When the Rain Comes

So rest a while, it'll be alright.

No one loves you like I do.

I can't stop the rain

from falling down on you again

I can't stop the rain

But I will hold you 'till it goes away.

This is My Love

I'll put you in front of me

So everybody can see

Love

This is my love.

Perfect Timing

I may never understand God's perfect timing and that's okay with me.  The only thing that matters is that He knows!  Isaiah 46:10 says "I make known the END from the BEGINNING"  it continues to say "My purpose will stand and I will do all that I please".

He doesn't just start us out, knowing which paths we will take to reach our end.  NO.. He has planned our perfect ending first!!  The purpose... His ending purpose will always be accomplished in His perfect timing.  He will do all that He pleases.

Thank you Father for your perfect timing in my life!

Get Behind Me Satan!

After Jesus explained to his disciples how he must suffer many things and be killed, Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him. "Never, Lord" he said. "This shall never happen to you!"

Jesus turned and said to Peter... 

"Get behind me, Satan! 

You are a stumbling block to me; 

you do not have in mind the concerns of God, 

but merely human concerns."

Matthew 16:21-23

I love the Lord with a passion.  I hunger after His presence in my life daily.  I can't ever remember a time when I felt closer in my walk with the Lord, than over these last few months.  Yet today, the Holy Spirit quickly revealed to me how I had been letting the enemy whisper in my ear.

For the last several days, I've become a bit frustrated about the things of this life -- "Human concerns" as Jesus called them.  In my frustration, I struggled with God's reasoning and timing.  Mentally, I began to question whether the Father even cared about my personal needs and desires.  These thoughts started out innocently enough, but as they began to flood my mind, they became such a driving force that I was ready to step out of God's will and once again chase my own dreams with a passion!

A brief note from a friend who is strong in the Lord, hit me like a wall of bricks.  The Holy Spirit quickly nudged me and showed me that I had been allowing the enemy to whisper these worldly thoughts in my ear.  Those thoughts had gone from small seeds of dissatisfaction to weeds that were building a stronghold or root system in my mind.

If it could happen to Peter, it could happen to me!  I don't want to be a stumbling block.  I want to have the mind of Christ and not the mind of this world.

Thank you Father for your love and divine concern over my life.  Father, I ask forgiveness and give you full control again.  Get behind me Satan!

Go!

"Now Go!  

I will help you speak 

and will teach you what to say."  

-God

(Exodus 4:12)

He Will Do

Isaiah 46:9-13

I am God, and there is no other;

I am God, and there is none like me.

I make known the end from the beginning,

from ancient times, what is still to come.

I say "My purpose will stand

and I will do all that I please."

From the east I summon a bird of prey;

from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.

What i have said, that I will bring about;

what I have planned, that I will do.

Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted,

you who are now far from my righteousness.

I am bringing my righteousness near,

it is not far away; 

and my salvation will not be delayed.

I will grant salvation to Zion,

my splendor to Israel.