Tuesday, October 23, 2007
A New View Of The Street
Isa 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.
I shall fly down the street !
Because one does not always fly , even a bird lands from time to time , it is important be aware of my location. Landing on that same street with the hole in it or landing in a new street doesn't seem quite so important today . Learning how to fly and knowing when to do it ! Also , knowing how to be realistic about my situation. Am I walking ? Am I running ? Am I flying ?
So I am walking, how else would I notice the traveler that has been beaten up and lying beside the road ? Certainly not a time for flying and certainly not a time for running. Yet trusting that my strength will be renewed as I pick that poor traveler up and put him on my donkey.
Perhaps I can do that now successfully if I have found my way to the new street. Sure would be bad for the traveler if I fall in a hole now .
If you have been reading my autobiography , you know that I have yet to go down that new street. So I guess I want to teach my beaten up traveler friends to fly. If we all land in the hole it would be a very handy skill to know , and since it just requires the first paragraph of this blog to do it,
Whosoever will , may fly !
Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
I shall fly down the street !
Because one does not always fly , even a bird lands from time to time , it is important be aware of my location. Landing on that same street with the hole in it or landing in a new street doesn't seem quite so important today . Learning how to fly and knowing when to do it ! Also , knowing how to be realistic about my situation. Am I walking ? Am I running ? Am I flying ?
So I am walking, how else would I notice the traveler that has been beaten up and lying beside the road ? Certainly not a time for flying and certainly not a time for running. Yet trusting that my strength will be renewed as I pick that poor traveler up and put him on my donkey.
Perhaps I can do that now successfully if I have found my way to the new street. Sure would be bad for the traveler if I fall in a hole now .
If you have been reading my autobiography , you know that I have yet to go down that new street. So I guess I want to teach my beaten up traveler friends to fly. If we all land in the hole it would be a very handy skill to know , and since it just requires the first paragraph of this blog to do it,
Whosoever will , may fly !
Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Shame and Pride are Friends
You should be ashamed ! Have you ever agreed with that ? Have you ever agreed with that, even after you'd accepted that the Father of Jesus Christ has forgiven you ? I think I thought you were suppose to ! Like some unspoken code of etiquette . You know like don't pass gas at the dinner table . When you've sinned , be ashamed , be very ashamed.
No wonder I've had such a problem with Pride ! It is a natural instinct to bring Pride in to cover up Shame . Who would be able to continue to be ashamed and then not use Pride to carry on ?
That transition from receiving forgiveness and believing that we need not be ashamed is a critical time.
With so many around assuming you should be ashamed , it is harder still to shed off that lie and go on with out it.
I now know that I should not be ashamed ! I am forgiven and not bound down with shame ! I have nothing to be ashamed of ! Jesus took away all my sins and shame.
No wonder I've had such a problem with Pride ! It is a natural instinct to bring Pride in to cover up Shame . Who would be able to continue to be ashamed and then not use Pride to carry on ?
That transition from receiving forgiveness and believing that we need not be ashamed is a critical time.
With so many around assuming you should be ashamed , it is harder still to shed off that lie and go on with out it.
I now know that I should not be ashamed ! I am forgiven and not bound down with shame ! I have nothing to be ashamed of ! Jesus took away all my sins and shame.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
His Help
The thread lately has been walking down the street. First time readers may want to look at past blogs.
Somehow walking down the same street and falling down the hole doesn't seem so bad this time. For one thing , I did get out quickly. As noted in the autobiography , I did not blame others .
This is a big improvement for me .
The reason I am blogging today is that now that I realize my responsibility for the fall into the hole I can see more clearly what was going on when I went in.
All the time I was heading for that hole in the street and talking with Pride at the same time, I could not notice other forces at work hoping that I would do , just what I did.
Now that I am determined to not talk with Pride anymore I can see oh so clearly.
I am walking down a street. (Oh yes probably the same one.)
I am hearing a crowd cheering for me.
I can hear a crowd booing me.
This crowd has not sided up on one side of the street and some on the other side as in a football game and one knows who is on whose side.
This crowd is intermingled and they all look friendly. Shouting out what they believe is for my good , and why can't I see they are just trying to help me ? Some really are helping and some are really just wanting my choices to affect their lives in what they believe would be in a positive way.
I alone am responsible for my choices. I have some cheering me on to that affect. "You can do it ! I know you can make the right choice !" Others saying, " Don't you always make the wrong choices ? What makes you think you will do this right this time?"
Ah Ha !
I am walking down the street.
There is a hole in this street.
I will not speak with Pride.
I will see the hole in the street and walk around it.
To be cont.
Somehow walking down the same street and falling down the hole doesn't seem so bad this time. For one thing , I did get out quickly. As noted in the autobiography , I did not blame others .
This is a big improvement for me .
The reason I am blogging today is that now that I realize my responsibility for the fall into the hole I can see more clearly what was going on when I went in.
All the time I was heading for that hole in the street and talking with Pride at the same time, I could not notice other forces at work hoping that I would do , just what I did.
Now that I am determined to not talk with Pride anymore I can see oh so clearly.
I am walking down a street. (Oh yes probably the same one.)
I am hearing a crowd cheering for me.
I can hear a crowd booing me.
This crowd has not sided up on one side of the street and some on the other side as in a football game and one knows who is on whose side.
This crowd is intermingled and they all look friendly. Shouting out what they believe is for my good , and why can't I see they are just trying to help me ? Some really are helping and some are really just wanting my choices to affect their lives in what they believe would be in a positive way.
I alone am responsible for my choices. I have some cheering me on to that affect. "You can do it ! I know you can make the right choice !" Others saying, " Don't you always make the wrong choices ? What makes you think you will do this right this time?"
Ah Ha !
I am walking down the street.
There is a hole in this street.
I will not speak with Pride.
I will see the hole in the street and walk around it.
To be cont.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Delivered Out Of My Troubles Again
I think I would like to keep a broken heart.
You see I know the Lord does draw nigh unto those that are of a broken heart. Being near to Him is what I need to be saved from all of my troubles.
I can't keep from commenting on the awesomeness of seeing such similar circumstances before in my life.
About this very same time of year, two maybe three years ago I shared a story with my blogger friends about the Lord meeting me during the Feast of Tabernacles. I always want to share what the Lord has given me with others so I exhorted them , draw nigh unto Him, He will draw nigh unto you.
My journey at that time had brought me to the realization that it was not due to our worthiness that we entered into His presence. Just our willingness to come just as we are was all that was required.
It is still the same today, but I desire to stay broken.
Somehow pride was able to come in before.
Pride cometh before a fall is no joke.
Really, did you read my other blogs about falling into a hole ? Walking down the street with Pride as your companion , you might as well put a bandanna around your eyes and play Blind Man's Bluff. You will be in that hole in nothing flat I tell you, I know.
I have been trying to have nothing to do with pride lately.
Not because I want to "proudly walk down the street and not fall in the hole."
But because I want to help others walk.
Just how much good can I be in the hole ?
I fell in again folks, or at least became bogged down in something that felt like quick sand. It was my fault for listening to pride when he suggested I stop for a minute and make sure I would look good.
Did I tell you I was going to look good walking down this new street, or able to walk down the old street but avoid the hole ?
Maybe I thought you expected that of me ? Looking good, cool , calm and composed at all times.
Expect broken. I need broken. I want to live broken.
Brokenness is not bad. Brokenness is good.
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart: and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm 34:18
Do you have time to listen to a very good exhortation on this subject ?
Click these words and enjoy. My heart was so blessed and encouraged and like you already know, I just love to share.
You see I know the Lord does draw nigh unto those that are of a broken heart. Being near to Him is what I need to be saved from all of my troubles.
I can't keep from commenting on the awesomeness of seeing such similar circumstances before in my life.
About this very same time of year, two maybe three years ago I shared a story with my blogger friends about the Lord meeting me during the Feast of Tabernacles. I always want to share what the Lord has given me with others so I exhorted them , draw nigh unto Him, He will draw nigh unto you.
My journey at that time had brought me to the realization that it was not due to our worthiness that we entered into His presence. Just our willingness to come just as we are was all that was required.
It is still the same today, but I desire to stay broken.
Somehow pride was able to come in before.
Pride cometh before a fall is no joke.
Really, did you read my other blogs about falling into a hole ? Walking down the street with Pride as your companion , you might as well put a bandanna around your eyes and play Blind Man's Bluff. You will be in that hole in nothing flat I tell you, I know.
I have been trying to have nothing to do with pride lately.
Not because I want to "proudly walk down the street and not fall in the hole."
But because I want to help others walk.
Just how much good can I be in the hole ?
I fell in again folks, or at least became bogged down in something that felt like quick sand. It was my fault for listening to pride when he suggested I stop for a minute and make sure I would look good.
Did I tell you I was going to look good walking down this new street, or able to walk down the old street but avoid the hole ?
Maybe I thought you expected that of me ? Looking good, cool , calm and composed at all times.
Expect broken. I need broken. I want to live broken.
Brokenness is not bad. Brokenness is good.
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart: and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm 34:18
Do you have time to listen to a very good exhortation on this subject ?
Click these words and enjoy. My heart was so blessed and encouraged and like you already know, I just love to share.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Walking on A New Street
Should I be walking on the same old street but able not to fall in the hole. Or perhaps I am walking on a new street, I need to prepare for a new lifestyle. If you remember from my last blog the habitual falling into the same hole would indicate a life style pattern.
To think that you will break a habit and then have a new life style all in an instant of choice is probably unrealistic. However, I would not say totally impossible. So if you have experienced such a change in your life please have patience with me. I seem to be slow. Yet I am not alone. So for all those who are realising that change comes gradual , and that it is an everyday choice to follow Jesus that brings it about. I want to share some things that I have gleaned out of a book Excuse me.........Your REJECTION Is Showing by Noel & Phyl Gibson. I feel it is important to give acknowledgement to the authors of this book.
As you read the following steps , think of me taking steps as one does while walking ,not steps up.
Step 1: Aim to make Jesus Christ Lord of every thought and action.
II Corth.10:5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
"Follow me " Matthew 16:24
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Step 2: Let the Holy Spirit re-model your personality and lifestyle.
Galatians 3:5
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Step 3: Develop a hunger for God's Word.
Romans 10:17 So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Step 4: Maintain a two way communication with your heavenly Father.
Step 5: Forget the old wheel-chair. Move around by yourself.
Hebrews 13:5, 6
[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Having been released from the crippling effects of rejection, you will no longer have to rely on the constant support, comfort, and care of your friends. Walk on your own spiritual feet and enjoy the constant companionship of Jesus Christ.
a. Stand tall, and stop looking with self-pity at your crooked reflection in life's puddles. Remember, the 'old me' has gone.
b. Relentlessly deal with any lingering look over your shoulder at the regrettable past, and refuse to entertain thoughts of resentment, or self-centeredness, he has forgiven and cleansed.
c. One old saying is continuously up to date- the J-O-Y of Christian living comes from loving 'J' Jesus first 'O' others second, and 'Y' yourself last.
To think that you will break a habit and then have a new life style all in an instant of choice is probably unrealistic. However, I would not say totally impossible. So if you have experienced such a change in your life please have patience with me. I seem to be slow. Yet I am not alone. So for all those who are realising that change comes gradual , and that it is an everyday choice to follow Jesus that brings it about. I want to share some things that I have gleaned out of a book Excuse me.........Your REJECTION Is Showing by Noel & Phyl Gibson. I feel it is important to give acknowledgement to the authors of this book.
As you read the following steps , think of me taking steps as one does while walking ,not steps up.
Step 1: Aim to make Jesus Christ Lord of every thought and action.
II Corth.10:5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
"Follow me " Matthew 16:24
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Step 2: Let the Holy Spirit re-model your personality and lifestyle.
Galatians 3:5
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Step 3: Develop a hunger for God's Word.
Romans 10:17 So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Step 4: Maintain a two way communication with your heavenly Father.
Step 5: Forget the old wheel-chair. Move around by yourself.
Hebrews 13:5, 6
[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Having been released from the crippling effects of rejection, you will no longer have to rely on the constant support, comfort, and care of your friends. Walk on your own spiritual feet and enjoy the constant companionship of Jesus Christ.
a. Stand tall, and stop looking with self-pity at your crooked reflection in life's puddles. Remember, the 'old me' has gone.
b. Relentlessly deal with any lingering look over your shoulder at the regrettable past, and refuse to entertain thoughts of resentment, or self-centeredness, he has forgiven and cleansed.
c. One old saying is continuously up to date- the J-O-Y of Christian living comes from loving 'J' Jesus first 'O' others second, and 'Y' yourself last.
Monday, October 01, 2007
A New Street
Deut 2:3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
I have this wonderful short story of my life . I did not come up with this myself , nor am I in chapter five all the time. However, I am learning to follow the Spirit rather than my old sinful nature all the time. Reading Romans 8 has helped me know walking down a new street is entirely possible. Our personal message from Jesus is in His word. He would not fill us with hope if it were not attainable.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS
BY PORTIA NELSON
Chapter I
I walk down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in
I am lost..........I am helpless
It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
Chapter II
I walk down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place.
But it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
Chapter III
I walk down the same street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I see it is there
I still fall in........it is a habit.
My eyes are open
I know where I am
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
Chapter IV
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
Chapter V
I walk down another street.
I have this wonderful short story of my life . I did not come up with this myself , nor am I in chapter five all the time. However, I am learning to follow the Spirit rather than my old sinful nature all the time. Reading Romans 8 has helped me know walking down a new street is entirely possible. Our personal message from Jesus is in His word. He would not fill us with hope if it were not attainable.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS
BY PORTIA NELSON
Chapter I
I walk down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in
I am lost..........I am helpless
It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
Chapter II
I walk down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place.
But it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
Chapter III
I walk down the same street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I see it is there
I still fall in........it is a habit.
My eyes are open
I know where I am
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
Chapter IV
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
Chapter V
I walk down another street.
