Hello Beloved
TEMPERANCE: Self- Control. I am so learning what this means.. I have learned that I have to have self-control because of the Diabetes.. I will not let it beat me.. I am in this for the race for the prize: LIFE ETERNAL. I want to win this race not as the fastest or the best, I just want to win for the prize of EVERLASTING LIFE spent with my Jesus.
I have lived almost 62 years and I should have known better. some of us learn faster than others, some of us (ME) are just slower at figuring it all out.. We are all in the same race. It is called life, and I pray that we all finish it with the prize before us .. ERTERNAL LIFE .
In Ecclesiastes 9:11
" The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong"
1 Corinthians 9: 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receive the prize, so RUN that ye may obtain.
Hebrews 12:1
" let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race that is set before us."
In Lamentations 3:22-23 ( paraphrased)
" His mercy is renewed every morning."
Lamentations 3:25
" The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him."
So for me the race is on and strong going.. I plan on finishing this race.. The race called Life. Not just because of the Diabetes but mostly because I really want to have ETERNAL LIFE with Jesus.
Now, about FAVOR . Now who would have ever thought that losing your hearing could be favor? I do. I am not able to hear a lot of what is going on around me and I am able to keep my attention on God. To me the hearing loss is being able to be shut in with God all the time. I love it!!!!
The Diabetes is scary ( it is a life sentence without parole) but it is not near as scary as being in hell without my Jesus. I am learning that God is in control of everything.. Just like what I have told you today. God was the author not me. He just used me as a tool to write this.. New Tongue, that what it is. God speaking but using me as the instrument of speech. In closing I would like to say a prayer with you.
Dear Lord Jesus
For all who will hear this or read this I pray that you would speak to their heart and open them up to working on the relationship that they want with you. I pray that they will ask you in and pour you a cup of tea and have a nice long chat with you. I pray Father that you would bless each one today. I thank you for always being with me even when I didn't believe it, and for helping me to change. I love you Lord Jesus and I pray your will be done. In Jesus name Amen.
Believing in the Lord Jesus Christ has made a huge difference in my life.. I would not change it now for anything. Smile: it is a free gift from God for you to share with everyone you meet. God Bless. your sister in Christ Jesus. vickie
Monday, April 27, 2015
A Glimpse Into Change: Part 3
Hello Beloved,
Galatians 5:22-23
It is the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT: LOVE , JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE
In relationship to eating and my life.
LOVE: We all know about that one, I love my husband, children, family, church family ect... ME. I LOVED FOOD! I loved it 230 pounds worth!!
Joy: Not a lot. Not even in the food I was eating. I ate to eat.
PEACE: What is peace? I was not even peaceful in my choice of eating whatever I wanted. I just did not have any joy or peace. I really needed to find them , but they just seemed elusive ( hard to grasp)
LONG SUFFERING: ( Patience) I did not have much. I wanted everything to be instant ...like food, quick and fast.
GENTLENESS: ME? No not always. There is more than just kindness here.
GOODNESS: Me? Kindness, virtue, generosity... Again not always
FAITH: oh, yeah. I had lots of faith for YOU! but not for myself.. I could trust for YOU ! not for me.. I was just not good enough..again.
MEEKNESS: Not inclined towards anger or resentment: patient and mild. again not me.
TEMPERANCE: ( Self-control) I really lacked big time in this one. I had NO self-control.. Not in my eating habits or in my temperament. I ate what I wanted and did the same with my mouth, spoke what I wanted. Both were wrong.
But like everything in life , there is a up and a down, right and wrong, good and evil.. So with me the other side of Galatians 5:22-23 is this.
I am in a learning phase of life. I am making progress but I still make mistakes too.
LOVE: This one has not changed much.
JOY: I am learning to rejoice and be glad in the place I am right now. Today no matter what.
PEACE: I am learning that my peace is the security I get from knowing that Jesus Christ loves me even when I am not so loveable. It is a time of quite and listening to God. ( hearing loss)
LONG SUFFERING: This one is probably the hardest one for me of all the Fruits of the Spirit.
Long suffering : bearing injuries, troubles, patiently for a long time, endurance of trials; I do that but, FORTITUDE: ( this is with the long suffering) is , firm courage, patient, endurance of trouble or pain, forbearance ( self-control) . I am learning to have fortitude, having firm courage to stand for what I believe in and the forbearance or self -control. It is a hard battle, but one in which I will fight to the end of my race.( life)
Gentleness: of good birth, refined , polite, generous, kind, tame, Just a few words to describe gentleness. I am of good birth, not only from my mama and daddy but mostly because of my REBIRTH into Jesus Christ. I will certainly try to more of the others, generous, kind, tame, Please just bear with me as I learn all this new behavior.
GOODNESS: I am getting this one even as I write this all down. FAVOR. More in a minute.
FAITH: Hope, trustworthiness, fidelity ( devotion to duty)
My faith has grown by leaps and bounds in the past several months. Not only for you but for me too. I live in hope now trying to be faithful in my devotion to duty as a wife, mother and child of God. By learning and spreading and listening and doing and learning how to grow in faith.
MEEKNESS: Mildness, humility ( humility: the state or quality of being humble; acts of self-abasement) WOW! Humility means humble, humble means not proud, modest, knowing one's shortcomings. Yeah!! I got this one for sure. I KNOW ALL OF MY SHORTCOMINGS.
Galatians 5:22-23
It is the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT: LOVE , JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE
In relationship to eating and my life.
LOVE: We all know about that one, I love my husband, children, family, church family ect... ME. I LOVED FOOD! I loved it 230 pounds worth!!
Joy: Not a lot. Not even in the food I was eating. I ate to eat.
PEACE: What is peace? I was not even peaceful in my choice of eating whatever I wanted. I just did not have any joy or peace. I really needed to find them , but they just seemed elusive ( hard to grasp)
LONG SUFFERING: ( Patience) I did not have much. I wanted everything to be instant ...like food, quick and fast.
GENTLENESS: ME? No not always. There is more than just kindness here.
GOODNESS: Me? Kindness, virtue, generosity... Again not always
FAITH: oh, yeah. I had lots of faith for YOU! but not for myself.. I could trust for YOU ! not for me.. I was just not good enough..again.
MEEKNESS: Not inclined towards anger or resentment: patient and mild. again not me.
TEMPERANCE: ( Self-control) I really lacked big time in this one. I had NO self-control.. Not in my eating habits or in my temperament. I ate what I wanted and did the same with my mouth, spoke what I wanted. Both were wrong.
But like everything in life , there is a up and a down, right and wrong, good and evil.. So with me the other side of Galatians 5:22-23 is this.
I am in a learning phase of life. I am making progress but I still make mistakes too.
LOVE: This one has not changed much.
JOY: I am learning to rejoice and be glad in the place I am right now. Today no matter what.
PEACE: I am learning that my peace is the security I get from knowing that Jesus Christ loves me even when I am not so loveable. It is a time of quite and listening to God. ( hearing loss)
LONG SUFFERING: This one is probably the hardest one for me of all the Fruits of the Spirit.
Long suffering : bearing injuries, troubles, patiently for a long time, endurance of trials; I do that but, FORTITUDE: ( this is with the long suffering) is , firm courage, patient, endurance of trouble or pain, forbearance ( self-control) . I am learning to have fortitude, having firm courage to stand for what I believe in and the forbearance or self -control. It is a hard battle, but one in which I will fight to the end of my race.( life)
Gentleness: of good birth, refined , polite, generous, kind, tame, Just a few words to describe gentleness. I am of good birth, not only from my mama and daddy but mostly because of my REBIRTH into Jesus Christ. I will certainly try to more of the others, generous, kind, tame, Please just bear with me as I learn all this new behavior.
GOODNESS: I am getting this one even as I write this all down. FAVOR. More in a minute.
FAITH: Hope, trustworthiness, fidelity ( devotion to duty)
My faith has grown by leaps and bounds in the past several months. Not only for you but for me too. I live in hope now trying to be faithful in my devotion to duty as a wife, mother and child of God. By learning and spreading and listening and doing and learning how to grow in faith.
MEEKNESS: Mildness, humility ( humility: the state or quality of being humble; acts of self-abasement) WOW! Humility means humble, humble means not proud, modest, knowing one's shortcomings. Yeah!! I got this one for sure. I KNOW ALL OF MY SHORTCOMINGS.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
A Glimpse Into Change: My Journey In The Race of Life Part 2
Hello Beloved,
How does one effect the other? Well, I was just getting ready to find out.
All of my life I have felt inferior to EVERYONE!! I was never as _________, you fill in the blank.
I probably already had it filled in.. I was the last of four girls in my family. My sisters were and are beautiful , smart and talented... you name it .. They are the three 'BEST' gifts I have ever received.. My brother always told me that by the time they got to ( #7) me.. they had used all the good stuff up and just had to use leftovers and it turned into me.( he was just joking) but , I took it for real and then when ever anyone said something NOT nice to me I took it inwardly and held on for dear life.. So all of my life I have been defeated.. I will soon turn 62 years old That is so sad isn't it ... to live your whole life letting other peoples ugliness control your life. Moving on..
After my sons were born I ate and ate and ate and got bigger and bigger and bigger. I finally quit smoking and I gained 80 pounds on top of the 40 I had never lost from having my sons. So I was 120 pounds heavier then I should be. I was pretty solid it was hard to tell that I was THAT much over weight but something just wasn't right in my body. Here I was at 61 years of age and 230 pounds, and failing at being the person God had created me for .. I was a FAT SINNER!!. I had gone to church most of my life and I thought I was a Christian, hut here is where the effect comes in .. How does one effect the other?
To be a Christian , one must be Christ life. I wasn't. I was full of Vickie and not of Christ. Oh, I prayed and went to church and studied my Bible and thought I was doing all the right stuff. But, I still had the same mind set of the world. I was playing at being a Christian. I knew I needed to change and I prayed for changed, I just never dreamed it would come the way it did, in my health.
I went to the doctor and I believe that was the change I needed.. It is not fear of death or anything
like that. It was the fear of NOT being able to stand before God and give an account of my life. Change? You bet I am willing to change. I really do not want to disappoint God anymore than I have already. I was the exact opposite of what I was praying for..
High Blood Sugar is really called , Diabetes. Change? Yep, my lifestyle will have to change, not only will it change in the physical but it is changing in the spiritual as well.
I hope to be able to finish this in the next post.. Till then : Smile it is a free gift from God for you to share with all you meet. God Bless your sister in Christ Jesus, vickie
How does one effect the other? Well, I was just getting ready to find out.
All of my life I have felt inferior to EVERYONE!! I was never as _________, you fill in the blank.
I probably already had it filled in.. I was the last of four girls in my family. My sisters were and are beautiful , smart and talented... you name it .. They are the three 'BEST' gifts I have ever received.. My brother always told me that by the time they got to ( #7) me.. they had used all the good stuff up and just had to use leftovers and it turned into me.( he was just joking) but , I took it for real and then when ever anyone said something NOT nice to me I took it inwardly and held on for dear life.. So all of my life I have been defeated.. I will soon turn 62 years old That is so sad isn't it ... to live your whole life letting other peoples ugliness control your life. Moving on..
After my sons were born I ate and ate and ate and got bigger and bigger and bigger. I finally quit smoking and I gained 80 pounds on top of the 40 I had never lost from having my sons. So I was 120 pounds heavier then I should be. I was pretty solid it was hard to tell that I was THAT much over weight but something just wasn't right in my body. Here I was at 61 years of age and 230 pounds, and failing at being the person God had created me for .. I was a FAT SINNER!!. I had gone to church most of my life and I thought I was a Christian, hut here is where the effect comes in .. How does one effect the other?
To be a Christian , one must be Christ life. I wasn't. I was full of Vickie and not of Christ. Oh, I prayed and went to church and studied my Bible and thought I was doing all the right stuff. But, I still had the same mind set of the world. I was playing at being a Christian. I knew I needed to change and I prayed for changed, I just never dreamed it would come the way it did, in my health.
I went to the doctor and I believe that was the change I needed.. It is not fear of death or anything
like that. It was the fear of NOT being able to stand before God and give an account of my life. Change? You bet I am willing to change. I really do not want to disappoint God anymore than I have already. I was the exact opposite of what I was praying for..
High Blood Sugar is really called , Diabetes. Change? Yep, my lifestyle will have to change, not only will it change in the physical but it is changing in the spiritual as well.
I hope to be able to finish this in the next post.. Till then : Smile it is a free gift from God for you to share with all you meet. God Bless your sister in Christ Jesus, vickie
A Glimpse Into Change: My Journey In The Race Of Life. Part 1.
Hello Beloved,
I was suppose to tell this at a Ladies meeting at church but sometimes things just happen. So I will share this with you on here.
Now, I had been praying for God to help me change: The first step was admitting that I needed to change.
Well, I went to the doctor because of my ears and itching.. They were about to drive me crazy! I itched all over and was putting lotion on all the time because I thought it was winter dry skin itch.. NOPE, it wasn't. I was tired and sleeping all the time, sad, moody and very irritable from all the itching, going to the bathroom all the time...I was a MESS! I was not a very pleasant person to be around. I ate anything and everything I wanted and did that mostly after 9 p.m. Chips, pizza, ice-cream, cookies , candy, bread, . ( I love to bake and make goodies.) I would drink sugared drinks right before bedtime and end up getting up three or so times a night. I ate just to eat most of the time.
Well , I ended up at the doctor's office and when I went in and told him how much my ears bothered me, itching all the time and how my skin itched. It was driving me nuts!!! He looked at my chart , checked my weight and B.P. and all that and said : I am going to send my nurse back in to take a blood sample. That's what he did too! He did not even ask me about my ears!! The nurse came in and took the sample and said that they would call in a few days with the results. I went home and just ate. I was upset and angry because the Dr. had not even bothered with my ears.
Well, the few days passed and the nurse called with the results. I was NOT happy with what she told me.( In the back of my mind I think I knew what was coming and I did not want to hear it) She told me that they had done a three month panel ( A1C ) on my blood and it came back at an average 214 level. ( per day) Okay, what does that mean? I had HIGH BLOOD SUGAR. NO!!!!!! You must have done it wrong( this was my reaction) NURSE: Dr. wants to start you on some medicine. ( I don't know what she called it) NO. I told her I would do my own research and find out what I should do. I was a very ugly, rude woman to that nurse. ( Yes, I did go out and face to face apologize and ask for forgiveness from the nurse.) This meant I was going to have to do some research on what to eat, how to count carbs, watch how food was going to affect me... I was going to have to CHANGE my way of living.
Before finding out all of this I had been praying for God to change me. Everyday I would start out saying TODAY.. I will not eat and will lose weight I will not be this huge ugly glutton. I said it for months, but I did not change..( Repentance is required to inherit eternal life. What is repentance? It is having regret for all the evil and carnal ways of you, changing direction and turning your life towards Christ as your Savior.) I was living a carnal life of GLUTTONY! I NEEDED CHANGING! I wanted a life that was living for Christ Jesus.
While praying about change in my spiritual life things were changing in my physical life.. I am going deaf. I have had trouble with my hearing for many years but over this winter it seemed to escalate .. So changes were on the way..
I was suppose to tell this at a Ladies meeting at church but sometimes things just happen. So I will share this with you on here.
Now, I had been praying for God to help me change: The first step was admitting that I needed to change.
Well, I went to the doctor because of my ears and itching.. They were about to drive me crazy! I itched all over and was putting lotion on all the time because I thought it was winter dry skin itch.. NOPE, it wasn't. I was tired and sleeping all the time, sad, moody and very irritable from all the itching, going to the bathroom all the time...I was a MESS! I was not a very pleasant person to be around. I ate anything and everything I wanted and did that mostly after 9 p.m. Chips, pizza, ice-cream, cookies , candy, bread, . ( I love to bake and make goodies.) I would drink sugared drinks right before bedtime and end up getting up three or so times a night. I ate just to eat most of the time.
Well , I ended up at the doctor's office and when I went in and told him how much my ears bothered me, itching all the time and how my skin itched. It was driving me nuts!!! He looked at my chart , checked my weight and B.P. and all that and said : I am going to send my nurse back in to take a blood sample. That's what he did too! He did not even ask me about my ears!! The nurse came in and took the sample and said that they would call in a few days with the results. I went home and just ate. I was upset and angry because the Dr. had not even bothered with my ears.
Well, the few days passed and the nurse called with the results. I was NOT happy with what she told me.( In the back of my mind I think I knew what was coming and I did not want to hear it) She told me that they had done a three month panel ( A1C ) on my blood and it came back at an average 214 level. ( per day) Okay, what does that mean? I had HIGH BLOOD SUGAR. NO!!!!!! You must have done it wrong( this was my reaction) NURSE: Dr. wants to start you on some medicine. ( I don't know what she called it) NO. I told her I would do my own research and find out what I should do. I was a very ugly, rude woman to that nurse. ( Yes, I did go out and face to face apologize and ask for forgiveness from the nurse.) This meant I was going to have to do some research on what to eat, how to count carbs, watch how food was going to affect me... I was going to have to CHANGE my way of living.
Before finding out all of this I had been praying for God to change me. Everyday I would start out saying TODAY.. I will not eat and will lose weight I will not be this huge ugly glutton. I said it for months, but I did not change..( Repentance is required to inherit eternal life. What is repentance? It is having regret for all the evil and carnal ways of you, changing direction and turning your life towards Christ as your Savior.) I was living a carnal life of GLUTTONY! I NEEDED CHANGING! I wanted a life that was living for Christ Jesus.
While praying about change in my spiritual life things were changing in my physical life.. I am going deaf. I have had trouble with my hearing for many years but over this winter it seemed to escalate .. So changes were on the way..
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Sherry: Another Miracle of God
Hello Beloved,
God still does do miracles. I have told you about my fiend Sherry before and I want to tell you about her today.. I just saw a preacher on T.V. talk about worship being the weapon of King David taking into battle. This made me think of my dear friend Sherry.. She has been ill the past few days and in ICU and it was not a good report, BUT today.....
I met Sherry several years ago after a youth conference at our church. She had moved back home because she was ill. While at the conference the Spirit of God was moving in a very real way... ( I had never felt this before ) and I was moved... I went down to the front at the alter and was praying and worshipping and it was exciting . I heard others doing the same and I glanced over and saw this young woman who looked like death warmed over worshipping and praising God... and something came over me and I just fell in love with her... I did not even know who she was.... After service I went to meet her but she was ill and had left.... I did finally get to meet her and it was like we had known each other all of our lives.. We became good friends... I have watched her at church when she is there get up before the Lord and dance and worship and praise God.... She was so weak and sick and yet she got up before God and danced! I was amazed.... I still am... I did not understand but today I do. She was at death's door and yet she worshipped like she was not... A little later she really did reach the door of death and family was ask to pull the plug.... BUT GOD...... It was time to take her off all that was keeping her alive and she woke up and was totally healed!!!!!! That is God!!!
Well this past week she became very ill again and has been in ICU and once again the family was just waiting and was told the next 24 to 48 hours will tell the story.... WELL GUESS WHAT HAPPEN TODAY!!!!!! She awoke and breathing and talking on her own!!!!!!!!!!! GOD STILL DOES MIRACLES!!!!! She is alive again......
Sherry never did stop in her worship or praise of God... God has honored her for that one more time.
When Sherry was so ill she gave God all she had in worship and that was Sherry gettting prepared for the battle she was to have... She prepared even when it was not convenient for her, she prepared.
I think I have finally learned my lesson from you Sherry... No matter what I may look like or feel like , the best thing I can do for myself is do what you did and prepare for battle... I don't know when it will take place.... God will honor your praise and worship..... ARE YOU PREPARED FOR BATTLE?
Thank you Lord Jesus for being with my friend Sherry and honoring her worship.. Thank you Sherry for a lesson I now have learned..I love you Lord Jesus and thank you for my friend , Sherry.. Sherry I love you forever.
God still does do miracles. I have told you about my fiend Sherry before and I want to tell you about her today.. I just saw a preacher on T.V. talk about worship being the weapon of King David taking into battle. This made me think of my dear friend Sherry.. She has been ill the past few days and in ICU and it was not a good report, BUT today.....
I met Sherry several years ago after a youth conference at our church. She had moved back home because she was ill. While at the conference the Spirit of God was moving in a very real way... ( I had never felt this before ) and I was moved... I went down to the front at the alter and was praying and worshipping and it was exciting . I heard others doing the same and I glanced over and saw this young woman who looked like death warmed over worshipping and praising God... and something came over me and I just fell in love with her... I did not even know who she was.... After service I went to meet her but she was ill and had left.... I did finally get to meet her and it was like we had known each other all of our lives.. We became good friends... I have watched her at church when she is there get up before the Lord and dance and worship and praise God.... She was so weak and sick and yet she got up before God and danced! I was amazed.... I still am... I did not understand but today I do. She was at death's door and yet she worshipped like she was not... A little later she really did reach the door of death and family was ask to pull the plug.... BUT GOD...... It was time to take her off all that was keeping her alive and she woke up and was totally healed!!!!!! That is God!!!
Well this past week she became very ill again and has been in ICU and once again the family was just waiting and was told the next 24 to 48 hours will tell the story.... WELL GUESS WHAT HAPPEN TODAY!!!!!! She awoke and breathing and talking on her own!!!!!!!!!!! GOD STILL DOES MIRACLES!!!!! She is alive again......
Sherry never did stop in her worship or praise of God... God has honored her for that one more time.
When Sherry was so ill she gave God all she had in worship and that was Sherry gettting prepared for the battle she was to have... She prepared even when it was not convenient for her, she prepared.
I think I have finally learned my lesson from you Sherry... No matter what I may look like or feel like , the best thing I can do for myself is do what you did and prepare for battle... I don't know when it will take place.... God will honor your praise and worship..... ARE YOU PREPARED FOR BATTLE?
Thank you Lord Jesus for being with my friend Sherry and honoring her worship.. Thank you Sherry for a lesson I now have learned..I love you Lord Jesus and thank you for my friend , Sherry.. Sherry I love you forever.
Monday, October 27, 2014
From Darkness to Light
Hello Beloved,
If you have ever read any of this blog then you know that I suffered for many years with depression.
I heard a preacher on T.V. today talk about darkness and then light. I want to tell you about my experience with darkness and light.
Before I fell in my bathtub in Oct. 2007, I had an experience that now as I look back on it had to be God. The month before I fell in the bathtub I lived in a dark, dark place.. I would go to work each day but I felt like a zombie.. I don't think I preformed my job well, my home life was horrible, nothing seem to matter or make much sense. I had Thursdays off through the week. I awoke one Thursday morning and laid in bed and was so cold. I could not think at all, nothing. I did not want to get up from that bed..... I wanted to just lay there and go to sleep never to wake again.... I can not even begin to describe how dark it was . It was like I was wearing it and nothing could break through. I don't know how long I lay there but I just didn't want to be anywhere.. I was so cold.. coldest I have ever been in my whole life.. I got up and ran a hot bath and set in it to try and get warm, nothing seem to help.. I got up and put clothes on and sat in the living room just getting colder and colder... I said to myself, just stop breathing.. So I tried that holding my breath. Darkness just seemed to be getting darker and darker all the time as I grew colder and colder.. I set there for such a long time... It was in the afternoon and something said to me " go to the store". What? " go to the store". So I got up and went to the store.. I was really like a zombie walking... I went in the store and people spoke and I tried to be friendly back( I think, I hope) I started around the corner to go into the second aisle and someone spoke to me; " hi, how are you? fine, thanks." I then moved on to the next aisle.. Same person, " Hi, how are you?'' again fine thanks". So I go to the third aisle and this same person comes up to me and says" I need to pray for you." I look at them and think are they talking to me? I look around and it is just me and this person.. This woman, grabs my hand and starts praying right then and there in the 3 aisle of the store! I do not know this woman , never saw her before.. She just starts praying for me and over me and it starts to penetrate through me... I had been living in the darkness so long... She prayed and prayed and as others came into the aisle they laid a hand on me and prayed too!! We stood in aisle 3 for how long? I don't know.. I do know that when she was done praying over me and for me I felt like a weight had been removed.. I began to see light shinning around me.. It was not me that was shinning but it was the LOVE of Christ Jesus shinning from this woman. I left this woman in aisle 3 and finished shopping with LOUD praises on my lips.
I went up to the front of the store and paid for my things and went outside to put things in my car. I saw this woman waiting by my car and she told me that GOD LOVES YOU.. and that was the last time I ever saw her.. I had never seen this woman before nor have I ever seen her again. I only know that in my darkness there came a light.... I still have moments of darkness but they don't last to long .. I have the Light of the world in me... JESUS CHRIST.
true story . smile it is a free gift from God for you to share. love in Christ Jesus vickie
If you have ever read any of this blog then you know that I suffered for many years with depression.
I heard a preacher on T.V. today talk about darkness and then light. I want to tell you about my experience with darkness and light.
Before I fell in my bathtub in Oct. 2007, I had an experience that now as I look back on it had to be God. The month before I fell in the bathtub I lived in a dark, dark place.. I would go to work each day but I felt like a zombie.. I don't think I preformed my job well, my home life was horrible, nothing seem to matter or make much sense. I had Thursdays off through the week. I awoke one Thursday morning and laid in bed and was so cold. I could not think at all, nothing. I did not want to get up from that bed..... I wanted to just lay there and go to sleep never to wake again.... I can not even begin to describe how dark it was . It was like I was wearing it and nothing could break through. I don't know how long I lay there but I just didn't want to be anywhere.. I was so cold.. coldest I have ever been in my whole life.. I got up and ran a hot bath and set in it to try and get warm, nothing seem to help.. I got up and put clothes on and sat in the living room just getting colder and colder... I said to myself, just stop breathing.. So I tried that holding my breath. Darkness just seemed to be getting darker and darker all the time as I grew colder and colder.. I set there for such a long time... It was in the afternoon and something said to me " go to the store". What? " go to the store". So I got up and went to the store.. I was really like a zombie walking... I went in the store and people spoke and I tried to be friendly back( I think, I hope) I started around the corner to go into the second aisle and someone spoke to me; " hi, how are you? fine, thanks." I then moved on to the next aisle.. Same person, " Hi, how are you?'' again fine thanks". So I go to the third aisle and this same person comes up to me and says" I need to pray for you." I look at them and think are they talking to me? I look around and it is just me and this person.. This woman, grabs my hand and starts praying right then and there in the 3 aisle of the store! I do not know this woman , never saw her before.. She just starts praying for me and over me and it starts to penetrate through me... I had been living in the darkness so long... She prayed and prayed and as others came into the aisle they laid a hand on me and prayed too!! We stood in aisle 3 for how long? I don't know.. I do know that when she was done praying over me and for me I felt like a weight had been removed.. I began to see light shinning around me.. It was not me that was shinning but it was the LOVE of Christ Jesus shinning from this woman. I left this woman in aisle 3 and finished shopping with LOUD praises on my lips.
I went up to the front of the store and paid for my things and went outside to put things in my car. I saw this woman waiting by my car and she told me that GOD LOVES YOU.. and that was the last time I ever saw her.. I had never seen this woman before nor have I ever seen her again. I only know that in my darkness there came a light.... I still have moments of darkness but they don't last to long .. I have the Light of the world in me... JESUS CHRIST.
true story . smile it is a free gift from God for you to share. love in Christ Jesus vickie
Feast of Tabernacle: Leviticus 23: 33-43
Good Morning Beloved,
Feast of Tabernacle . " The Lord spoke to Moses saying; 15th day of the 7th month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord." ( Leviticus 23: 33-34)
The 7th month is Tishri on the Hebrew calendar.( for Gentiles it is mid Sept-Oct) The # 7 is perfection or complete. Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the 8th day shall be a holy convocation unto you, ( convocation: an assembly; an ecclesiastical or academic assembly)
The # 8 is new beginnings ( also on the 8th was the day of circumcision of every male born)
These are just my thoughts in bold. Maybe I am wrong but then maybe not. The number 7 is the # for perfection, right? Well, we all know that only one was ever perfect. Now for the number 8 , it is for new beginnings ,correct? Well when do we get that new beginning? I believe it is when we are baptized. We are circumcised at that time and grafted into the Vine.
This is when we become the sons of God .( 1 John 3:1-2)
Zechariah 6:12; " Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH." He will come from Israel and shall build the temple. Zechariah 14: 3-4 ,16-19. Please go and read right now....PLEASE go and read these passages. I use the King James Bible. I am waiting for you to finish reading.... Ready?
His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives. To do what? KEEP THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. This has NOT happened yet. 2 Peter 1:14 " knowing shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. ( his body) v. 16; Peter is telling you that it is not a fable , there were eyewitnesses to Jesus majesty. Now go to Mark 9: 1-5. PLEASE, go and read this ... It is about the Transfiguration.
Could it be that Peter saw into the future about the feast of tabernacles? It was a time of celebration of GOD tabernacling with His people. In John 8: 12, Jesus tells them at the Feast of Tabernacles that He is the Light of the world. The songs they would sing during this feast were from Psalms 113- 118 and on the last day of the feast they would do the " Jericho" march around the alter 7 times .. Now, go and read John 7:2, 14,37-38.. Please you must go and read...
During this festival people would sing Isaiah 12:3.." Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out to the wells of salvation." Yeshua ( is the Hebrew word for salvation) cried out to the people to " come unto Him to drink. John 7: 37-38.
Now to show you in scripture how Jesus was born during the Feast of Tabernacles. Lets start with John the Baptist. Go to Luke 1: 5,8-9. Abia is the 8th course. Check out 1 Chronicles 24: 10. Now the religious year began at the 1st of Nisan; 2 weeks before Passover, ( about April) and Abia was the 8th ( about 2 months April 1 to June 1) BUT ALL the Priests had to serve during Passover so that puts the 8th week to 9th week or 2 weeks of June and that would be the Feast of Shavot or Pentecost. Look at Luke 1: 10-11 So Zacharias served 2 weeks in a row. First week at The Feast and then he served his 8th week at the Temple. When he was finished serving Zacharias went home and his wife Elizabeth conceived . Luke 1: 23-24. So when Zacharias went home till five months passed would have been mid June to mid November. One month later an angel appeared to Mary ( Luke 1: 26,35-36. So Yeshua is conceived during Chanukah ( the Jewish Festival of Lights). Mary goes and stays with Elizabeth for 3 months. This takes you to the time of Passover, when John the Baptist is born.
So, Mary conceives in December and delivers in September at the time of The Feast of Tabernacles.
( Read Luke Chapter 2, it is about the birth of Jesus Christ)
Please remember : Smile it is a free gift from God for you to share with all you meet... God Bless you today! Your sister in Christ Jesus, vickie
Feast of Tabernacle . " The Lord spoke to Moses saying; 15th day of the 7th month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord." ( Leviticus 23: 33-34)
The 7th month is Tishri on the Hebrew calendar.( for Gentiles it is mid Sept-Oct) The # 7 is perfection or complete. Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the 8th day shall be a holy convocation unto you, ( convocation: an assembly; an ecclesiastical or academic assembly)
The # 8 is new beginnings ( also on the 8th was the day of circumcision of every male born)
These are just my thoughts in bold. Maybe I am wrong but then maybe not. The number 7 is the # for perfection, right? Well, we all know that only one was ever perfect. Now for the number 8 , it is for new beginnings ,correct? Well when do we get that new beginning? I believe it is when we are baptized. We are circumcised at that time and grafted into the Vine.
This is when we become the sons of God .( 1 John 3:1-2)
Zechariah 6:12; " Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH." He will come from Israel and shall build the temple. Zechariah 14: 3-4 ,16-19. Please go and read right now....PLEASE go and read these passages. I use the King James Bible. I am waiting for you to finish reading.... Ready?
His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives. To do what? KEEP THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. This has NOT happened yet. 2 Peter 1:14 " knowing shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. ( his body) v. 16; Peter is telling you that it is not a fable , there were eyewitnesses to Jesus majesty. Now go to Mark 9: 1-5. PLEASE, go and read this ... It is about the Transfiguration.
Could it be that Peter saw into the future about the feast of tabernacles? It was a time of celebration of GOD tabernacling with His people. In John 8: 12, Jesus tells them at the Feast of Tabernacles that He is the Light of the world. The songs they would sing during this feast were from Psalms 113- 118 and on the last day of the feast they would do the " Jericho" march around the alter 7 times .. Now, go and read John 7:2, 14,37-38.. Please you must go and read...
During this festival people would sing Isaiah 12:3.." Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out to the wells of salvation." Yeshua ( is the Hebrew word for salvation) cried out to the people to " come unto Him to drink. John 7: 37-38.
Now to show you in scripture how Jesus was born during the Feast of Tabernacles. Lets start with John the Baptist. Go to Luke 1: 5,8-9. Abia is the 8th course. Check out 1 Chronicles 24: 10. Now the religious year began at the 1st of Nisan; 2 weeks before Passover, ( about April) and Abia was the 8th ( about 2 months April 1 to June 1) BUT ALL the Priests had to serve during Passover so that puts the 8th week to 9th week or 2 weeks of June and that would be the Feast of Shavot or Pentecost. Look at Luke 1: 10-11 So Zacharias served 2 weeks in a row. First week at The Feast and then he served his 8th week at the Temple. When he was finished serving Zacharias went home and his wife Elizabeth conceived . Luke 1: 23-24. So when Zacharias went home till five months passed would have been mid June to mid November. One month later an angel appeared to Mary ( Luke 1: 26,35-36. So Yeshua is conceived during Chanukah ( the Jewish Festival of Lights). Mary goes and stays with Elizabeth for 3 months. This takes you to the time of Passover, when John the Baptist is born.
So, Mary conceives in December and delivers in September at the time of The Feast of Tabernacles.
( Read Luke Chapter 2, it is about the birth of Jesus Christ)
Please remember : Smile it is a free gift from God for you to share with all you meet... God Bless you today! Your sister in Christ Jesus, vickie
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