Tuesday Writings.....4/4/16

Good Morning...

Today I "returned to "earth" after a wonderful weekend spent with God in the hill town of Twain Harte. The retreat was beyond amazing. This is the sixth that my friend Jody and I have led. We work on it for several months and do our best to create lovely program and environment. Through the years we have noticed that there is always one plan that we have that God enhances into something that we had not even thought of and that took what we did think of to a higher level. We know that God is there taking our plan and sculpts it into something He wants it to do. I love it when that happens!

Have a good day!

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Names of God

The All Sufficient One

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob (Israel) as God Almighty [El Shaddai], but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them [in acts and great miracles].

             Exodus 6:3

                 (Amp)

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                                                        Tuesday Devotional 

  

BLINK

It is funny how often we will run into a friend or the child of a friend and realize how much they have changed since the last time we saw them? I am amazed by the changes in those that I seldom see, but often miss the changes in those I look at every day. Perhaps this is the case with you as well. We are so close to those in our everyday lives, we forget the wonderful gift of the everyday.

There are some people who are able to really see how life is slightly different every day. They notice the way their bodies change according to the weather, their activity level or the extra piece of pie they indulged in last night. Rejoicing or regretting yesterday’s choices, they can make allowances and adjustments quickly and avoid the pitfalls that take others by surprise.

Others tread very carefully, working hard to maintain control of what is going on now and what will happen next. They plot and plan their next outfit, meal, workday; believing that this will keep them on track. But this often leaves them helpless when the unexpected happens. Caught unprepared, they are unable to see beyond the tragedy, big or small that has come into their lives.

No matter how we approach our lives, each moment is a gift. I begin my day with prayer and my devotionals. I know that this does not mean that everything will flow smoothly; I also know that I will not be going through any single moment alone. I have loved ones I cannot see every day. So many friends and family are too far away for me to hug with more than my words and prayers. I cannot dwell on the “what ifs” and live in fear what may happen before we meet again. I must trust that they will one day meet those I love who have gone ahead and I see them all in eternity.

In our losses, if we turn to The Father, we can find peace in the memories that allow our hearts to be full of joy. We can remember when we danced, laughed and even cried with the ones we may have forgotten to call one last time, and God’s Peace can color those memories with His perfect Love.

Every day is a gift; each instant could be our last. We can choose repentance and redemption; forgiving those who have hurt us, financially, professionally, or emotionally. Or we can continue to live in resentment and regret, digging a pit of despair that prevents God’s light from shining everywhere.

Lives are changed in the blink of an eye, like the mist that forms at a waterfall; these tiny drops of water are almost unnoticed next to the mighty power making waves. A moment of distraction, a decision made in haste and everything is changed. Once each moment has passed, we move onto the next one, good or bad.

Today, I choose repentance and God’s Amazing Grace and Mercy. Today I pray for myself and for each one of us to make today another day to show the world His Love!

Why, you do not even know

what will happen tomorrow.

What is your life? You are a mist that appears

for a little while and then vanishes.

James 4:14

Written by 

Lynda Kinnard

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  Motivational Quotations  

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

.....Aristotle

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

.....George S. Patton

Storms make oaks take roots.

.....Proverb

Dream big and dare to fail.

.....Norman Vaughan

With will one can do anything.

.....Samuel Smiles

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.

.....Ralph Waldo Emerson

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
.....Harriet Beecher Stowe

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I AM HE IS

It is our gift from You that You show us the way 

we should go and help us change our direction.

Thank you for helping us become who You created us to be!

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Prayers are lifted up daily for 

you by the Devotional Writers 

and the Monthly Writing Staff

of Women's Focus Ministries.