Psalms 22


2. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? [You are] far from my salvation [and] from the words of my moaning. ב. אֵלִי אֵלִי לָמָה עֲזַבְתָּנִי רָחוֹק מִישׁוּעָתִי דִּבְרֵי שַׁאֲגָתִי:
3. My God, I call out by day and You do not reply, and at night I do not keep silent. ג. אֱלֹהַי אֶקְרָא יוֹמָם וְלֹא תַעֲנֶה וְלַיְלָה וְלֹא דוּמִיָּה לִי:

7. But I am a worm and not a man; a reproach of man, despised by peoples. ז. וְאָנֹכִי תוֹלַעַת וְלֹא אִישׁ חֶרְפַּת אָדָם וּבְזוּי עָם:
8. All who see me will mock me; they will open their lips, they will shake their head. ח. כָּל רֹאַי יַלְעִגוּ לִי יַפְטִירוּ בְשָׂפָה יָנִיעוּ רֹאשׁ:
9. One should cast his trust upon the Lord, and He will rescue him; He will save him because He delights in him. ט. גֹּל אֶל יְהֹוָה יְפַלְּטֵהוּ יַצִּילֵהוּ כִּי חָפֵץ בּוֹ:
10. For You drew me from the womb; You made me secure on my mother's breasts. י. כִּי אַתָּה גֹחִי מִבָּטֶן מַבְטִיחִי עַל שְׁדֵי אִמִּי:
11. Upon You, I was cast from birth; from my mother's womb You are my God. יא. עָלֶיךָ הָשְׁלַכְתִּי מֵרָחֶם מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי אֵלִי אָתָּה:
12. Do not distance Yourself from me, for distress is near; for there is none to help. יב. אַל תִּרְחַק מִמֶּנִּי כִּי צָרָה קְרוֹבָה כִּי אֵין עוֹזֵר:
13. Great bulls have surrounded me; the mighty ones of Bashan encompassed me. יג. סְבָבוּנִי פָּרִים רַבִּים אַבִּירֵי בָשָׁן כִּתְּרוּנִי:
14. They opened their mouth against me [like] a tearing, roaring lion. יד. פָּצוּ עָלַי פִּיהֶם אַרְיֵה טֹרֵף וְשֹׁאֵג:
15. I was spilled like water, and all my bones were separated; my heart was like wax, melting within my innards. טו. כַּמַּיִם נִשְׁפַּכְתִּי וְהִתְפָּרְדוּ כָּל עַצְמוֹתָי הָיָה לִבִּי כַּדּוֹנָג נָמֵס בְּתוֹךְ מֵעָי:
16. My strength became dried out like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my palate; and You set me down in the dust of death. טז. יָבֵשׁ כַּחֶרֶשׂ | כֹּחִי וּלְשׁוֹנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֹחָי וְלַעֲפַר מָוֶת תִּשְׁפְּתֵנִי:
17. For dogs have surrounded me; a band of evildoers has encompassed me, like a lion, my hands and feet. יז. כִּי סְבָבוּנִי כְּלָבִים עֲדַת מְרֵעִים הִקִּיפוּנִי כָּאֲרִי יָדַי וְרַגְלָי:
18. I tell about all my bones. They look and gloat over me. יח. אֲסַפֵּר כָּל עַצְמוֹתָי הֵמָּה יַבִּיטוּ יִרְאוּ בִי:
19. They share my garments among themselves and cast lots for my raiment. יט. יְחַלְּקוּ בְגָדַי לָהֶם וְעַל לְבוּשִׁי יַפִּילוּ גוֹרָל:
20. But You, O Lord, do not distance Yourself; my strength, hasten to my assistance. כ. וְאַתָּה יְהֹוָה אַל תִּרְחָק אֱיָלוּתִי לְעֶזְרָתִי חוּשָׁה:
23. I will tell Your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise You. כג. אֲסַפְּרָה שִׁמְךָ לְאֶחָי בְּתוֹךְ קָהָל אֲהַלְלֶךָּ:
24. You who fear the Lord, praise Him; all the seed of Jacob, honor Him, and fear Him, all the seed of Israel. כד. יִרְאֵי יְהֹוָה | הַלְלוּהוּ כָּל זֶרַע יַעֲקֹב כַּבְּדוּהוּ וְגוּרוּ מִמֶּנוּ כָּל זֶרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל:

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

WHAT ARE YOU WAITNG FOR?

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 What are you waiting for?
Someone may say, I am waiting to be called, or waiting for a specific thing to happen or a sign from the Lord, THEN I will know, then I will answer, then I will act, then I will make changes in my life, then I will stop hanging around those friends, then I will eat differently, then I will be healed, then I will prioritize my husband, wife or children and on and on we make excuses inside the hiding place of our heart and mind. 

I want to remind you of a man who was crippled for thirty-eight years.  He was waiting beside a pool of water that The Angel of the Lord would stir.  Whoever was first to enter the water would be healed. This crippled man was never fast enough, and there was no one to help him into the water.
Yeshua asked, "do you want to be well?'  Many people when asked this question would say, "of course I want to be well, why do you even ask?"  Just the same Yeshua asked and the crippled man gave the reason why he was not healed.  Yeshua said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”

Today there is no need to lay beside a pool and wait for the water to be stirred by the angel.  The Holy Spirit is Present at all times inside of you.  Reach out and grab hold of His presence.  He is actually waiting on your heart to be stirred and for you to respond to HIM.   What is the THING that is crippling your life?  I say to you today, ACT, pick up your mat and walk, in His power and His strength and His might.

See,  you do not have to wait for a specific sign, Yeshua IS the sign.  He is living and on the inside of you.  His Presence is ever with you.  Quiet yourself and feel Yeshua`s arms around you right now.

 John 5
 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [b] One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

DISAPPOINTMENTS?

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DELAY DOES NOT MEAN DENIAL!
It is true that every person on this earth experiences many disappointments and trials over their life time. 
The question is; what do we do with those disappointments?
Do we get angry that something we desired did not come to pass in the timing we wanted it to?  Or do we give it over, surrender it, to the Lord, knowing that He is in ultimate control and knows what is best for each of us?
God is a God of Life!  He has come that we might have life and LIFE more abundantly!
I want to share something personal with my readers.
My husband and I have been married for 17 years this month.
We have desired to have children for many many years.  It has been a constant source of pain and wondering why, over the years.  God has given many words through others, to us that we would have babies.  For many years I believed that God was imminently going to do a miracle, waiting expectantly, expectantly.  I also believed that if it was not going to happen that God want take away the desire in us.  Well, that has not happened!  We saw a fertility Doctor 13 years ago and they gave us NO hope at all, even if we spent thousands of dollars for IVF.  The chances of IVF working were 50% or less.  Well, needless to say we did not have the dollars to do it. 
So.... 8 years later we tried to refinance our home.  No matter what we tried it always was a NO from mortgage brokers.  Finally, last year after waiting and waiting, our mortgage interest rate was dropped, decreasing  our monthly payment, and enabling us to go forward with IVF (in-vitro fertilization). 
As I am now 40 and the clock is ticking......we started again to see a fertility Doctor.   Approximately 16 months ago we started IUI(inter-uterine insemination).  After several tries the message again was that we needed to do IVF (in-vitro fertilization).  This February we started the process, we got down to a couple of days before the embyos would be transferred into my uterus and something went wrong.  The whole process had to be stopped and we have to start all over again!  What disappointment again and again and again!  I ask God why, and He speaks to me, in the quiet place and he says it is "In His timing" and "For His GLORY."

Today, what is it that you are desiring?  Is it your health, your husband, wife or child`s spirituality,  a job, or ANY desire that you know is GOOD and comes from the Lord?  I want you to know that it is NOT about you or anything you have DONE or  NOT DONE that you may think is preventing these things from coming to fruition!
 The Lord says to you today, "IT WILL HAPPEN, IN MY(GOD`S) TIMING AND I WILL BRING IT TO PASS IN YOUR LIFE, BUT, IT IS FOR MY (GOD`S) GLORY NOT  FOR YOUR OWN OR THE GLORY OF THE SITUATION!"
REMEMBER, YESHUA HAS COME THAT WE MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY.  TRUST HIM LIKE YOU NEVER HAVE BEFORE.  TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH AND DO SOMETHING YOU HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE.  YOU WILL SEE THE MOUNTAINS REMOVED AND CAST INTO THE SEA LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
Remember His loving kindness and His good deeds toward you, focus on the future that you have in Yeshua.  Focus on Yeshua!  Keep Him your #1 priority!