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Believe

Stained Glass Depicting Jesus Christ

 

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Do you hear him?

Do you feel him?

Do you know him?

Do you love him?

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No matter who you are

No matter where you live

No matter what you’ve done

No matter what you look like

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Jesus Christ is calling you

Jesus Christ is seeking you

Jesus Christ is loving you

Jesus Christ is saving you

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He is the Son of God

He is the Messiah

He is the Redeemer

He is the Lord and King

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Answer his call

Open your heart

Repent of your sins

Receive his forgiveness

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Believe he died for your sins

Believe he is the Messiah

Believe he is the Son of God

Believe he is your lord and king

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How about it?

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Do you believe . . . in Him?

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I’m praying that you do!

Amen

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NaPoWriMo   Day 24

© 2013 by Jeanne E Webster. All rights reserved

 

Softly

a young chipping sparrow fresh from the nest

“Though lonely be thy path, fear not, for He

Who marks the sparrow fall is guarding thee.” 

–Anonymous

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© 2013  Jeanne E Webster.  All rights reserved

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From dangers you crawl

Clutching your prayer shawl

Tremble you may

God still holds sway

Marking your soft place to fall.

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Winds may knock you down

Rains drench you and drown

Soaked like a sparrow

Sight becomes narrow

God marks you safe and sound.

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Peace shall forever reign

Turn frowns to joys again

Look upon His face

Fears shall displace

Your worries God shall restrain.

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Amen

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NaPoWriMo    Day 18

Today’s Outing

Doctor Speaking with Patient

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© 2013 Jeanne E Webster.   All rights reserved

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Newly surfaced parking lot

Soft comfy sitting room

Gracious discreet office staff–

Am stroking an aura of doom.

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Cheered into the inner sanctum

Doctor presents with a smile

Examines the mega complaint–

Encourages me after a while.

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Returned to the car, lauding

Weight lifted off shoulders

Holding new supply of remedies–

“Goodbye, darn ole boulders!”

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“May You be praised, my Father

May all the glory be Yours 

Decree over all Your Creation –

Peace and joy absorbed to the core.”

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NaPoWriMo   Day 16

Our Day-Spring, Come!

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

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O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.

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Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Wisdom from on high,
Who orderest all things mightily;
To us the path of knowledge show,
And teach us in her ways to go.

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O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory over the grave.

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O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.

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O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.

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O come, O come, great Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes on Sinai’s height
In ancient times once gave the law
In cloud and majesty and awe.

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O come, Thou Root of Jesse’s tree,
An ensign of Thy people be;
Before Thee rulers silent fall;
All peoples on Thy mercy call.

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O come, Desire of nations, bind

In one the hearts of all mankind;

Bid Thou our sad divisions cease,

And be Thyself our King of Peace.

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An advent prayer/song, yes; both to celebrate our Lord’s birth and, after prayerful thought, perhaps for the days at hand.  O come our King of Peace!  Amen

My Refuge

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© Jeanne E Webster

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Psalm 55:8 (KJV) ”I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.”

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Everyone occasionally needs a place to escape the cares of this world, be it a quiet room, a shed, a nook in the barn, a fence post, or a piece of land where nothing intrudes into one’s thoughts and feelings. The burdens of the soul shall melt away whenever one slips into this serene, sacred realm.

For many a year, my place of refuge was a tiny chunk of land resting beside the Flint River. It was merely half an acre, but my, what a busy patch of green!

Squirrels scurried here and there burying their nuts for the long Michigan winters while frolicking rabbits waltzed around the grove of prickly crabapple trees. Gorging on bugs and grubs by the thousands, fat and sassy moles punched the rich, dark loam upward into long tunnels crisscrossing the grassy field. Various ducks and geese nestled alongside the banks of the rippling, cool water, displaying their beauty and serenity, whereas the feisty kingfishers zoomed overhead, diving into the murky river for their catch of the day. In the early morning foggy dew, a rare deer would come tiptoeing along the lower bank, tenderly chomping down fallen acorns.

Whenever this idyllic wonderland beckoned to my sagging spirit, I’d mosey on down and head for a special old tree alongside the riverbank. Snuggling down next to its weather worn trunk, I’d silently sit for a while and spiritually blend in with the land. I sensed the spirit of the trees and the grass, the leaves and the dirt, the river and the animals, the wind and the rain, the snow, the fog, and the mist. Within my soul came healing as I rested and communed with God. I’d tell Him all my troubles, my needs and my sins, mention folks in need of prayer, praise Him for all His blessings, and thank Him for His grace. Sighing softly as the tenseness within my weary body slowly ebbed away, my spirit was restored, fully refreshed and strengthened to face anew the matters at hand.

Thank you, Father, for that mystical plot of land that served so faithfully as my refuge many years ago. Those memories shall be treasured forever.

Shalom

Christmas Wishes

© Jeanne E Webster

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No more:

Abortions

Debased TV shows

Obscene movies

Deviant lifestyles

Taking the easy way out

Killing of school children and innocents

Killing/harming others or yourself does not solve your problem.

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Try:

Caring for others

Loving others

Helping family members

Giving to others

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Quit:

Greediness

Selfishness

Worldliness

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Live to:

Feed your inner spirit

Embrace your God

Learn goodness

Take on Holy Scripture

Accept Jesus Christ as your Redeemer

Praise God

Thank God

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May the peace of Christmas help you:

Forgive others

Forgive yourself

Forget the past

Live a better life today

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Today:

Draw a line in sand

Cross that line if you’re on God’s side

Prepare to die in hell if you’re not!

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Shalom!

Crying…at the Church Door

Crying… at the Church Door

© Jeanne E Webster

Do you remember…?

Churches used to be open every day, all day, all night, holidays, and ordinary days.  Why? People needed them, and not merely for Sunday services and perhaps Wednesday night prayer meetings and Bible study. A church was a sanctuary, a shelter from the storms of life, a sacred place where you could commune with God, a place to find peace and quiet.  What happened?

The privilege was abused?  Not safe?  People stole things?  People started fires to keep warm on cold days?  Babies were left on the front steps?  No one had time to supervise the activities?  Not one?  No one cared enough?  Is God still there?  Sure is.

Our needs are the same today as they were years ago.   People are looking for peace amid the bustles of the day. “Oh, I wish I could find peace and quiet.”  But today they are looking in all the wrong places.  The day we shut up the doors to God’s house for anything but per functionary events was the day we turned the needs of the people over to Satan. 

Most every town has lots of churches–a First Baptist Church there, an Evangelical Church here, a Presbyterian one up the street, across from the Church of Christ.  St. Leo’s Catholic Church is two blocks away, and up the hill is a Lutheran church.  One thing they have in common:  they are open but a few hours a week; services are performed, classes are given, and sermons are spoken.

How about a prayer chapel, at least, open 24-7, a place of solace, in every active church?   Surely there is a small room available, a corner with no distractions?

Maybe…

…all these churches sitting idle on street corners, empty, no activities,

…maybe somehow it could be worked out for someone to volunteer their time, or make it safe somehow, make it so no one will steal, set on fire, or any other bad thing?

I think it would be a good thing

…and it could happen

…and it needs to happen.

People need the Lord.

…people need a place to think and pray

…a safe place, nice and peaceful.

Pass it on…

…maybe someone can find a way?

I pray.

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You Saw Me Crying in the Chapel

(Words & music by Arthur Glenn)

You saw me crying in the chapel.
The tears I shed were tears of joy
I know the meaning of contentment
Now I am happy with the Lord

Just a plain and simple chapel
Where humble people go to pray
I pray the Lord that I’ll grow stronger
As I live from day to day

I’ve searched and I’ve searched
But I couldn’t find
No way on earth
To gain peace of mind

Now I’m happy in the chapel
Where people are of one accord
Yes, We gather in the chapel
Just to sing and praise the Lord

Ev’ry sinner looks for something
That will put his heart at ease
There is only one true answer
He must get down on his knees

Meet your neighbor in the chapel
Join with him in tears of joy
You’ll know the meaning of contentment
Then you’ll be happy with the Lord

You’ll search and you’ll search
But you’ll never find
No way on earth
To gain peace of mind

Take your troubles to the chapel
Get down on your knees and pray
And Your burdens will be lighter
And you’ll surely find the way

He has Sworn…

Dear God…

©Jeanne E Webster

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From the massacre of thousands and injuring of hundreds of thousands during the desolation of the World Trade Center in New York City…

Comfort us.

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From the legalized butchery of millions of unborn babies in America and around the world…

Forgive us.

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From the losses of food and and properties burnt up in the severe weather America has suffered this year…

Comfort us.

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For teaching and legalizing the lie that a person has sexual gender options other than normal…

Forgive us.

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From the destruction of millions of lives, seduced and held captive by the power of drugs and alcohol…

Comfort us.

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For the breakdown of the family unit once held together by a common thread called love…

Forgive us.

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From the vicious slayings of innocent children by sadistic perverted persons…

Comfort us.

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For the abominations perpetrated upon the innocents of this world by “holy” ones…

Forgive them.

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`For the broken hearted who have lost their focus on the Healer of Broken Hearts, Jesus…

Comfort them.

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For the millions of people addicted to immoral and violent forms of entertainment…

Forgive us.

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For the thousands of our military troops drawing a “line in the sand” for peace…

Protect them.

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For the millions of frail elderly folks lying and dying in sliding-door facilities as ancient and neglected as they…

Comfort them.

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For the millions of caring, compassionate volunteers reporting for duty…

Praise your name.

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For the millions of parishioners mislead by pulpit wolves in sheep’s clothing…

Enlighten them.

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For the shepherds standing in pulpits, presenting the gospel with dirty hands…

Forgive them.

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For America, our beloved country, that is slowly deteriorating before our eyes…

Comfort us.

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For America, who has exported such vile and immoral commodities to the world…

Forgive us.

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For the World’s millions upon millions upon millions of starving and ignored people…

Comfort them.

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For the world’s incessant cry for more and more abominable toys…

Forgive us.

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Please read this Scripture. Perhaps we may see that what is going on in our little world today is nothing new. Yet…neither is God.

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Amos 4(NKJV)

Amos 4:1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who [are] on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring [wine,] let us drink!”

2 The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days shall come upon you when He will take you away with fishhooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

3 You will go out [through] broken [walls,] each one straight ahead of her, and you will be cast into Harmon,” Says the LORD.

4 ” Come to Bethel and transgress, At Gilgal multiply transgression; Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.

5 Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, Proclaim [and] announce the freewill offerings; for this you love, [You] children of Israel!” Says the Lord GOD.

6 ” Also I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities. And lack of bread in all your places; yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the LORD.

7 “I also withheld rain from you, When [there were] still three months to the harvest. I made it rain on one city; I withheld rain from another city. One part was rained upon, and where it did not rain the part withered.

8 So two [or] three cities wandered to another city to drink water, but they were not satisfied; yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the LORD.

9 “I blasted you with blight and mildew. When your gardens increased, your vineyards, your fig trees, and your olive trees, the locust devoured [them;] yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the LORD.

10 “I sent among you a plague after the manner of Egypt; your young men I killed with a sword, along with your captive horses; I made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils; yet you have not returned to Me,” says the LORD.

11 “I overthrew [some] of you, As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning; yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the LORD.

12 “Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”

13 For behold, He who forms mountains, and creates the wind, who declares to man what his thought [is,] and makes the morning darkness, who treads the high places of the earth — The LORD God of hosts [is] His name.

~Shalom

I Know…I See…My Heart Yearns!

 

Resurrection Fireworks

© Jeanne E Webster

 

“I know that my Redeemer lives, and one day…though worms shall destroy my body, I shall see God with my own eyes and behold Him.  How my heart yearns for that day!”  (Job 19:25-26)

Christ’s atoning death paid the ransom for all sins… past, present, and future.  His redemption freely gives believers a multitude of everlasting gifts.  Read through Paul’s letter to the Romans. It is a glorious display of bedazzling “fireworks” for the spirit of every believer.

Justified by our faith in the resurrection of Jesus our Lord, we have:

PEACE WITH GOD,

ACCESS INTO HIS GRACE,

HOPE IN THE GLORY OF GOD,

TRIUMPH AMIDST TRIBULATIONS,

PATIENCE,

CHARACTER,

THE LOVE OF GOD,

RECONCILIATION WITH GOD,

JUSTIFICATION OF LIFE,

RIGHTEOUSNESS INTO ETERNAL LIFE,

HOLINESS,

NEWNESS OF SPIRIT,

DELIGHT IN GOD’S LAW,

FREEDOM FROM CONDEMNATION,

FREEDOM FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH,

THE INDWELLING OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD,

THE QUICKENING OF OUR MORTAL BODIES,

THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD,

BECOME HEIRS OF GOD,

BECOME JOINT-HEIRS WITH CHRIST,

REDEMPTION OF OUR BODIES,

INTERCESSION BY THE HOLY SPIRIT,

PROPHECY,

MINISTRY,

MERCY,

CHEERFULNESS,

AGAPE LOVE,

FERVENCY IN SPIRIT, SERVING THE LORD,

STEADFASTNESS IN PRAYER,

HOSPITALITY,

HONESTY,

COMFORT,

CONSOLATION,

GOODNESS,

KNOWLEDGE,

IMMORALITY,

HONOR,

JOY,

WISDOM,

AND FAITH IN GOD’S PROMISES.

What a Redeemer!  Christ lives, today and forever.  And so shall we.  Amen!