Whatever it takes ! ....

Praise the Lord ! It is wonderful to be more settled in the routine of the fall 2005! Good to be back to blogging & catch you all up on the Journey, even as it twists & turns it's way through circumstances.

His Hand remains firmly grasping mine ! The psalmist say to us, God lifts us up in His everlasting arms ! That He is a refuge, a fortress, a shield about His people ! It is wonderful to know that we can worship God through all the seasons of life, day after day, through each & all circumstances .. We can be still and truly know that He Alone is God! I hope that you are seeking the secret place of Christ, moment by moment ! For He who dwells in the secret place of the Almighty shall abide under the shadow of His Wing ! (psalm 91) That your life is "hidden with Christ" in God (Colossians 3:1)! We can be constantly mindful of His presence, direction and guidance day after day. We can know the power and presence of His Spirit, constantly encouraging and strengthening us in the path that is ever before us !


It is hard to believe the devastation & suffering that Katrina has brought in New Orleans and the areas surrounding. We as nations of this world can no longer pretend that our world is a safe place, nor can we pretend that there is not suffering & pain all around us.

Have you noticed how rapidly the world is spiralling towards fearfulness & chaos ? It seems magnified in so many of the hearts of God's people ! That is why it is so important to set our hearts before the Lord, even as a flint, and not be moved from the Hope (of Jesus Christ) that is within us !

The world is so rapidly changing, it no longer has peace, but instead peace in any fashion seems fading, ellusive; a world so full of unknowns, a future that world leaders & media would tell us is one to be feared & wrestled with, surely full of unknowns & perils that fill the airwaves - we are bombarded with terrorist & disaster plans all in the hope of being prepared for the next unknown devastation !

In the midst of the escalation of the last few months (since my last post in May) I perceive that the world will continue to be even moreso out of control, filled with multitudes who will become even more frantic & desperate, struggling & suffering in many ways, some vocal, some will suffer in silence, feeling helpless, afflicted physically, afflicted emotionally, afflicted spiritually - full of torment, fears, doubts which the world & it's means will be at an utter loss to alleviate by any means. Hopeless.

I am so glad that our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, does not change. He is a God of Hope. No matter what chaos & uncertainty surrounds, our God's Word continues to be a solid refuge & a fortress, a "Light to our Path". I believe that, do you ? Do you want His peace that does not depend upon anything but His Greatness , His Grace, His Love? When I am flooded with despair of any sort, the only comfort & solace I can reach and know is God's Word. But it truly is real. Do you believe that God is still God, that He still reigns ? That He is Peace ? To you ?

May we all allow our hearts to become even yet more fertile for His Word; fertile ground for the comfort of His Word, lodging within us, changing us into pillars of Strength ! May faith leap & grow in our hearts and may we trust in His Love & His Word! We may struggle in ways that only the Lord truly sees & understands. Sometimes it is not possible to describe a soul as it suffers in silence ! But we must get to the end of all of our own means to know a depth of comfort that only comes through Jesus Christ, The Word of God !

God continues to pursue our hearts, He truly is after our hearts ! He wants to fill us with His peace & with His love & grow our trust and confidence in Him, that He will not fail us, that He will not change ! He wants to be our Rock on which we can stand, our Hand that we can hold , we can cling to Him !

He continues to pursue mankind with a message of Hope , a message of Eternal Life, a message of life in the midst of growing adversity & despair. Through Jesus Christ, we can have a supernatural power & peace, peace that even surpasses our "understanding"; in other words we can have a peace in the midst of despair & tribulations and at a time when others will frantically think peace is utterly impossible.

Surely we are living in such a world ! A world that is soon to cry in unison, 'PEACE' 'PEACE! " Can you hear the sound of it ? I can ! Yet it is in the distance, but the voices are beignning to sound, hearts are troubled !

Remember, as Jesus said, I have told you so. That in the last days, there will be world cry for peace.

Isn't it wonderful to know His Word and to truly believe in Him ? Bring your heart to Him and let Him do what only He can do !

"Wherefore, I desire that ye faint not ... "
"I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ... that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church of Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end, amen . " Ep. 3: 13 and onward .