Catholic Church St. Branch. Cross (dread Chapel) by Florian Fuchs

Greetings, beloved,

The Lord be with you! I remember my early years in the episcopal church when the Priest would welcome us with:

• Priest: The Lord be with you.
• People: And with thy spirit.
• Priest: Lift up your hearts.
• People: We lift them up unto the Lord.
• Priest: Let us give thanks unto the Lord our God. (or Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.)
• People: It is meet and right so to do. (or It is meet and just.)

I love the blessing. I love the encouragement to praise and give thanks and do it corporately.

Well, the otolaryngologist probably had never seen the likes of me yesterday. We sat there dumbfounded as he explained I did not have Superior Canal Dehiscence as he supposed in our previous conversation. I dissolved like an Alka Seltzer tablet. In no way did I want to have a craniotomy, but the prospect of knowing! I left depressed and threw a major hissy fit. Ahem. This season has challenged but I knew there was a light, there was relief coming. By the end of the meeting, I was left with nothing. Or so I thought in the midst of my meltdown.

I thank God for my husband who just let me burn off my frustration. He just held my hand, nodded and squeezed my leg. Yet, after a fortifying Caramel and Cheese Popcorn and working through all my emotions, I knew the Lord had a plan. I needed to trust His plan. The rest of the day I could have hidden, yet the Spirit of the Most High was working, loving me back into His arms. Even when I was kicking and pounding and screaming..ahem.

It was an eye opener for my little guy who struggles with temper tantrums. We took our boy for a long walk and talked it through with him. I mentioned to him that one of us threw a fit and it wasn’t Daddy. He looked at me wide-eyed. I asked him if he thought Jesus would love me through and forgive me for heedless words. He looked at me and said, of course, Mommy. And Joshua turned the tables and said, so if your Mom can be forgiven and loved even before she committed any sin, why could God not love and forgive you continually?

He had a light come into His eyes. He finally understood a concept that we had tried to teach for such a long time. Forgiveness is not based on anything you can do in your strength. It is based on Jesus and His blood.

If nothing else was gained from yesterday, other than my boy understanding God’s love is lavished upon him, that he is forgiven and he is cleansed…it was a good day.

Today, I have understanding as well about the possibilities of my condition and what ails me. That is a relief. The doctor was guiding us to this and as I read up on this condition today, it just helps to know there will be an answer.

Pray on. Pray on.

 

 

Rauschelesee vom Plöschenberg aus fotografiert by Florian Fuchs

Good morning, beloved,

Well, my last round of tests is complete. Oh, I am so thankful that is over! I gained a new appreciation for ears, our balance system and how intricately God planned our bodies. The audiologist who worked with me was passionate about her field. It was cute. She was so excited to see a case like me, and talk with me about it. In a way, it was therapeutic for both of us. The tests gave them all the information they need to proceed with the surgery. Now my prayer is that I can have the craniotomy done this month. Will you join me in praying for that?

When I opened Bible gateway today, I saw the verse of the day and thought, yes, that is wonderful but I can’t write anything about that. Yet, the Lord kept drawing me back and back. So here I sit…

“Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool.”Isaiah 1:18 AMP

Oh Praise the ONE who paid my debt! And raised this life up from the dead! Praise Him! Lead on, Lord. You are the magnificent One. You are the One. The conqueror of death, the sacrificial One, praise You Lord Jesus! You are the renown.

Jesus. His name, o friends, has the power. Has the glory. Grasp it. Hold tight.

The Lord God has eternally entered a discussion with us. He welcomes us into His kingdom, He welcomes us and leads us to repentance and purity. My sins are like scarlet. The word scarlet actually means : properly, the insect ‘coccus ilicis’, the dried body of the female yielding colouring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to colour it scarlet or crimson.  What a picture, our sins, God says, are red, the color everything but entering into a relationship with the Lord brings…

Snowed trees on mount Brocken, Harz, Germany by Andreas Tille

White as snow: to make white, become white, purify…the Lord can make you pure. There is not one sin you have committed that God cannot purify and make clean. The whitest white, the purest…that is you with…the Lord’s cleansing flow.

We get lost in the whispers of the liar. God can’t forgive that. Whispers tailored specifically for you. We don’t even realize the lies until they are buzzing around us like flies. Pestering. Poking. Getting us to believe…bottom line, we are not forgiven. It is not true.

Hear the truth…

Wool by florival fr

White as wool…whiteness…a picture..the Lord wants you to see His forgiveness is real. You are forgiven. Claim it, hold it. Receive it.

Ephesians 1:

⁶ [So that we might be] to the praise and the commendation of His glorious grace (favor and mercy), which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

⁷ In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the richesand the generosity of His gracious favor,

⁸ Which He lavished upon us in every kind of wisdom and understanding (practical insight and prudence),

It was Jesus’ blood that gave us deliverance…it was His stain, His crimson, His scarlet that gave humanity the greatest gift.

So when Satan whispers in our ears, remember this…His glorious grace, so freely bestowed on us…Tell that liar..I have grace, I have redemption, deliverance, salvation…flee from me.

Pray on. Pray on.

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Where the Spirit of the Lord is…

Good evening,

I’m a little shell shocked from my day. God and I have been doing some business today. The sermon today rocked my world and I want to tell you as my pastor said today, it’s kinda like hiding dirt under the carpet. It always shows up.

Purity, freedom, forgiveness, freedom…

I heard a song on the way to church…Where the Spirit of the Lord is…oh we were belting it out..and the Lord revealed unforgiveness in my heart in the service. I was so glad! Now (be surprised..) I can’t let that go on. I can’t harbor that in my soul. I had wounds that had healed. Healed. They weren’t even really scabs and I cut ‘em open over the past few weeks and let ‘em flow and work up in a lather. Why? In some evil, Satan way, it was his evil, thwarted plan to get my eyes off of MY GOD this week.

Ain’t going to work! So before all, I confess it. Cleanse me. Search me. Know me, Lord. Because where the Spirit of the Lord is…there is liberty. There is freedom. Forgiveness…How about you? Do you have unforgiveness? Are you holding onto pain, baggage or as the title of our message today was: do you need to boot the baggage? LOL. When they post the message, I’ll add..:)

Pure…blameless. And when my brain or my mouth goes towards a train wreck, I can remember this post. His Word. His LIFE.  I then I can sing the next two songs.

Cry out to Him. He is worthy. He is lovely. Pray on, beloved.

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