Levitical Cities

March 31, 2014

Good Morning My Beloved Ones,

    I pray that all the cares of your life grow strangely dim in the light of God’s glory and grace toward you.

    Today I want to talk to you about “Levitical Cities”.  I was reading in Numbers 34 and 35 where the Children of Israel after 40 long years were about to enter the Promised Land.  God was dividing the land among the tribes as an inheritance (basically creating counties where each tribe would dwell and which would bear their name) – each tribe, that is, except the Levites.  The Levites would not be given a section of land for an inheritance.

    The Levites were a tribe set apart for the priesthood.  Their job was to represent God’s will to the people and the people’s needs to God.   God provided for the Levites, but instead of keeping them all together in one county, he had each of the tribes give them cities in their counties, 48 cities in all, spread throughout the whole land.  If there was a spiritual need among Israel, God didn’t want the people who lived farthest away from the Levite’s county to have to travel, days, weeks or months to get help.  He wanted His ambassadors right there, in cities in each tribe’s land.

Strong for so Long

March 24, 2014

Good Morning My Beloved Ones,

    I pray you are soaking up the sunshine, drinking in the fresh air and reveling in every blessing God has brought your way.

    Today I want to talk to you about “Strong for so Long”.  In a phone conversation the other night, I heard it said of me, “She’s a widow.  We need to help her.”  And I thought, that’s not entirely true.  I was a widow, but I remarried and that husband left me – not exactly the same thing.  But as I was walking today, the Lord told me, “But you are a widow. Your marriage ended suddenly and the husband you loved is no longer in your life and he even told you, ‘The man you married is dead. Move on.’  You are both fatherless and a widow”.  

    But my father died in 1994, I argued with the Lord.  “Is he able to be a part of your life?”  No, I answered.  “I am Father to the fatherless and Husband to the widow”, He answered.  “You are both”.  In that moment I broke down and wept.  I grieved for all I’d lost.  I had been strong for so long.  I carried the load my father would have borne for me; I carried the portion my husband was to bear.  And I realized that I’ll not have to carry it all any longer – I have a Father and a Husband and He is ever with me.

The Great Trib Trap

March 17, 2014

Good Morning My Beloved Ones,

    I pray that you are standing steadfast and immovable in your faith and when push comes to shove, you shall not be moved.

  Today I want to talk to you about “The Great Trib Trap”.  I was sitting with a group of women in our church coffee shop before

service one Wed. night listening to a woman who was involved in a frenzied Facebook debate over when the rapture of the church would occur.  She read aloud the other’s responses with shock that they could believe such things, commented about their lack of knowledge of the scriptures and was eager to respond again and set the record straight.  As I watched this unfolding, the Lord reminded me of II Corinthians 12:20, “For I fear, lest when I come, I shall not find you such as I would…lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes”, etc.

A Broken World

March 10, 2014

Good Morning My Beloved Ones,

I pray that you love yourself as much as Jesus loves you, for you are precious.

Today I want to talk to you about “A Broken World”.  The biggest turning point in my Christian walk, my relationship with Jesus, and my life in general came in February 2012.  Prior to that I was stuck,

I’d been deeply hurt and betrayed, couldn’t get past what had happened, and my mind, heart and life just kind of stalled.  I got stuck, I couldn’t seem to progress in any area of my life.  Have you been there?

My saving grace was a Bible study called “Stuck” that I purchased in a Christian book store.  I know this was divine intervention because I rarely enter Christian bookstores and I never buy pre-packaged Bible studies, but the name called out to me.  I was stuck; perhaps it could help.  And it did.

Opposition

March 10, 2014

Good Morning My Beloved Ones,

    I pray that you are able to redeem the time, for the days are evil.

     Today I want to talk to you about “Opposition”.  This past week I experienced a lot of opposition.  I had clients call the corporate office to complain about me.  I had policies I’d just written stolen away from me by another agent; I was losing more business than I was writing – it seemed everywhere I turned something bad was happening one after another like an assault.  

On Saturday, I drove 75 miles one way to get a photo I needed for a Homeowner’s policy and when I got all the way out there, the battery was dead on my boss’ camera.  The charger was, of course, back in the office over an hour away.  Fortunately I had my camera with me and took the pictures with it.  I got back home and was putting the sd card in the computer to download the pictures and the card fell apart in my hand.  It completely came apart!  I would have to drive back out and take another photo after purchasing a new card.  Which I did.  Aarggh!  Frustrating!