Salutations to my sisters in the Lord!
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:2-5
That's an awesome scripture about our awesome God!
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Proverbs 12:25
Let us use good words to lift one another up!
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Ephesians 4:29
I share all sorts of scriptures and thoughts that come to mind in my days:-) Well some of them at least! Many good things to think about from His Word and I pour them out to my sisters here while I can still be on the internet! Light in a dark place! And I know they're rather random thoughts and scriptures but that's OK I think:-)
I'm thinking it would be kind of hard not to be able to pour out all the thoughts of His Word and of God and His ways that can come to us! We know God knows our thoughts and we can pour out in our notes or something but why not share here so others can be edified as well! Others who speak and hear the same language of the Word!
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
1 Corinthians 1:10
I read some scriptures on light here...
The Lord has been very gracious and merciful to us hasn't He sisters! We have so many blessings let us thank Him for them often and have a heart of thankfulness at all times!
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
Revelation 21:3-5
That's so awesome!
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
2 Timothy 4:6-8
And that's our hope too sisters! We have this endurance race and test to overcome and get to the end first! We got to focus on that but with our affections above! I hate this world but let us glorify Him in our lives and do His commandments! We sisters have work to do!
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
John 12:25
Yes and hate our own lives also! We don't belong to us but to God!
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Philippians 1:23
Amen but let us press on preparing for the next life and fulfilling the work the Lord has for us down here even though we would rather be with Him which is far better says Paul! But let's keep walking by faith and striving to be acceptable to Him at all times.
We know the world turns to music, drugs and alcohol and such like to drown their sorrows. But we have the Lord and His Word to help us! And we also learn to not run away from them but accept them and know that Jesus promised there will be tribulation in this world but to be of good cheer as He has overcome it! We can too!
Job is such an encouraging examples isn't he. Glad God has all that in His Word for us. We are blessed by it. If we think we have something hard let us think about those gone before us in the Word!
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
Job 1:21-22
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Psalm 103:1-2
Bless the Lord!
We sure know this life isn't about what's 'fair' as people often like to say or think in their flesh and want to get even with others. What happened to Jesus surely was not fair! Let us not expect our lives to be either but in the end if we overcome we will get exceedingly abundantly above what we deserve! God is too good to us. Let us rejoice in Him!
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Psalm 2:11
We don't want to be these women...
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
1 Timothy 5:13
We sisters want to redeem the time to the best of our ability. And sometimes that may not be physically doing much. It could be studying the Word, or pondering or praying. What do we think being in prison for our faith would be like? A lot of time to ponder and pray. There would be much discipline needed in the mind also to take every thought captive and to be pleasing to God and not complaining or wanting something other than His will. God can free His saints from prison if it was His will too!
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
Acts 5:18-20
We hear so many people saying we shouldn't judge. We know we are to judge ourselves and those who name the name of Christ.
I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
1 Corinthians 10:15
Glory to God for some awesome creations from my day too! Peaceful and good things in this troubled and dark world.
The Lord provided 'daily bread' again. He is good to give us all we need.
When you're sewing round a skirt hem and wondering if you have enough thread to make it and you run out just short...
Reminds me that we have to endure in this faith life and we can't turn away or grow luke warm etc right at the end. Let's aim to press through all things sisters having counted the great cost that is and may be. Christ is worthy! (but just think about the horrendous cost not to fully follow Him and lose all for...an eternity in a fiery place of weeping and gnashing of teeth. Yes we have been warned so let us fight on!)
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.Matthew 24:13
