On prayer

This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend. Song of Solomon 5:16
All bare Him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. Luke 4:22
What a wonderful Person with which I am able to commune. "There's a place that is wondrously fair...It glows with the light af His presence...'Tis the beautiful garden of prayer...I go with my burden and care...Just to learn from His lips words of comfort... In the beautiful garden of prayer...There my Saviour awaits, and He opens the gates to the beautiful garden of prayer..."
--Eleanor Allen Schroll
(This song was copyrighted in 1920.) I'm partial to the old ones usually.
"Prayer does not fit us for greater works; prayer is the greater work." Oswald Chambers
The chief objectives in prayer : to know Jesus, to learn His will, and to deliberately align myself with it.
"Prayers are heard in Heaven very much in proportion to our faith. Little faith will get very great mercies, but great faith still greater." --Charles H. Spurgeon
"I know that Thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from Thee."--Job 42:2
"I am not worthy of the least of all Thy mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou hast shewed unto Thy servant:..." Gen. 32:10
"...With him is an arm of flesh: but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words..." I Chron. 32:8
"Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in Thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto Thee." Psa. 143:8

Come to Him in the morning, trust Him, lift up your soul to Him that loves you and gave Himself for you. Our body makes us aware of the world around us, our soul makes us aware of our self, and our spirit makes us aware of God. "...Therefore glorify God in your body,and in your spirit, which are God's." I Cor. 6:20
"Nobody can pray right and live wrong and nobody can live wrong and pray right."

"God thundereth marvellously with His voice; great things doeth He, which we cannot comprehend." Job 37:5

What a great God! And He is my God, my Saviour, my Friend! I love communing with Him and meditating upon His word.









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Being a grandmother

My dear son and my dear daughter-in-love have been a great blessing in my life. Now they have added another wonderful blessing. On May 22 a beautiful little dark-haired girl came into this world. She has been fearfully and wonderfully made by Loving Hands. She weighed 7 lbs., 9 oz. and was 20 in. long. She is doing great. And we are just enjoying looking at her and holding her and praying for her. God is soooo good. He can't be anything but good! Oh, I love Him so!
"The Lord liveth; and blessed be my Rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted." Psalm 18:46

In the dark with God

At the amusement park in May I rode the boat chute with a precious two year old. We went through a long dark, tunnel and the little lad was looking right up at me yet couldn't see me. He kept calling out my name and I'd say, "I'm right here. You can't see me but I'm here." I put my arm around him to assure him of my presence.

How many times I've been in a long, dark tunnel and looked up and called out to my Heavenly Father. His answer is a strong, secure Arm and a very sure Presence. "He has never , never failed. He will always prevail. The Lord, He is still in control." "Standing somewhere in the shadows you'll find Jesus." "Lo, I am with you always ..."

"The eternal God is thy Refuge, and underneath are the everlasting Arms..." Deuteronomy 33:27

Reflections

In 1989 my best friend was tragically killed in a plane crash in South Carolina. At the time she had three children and I was pregnant with my fourth. We had had many fun and happy times together. It's been twenty years now but sometimes unexpectedly the memories come flooding back...like last week when I visited an amusement park she and I had been to...
I was sitting on a bench watching my nine year old daughter ride the "big swings" and watching the people go by when suddenly I "saw" her go by with her sons and me just behind with and my little daughter clutching her yellow baby bottle. I "saw" us all there for just a few seconds and then we were gone and I was all alone on the bench again. I had a sudden urge to jump up and say to the actual woman walking by with her children, "Cherish this day. Enjoy your children and go home and write it all down- how you felt, the looks on the childrens' faces, their excited laughter..." Then, my daughter was by my side excitedly describing her ride. The sparkle in her eyes told me I would have much to write myself and many more memories to enjoy in the days to come.
"The memory of the just is blessed..." Proverbs 10:7

Mother of six