On My Knees Removing the Previous in Preparation for the New

Greetings dear and precious sisters-in-Christ,

Yes, the Lord has me on my knees doing manual labor - removing the landscaping rocks from previous owners. We are repurposing them. It was a project that we started in early June hoping to get it completed within a couple weeks, well... There are two more areas that need to be tended to and I'm hoping to get this area done by the end of the week. I started yesterday morning and worked a couple of hours and cleared half of the area and today I'm giving my body a rest and hopefully will continue tomorrow. The reason I am on my knees is because I find that by using my hands to gather the rocks together and simultaneously removing the underlying liner I'm able to physically do this. My hands are sore today which I expected along with my neck and shoulders and back and legs (well basically the whole body).

While I am doing this physical work my mind is going a thousand thoughts a minute (well maybe that is an exaggeration, but pretty close) and little things catch my attention.

Spiders and worms and ants!! Spider webs and egg sacks, big worms and little worms, and LOTS and HORDES of ants. Insects and a lot of them.

In this process of removing the previous to prepare for the new what is being discovered is that there is so much that is not seen. So my lesson learned by doing this:

1) removing the previous is back backing, on your knees labor.

2) it takes longer than you think or plan.

3) there is much hidden which is exposed.

My prayer for this Wednesday being the last Wednesday of August 2018 -

Abba Father, Praise and Glory and Honor to thee above ALL things. LORD thank You that Your LOVE endures forever and ever and ever. LORD I pray for each dear and precious sister-in-Christ that as she comes before you whether on her knees or standing bolding with lifted hands or bowed low in humble adoration may she be mindful of the things that are hidden in her heart that You are able to expose, may she be mindful of the plans that You have for her life and may she mindful of the what Jesus did when He died on the Cross. May she be mindful of the removing of the previous in preparation for the New that You want to bring into her life. I ask of this in the Name of Jesus, the Name above all names, Amen.

Blessings,




LyndiaSue

My Eye - Psalm 32:8

Greetings dear and precious sisters-in-Christ,

The Lord already prepared me for this posting this morrning last night - Each night before I go to sleep I read the "Daily Light" by Bagster/Lotz. The days readings - morning and night. Last night the last verse was Psalm 32:8, "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye." As I closed the book and laid it on my nightstand I said out loud, "This is what I will post tomorrow morning."

How reassuring this verse was for me last night and knowing that He had already prepared it for today's posting is far more than I can comprehend. For He is constantly and in lovingkindness, "instructing and teaching and guiding" with HIS eye.

It gives me the peace which passes all understanding because in the midst of my situation all I need do is allow Him to instruct and teach and guide. And unlike a parent or guardian who watches over and worries at times just how to take care of someone the LORD is keeping His Eye, the Creator who spoke all into existence and is all knowing and all seeing and all present it is His Eye that is guiding.

I do know that I will never be able to fathom the depth and height and width of His instructing and teaching and guiding but I do know that I will continually be captivated by HIS Grace and Mercy.

Abba Father, Praise and Glory and Honor to thee, Thank You LORD that Your Word is a Lamp unto my feet and a Light to my Path. (Psalm 119.105) Thank You oh Lord for Your Holy and Righteous and Lovingkindness. Thank you for Your insructing and teaching and Guiding in the lives of these dear and precious sisters-in-Christ. I pray that they would ALLOW You to enter into their daily lives and ALLOW You to Instruct and Teach them in the way they should go and Guide them with Your Eye." In the Precious Name of Jesus, the Name above all names,
Amen.

His Eye Is Upon You,




LyndiaSue

Picking Raspberries

Greetings dear and precious sisters-in-Christ,

It has been a couple of weeks since I have posted and I do apologize for my lack in communicating with all of you. I hope and pray that each of your lives are being filled with His Gentleness. It seems more than ever that the Lord's gentleness needs to be in our lives more and more.

He has gifted me with His Gentleness in an amazing way - picking raspberries with my mom.

My mom is so sweet and with her declining memories there are very few things that give her pleasure and not angst and one of them is picking raspberries. This is something that she did not do when daddy was alive. In fact daddy loved raspberries and had planted several raspberry bushes around one of their small sheds several years ago and year and year it has produced. This year was no exception.

I kept a close eye on the raspberry bushes and when they started to produce I would go over and ask mom if I could pick raspberries. This was a couple of weeks ago. She joined me the first time and since then it is every other day that I go over and me and mom spend at least an hour just picking raspberries and being together.

It is the highlight of my day just to hear her chatter and laughter and just being together mom and me.

This is my prayer...

Abba Father,
Thank you that You gift us with so many blessings. Thank you that each day is filled with chatter and laughter and just being together. You alone draw us closer to you, You alone fill our senses with the most beautiful moments. Lord, I pray for each dear and precious sister-in-Christ that she would hear Your Whispers and Hear Your Song being sung over her and feel Your Presence as she walks through her day. May it be filled with Your Gentleness with each breath and each step and each encounter. I ask in the Name of Jesus, the Name above All names, Amen.

Blessings,




LyndiaSue