My Heart Jumps For Joy: God?

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Do You Ever Feel Discouraged?

Have you ever noticed that the sunsets

broken by clouds are the most beautiful?

When times are at their worst,

Jesus takes our pain, our problems and turns them around.

He truly makes us beautiful, if we just allow Him to do so.

Stressed?
Down in the dumps?
Overwhelmed?
Broken?
Like you messed up your life?

Fall down on your knees and look up.
Jesus is calling to you,
He says “Take My Hand, I’ll help you.
I’ll take your broken life and make you
and your life beautiful.
I love you more than you can imagine.
I have loved you from before the beginning of time.
I know you are hurting.
I feel your pain.
My heart hurts so much when you are hurting.”

Jesus says Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11:29

Open your Bible and visit the church of your choice.
Get to know the One who paid for your sins
with His life.
Put your life in His hands.
Tell Him you are sorry for all you ever did wrong.
He dying to forgive you
and He will every single time you ask Him.

Life will continue to give you problems, difficulties, stress and turmoil but when you follow our Gentle Lord and Master, you will have peace in your soul, in your core.

When you turn to Him,
Jesus will be with you every step of the way.
He will take your hand and walk with you
through the rough patches of your life.

He will even carry you when you can’t walk anymore.

You will feel peace that defies the world’s logic.
You will learn the true meaning of the word JOY.
And you will never be discouraged again.
Because, with Jesus at your side, you are never alone.

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33

Dear Friends:

I just finished writing this last night and then read about the shooting at the Walmart in Colorado. My heart was broken. I hurt so much for all the victims and the perpetrators who are hurting so much that they feel they must strike out. We have had way too many tragedies this year. One tragedy is too many but there have been so many more.
What can we do?

We can be extra kind to everyone we have any contact with, especially the ones who may not behave like they "deserve it." They just may need it the most and our act of kindness just might prevent them from doing something that they shouldn't.

Love with abandon. Sew the seeds of your love and kindness. And pray, pray, pray. You will make a mighty difference whether or not you ever see the results.

I would be grateful if you would pray for my husband, Tim who is having knee replacement surgery on Tuesday Nov. 7, 2017. Thank you!

May you be mightily blessed, my friend.

Knapps Station Church will have their
Annual Bazaar
Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017
9 am to 3 pm
There will be a food sale
and a donation white elephant sale.

All photos taken by Debbie and Tim McEwen unless otherwise noted-

used with permission.
All bible reference from the NIV
unless otherwise noted.

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you can click on the Blog Archive
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I would love to hear from you either

on the comment section of this blog post
or through my email.
debbieamcewen@gmail.com
I post every other Saturday.
The next post will be November 18, 2017.

Jesus is the light that will bring hope and peace for tomorrow.

Turn to Him and be blessed, my friend.

P.S. Have you noticed how much I love sunsets? God has given me so many beautiful ones. Through these beautiful sunsets,

He gives me great hope for my tomorrows

- and yours too!

Saturday, October 7, 2017

Where are You, God?

The sun is setting.
Light is leaving the world for the night.
Have You left us, Lord?
NEVER!
Jesus said, "Never will I leave you,
never will I forsake you!"

Hurricanes have ravaged.
Droughts, forest fires, earthquakes,
tsunamis have struck.
Shootings, shootings, shootings!!

People are being oppressed.
Others are starving to death.

Man is hurting man.
Where does it end?

Where are You in all this?

You say You love us.
You say You are with us?
Where do You fit into all this chaos and pain?

I hurt for all these people.
My heart breaks.
When I open my heart to You, I feel that Your heart is breaking for all of them.
I can’t imagine how badly it must hurt You.

But where are You?

Why don’t You fix everything so there isn’t so much pain?

You let me know that You have given us free will, the power and right to choose how we behave.

People making terrible choices have caused so much of the pain we see.

The earth was perfect when You created it and then, Adam and Eve chose their own way, refusing to follow You.

Life became hard for all of us.

I suspect that their choices and resulting banishment from the Garden of Eden affected not only them and the rest of mankind but nature and the weather as well.

Who knew that eating one little piece of fruit could cause so much trouble!

Satan knew.
He knows today that every choice we make has repercussions.

It’s like throwing a pebble in a pond.
The ripples go on forever.

One sin causes so many things to happen.

One prayer does too.
It’s power goes on forever.

One act of kindness - to feed the starving, the give aid to the victims of the disasters, of the shootings.

One act of kindness and a lot of praying might even prevent some of the shootings, some of the oppression, some of the pain.

We are God’s hands, feet and tongue.
He acts through us.

That is where You are Lord
You are with us, guiding us to live as You taught us.
If we follow You and Your Way, we can make incredible differences in our world.
If we pray, if we do what You put in our path.
If we listen for Your still small voice directing us.

If !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."
Matthew 25:31-40

This bee is gathering pollen to make honey to feed the hive for the winter.

This is her job. It is what God made her to do and she does it well.

Are you doing your job?

Do you love God first and foremost and love your neighbor as yourself?

Nature reflects the beauty and wonder of the Creator.

Since we are made in His image and likeness,

we also reflect Him when we follow His teachings and His love.

(a little brook on a side road near Saranac Lake, NY)

Blessing:

May you be blessed my friend
by listening and watching carefully
to find the jobs that Our Father has in mind for you that no one else can fulfill quite the way you can.

May you have much JOY and peace

in completing those jobs!

Be Blessed!!

Don't let the sun set without finding the true JOY

that comes from doing a little of the Lord's work each day.

If we each do our little bit each day,

truly amazing results will be achieved!

NOTICE!! NOTICE!! NOTICE!!

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