Each Wednesday Morning

Greetings dear and precious sisters-in-Christ, Each Wednesday morning as we meet together there is something that is so special and astounding, the morning begins with my normal routine BUT as soon as I place my fingers on the keyboard something miraculous happens. It is not forced in any way, I am not frantically searching for some words to amaze or even convince anyone of His Love. He is in our midst! He directs and He guides for when He is in our Presence He knows all of our hearts and our thoughts. He knows how to speak into each individual heart. I have been reading the Chronicles (1 and 2) and yesterday I was reading chapter 5:11-14 of 2 Chronicles. My bible titles this section "The Glory of God Fills the Temple", just listen, "When the priests came forth from the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without regard to division), and all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and kinsmen, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps and lyres, standing east of the altar, and with them one hundred and twenty priests blowing trumpets in unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised the LORD saying, "He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting," then the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God. As I was reading this and it began to build upon itself I was caught up in the significance of His Presence. The cloud was the glory of the LORD and that cloud rendered the priests speechless. The priests who had just come forth from the holy place and had sancitifed themselves. The priests who the LORD had appointed! And the Levitical singers who were named and wearing fine linen. Such pageantry was done for the Temple and yet how much we take for granted when we enter our places of worship or even when we get together to fellowship. And I know that it doesn't compare BUT still as I post my Wednesday morning prayers and do as an act of obedience He is in our midst. Let us pray - Abba Father, Praise to Thee and thank You that Your Presence is in our midst as we gather together to give You all the honor and glory and Praise. Lord, thank You that each dear and precious sister-in-Christ is precious in Your sight and You know her so intimately and created them so uniquely. O, Lord, as they walk through their day may "Your Shekinah Glory" be upon them as they minister or teach or help those in need. And may they continually be praising You and showing others the Lovingkindness of the Lord. In Jesus Name, Amen. In Awe of His Presence,

LyndiaSue

Welcome to the Month of April

Greetings dear and precious sisters-in-Christ, The month of April and just as I write down the words I get a skippity doo dah feeling. Yes, pictures of a girl and boy wearing rubber boots walking and playing in the water puddles made by the rain showers or maybe a girl walking down the sidewalk carrying a polka-dotted umbrella. And it is special in another way, my daughter was born in April. There were several brothers and uncles and nephews and cousins but very few girls in our family so God granted my prayer. Of course that was several years back. However, I still have special feelings for the month of April. And that brings me to the topic for this post. Whenever I open my weather map to check the day's weather it has an "actual" temperature and "feels like" a temperature which can be drastically different. Today's actual temperature was 41 degrees but the feel like was 23 degrees. There were many factors, like wind and humidity, that were calculated to come to the final temperature. Well... me being me and wanting to bring my Lord into the picture. My thoughts drifted to the "actual" according to what is written in the scriptures and the "feels like" is so very different. I am sure that in your lives there are many times that your "feels like" gets in the way of the "actual". Psalm 143:8-12 tells the actual of just how great is our God. "Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; for I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; for to You I lift up my soul. Deliver me, O LorD, from my enemies; I take refuge i You. Teach me to do Your will, for You are my god, Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground. For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble. And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies and destroy all those who afflict my soul, for I am Your servant." Yes, when it "feels like" the day can't get any worse or the situation seems so dire or the sickness seems to linger the "actual" is His Lovingkindness and His deliverance and He will revive and destroy All that afflicts your soul. Dear and precious sisters-in-Christ, may He be Your umbrella and your rubber boots as you walk into the month of April. Let us pray - Abba Father, Glorious and Majestic and our Creator. Lord I pray that You who made the rain and the thunder and the lightning that bring the April showers to water the earth may Your good Spirit lead each sister-in-Christ on level ground as she walks through each day given by You as a gift and with it shower her with tender mercies and blessings. In Jesus Name, Amen. Blessings my dear and precious sisters-in-Christ,

LyndiaSue