Bonnie Blu- new studio watch dog :0) |
Meet Bonnie Blu. The
newest addition to the family; she is now a 10 week old Catahoula rescue pup
adopted at 8 weeks. Not only does she
eat anything and everything in sight… she eats up quite a bit of my time
too. Wonderfully so, as any newborn
does. Lost my last dog a few years back, Blu; a Blue Tick hound adopted from
the pound when he was approximately two.
SWEETEST dog ever owned, and oh how he knew he was a rescue too. He passed at approximately 12. Daughter’s dog
really… well I got him by request for the children back in 1998 as an
alternative security for them to a life change. Alas, all are moms pet too, because we all
know how that goes with our ‘children’s dogs’.
Gloriously kids will be kids too.
Daughter felt hardest the tragedy of Blu’s passing; one of the hardest
lessons in life is losing a beloved. She went it on her own, half way across
the U.S. at her first post college home and job with her beloved childhood dog
moving out with her too. What had hoped
would be a good, turned to the hardest of hard.
That lesson in life certainly repeats itself again and again
more often than we think we can stand.
Didn’t think that I would ever have another dog, knowing all
that it entailed and the season of life that am presently in. Alas, welcome
Bonnie Blu, she too just now defines that which hoped would be a good as also a
very hard. Presently in the GOOD of that
though. The season adapts to her as she has been adopted. More of those deep life lessons in the
simplistic of the scenario.
PAUSE realizing that perhaps “I thinkith’ toooooooo much” Tis true, but it is what it is, so onward and
upward we go.
This leads into this morning’s ‘In His Light… Before The Dawn’ completely too. Always amazes me when get flashes of the ‘living’
side of quiet time spent and the Word of God.
Am surprised at just how personally am sometimes compelled to
share. In my reserved secluded ways,
combined with being an open book; the oxymoron perhaps of who I am.
Key of all this… is discovering more and more each day, who ‘i’
am in Christ. God reaches each and every
one of us where we are and in the way that He knows works best for us. The key for us all is the same, discovering
more and more each day who we are In CHRIST.
Bible was bookmarked at John 17; Red letters to God of
God. Simply these passages can certainly
be defined as some of the most poignant passages ever penned in the Bible.
Jesus prays for Himself, the Disciples, and for ALL Believers in Chapter 17 of
John. An amazing conversing with God
from God.
YES, EVEN GOD PRAYS
This 115th journal, books of prayers and study, “In His Light… Before The Dawn” have
named them. His Light – Before The Dawn;
dawn in the literal, where these began, for the only ‘quiet’ time could find
was before the dawn and all others rose-up to greet the day. Dawn’s meaning, also in its representational
qualities. Assuredly, I THINK TOO MUCH!
???? Ponder too much??? Leaving Closeness with other persons perhaps hindered
in the intensity and TOO MUCH side of my continual thinking and ponderings????
Certainly no coincidences in why am now at number 115?
Details of life and its broken trusts, along with a felt of having
a lack of regard of relevance to those close; by not being taken seriously or
of holding a valuable worth, has its effects for sure. Living in lack of respect and relevance? Pretty sad place when read this back. Reality is, it comes through extremely in
written word, and it’s all a matter of degree in the reality of today and life. Real, yet in the real life… KNOW that it is
not a good, as just, or as it just read.
Also in it have come to realize that/this/these are perhaps why God gave
“In His Light… Before The Dawn” to
me. Jesus teaches us to pray, AND shares
His prayers with us too.
Jesus shows us who is
our ultimate refuge, Counselor, Father, greatest lover of our soul.
We are in this world, but not of it. “In this world you will have troubles, be not
afraid, I have overcome the world: - Jesus (as remember paraphrased).
“HELP” the short, “Help, please God, what- You God know
better than ‘i’ do”.
John 17 shares the intimacy of relationship, depth of caring
and love and purposes in God. “ALL
things” of the God for whom “ALL things are possible” Heart of God.
Amazingly we are enabled to “Heart to heart” with God.
This perhaps is our purpose?
The Ultimate relationship to define any and all relationships, in any
and all context?- Leaving insecurities
no more in Him too. We simply need to
live “As unto The Lord” in all things that we do.
In Relationships, Jesus here shows how ALL are on His heart,
and how ALL things are on His heart. He
doesn’t just ponder them; He lifts them up in prayer to Omnipotent,
Omnipresent, and Sovereign GOD- The
Creator and keeper of ALL things.
God knows our heart,
before we choose to share it with Him.
Until we share it with Him our heart does not live for what it was created
for- A relationship WITH God. To live heart to heart WITH GOD is our call.
An important detail to this is we are to grow in HIM, and in
meeting Him where He is. “Abide in Me” –
The Teacher teaches us to abide in His teachings; Word-“Then we will know the
Truth and the Truth will set us free.”
What does that mean? We cannot know the will of God unless we
spend time in The Word of God. Yes,
this is true. THERE IS MORE TO IT THANT
THAT though. For satan even knows The
Word of God, he knows it very well – and just how to twist it into his
deceitful temptations too.
The MORE is what we see here in Chapter 17 of John, in ALL
these “Red Letter” prayers. To sit down,
stops all else, remove distractions, demands, cares---- and have a heart to
heart with GOD. THAT, this IS what your
heart was created for AND this is how Gods Will transforms you. This is the transformation of The Word of God
– TO – THE LIVING WORD OF GOD – His Word transforming your heart with His heartfelt
reply to your call to His “ALL things are possible” – in a faiths cry or
praise, no matter – accept in the remembering to whom you call. God Almighty worthy of praise – forever and
ever AMEN and AMEN!
Jesus’ prayer is shared here to teach us all. Perhaps therefore mine are meant to share
too. I, NO JESUS obviously- yet am one
of the “all believers” for whom He prayed.
Jesus has already gone to The Father for me. He knows me, and YOU- He knows us ALL.
Guess it in not only ok to share conversations with God of
prayers – it is right to do????? In the
context of sharing Gods heart to our/my heart as His LIVING word of God.
The amazing thing is this – WE EACH AND
EVERYONE OF US THAT PUT OUR FAITH IN GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST – HAVE HIS LIVING
WORD OF GOD FROM HIS HEART TO OUR HEART.
THAT is the WORD made FLESH and Why Jesus came… and YES
EVEN JESUS PRAYED! Amen.
Always Respecting the AMEN in Him. Gods Will be done, our
heart in His heart brings our heart to His Will prayers. “Then you will know the Truth, and the Truth
will set you free” – Jesus.
Amen and Amen and Amen forever and ever Amen!
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