READY
TO BEGIN BLOGGING
I
ASK GOD TO GRANT ME WISDOM
"For
by grace are ye saved through
faith,
and that not of yourselves; it
is
the gift of God: not of works,
lest
any man should boast. For
we
are his workmanship, created
in
Christ Jesus unto good works, which
God
hath before ordained that we
should
walk in them"
As I
launch out into blogging, I
am
looking at using this site to link
my
other sites to it.
Over
the years of our marriage Henry drove us everywhere - I took photos.
Nothing great, but as I look at these photos, I see a way to share my
faith with others. Then there are his sermons, and my poems, and much to
ponder on. So here I go into the BLOGGING WORLD with God helping me.
Believing
as I do that God's Word is my source and all I need for direction - I am
counting on His dear Spirit to lift up the Savior in my blogs that even should
the LORD JESUS CHRIST come for His Bride and take all the Believers up with him
- the Blogs will still be on line for whoever wishes to read and look at and
find the same faith in the Lord Jesus and that His Blood is the only way that a
sinner can be saved. His sacrifice was enough once for all, for each one
who will
turn
to Him.
Romans
14.7 - 9
For
none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we
live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether
we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ
both died and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord of the dead and the living.
Jesus
may come today !
Glad
Day, Glad Day,
If
He should Come Today,
I'll
live for today
nor
anxious be,
Jesus
my Lord I soon shall see,
Glad
Day ! Glad Day !
Jesus
! may come today !
It
has been a year since my hip was operated on and I am doing well. A year
ago I was still having care and now here I am, back to my computer, back to
studying and doing things I like to do. How blessed I am. I pray
that I may share my faith, and give many encouragement to keep living for the
Lord if they already know Him, and for others, that I might present Christ in
such a way that they too will want to trust Him as Lord and Savior.
MARY
AND MARTHA
In
Luke 10 we have the record of how Jesus came to a certain village, and a
certain woman named Martha invited him into her house. Now here he
is at her invitation, enjoying the things she did for him. It then
states that she had a sister Mary, who sat at Jesus' feet, hearing what he
said.
Mary
was very busy in what she did. She was doing it for Jesus, and so she
began to feel cumbered - it was a big job. She went to Jesus and said,
Lord, dost thou care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her
therefore that she help me.
Hmmn.
What D I D Jesus say ? It says that Jesus answered and said
"Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: but some
thing is more needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be
taken away."
You
and I may be busy people.
We
may think that like Martha, inviting someone to share a meal is the "thing
to do"...but here is Mary - who most likely was there to assist Martha,
but because of Who Jesus was, and because she knew she wanted to LISTEN
TO HIM she did just that.
Today
people are busy - working, eating, driving, traveling, playing. Everyone
has things that they do which they MUST DO, and everyone has some things that
they WISH TO DO. Not everyone wishes to "sit at the feet of
Jesus" and yes, listen.
Every
time I open my Bible I give God's dear Spirit the opportunity to speak to me.
Every time I heed that which I read, I gain new strength and help
for my day.
More
than that, spending time with the Lord in Prayer is very important. God
values our time with Him. Have you made it a priority in your life?
Jesus
said "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what ye
will, and it shall be done unto you."
Again
he said, "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the
Father may be glorified in the Son; if ye ask anything in my name, I will do
it."
1.
Seek God's Will as best as you know how.
2.
Give God your expectations.
3.
Use what you have.
4.
Read His Word, and Listen to His Spirit for guidance.
5.
When you are in doubt about something - don't!
6.
Obey even when I do not understand - God will enable you to do that.
7.
Trust God for the Supply.
In
Martha's case she was burdened and laden down because she put herself in that
position. There is a time for service, but there
is
a much greater need to
stop,
and learn from Jesus Himself.
Climbing
higher will only happen when we stop and sit at the feet of the Savior who
longs for
that
closeness that comes from listening to Him.
As
I sit at my desk and work along, I myself need to find time alone with the Lord
Jesus Christ, to seek His face, and to pray that I may be used to do His will
in my life.
Thought
for the Day
"USE
WHAT YOU HAVE"
Do
not consider what you do not have.
Don't
think about what you think you should have.
Take
stock and inventory.
Your
resources. Your assets.
Your
belongings. Your ideas.
Your
little is much if God is in it.
Climbing
Higher with Biblebuffjunebug99
Climb
with me in my notes and meanderings as I share with you
LIFE
IS A JOURNEY
I
want you to benefit from what I share so come along with me.
In
Genesis chapter 12, God called Abram to leave what he knew for a land that he
had never seen.
God
gave him a promise that if he would do this,
“I
will make of thee a great nation,
And
I will bless thee, and make thy name great,
And
thou shalt be a blessing:
And
I will bless those that bless you,
And
curse him that curseth you,
And
in thee shall all families of the earth
Be
blessed.” (Genesis 12.2,3)
Hebrews 11th chapter,
verse
1 tells us “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the
evidence of things not seen.” I am 84, a widow, and my
heart is filled with longing to share my faith with you. Climb with
me as I blog and post photos, memories, as well as poems I have written, and
sermons which my husband wrote and delivered in his over 60 years of
ministry. So here I am, and will, as I can do
this. Come climb with me. My life
belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for me that I might have
life eternal, and I give to you what was given to me, my faith and hope in Him.
WALK WITH ME. I CHALLENGE YOU TO DISCOVER GOD'S WILL FOR
YOUR LIFE, AND HIS PLAN FOR YOU AS YOU SEE WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR ME, IN MY
LIFE.
Tuesday,
April 25, 2017
LOST
IN THE DARKNESS
GOD'S
WORD OUR LIGHT
Here
is a picture of a lighthouse giving off light to the ships at sea, in a storm.
I would like to suggest that the Bible is our only source in this
dark world to give hope, and light, and life.
When
Jesus comes to take His people home with Him to the Father's house, He will
come and the trump will sound a blast to "come up". There will
be no sign necessary for this to happen, for Jesus said, "I will come
again, that where I am, ye may be also."
John 14. 1 - 3.
The picture is
that the Bridegroom is going to be at the Father's house, getting the quarters
ready for her. She as the Bride, is to prepare herself for that
happy time, doing what she can to make herself ready, and being prepared to go
at any moment, for there is no way the Bride will know when He will come for
her.
Lost
in the darkness, many grope today for what seems to them a hopeless, helpless
world. They see the dreary endless line of those who are hungry, without
homes or shelter, who are suffering pain and hurt, who are desolate without
help, and those who are proud, rich, and need nothing who seem to just "be
above" and who despise those who do not have what they have.
Scripture proclaims that in this dark world, Jesus came to bring
the Light, even as God spoke the Light into the world in the beginning.
2 Cor. 4.6 tells us "For God, who commanded the light to shine out
of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of
the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." Jesus himself said,
"I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in
darkness, but shall have the light of life." (John 8.12)
Isaiah records in the Torah - in the book of Isaiah 4.13 that God
speaks saying this: "Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of
Israel: I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of
Israel.
His promise to Israel is to defend her, to take care of her, to be
her redeemer and as the LORD (YHVH) and as THE HOLY ONE and as THE
REDEEMER, we see why it was that the Holy One that was born in the manger
of Bethlehem was named JESUS. Matthew 1.21 tells us that "You shall
call his name JESUS, for He shall save His people from their sins.
The birth of a baby is a precious time in a parent's life.
And yet, interestingly enough, the time in the Last Days is called "the
beginning of sorrows." What is it referring to? Matthew 24.8
Let us take a look at it in Joel 1.15 and in Joel 2.1,2 Alas ! for
the day ! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and a destruction from the
Almighty shall it come." "Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sould
an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for
the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand. A day of darkness and of
gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon
the mountains;" Isaiah 13.9 God tells us here in chapter
13.verse 6 Howl ye, for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall
come as a destruction from the Almighty." Again in verse 8,9
Behold the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay
the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it."
What is God
saying?
That there
will be a time when THERE WILL BE A DAY.
A DAY IN
SCRIPTURE BEGINS WITH THE "EVENING AND THE MORNING" Genesis 1.5
And the evening and the morning were the first day." So too in the
LAST DAYS. BEFORE BLESSING AND PEACE AND REWARD, JUDGEMENT ON SIN
MUST OCCUR. God is saying that there will be a time when judgment
comes for sin upon earth.
The Book
of Daniel speaks about this time. It is very specific. Because of
the Book of Daniel we have a "time table" that is given for the
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. We find that in chapter 9.26,27 that it
was told that "after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off,
but not for himself; " It also points out the destruction of the
city of Jerusalem and the Temple. This happened.
Jesus was crucified, and was "cut off" but "not for himself"
....He paid the price of all our sin, and is forever the ONLY NAME GIVEN AMONG
MEN by which men CAN BE SAVED.
When the
Rapture occurs - the 70th week of God's Revelation in Daniel will begin.
The taking of the Bride, the Church is likened to the birth of a child,
with the "breaking of the water." The Holy Spirit is
likened to the living water that Jesus offered in John 4.14 "whosoever
drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water
that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into
everlasting life." Again, in John 5.24 Jesus stated
"Verily, verily I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and
believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation but is passed from death unto life."
When the
Church is taken out of this world, having met the Savior in the clouds and
being changed forever to immortal bodies, as I Thessalonians 4.13 18
declares, we will be with Christ. Until that time, the bodies of
those of us who die will be in the earth and the sea, but when that TRUMP
sounds to call us up, the dead in Christ shall be raised and we shall meet them
in the clouds with Christ.
The Blast of the
LAST TRUMP before a battle in the Old Testament shows that the first blast was
to GATHER THE PEOPLE IN ORDER FOR ARRAY and then after that was done,
then the second blast ORDERED THEM FOR BATTLE.
We see
here that the LAST DAY OF GOD'S TIMETABLE is a Time for both judgment,
destruction and desolation while there will be a Time of blessing, reward, and
eternal blessings. There will be seven years - the 70th week
-
which will begin in chapter 4 of Revelation to the
19th chapter. The picture is that John in the Revelation of Jesus Christ
sees, is that he is caught up in chapter 4.1,2 to see from a HEAVENLY
POSITION all that occurs from that point on. Until Chapter 19 when the
Marriage of the Lamb is come, John is in heaven observing what is happening on
the earth with all the judgments.
During
that time it says that millions of people will come to know the Lord.
Look at Revelation chapter 6. First - there is a lull in the
storms of judgment while God sets apart 144,000 virgin, Jewish men from
the tribes of Israel, to be sealed so that they can not be hurt.
These 144,000 men are sealed in the middle of the 7 years - and will be
taught by the Two Witnesses - the Gospel is still the same Gospel of Jesus
Christ that you and I have today - but there will be one difference.
The Holy Spirit will be given just as in the days of Enoch, Abraham and
Moses and Daniel. At various time and in many ways God spoke to His
people, it says in Hebrew 1.1,2. Yet it is still the same Gospel.
The Holy Spirit indwells the Believer, and when we leave in the
Rapture - the Holy Spirit will go with us. However, the Holy
Spirit will work in ways as He did in the Old Testament days, and work in
people's lives to bring them to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ our Lord and
Savior. The message is the same. Isaiah 53 and Psalm
22 tell us of the Savior that dies for the sins of the lost sheep and of one
who suffers for Israel's sin, and for the Gentile's sins. Isaiah 53.6
"All we like sheep have gone astray, and he hath laid upon him the
iniquity of us all." No one but Messiah, the Anointed One,
did this.
The message of Christ was believed by Jews,
received by Jews and God added daily unto the Church such as should be saved.
Acts tells us in its chapters of the reality of the faith of
these Jewish people.
Paul
assures us that "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the
power of God unto salvation for the Jew first, and also to the Greek for
therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is
written, The just shall live by faith." Romans 1. 16,17.
I present
to you, dear friend, that God wants you to be ready for His return, to take the
Church His Bride home to the Father's house, but that if you are not saved, I wish
for you to know WHAT TO DO. WHAT IS IT YOU SHOULD DO?
The very
same thing that you would do now if you were to be saved.
The Apostle Peter when asked "What then shall
we do?" answered by saying
REPENT AND BE YE BAPTIZED EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE
NAME OF CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION (FORGIVENESS) OF SINS, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE
THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST (HOLY SPIRIT)." Acts 1.38
There is
no Biblical indication that Baptism did anything other than identify the
Believer with the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord.
It does not save a person. The repentance is the key to
believing.
To repent is to "change your mind" and
recognize sin as sin, and to turn away from "being in the habit of"
sin. A Believer becomes a new person when they ask God by
believing Jesus paid the debt of sin fully and freely and that by claiming this
promise, they receive the dear Holy Ghost, the Spirit of God, to lift up the
dear Savior in our lives, to enable Jesus to live in me and through me.
So here
you have an opportunity to trust God.
"This Jesus God hath raised up, whereof we all are witnesses."
Acts 1.32 - 36. Peter spoke truthfully and plainly.
Would you continue walking in darkness, or do you wish to walk in the
light as He is in the light?
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Tuesday,
November 22, 2016
THIS
PHOTO I TOOK WHEN WE WERE THERE AT THE GRAND CANYON IN SEPTEMBER OF 1987.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW.
I
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW I BELIEVE AND WAYS THAT YOU CAN WALK WITH GOD
AS YOU DIG INTO HIS WORD, THE HOLY BIBLE, TO FIND OUT WHAT HE ASKS OF US, AND
WHAT HE DESIRES OF HIS PEOPLE. THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW GOD IS TO READ
HIS LETTER TO US.
As
I walk now with a walker, with very little pain, I go from my apartment to the
main part of town where the quiet sidewalks and the ocean breeze waft the cries
of seagulls and terns as they call to each other. Climbing
with me, I pray you will find new strength and hope for today's stresses and
troubles, and all the tomorrows. Philippians 4.13 I can do
all things through Christ who strengthens me. I am
watching. I am ready for His Soon Coming.
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Thursday,
February 25, 2016
CLIMBING IS AN ESSENTIAL.
MY LEGS,BOTH PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL, NEED TO BE HEALTHY.
FEBRUARY 26, 2016 I AM GOING TO HAVE A "REVISION" OF MY LEFT
HIP AND WILL BE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THREE DAYS, AND THEN IN REHAB UNTIL I CAN
PROGRESS TO GETTING BACK TO WALKING.
IT IS A "SIDE TRIP" FOR ME. GOD KNOWS AND CARES,
AND I AM IN THE HANDS OF THE SHEPHERD WHO LOVES ME AND CARES FOR ME.
DO YOU KNOW THAT THE SHEPHERD LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU?
Here are some things to reflect upon:
1. The PAIN that Jesus suffered on the Cross for you and I
was not in vain. He
did suffer, and He took on all the mental,
emotional, physical, and hurtful pain that
ever has or will be experienced by anyone,
and took it on Himself, that we may be
His Children. Isaiah chapter 53
tells us that 700 years before He ever came, He would
just that.
2. The Precious Blood that Jesus shed as the Lamb of God
given for our Sins, is more
than anything the ONE CENTRAL ISSUE in Christianity
that some have set aside.
The Cross on which He died is only important
because He did indeed shed His blood
for you and I. John declared"
BEHOLD, the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. John 1.29
3. The Payment that Jesus paid for our sins and sorrows is
complete and finished. He cried
from the Cross, IT IS FINISHED -
a mathematical term for a completion of something.
It is Done. Nothing more has to be
paid to make it possible for someone to be saved. It
was what Jesus said when He told Mary, I am
the Resurrection and the Life." Again, He said
"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no one
cometh to the Father but by me." John 14.6
4. The Power of the Resurrection is as effective today as it was
when He rose from the grave.
He told the disciples several times that He
was going to be taken, killed, dead, buried and
that He would rise again the Third Day.
Not just once did He tell them. He told them
and told them. As I read the Gospels
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, I see that again
and again He told them that these things
were WRITTEN OF LONG BEFORE HE CAME
and that HE WAS GOING TO THE CROSS, but THAT
HE WOULD INDEED RISE
ON THE THIRD DAY. My prayer and my goal is
that "I may know Him and the power of
His Resurrection, and the fellowship of His
sufferings, being made conformable unto His
death."
5. FINALLY Last, but not least IS THE PROMISE OF HIS RETURN !
JOHN 14. 1 - 3 LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED,
YOU BELIEVE IN GOD,
BELIEVE ALSO IN ME. IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY
MANSIONS. If
it were not so, I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare
a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto
myself, that where I am, you may be
also.
JESUS IS COMING FOR YOU AND ME - THOSE WHO ARE
LOOKING FOR HIM
TO COME, WHO LOVE HIM, WHO ARE LONGING FOR HIS APPEARING,
WHO
ARE THE BLOOD - BOUGHT ONES WHO HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR, AND
FOR WHOM
HE CAME AS A LITTLE BABE IN A MANGER OVER 2000 YEARS AGO.
HE IS COMING. ARE YOU READY?
YOU CAN BECOME A CHILD OF THE FATHER BY TRUSTING IN JESUS TODAY.
HE IS THE MESSIAH, THE LORD, THE ADONAI - LORD AND MASTER -
WHO
WAS, AND IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE GOD THE SON REVEALING THE FATHER
IN HIMSELF, AND WHO HAS PROMISED THAT TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES
IN HIM WOULD HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVEN TO THAT ONE WHO BELIEVES.
IT WAS JESUS HIMSELF SAID " GOD SO LOVED THE
WORLD THAT HE GAVE
HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT
PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE." JOHN CHAPTER 3.
VERSE 16
Count on it. I am taking a S I D E T R I P to the
hospital, and then to the Rehabilitation
Center" but someday YES SOMEDAY I WILL TAKE A TRIP
HOME WITH JESUS WHEN HE COMES TO CLAIM THE BRIDE, THE CHURCH, THOSE WHO LOVE
HIM AND WHO ARE LOOKING FOR HIM.
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