Hill Country Thoughts

As I was reading this verse this morning, it made me realize the power that is in the word, both in the written and spoken. That the Lord is teaching us to use our hands to war and our fingers to fight!

I can see in this how what we write can effect others. That we are given the opportunity to use the Internet for the building up of the body of Christ, to encourage one another in our walk with the Lord. That is my goal as we come to the end of 2004 and begin anew in 2005.

Who would have thought twenty years ago that we would be using a medium such as the Internet to link together, to be able to encourage, exhort, lift up others and to share our hearts, to share that which is real in our lives, trusting that it will minister and bless others, as we share our thoughts, our hopes, our tears, our dreams, our victories and triumphs on this path called life.

The time that I have spent here in Kennesaw, Georgia is opening new doors, new opportunities, new venues, thoughts and ideas. I had the opportunity since being here to meet a fellow brother and writer in the Lord, Cecil Murphey, who has written numerous books, two that I am in the process of reading now. “Committed But Flawed” and “Seeking God’s Hidden Face: When God Seems Absent.”

It was a real blessing to spend time with Cecil. I came away uplifted and encouraged in the Lord and more assured in my heart and spirit that I am doing that which the Lord has called me to do, to be a pen in His hand, a ready writer. The Lord used him to confirm things to my heart that He had already spoken to me. Thank you Cecil!!

Let us remember as we approach this new year, 2005, the importance of what we say, what we share. Remember the power of the pen to lift up, build up and exhort others, to remember the power of words, that which we speak, that which we write. Let it be words of life, words that will minister to others, to give hope in a time that the world is looking for it.

Let us share the hope that is in our Lord Jesus Christ. In 2005 let us share that He is indeed alive!! Let us share the heart of the Father, let us share the hope of the new life that we have in Christ!!

Please remember my friends, as I always share, don’t ever think that what you write or share is not important, for it is. There have been a number of times as I have visited or blogged by so many other blogs, that a word shared, a thought expressed, was the word that I needed at that moment, at that time, that made me to realize that I was indeed hearing from my Father, that I was not alone, for others have walked this path also. So thank you my many friends for sharing, for being real, for allowing the Lord to use you to express His heart so many times.

You may never know who you have touched, or brought freedom to. That which you shared might be the key that opens the door of their hearts to the Lord, to received from Him, that which He has for them, as it causes them to open up to Him.

Don’t be afraid to write, to share, to speak, allow the Lord to use you as a key to open the hearts of others to receive the healing word, the healing power, the healing touch of the life, that breath from God that will breathe life into their hearts, to the spirit and bring restoration to them.

Thank you my friends, for being the hand of God extended, for sharing, for giving, even when you didn’t realize that you have given a word, whether written or spoken, that has rekindle the fire, the passion of the Lord within and causing me to pursue the Lord with all that is with in.

I want to say what a blessing my daughter’s Gloria and Elise are to me and what a blessisng my son Joshua is, who never lost faith in me, who constantly and persistently pushed me, to write, to share, to go for it and for that my son, I thank you!

Till later,

How important it is and how quick it goes and how often we miss the precious moments that are given to us because we are so busy, so involved with everything around us, that we miss the precious moments. The quality time with our families, our children, with our Lord and Savior and with our Father.

Being here with our children and grandchildren have given me such a new perspective of what is important in life, of what is sustaining and what enables us to have a sense of purpose.

The time that we take to be with the Lord, to be in His word, in His presence. Those are precious moments.

Times of being heart to heart with our Father and learning His heart beat, allowing the work of the Holy Spirit to bring healing, restoration and renewal.

It is learning to spend time with our children, to listen to their thoughts, their hopes and dreams. To be able to pray with them, to lift them to the Lord and to watch the Lord work in their lives.

It is spending time with the grandchildren. To enjoy the mornings when my grand daughter Rebekah comes out here to the living room to just be with grandpapa. To sit on the couch and just talk and share and to see the smile in her eyes. What a joy she is too me.

Then there is the excitement when my grandsons Jordan and Keian run out to the living room to see if grandpapa is here and to see the excitement in their eyes also brings such an awareness of precious moments. When they run and give me a hug, or when I have too correct them, little Keian will look at me with a smile on his face, and a wink in his eye and it is hard to keep a straight face.

I remember precious moments of Jodie, what a gem and a treasure she is and what a blessing. The joy she is to our children and grandchildren. To listen to the grandchildren talk about grandma, that too is precious, for the love in their voice for her is priceless.

In remembering all of this today I am reminded how important time is. Time spent with the Father, in my walk with the Lord and how precious time with the family is.

Take time to remember the precious moments. The quiet time with the Lord, with the Father and give thanks, rejoice in those times and store them in your heart as precious treasure.

Let us remember those precious moments! Those times with our families. To let them know how loved they are. Don’t forget the little things, which are not so little. The hugs, the winks, the I love you’s. The shoulder to rest on, the ears to hear and the time to listen, to just be there.

Sitting here this morning with tears swelling in my eyes, not of sadness or sorrow but of seeing the Hand of God in our family, in each of our children and grandchildren and to realize how precious they all are.

Precious moments, remember them! Store them in your heart, so that you can look back and remember and then look forward to new moments and times that will be written upon your heart!!

Till later,