Awe - it's not THAT bad

Sometimes you just need to rest.

In this crazy fast paced world in which we live this isn't always "possible". I do realize this.

However, never the less, sometimes there may be times when those things that are seemingly not possible must somehow become not only possible but a priority in our daily lives. If for no other reason than simply to provide us with enough of what we need today, to get us through until tomorrow.

"Yeah, yeah yeah," I can hear you all now, "I've heard it all before! But I don't have the time nor can I afford to take time off to rest."

I myself have said these very things not too long ago. Honestly though - did not even God himself REST? He took an entire day off. 

Genesis 2:2 ".... so on the seventh day he rested from all his work."

In fact, the Lord God felt so strongly about this rest issue, He established in His law that we should always have a day of rest at least once a week....As the Holy Scripture shoes us in Leviticus 23:3  

"There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD." 
(apparently God knew we would have a hard time taking time for ourselves to just rest, hmmmm?) 

I am not by any means becoming legalistic here about the Sabbath. What day should we hold as Holy and what we can and can not do (i.e. what is considered work).

No! Not at all. That is not my point here.

I am simply trying to convey to you the "Grace" that our Lord has conveyed to me concerning "rest" in this busy life.

I would like to get a bit transparent here to make my point.

I love Yeshua, (Jesus) with everything I have. Every fiber of my being.....All I have I have given to Him and daily I pray that I am able to give Him more of me. That I am able to die to self more...that Holy Spirit will show me more of what needs to change in me so I can become more like Yeshua. So I can become more of a light to the world and more pleasing to my Heavenly Father...Papa God....I go sleep with Him on my mind and wake up with Him on my mind....spend all day talking to Him....reading His word when I can. I seriously...most honestly would not be able to survive without Him....my Saviour....Yeshua HaMashiach.

Yet...I live here in the world, just like you and everyone else. I have to handle and deal with the same issues - we all do.

Of course there is a great benefit to walking in the Spirit 

- Gal 5:16 "I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh."

But still, I am mortal - made of flesh and need to keep this in mind. 
Case and point?

I take this to mean, among other things, that I am apt to fall apart if I don't take care of myself....We all are.

Did you know that God gave us an entire wonderful ~ healthy menu in the Bible?

As well as healthy lifestyle tips?

Yep!

We hear it all the time on T.V., from the doctors, in magazines, every where, "Eat right and get plenty of REST!"

Well, I just got thoroughly checked out by my doctor. It wasn't fun, several expensive uncomfortable tests; nor were the findings stellar either. I also have a long road ahead of me to recovery. Not to mention I am miserable physically, in the mean time.

The irony to all this......I have been told by my doctors that I need to REST.

At first I was upset when I heard that from the first doctor. I figured, "Just give me some anti biotics and all will be fine!"

Then the second doctor, not knowing the first doctor had suggested I take time off, said the same thing to me.

Neither doctor knew me well enough to know how I work and don't sleep but 5-6 hours a night.

Truthfully they didn't know about my personal stress level either.

What they did know was that my body had physically broken down.

I was happy enough but my physical body just broke down.

I haven't been resting.

Now I am paying the price.

You know that the Word of God tell us in Psalm 127 that

The Lord gives His beloved Rest?

Well.....I know I rambled on and on and on tonight. Probably didn't make a whole lot of sense.

I just felt like I just needed to encourage someone to
 let-go and let God  

and 

Get some REST.

Oh what a little Rest Can Do!

 Happy Rest in Yeshua!

WoW - who do we think we are?

So I am gonna share a real life story about something that happened about 27 years ago.

I was just heading home from work. It was about 2 o'clock in the after noon. I had my oldest son in the car with me, sitting in the front seat next to me. We were in my brand, spanking new car. It was literally only 2 weeks old. My first new car, ever. 

We had stopped at a red light and now had started to turn left on a green left hand turn signal.

It was a loud, long horn blast that caught my attention.  I will never, ever forget that horn it saved my life and the life of my first born son.

The intersection was a familiar one. I passed through it every day. However this day when I heard that sound, it gripped my very soul and instantly  I slammed on my breaks with both feet as hard as I could.

In what seemed to be a split second and at the same time seemed to take an eternity a car came racing through the intersection and slammed right into us!

It was going so fast and hit so hard that it pushed our car sideways 3 car widths over!

The car took my bumper completely off and wrapped it around the passenger side tire.

The police investigator said the car was traveling at least 90+ mph and had I not stopped when I did, most likely would have killed me possibly my 5 year old son Joshua.

The driver of the car that hit us was an underage boy driving his "brothers" unregistered vehicle without permission and the vehicle was not insured.

Can you imagine?

I mean, my husband and I had three very young children. No money. We couldn't afford to pay for this. What were we going to do?

We were perfectly within our rights to pursue this legally. But we couldn’t afford an attorney. All we could do was pray – and pray we did.

We asked ourselves.

What would Jesus do?

Before we had decided what to do the man who owned the car came to us. He basically begged us for mercy. Explained his situation and asked if he could make payment to us. My husband and I agreed.

We had mercy on him. The man agreed to pay a certain amount each pay day. Our car did not get fixed right away. I drove around in my brand new car with a bad bumper for a little while.

We had every right to pursue him legally. Instead we chose to show him mercy. But what a witness!

Perhaps we should learn from this situation?

Why am I sharing this 27 year old story now?

Because for some time now my heart has been so grieved as I look around within the Body of Christ and see how far away we are from this. There is such division between us.

In our families and homes. In our small groups. Our churches. Between denominations. We have allowed our adversary Satan to use us as dividing wedges…and it needs to stop!

The Lord himself commanded us to love each other. It is recorded in the Gospel of John 13:34-35 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

LOVE - What IS LOVE?

Paul tells us what love is in 

1 Corinthians chapter 13

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

I know there is not one who is perfect but God himself.

Certainly not I.

Lately, though I have had such a heavy heart, more so than ever before as I have seen more and more divisions take place within the family of God. Within even my own homee. My own family. My own church.

This should not be!

Let there be no mistake - God is not happy about it!

There is absolutely no excuse good enough for it.

We are commanded and empowered to love. We are commanded and empowered to forgive.

And unless we do so we will not be forgiven by God nor will our gifts that we offer up to the Lord be accepted by Him.

 Who are we to withhold mercy from anyone?

For my Son

God always keeps his promises

He never lets us down

God always walks beside us

Along each stretch of ground

I know this to be true my son

As I have lived my life

The Lord has seen me through each day

Every wonder, joy and strife

So I will never ever, ever give up

No matter what you say

Even if you never read this

I believe you will come home one day

Because –I love you

And 

God always keeps his promises 

Once and For All

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