ideas, theories. By doing this you expand your mind. It also helps you understand where others come from and how they came to their beliefs. If you have doubts about Our Father being the creator and you prefer to believe we came from monkeys, I challenge you to read my listed articles. Please feel free to respond with links supporting your beliefs. 

I will share this though. After a one year deep dive into the gospels it will be impossible to shake my faith that Jesus is God's only begotten Son and He came here for the purpose of saving us all. 

You could say in the beginning we were promised a rose garden and granted free will. We were warned to stay away from one item . . . just one . . . we were even warned of the consequence of disobeying. Yet the very first of us chose not to heed God's advice. He could have washed his hands of us then. He did not. He sent prophet after prophet. He gifted us His word. We, here, in the United States are free to read it anywhere, anytime. What a gift! I will be the first to admit that I steered clear of the Bible almost my entire life. I felt I knew and believed in God and I didn't need to attempt to read something that others much much much smarter than me argued over. In a way I feared it. Over the last almost two years now I have been all over the bible. I honestly cannot get enough of it. I find it absolutely the most amazing thrilling exciting series of books I have ever picked up! If you are a natural reader, what are you waiting for?

Before I get sidetracked, here are the articles I was talking about when it comes to the truth regarding evolution and Darwin:

1.  http://www.creationworldview.org/articles_view.asp?id=31
2. http://free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9694.0
3. http://www.nmsr.org/Archive.html
4. http://www.jameswatkins.com/evolution.htm

All of these are easy reads. I referenced these 4 because they hit the argument from various sides yet all draw to the same conclusion in the end. I hope you find them as interesting as I did!

Somehow an entire hour has flown by and I must close and get ready for my day. Today I thank Our Father for helping me when I am lost and confused on how to proceed with something. I am thankful for my belief and my faith for even when I cast God to the side in my own human foolishness He waited patiently for my return. While I have been unfaithful, He has not. We are so blessed to have such a loving Father. I pray that those who are in the midst of this inner struggle stumble upon the light and the truth. Our Father is our creator. He loves us. While we may not understand all that goes on around us may we have peace in knowing He understands it all. God is good. Amen

Wendy, Mom of Many



Copyright © 2013 Wendy L Glidden  All Rights Reserved.

Thankful Thursday

When I was in my twenties and again working at Glidden Fence, Chris enrolled me in a shorthand course. The gist was, if I could write as fast as she could talk, she could dictate her letters to me without missing a beat!

I have this crazy thing in me that causes me to race myself when it comes to things that are more impressive or fun at faster rates.

I didn't just take the course, I practiced by means of music. I would write down the lyrics to songs playing on the radio. It was not the first time I'd done something like this. In typing class our teacher had stated that it was impossible to carry on a conversation and type what you were reading without transfering to typing what you are saying. Again . . . I take something like that as a challenge and I love the feeling of accomplishing what I have been told I can't. Is that weird? Today I can carry on a conversation, type anything . . . even if it is a letter I am writing from thought and not sight. Just the other day I was typing one of these blogs and my Uncle came up to me and we began discussing a job. He stopped mid conversation and said, "Oh you think you are so cool not looking at the computer typing and talking to me." We both laughed.

Regardless that talent has come in handy over the years. Sometimes this faucet is turned on inside of me while I am driving and I will get it out on paper before it escapes my mind . . . you see it's what I hear but it comes from within me . . . it is not me . . . it is through me and it comes fast. When I was in school I wrote daily. My emotions boiled out in Rhyme. It was a healthy way of working through my emotions and thoughts.

So I was on my way to work and I was smiling and chatting with my Heavenly Father and just praising how blessed my life has been. How Thankful I am. How Joyous I am.

In the midst of my praise, Gbam, here came words in rhyme . . . I blindly found my pen . . . grabbed a stapled group of papers out of my folder of past writings. Funny enough, when I went back into my room this morning to grab my coat and keys, I was told to grab it. I went so far as to ask myself why I was bringing it as I had no intention of posting anything out of it today and I heard "Take it." I shrugged to myself and listened to the directions I was given. I am getting much better at this listening thing!

Anyway, here I was on my way to work and four minutes down the road, in the midst of my praise, the first verse rang out in my head . . . I knew what time it was. I blindly grabbed a pen out of the middle console and a packet of paper out of my folder and began writing in shorthand. I don't need to look down at the paper to keep my words in order because this I too practiced. Blind penmanship! (God is a good teacher . . . he has primed me for all of this my whole life. That fact is undeniable! So much so, I can't help laughing about it. He taught me through challenges. He filled me with the desire to achieve beyond the barriers that others have placed in front of me. Doesn't it just make you want to throw your arms around him?) These are the insights he shared with me this morning about myself and it made me want to hug Him. Here is what I heard this morning:

Our Father is Good

He's so so Good

I'd run up and hug him

If I could

Oh yes yes yes I would

I'm

Compelled to lift my hands

Palms Up in the air

It's undeniable Father

How much You truly care

Praises I sing to You

Thank You I Joyously shout

Loving others as you love us

That's what this life's about

For me there is No doubt

So,

I lift my head and I grin real big

I thank Him from my heart

Praising & Singing to Our Father in Heaven

Is the best way for all to start!

If you have never once in your life sat and reflected on things or even attempted to see your life from the lens of Love, I encourage you to find a pair of glasses that will give you this viewpoint.

From The Gospel of John, Chapter 10 verse 10 we are told: The thief comes, to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Abundance comes in various forms. Many associate it with money. If that is Your belief, My heart bleeds for you.

Abundance in it's most wonderful forms comes as peace (stemming from Faith) Joy (held strong by Hope) and Love.

From The Book, Corinthians, Chapter 13 verse 13: And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

With these things being said, I don't know what you think you know about God and whether or not he exists.

However, if you are like me, you love a good challenge.

My Challenge to You is This: "Investigate his word with YOUR OWN Eyes. Don't rely on being spoon fed by others. Don't just listen to someone else when it comes to YOUR learning about God and His Word. Check it out for YOURSELF.

I warn you though, when you start down this road, there will be no denying The Truth.

Any person who has set out to disprove God Exists, whether they be scientists or atheists, has come to the undeniable Truth: Our Almighty Creator is not some fantasy whim that the weakest of us rely upon.

He is Our Heavenly Father. He is Our Creator. He gave us all the tools we need to live the best human life possible in the heart of a Fallen World. Why on Earth would you ignore His advice without so much as an honest investigation into His Loving Fatherly advice?

It is my prayer for you today that you begin to open your heart to the possibility that God Exists and more amazing that He Loves YOU regardless of any wrongs you have committed.

Many Blessings to those who take me up on this task,

Wendy, Mom of Many



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