Hill Country Thoughts

It’s Amazing – Mobile Posting!!

Paul — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:11:56 +0000

It is amazing that I can sit here at the Rev Coffee Shop and write my thoughts using my HTC Evo to post my thoughts from my mobile phone.

Just downloaded Word Press App for Android, it works great!

Actually when you get around to it, it is a mini-computer. Since I got this, I have not open my lap-top very much.

Just sharing my mobile thoughts. Look’s like a new adventure in blogging communication for me.

Later,

Paul

In The Midst

Paul — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:52:42 +0000

In the midst of the pain, in the midst of despair,
in the midst of it all, You are there!

In the midst of failure, in the midst of hopelessness,
You are there!

In the midst of a heart broken, in the midst of life shattered,
You are there!

In the midst of tears flowing, You are all knowing and You are there!!

In the midst of life’s turmoils, when all seems at an end, You are there!

In the midst, when we want to quit, You are there!

When our hearts cry out, no more, please no more, you are there!

In the midst of Light breaking and Life flowing, You are there!

In the midst of restoration, of mending, you are there!

With life flowing, With Hope knowing, You are there!

In the midst of it all, Father, in the midst of it all,
You are there!

In the midst of Your presence, in the midst of your Spirit,
in the midst of who you are, We are there!!

For in Your midst, Our hearts heal, our wounds seal, and life
restored!

In your midst we see that You and You alone are the source of our life,
for in Your midst is where we belong!

For it is in your presence and in your midst that you have called us,
for it is here, in Your midst, that We belong!!

Writing for the King,

Paul E. Dawn Jr.
(C) June 2007

Talk To Him

Paul — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:51:57 +0000

I am thankful for those that the Lord has put into my life, those that I pray with. To know the Lord is in our midst. That He will speak to our hearts and make us sensitive to the Holy Spirit, letting us know how to pray and what to pray for.

Prayer, Worship and Praise is what drives the Heart of God , with supplication and a desire to know Him, not just about Him. Sometimes we just listen, other times, we talk to Him, as a Father. To let him know how we feel, what is on our heart. A time of just being honest to God!

When we take time to come into his presence,. it brings joy to His heart, as we delight in Him, He delights in us!

As we touch the heart of God, He touches ours and He shows us how to love with His love. How to love our families, our friends, our brothers and sisters in the Lord, with His love.

That He will show us what it means to be one with Him. That we have been reunited with Him through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and that we have all been made one in the Lord and with each other and that is awesome to think about!

Take time to talk to Him today! Set aside some time to let Him know how much you love and appreciate Him. That He is your Father and you thank Him for revealing Himself to you!!

Let us bless the Lord with our whole heart, with our soul, with our whole being. As the Psalmist David said, “ My mouth is filled with God’s praise. Let everything living bless him, bless his holy name from now to eternity!” (Psalms 145:18-21 – The Message)

Till later,

Paul

Whoa! Don’t Hit The Send Key!

Paul — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:37:34 +0000

The other day, as I sat there at the Rev Coffee Shop, in Smyrna, Georgia, drinking a fresh cup of coffee, thinking, writing, looking out the windows, watching cars drive by and also observing people here in the coffee shop, I begin to wonder what things are on their hearts, their minds today? What battles are they fighting, what stories do they have to tell?

We all have things we can share, thoughts, hopes and dreams. We can build up or we can tear down with the words we share, that we speak, that we type!

We never know what kind of an impact our words will have on others, wether it will be a word that brings, life or death.

As we read James Chapter 3, we see the power that is in that little weapon, the tongue, that it can get us into a lot of trouble, because the word’s we speak, the words we type and the words we send have the power to bring life or death to the heart, to the spirit of someone!

Once that word is spoken or sent out, it is impossible to retrieve. It is like an e-mail we send or a word we speak in the heat of anger, it is gone!

Let us watch over this unruly member, the tongue, to set up a guard in our heart!,

Watch the words that we speak, that we write, that we send!

Take time to sit back and reflect for a little while before we speak or hit the send key.

Till later!

Paul

Pain

Paul — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:30:00 +0000

Why Write About Pain?

Pain is one of the things that I have been dealing with for the last seven years. It is part of my normal, everyday life. It never, ever goes away. The medications that I take, dull it and the side effects of the medication cause drowsiness and other effects and because of that I have to rest a lot.

This pain and the side effects are the very things that keep me focused on the Lord, reminding me of how far He has brought me and how much He has been changing me, that I am in the process of changing daily, becoming more like the Lord in heart, in attitude. It is an inner journey, that I am not the same man, that I was seven years ago, that I am becoming more conformed to the Lord.

Yes there are days that it takes everything within me to move forward, to go out into the marketplace, to be out in the coffee shops, etc., for those are the very places the Father wants me to be, For it is there that I can focus on others, to look outward, not inward.

It is there that I get to meet new people. To listen, a lot of listening, to encourage, exhort, lift up others. To share the hope, the peace, the rest that I have in the midst of this journey called life. The pain, the things I physically go through maybe my thorn, for they keep me focused and remind me that my strength comes from the Lord.

Yes there are days, I want to let go, but I cannot because I know that the life I live now is because of the Lord, that he is allowed my children and grandchildren to see the changes he has made in me over these last seven years. That others can see and know it is the grace of God, that has enabled me to be where I am now spiritually, and emotionally.

Though I’m on full disability and I can’t do the things I used to, I can do what I’ve been called to and that is to go out into the marketplace, where people are. For me it is the coffee shops, it is amazing how long I can make a large cup of coffee last

I have met so many awesome people over the years in the coffee shops and made so many new friends. I’ve been able to exhort, encourage and lift others up. In a coffee shop you overhear so many things and many times I feel a sense of the Lord to lift those things to Him in prayer and I do, others may reap the fruit, but I get the honor of planting the seed, even though I didn’t talk to them personally. I have learned it is important to respond to those promptings of the Lord. In a coffee shop as well as other places, you overhear conversations, even when you don’t want to.

I don’t know exactly why I felt to share this today, but I have learned when the Lord says to write, I write, the rest is up to him!

I hope the words that I have written will encourage you in your walk, in your life, for we all deal with pain, not all of it is physical. He uses the things we go through to make us stronger and enables us to touch others, because we share out of a relationship, out of a life with the Lord, and we share that very life with others, not out of theory but out of a relationship, that our lives reflect that reality, for often our lives speak louder than our words.

Till later,

Paul