Let Me Bless You...

Come, sit, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in the comfort of the Lord:  "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil thinking be put away from you, with all malice."  Ephesians  4:31

LET ME BLESS YOU with My grace and Peace. Open your heart and mind to receive all that I have for you. Do not be ashamed of your emptiness. Instead, view it as the optimal condition for being filled with My Peace.

It is easy to touch up your outward appearance, to look as if you have it all together. Your attempts to look good can fool most people. But I see straight through you, into the depths of your being. There is no place for pretense in your relationship with Me. Rejoice in the relief of being fully understood. Talk with Me about your struggles and feelings of inadequacy. Little by little, I will transform your weaknesses into strengths. Remember that your relationship with me is saturated in grace. Therefore, nothing that you do or don't do can separate you from My Presence.

"Jesus Calling - Enjoying Peace In His Presence"

Looking In All Directions

Come, sit, and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea in the comfort of the Lord:  "Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice."  Ephesians  4:31

                  "But Jonah rose up to flee....from the presence of the Lord."  Jonah  1:3

     What fools men become when they disobey the commandments of the Lord.  Surely Jonah knew better than to imagine that he could escape from the Lord by hiding himself in the hold of a ship.  Yet how many there are who live as though God were stone-blind and cannot see what they do, and stone-deaf so that He does not hear what they say.  Yet these too must know better, for the Bible says that "the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth" (II Chronicles 16:9).  David says in Psalm  139:  "O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.  Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off, and art acquainted with all my ways.  For there is not a word in my tongue, but thou knowest it altogether."

     Why do we try to hide things from people?  Why do men practice things in secret which would make them ashamed if others knew of it?  Why do people think they are "getting away" with something because others are not aware of it?  Do we forget that there is ONE who sees and hears all we do and say?  If we don't want people to know, how is it that we are so unconcerned about the fact that God knows?  Do we really believe that God sees all?  Read again Psalm 139.

     A father and a little son were riding in the country and saw a watermelon patch a little way off the highway.  The father said to the lad,  "You watch here, while I go get a melon."  He entered the patch, lifted a choice melon from the vine, and called to the boy.  "Is anyone coming - look both ways."  The little fellow replied,  "But daddy, shouldn't we look UP too?"  Yes, that is the most important place to look.  How do you behave when no one is looking but God?  Test yourself by this rule.

"Bread For Each Day"