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What I’ve Heard Lately: That’s All Folks

(A Word of God journal edited for length and memory failure.)

Luke 7:50

Psalm 51

Psalm 57

Isaiah 1:18

Isaiah 30:15

Zephaniah 3:17

Romans 6:18

Isaiah 30

Hebrews 4:15

John 8:11

John 21:15-22

The End

Calling For Me…still waiting

Listen In was indeed a good name for the website. Today the update is this:

“He must increase and I must decrease.”

It’s a voice calling from the wilderness. The update message is more for me than anyone and obviously applies to my life as well as the site. The “tweaking” I referred to earlier meant taking away not adding to. I learned that by listening.

I continue to ‘get on with it’ and the site remains this way as I continue to watch and pray. The prayer is that I’ll have ears to hear. Stay tuned. Or not.

Waiting Website

With the work done so far on Listen In, the site looks a lot like I hoped it would. However, there’s more to do and some of it’s so “tweaky,” I really had no idea…

Along with getting the old files loaded and keeping up with a daily entry, it’s a lot. Then of course, I do have a life. About that life…

I have a schedule for returning to the gym again now that my feet and legs are back to relative good health.

After two years, I’m realizing my dream of getting behind the wheel of a car and have scheduled driving instruction for “brush up” lessons. (It would not be good to hyperventilate at inopportune moments while driving.) I talked to the school’s owner before my surgery and it was only a matter of time. I had set this goal and prayed about it for a long time. I’m ready.

The book is coming along nicely. The dream of writing a book has been one I’ve cherished for a long time. I know to cherish a dream could be dangerous if it comes from pride. But writing this book seems to be breaking me of ego and bringing me to my knees. It’s the book I was supposed to write; not the one I wanted to.

The transitions mentiond in an earlier post are happening according to God’s way. So many metaphors come to mind. I want to embrace those changes.

Anyway, I’m going to let this site rest for a bit while I take care of that necessary tweaking. And live my life.

While I’m out, Listen In for the constant sounds of my Silent Praise. But if you’re in the mood for a loud hallelujah –

 

“Praise the Lord.

Praise God in his sanctuary;

praise him in his mighty heavens.

Praise him for his acts of power;

praise him for his surpassing greatness.

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,

praise him with the harp and lyre,

praise hime with tambourine and dancing,

praise him with the strings and flute,

praise him with the clash of cymbals,

praise him with resounding cymbals.

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.”

Psalm 150 

 

God Bless You

Good Morning (Whatever Time It Is)

 

“My heart is steadfast, O God,

my heart is steadfast;

I will sing and make music.

Awake, my soul!

Awake, harp and lyre!

I will awaken the dawn.�

Psalm 57:7,8  

Oh, this is such a beautiful passage to have on one’s lips in the morning. It came to me about ten minutes ago and we are going on one p.m. here in my fair city. I had a grumpy morning. I don’t do those often, but this one was my own fault.

No details. Not necessary, but I’ll tell you what happened. I was sitting at my desk eventually and a piece of incoming mail surfaced as I began sifting through the “Get the mail ready to go� task. I’m usually better at handling my paper than this. The return address on this one brought a sneer the other day and I decided to leave it ‘til later. This was later.  

The remedy for how I felt about the contents of that envelope (nothing new and God and I are going to work it out just fine) was to take out pen and paper and begin a list. One of my former mentors used to have me write a gratitude list whenever things got ouchy. It always grinded my gears when she’d tell me to do it but it worked.  

So at the top of my list, I wrote the date and listed the first four things that had happened that morning to prove I had life in my body. “This means we have physical life,� I wrote. (I often refer to myself in the plural.)  

Now for the abundant part. Yeah, that’s what I want to see. That abundant life. All of a sudden I was able to think of four more simple things around me that meant I had ‘abundant’ life without ever leaving my little home. The fifth item was how God had once again reminded me He’s the Source of it all and knowing Him is the better part. It won’t be taken away.  

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill and to destroy. I came that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.� John 10:10 (NKJV)  

“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.� John 17:3 (NKJV)