January 2008
Monthly Archive
Called To Be Servants!
Posted by Paul on 25 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Coffee Thoughts, Friends, General, Hope, Ponderings, Prayer, Remembering, Video Posts
Joshua’s Men 2007/2008 Retreat
What Do You Want To Look Like?
Posted by Paul on 19 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Encouragement, General, Hope, Ponderings, Remembering
Looking at my hats, I didn’t realize how bad the old one looked, look at it!!
It looks like what we in Texas would call, “road kill”.
Till I compared it to the new, I just didn’t realize how bad it looked and needed to be replaced!
As I was comparing the hats, the Father reminded me, that is what we look like sometimes, old, beaten, road worn, in need of renewal, of restoration.
He reminded me of Romans 13:14, “Get out of bed and get dressed! Don’t loiter and linger, waiting until the very last minute. Dress yourselves in Christ, and be up and about!” Romans 13:14 (The Message).
That we are to put on Christ, to renew our mind, to have the full armour of the Lord, that which will help us walk in His strength and power!
What a difference when I looked into the mirror. I saw myself as the Lord saw me, one with Him and one with the Father, walking together!
What do you want to look like?
Till later,
Paul
Let’s Take A Walk
Posted by Paul on 11 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Coffee Thoughts, General, Hope, Ponderings, Writers
One of the things that I have been learning over the last five years, is what it means to rest in the Lord, in the midst of the storms, the battles of life, that we can have that peace which passes all understanding, because it is not based in ourselves but in the Lord, allowing the Holy Spirit to bring a rest that only the Father can give us!
That no matter where we are in life, in our walk, we can abide in Him, that in that abiding, in that dwelling place, we find strength, calmness, rest. That we trust Him even when we don’t understand the why of things!
On the mountain top or in the valley, I am finding a resting place, where I can literally rest and trust in Him and that gives me strength for the day, knowing that He is walking with me and He will finish that which He has begun.
My part, our part, is to trust Him and to say “Yes Lord, this day is a new day, a fresh start, a new beginning, let us walk together, let us be one. Teach us, to hear your voice in the midst of life, for it will give us strength to walk with you.”
I know it is the storms and the battles of life that try to drown out that still small voice of the Holy Spirit and that we are being taught to be attune, so no matter, where we are in our walk, on the mountain top or in the valley, we will hear that still small voice that says “be still and know and follow me.”
When we do, a strength will be given to us, a peace that passes all understanding, and we can truly say, “It is well with my soul!” Even when we don’t understand the why of things, we know, that our Father is moving us forward in His purposes, His directions!
A day will come, when we will look back and realize, that our Father has been with us all the time and has brought us into a place of trust, of knowing Him, to a place that others will see the peace that we have and they too will want to know the source of our strength, that we will be able to share the Lord Jesus Christ with them, because of what they have seen working in our lives, not so much by what we have said, but what we are living!
Let us wake each day and walk with our Father on this journey set before us and learn to hear that still small voice and say, “Good Morning Father, let us walk with you this day!”
Till later,
Paul
Yet I Know!
Posted by Paul on 04 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Hope, Ponderings, Prayer
Father!
I really don’t know where to begin in prayer today.
You know all the thoughts that are going through my mind and I assume a lot of them are from the enemy, the ones that make me doubt and remind me that I am a failure because I don’t maintain a perfect relationship with you.
That I stumble, that I feel like I am abandoned, that if I was a much better person, Christian, I would not be without a car, without family near by, all those thoughts.
Yet I know Father, that you are with me, you have given me entrance into your presence, that it is nothing I can do, it is all you!
You have made the way and Father, I come empty handed, all I have to give is me, to be used the way you want.
Take this vessel and make it useable in your hands Father, to fulfill your purposes , not mine!
Father, I need transportation, a way to go where you want. I have seen you provide for others.
Take my hands, my computer, let them be used for you. Help me to yield all to you.
Teach me what it means to be a Father.
Let today be a new day with you!
Teach us to hear your voice and to know you, not just about you.
Help us to know your word, to desire your word, your presence more than anything else.
We love you Father and we need you!
Love, your son,
Paul
