Just Keepin' In Touch

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Dear Lord...

I talked to You a while ago
and I'm already back—
I really like to keep in touch
before I hit the sack.
I kinda want to thank You for
Your help throughout the day—
I'm glad You're not annoyed with me
because I often pray.
Some days are kinda tough,
You know some nights get pretty long.
But knowing that You care for me...
sure gives my heart a song.
It's great You're not too busy, Lord,
to hear the words I say.
I'm glad I need not stand in line...
and wait to pray.
And so I'll say good night for now
and then when I get up
I'll get in touch with You again
so You can fill my cup.

The author is unknown, but... quoted by Shelby E. Mai-Kalani Huff who, approximately 3-1/2 years later, survived a bone marrow transplant and subsequent cancer and is now living a healthy happy "normal" life trusting in the care of her Heavenly Father from fathomed depths unknown to most.

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Legacy

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I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day longing to see you, even as I recall your tears, so that I may be filled with joy. For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice and I am sure that it is in you as well. And for this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

-2 Timothy 3-7

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New Beginning

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Consider the perspective which has been said -

Nothing is predestined:

the obstacles of your past can become the gateways

that lead to new beginnings.

From a natural perspective, there is probably a good vein of truth in the quote; I mean to say that it is like a gold mine.

From a supernatural perspective, the Word of God says in Ephesians 1:5 that He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will. From a personal perspective, the obstacles of my past did serve to bump me into an accessible position in front of the adoption gateway, which I then by the grace of God recognized as Jesus Christ. And there was my new beginning - end and enter.

It is not a comfortable gateway from the cocoon

through which the larva emerges a butterfly.

...Jesus declared,

I tell you the truth,

no one can see the kingdom of God

unless he is born again.

-John 3:3 NIV

He said to me:

It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega,

the Beginning and the End.

To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost

from the spring of the water of life.

-Revelation 21:6 NIV

For by grace you have been saved through faith;

and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

For we are His workmanship,

created in Christ Jesus for good works,

which God prepared beforehand

so that we would walk in them.

Ephesians 2:8-10 NASB

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Set Your Sails

We cannot create the wind or set it in motion,but we can set our sails to catch it when it comes;we cannot control the Spirit,but we can so place ourselves before the Lord,and so do the things He has bidden us do,that we will come under the influence and powerof His mighty breath.-Selected, Unknown Author
When a great issue is in the balanceand the path is obscure,WAIT;but while waiting do the work that lies before you,for in that task may be the solution of your problem.-Unknown Author
BEFOREAFTERThe street shown in the before picture is Walnut Ave.It was paved not long after M2P opened.


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Jesus, the Rising One and Only, Seek Him

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And the LORD will be king over all the earth;

in that day the LORD will be the only one,

and His name the only one.

-Zechariah 14:9

And he said unto him,

Why callest thou me good?

there is none good but one, that is, God:"

-Matthew 19:17

I am the good shepherd:

the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

-John 10:11

This country’s problems, I believe,

have been created by leaders

choosing to leave God, i.e. Jesus Christ the Creator,

out of their decision making.

If you see in the East a bright light

and Him coming down out of the heavens

riding on a white horse leading His followers,

you can rest assured

that the problems of this country and this world

are about to be solved.

-S.B.

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse;

and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True,

and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

His eyes were as a flame of fire,

and on his head were many crowns;

and he had a name written, that no man knew,

but he himself.

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood:

and his name is called The Word of God.

And the armies which were in heaven

followed him upon white horses,

clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword,

that with it he should smite the nations:

and he shall rule them with a rod of iron:

and he treadeth the winepress

of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

-Revelation 19:11-15

crescendo

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