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Helen's Place.
By: Helen Date: September 20, 2014, 12:24 pm
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Saturday, what better day to start a Blog. I know it will be a
mixture of everyday things, and a place to put things that I
wish to remember and come back to.
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"Wigglesworth was very practical. I remember one occasion when I
was about to leave his home after visiting on a cold, wet
evening. He put his hands upon me in blessing, then counseled,
'Keep that coat well buttoned, and get that collar up. Look
after that body. It does not belong to you; it belongs to the
Lord. And you will be answerable for it at the judgement.'" by
Albert Hibbert, about Smith Wigglesworth.
The Secret of His Power, pg 16
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Re: Helen's Musings Etc.
By: James Date: September 20, 2014, 4:40 pm
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I have always been struck by the scripture that says "the body
is for the Lord".
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Re: Helen's Musings Etc.
By: Helen Date: September 20, 2014, 8:38 pm
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Agree, but we don't always treat it that way!! :(
Well , today much noise in the heavens as the geese are doing
dry practice runs , probably teaching the younger ones how to
fly in the V formation.
It still amazes the thousands of miles they fly.
Sad days...means that winter is finally on its way soon. :'(
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Re: Helen's Musings Etc.
By: Helen Date: September 21, 2014, 12:26 pm
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I know not why God’s wondrous grace
To me He hath made known,
Nor why, unworthy, Christ in love
Redeemed me for His own.
Refrain:
But “I know Whom I have believed,
And am persuaded that He is able
To keep that which I’ve committed
Unto Him against that day.”
I know not how this saving faith
To me He did impart,
Nor how believing in His Word
Wrought peace within my heart.
I know not how the Spirit moves,
Convincing men of sin,
Revealing Jesus through the Word,
Creating faith in Him.
I know not what of good or ill
May be reserved for me,
Of weary ways or golden days,
Before His face I see.
I know not when my Lord may come,
At night or noonday fair,
Nor if I walk the vale with Him,
Or meet Him in the air.
But “I know Whom I have believed,
And am persuaded that He is able
To keep that which I’ve committed
Unto Him against that day.”
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Re: Helen's Musings Etc.
By: Helen Date: September 27, 2014, 3:26 pm
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JESUS.......OUR FRIEND
Written by Jack Zavada
"A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ
as a personal friend.
His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we
have." ~Dwight L. Moody
When Jesus came into the world in human form, He changed our
relationship with God forever.
He made it possible for us to become adopted sons and daughters
in God's family,
co-heirs with Him to the gift of eternal life with the Father.
But He gave us another gift few of us ever open: His friendship.
He experienced firsthand the loneliness of being human, and He
saw that as much as we need a saviour, we also need a friend.
"I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know
his master's business.
Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I
learned from my Father I have made known to you."John 15:15
What better friend could we have?
Jesus is steadfastly loyal. He forgives our every fault.
He supports and encourages us when we need it most,
and He listens whenever we want to talk. He is a tireless
listener.
Jesus loves us as a friend who wants to see us grow to our full
potential.
There is no jealousy in Him. He wants only the best for you.
Enter more deeply into friendship with Jesus.
We can trust him.
If we reach out and accept the friendship He offers, our life
will never be the same.
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Re: Helen's Musings Etc.
By: Pat Date: September 28, 2014, 4:55 am
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[quote]"A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus
Christ as a personal friend.
His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we
have." ~Dwight L. Moody[/quote]
I've been pondering on this since I first read it Helen. I think
it's because I feel like this about Jesus that I don't want to
enter into intellectual debates about him. You don't do that to
friends.
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Re: Helen's Musings Etc.
By: Rita Date: September 28, 2014, 4:57 am
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Thanks for posting that Helen xxx
Rita
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Re: Helen's Musings Etc.
By: Ivor Date: September 28, 2014, 6:56 am
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The more that we have Jesus the less we need to reason with each
other because knowing Him is all that really matters. Seeing
Jesus dwelling within another is a beautiful thing, I know
nothing of Jack Zavada who wrote the above but I know he's there
in that relationship that we all have. Assured that whatever
direction our lives take He is with us
God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake
you.” Hebrews 13:5
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Re: Helen's Musings Etc.
By: James Date: September 28, 2014, 8:56 am
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Amen!
I believe that it is a wonderful experience to have the Lord but
a necessary one also to abide in him.
Like Jesus said-: 4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch
cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no
more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5I am the vine, ye are the
branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth
forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6If a man
abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered
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Re: Helen's Musings Etc.
By: Helen Date: September 29, 2014, 9:04 pm
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~ By Ann Voskamp ~
Dear you,
Dear Self and me and you and us,
Really, it's all going to be okay.
You're going to be okay.
Promise.
Remember when you were 16 with that ridiculous hair?
And how you'd thought that by the time you got to here, to now,
it was going to be good? That by now everything would be all
good.
That by now you'd know down in the very marrow of your bones,
what it's like to really live loved. That you'd be known. Fully
known. And wholly embraced.
That the Big Dream would have happened, that the peace and the
purpose and the Big Point would be under your skin, that the
awkward would be gone and that you'd finally fit and that your
life made a real difference, you'd made a real mark, and that
you really mattered.
You don't have to worry: We all get to make one unforgettable
mark.
Why in the world disdain the small? It's always the smallest
strokes that add up to the greatest masterpieces.
Because the thing really is: Do we ever really know which mark
we make --- that will matter the most? The extraordinary things
happen nowhere else but in the everyday and today can always be
the beginning:
That card you signed and sealed and put in the mail, the way you
smiled and nodded to the white-crowned woman bent over the
still-green bananas, the way you dug around in the dirt and and
left that seed or that gift of the knees and that prayer
whispered for a stranger or that glass of water you handed to
someone and winked because you just knew --- You've got to
remember: we don't know when and how we are leaving the greatest
marks on the world. It all matters.
And the only way to ever leave beauty marks on the world is with
bits of yourself -- and this will hurt. Things of realest beauty
don't bring us glory -- but bring Him glory.
Dear you, and self, and me, and us, -- Just For Today -- take
these words, words of Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary-General of the
United Nations, words that you can take to the bank, take to
eternity: "It is more noble to give yourself completely to one
individual than to labor diligently for ... the masses." Christ
left the ninety-nine for the one.
Where you are, with that one child, that one street, that one
call, it is a noble, Christ-called thing. It only takes one
person to change the world --- and one individual, one soul, can
be all your world.
Really, beautiful You: The most exquisite marks anyone makes
with their life --- are the marks done in secret. The mark that
no one -- but One -- will ever see.
And tell yourself this when you feel forgotten and invisible and
unimportant: So the celebrities get their celebration here.
But the wise are the hidden who hold out for heaven --- and the
applause that comes from God. This is to choose the far greater.
I know you're brave ... and you're scared. Because you keep
doing big things that seems so small and you wonder where all
this is really going and you only get one life here ---
And though you're weary, you do hard things and you keep getting
out of bed and this is always the hardest part --- and you keep
believing that Christ didn't leave this world until He showed us
His scars -- and He won't ever let you leave this world until
you leave your most beautiful mark. To show Him.
So Just For Today --- listen: you've got to keep going.
His Kingdom is Upside Down and in Him your part is large and
lovely and needed and art.
So go get the milk and take out the trash and throw in the
laundry and wave giddy to the neighbors because there is a plan
and there is a purpose and there is a God in heaven who didn't
just ink you onto the palm of His hands but etched your name
right into Himself with nails and He's hasn't just got your
number, He's got your heart.
He sees you, hidden in Him, and you aren't ever forgotten
because God can't forget those right in Him.
So really --- you've got to believe it for your 16 year-old-self
and 56 year-old-self and for your old self right now: really,
it's all working out okay.
Because God's writing your story and He never leaves you alone
in your story, and His perfect love absorbs all your fear and
His perfect grace carries all your burdens, and your story is a
happily ever after because Christ bought your happily ever after
so you always know how this story ends:
You're going to be okay.
Dear Self, tuck this away to read again whenever you need to
know it again -- and promise me, you'll laugh and sing and dance
a bit today?
Heaven and His Kingdom and The Feast is coming! --- so go ahead
and pass down the fudge brownies.
Love,
....Me.
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