Please turn on your speakers and watch this video. May it challenge you and bless you dear ones. Love.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
How He Loves Us
As you listen to this song my prayer is that you would catch just a glimpse of how much God loves you. You are precious in His sight; His delight is in you.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Hold Fast
As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:9-11
The following is an excerpt from my journal, it was written June 23, 2009. During that season of my life I was working full time at a Pregnancy Care Centre:
At work we had a client come in for baby clothes. And, as she was picking them out she noticed big rubber-made containers on top of the shelves marked “winter clothes”.
Now, currently, the clothes on the shelves are considered summer clothes. We switch the clothes out according to season.
Anyhow, after spotting them, she turned to me and said, “I come from a warm region and I still find it quite cold. Can I look through those bins?”
Now, when she asked this question, every single inch of me wanted to say, “yes”. Her request was legitimate; she wanted her child to be as warm and comfortable as possible.
However, even though I wanted to say, “yes”, I understood something that she did not.
First, getting those tubs down is a huge task and each one is filled with clothing that has been carefully folded and placed perfectly so that the lid fit on. Folding, switching, and tubing the clothes is a tremendous task that takes lots of time and effort.
What is more, I know that even if we took every tub, turned it upside down and sifted through it, it was highly unlikely that we would find anything more appropriate for her child than what was already placed on the shelves.
So, I said “No”. Even though it broke my heart and I know she couldn’t fully understand. Then I quickly followed with an, “I’m sorry”, and I was.
And, her response amazed me. She said, “That’s okay. We must not always get what we ask for.”
I think I understood a lot about God’s heart for us in that moment.
Sometimes we ask God for things and He says, “No”, because only He can comprehend the magnitude and the measurable outcome of our request.
Keeping the clothing in the tubs, out of reach, was the best thing. So, I said, “No”, even though it broke my heart.
They will be taken down when the season is right.
We shall come one day to a heaven where we shall gratefully know that God’s refusals were sometimes the true answers to our truest prayers.
–P.T. Forsyths “The Soul of Prayer”"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said."
Luke 1:38a
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:9-11
The following is an excerpt from my journal, it was written June 23, 2009. During that season of my life I was working full time at a Pregnancy Care Centre:
At work we had a client come in for baby clothes. And, as she was picking them out she noticed big rubber-made containers on top of the shelves marked “winter clothes”.
Now, currently, the clothes on the shelves are considered summer clothes. We switch the clothes out according to season.
Anyhow, after spotting them, she turned to me and said, “I come from a warm region and I still find it quite cold. Can I look through those bins?”
Now, when she asked this question, every single inch of me wanted to say, “yes”. Her request was legitimate; she wanted her child to be as warm and comfortable as possible.
However, even though I wanted to say, “yes”, I understood something that she did not.
First, getting those tubs down is a huge task and each one is filled with clothing that has been carefully folded and placed perfectly so that the lid fit on. Folding, switching, and tubing the clothes is a tremendous task that takes lots of time and effort.
What is more, I know that even if we took every tub, turned it upside down and sifted through it, it was highly unlikely that we would find anything more appropriate for her child than what was already placed on the shelves.
So, I said “No”. Even though it broke my heart and I know she couldn’t fully understand. Then I quickly followed with an, “I’m sorry”, and I was.
And, her response amazed me. She said, “That’s okay. We must not always get what we ask for.”
I think I understood a lot about God’s heart for us in that moment.
Sometimes we ask God for things and He says, “No”, because only He can comprehend the magnitude and the measurable outcome of our request.
Keeping the clothing in the tubs, out of reach, was the best thing. So, I said, “No”, even though it broke my heart.
They will be taken down when the season is right.
We shall come one day to a heaven where we shall gratefully know that God’s refusals were sometimes the true answers to our truest prayers.
–P.T. Forsyths “The Soul of Prayer”"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said."
Luke 1:38a
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