Peace - Be Still

Greetings dear and precious sisters-in-Christ,

It seems that this new year is starting to be like the beginning stages of the teen years. The teen years actually begin at age 11. That is when you begin to see the change in the person, very subtle but underneath the surface there is change going on. At age 12 the moodiness begins to set in but still not the independence that wants to come with it. But at age 13 the transformation is complete. So here we are 2013! The intensity and the tension seems to have erupted overnight and coupled with that is the moodiness and a deep desire to be independent of anything that is at rest.

In just the last week and a half it seems that I have had to very deliberately calm myself. More than ever I am desiring the Peace of God which passes all understanding. And with that the being still and knowing that He is God.

The LORD who created
The LORD who is Sovereign
The LORD who never changes
The LORD who has my name written on the palm of His Hand

Abba Father, oh how great is Your Name, thank You that You know the number of hairs on my head. Thank You that You have planned and purposed my life. Thank you that I am Loved by thee. Lord, I pray for each dear and precious sister-in-Christ today that she have Your Peace and Be Still. May she place the helmet of salvation upon her head and as she walks through her day and her week may each one be anointed in Your LOVE and JOY. In Jesus Name, Amen.

Resting in His Peace,

LyndiaSue

So Much More

Greetings dear and precious sisters-in-Christ,

I do pray that your new year will be blessed with Joy, His Joy alone.

On New Year's Eve we (DH) decided to go see the movie, The Hobbit and to see it in 3D.

J.R.R. Tolkien has been a favorite of our family.

He really wanted to experience the whole thing and he was not disappointed. I too enjoyed the beauty and creativity of the special effects technology. The way things were brought to life in such a way that you could feel the water rushing over you or know how it felt to be overcome with evil. Yes, excellent.

But something happened after we existed the movie theater that put it all in perspective about man's creativity and special effects. As we were getting into the car I noticed the moon shining upon the parking lot and as I was thanking the Lord for this a Pueo (native Hawaiian owl)appeared. He was hunting in the tree tops. His wings fluttered as he hovered over the first tree and then went to another and another. We were speechless as we watched. God's creation is so much more.

Abba Father, Praise thee and Thank You Lord that You LOVE us. I pray for each precious sister-in-Christ today that she would desire the "so much more". Yes Lord, that this year she would be blessed with Your Joy, that she not be satisfied with the happy of this world but that she would desire the Joy of Jesus. May her life be one that is set apart for You. In Jesus Name, Amen.

Desiring JESUS,

LyndiaSue