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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 3/25/2007 10:37:13 PM
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hopeinGod
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Virginia......this was so beautiful.....thank you again for sharing and giving us a vivid picture of our Savior's eyes.......Amy and Virginia, thank you for your continued prayers........after 5 weeks off work with acute gastritis and depression, I'm going to try to go back to work tomorrow. My boss denied sick leave so I have been without pay for a month, even though I have many hours of sick leave accrued. The Lord told me I must forgive him and let go of my bitterness. My son went to court again and will be sentenced in 2 months. The prosecutor is recommending a drug and alcohol treatment program in jail. Praying my son will soon get the treatment he needs, but much more than this, that he returns to walking with the Lord. I am still very weak and would appreciate your prayers for strength and peace.......thank you.
Love in Christ, Susan
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 3/26/2007 1:07:39 PM
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Virginia......this was so beautiful.....thank you again for sharing and giving us a vivid picture of our Savior's eyes.......Amy and Virginia, thank you for your continued prayers........after 5 weeks off work with acute gastritis and depression, I'm going to try to go back to work tomorrow. My boss denied sick leave so I have been without pay for a month, even though I have many hours of sick leave accrued. The Lord told me I must forgive him and let go of my bitterness. My son went to court again and will be sentenced in 2 months. The prosecutor is recommending a drug and alcohol treatment program in jail. Praying my son will soon get the treatment he needs, but much more than this, that he returns to walking with the Lord. I am still very weak and would appreciate your prayers for strength and peace.......thank you.
Love in Christ, Susan
Susan, you are so kind to me! Thank you! I love pondering what it must have been like for those that saw and watched Jesus in person. That devotion has been on my heart for a number of weeks.
Yes, I will continue to pray! I think of you often during the day and you have been in my prayers. It is sooo hard when we have a number of things going on at once!
Does your state have state disability? In Calif. once someone has been ill and off work for 8 days (I believe it is) one can file for state disability. Then the state makes the employer pay for any sickleave first. I just wondered.
Please let us know how it went today, if you are not too tired 
In Christian love and surrounding you in prayers (((Susan)))
Virginia
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 3/26/2007 1:15:22 PM
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Jesus, How Kind You Are
~And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain~
How God endears Himself to His children when we discover how intimate and personal He is with each of us. Knowing everything about us, even our worst, He yet helps us according to our particular needs and temperaments. He adjusts Himself to us so as to best help us and make us whole.
How many times the disciples of Jesus saw Him lay His hand on the sick and they were healed. Then they brought to Him this man who was deaf and had an impediment of speech. They asked Him to put His hand upon the man.
But it was not to be. We cannot be certain why Jesus took this suffering one away from the multitude. Certainly His method of healing the deaf and dumb man was quite strange. I wonder if the multitude would have laughed as Jesus put his fingers into his ears, spit and touched his tongue.
Perhaps the man had been laughed at and mocked as he attempted to speak clearly, yet his speech came out garbled. I wonder if He knew that this man needed to be away from a potentially cruel crowd to receive the healing he longed for.
Marvel at the great, loving heart of the Saviour, as He looks up to Heaven and groans. How sorrowful He is at the suffering of man! How sorrowful He is at the suffering that we have to endure!
He bids us to come to Him. His arms are outstretched to us and He longs to enclose us in His loving embrace. He will make us whole in a personal and intimate way. My dear reader, He knows what each of us need.
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Psalm 139
© Virginia, 2006
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 3/28/2007 12:17:13 PM
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Susan,
My heart goes out to you. I think Virginia gave you some good advice about your situation and I also thought her most recent post is a good encouragement to us. May our Lord water the seeds of faith in our hearts that we would be able to trust Him more during the trials of life. Jesus the Man suffered all that we suffer. Whenever I start to think He won't be there for me I meditate on His Passion.
Please look at this picture:
http://www.lebanonfoursquare.homestead.com/files/Jesus_holding_lady_in_tears_AWSUM.jpg
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 3/28/2007 10:33:09 PM
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Oh, Amy!
That picture is so very beautiful!
And thank you for reminding us to meditate on His passion when we are going thru difficult times. I need to remember that...
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 3/29/2007 7:28:06 PM
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A Faithful God
Part Two
Of all the characteristics of God, that will encourage and give us hope, is the characteristic of God as faithful. By this we mean that He will always be faithful and trustworthy to His people. He will keep all of His promises to us. If He broke one of His promises, He knows that our trust in Him would be shattered. Feeling as if God betrayed us, we would not have the ability to trust Him fully.
It is upon His characteristic of faithfulness that we may rest our weary hearts. When darkness and the power of darkness close in upon us, true rest can only be found in the Keeper of the promises of God and that all good things He promises to us will come to past.
God, knowing that would be the case, has made every provision to ensure us that He is trustworthy.
In the Bible, the first name that He reveals Himself to us by is in Genesis. “In the beginning God” the first words of the Bible say. The word interpreted God here is “Elohim.” “Elohim” (sometimes “El” or “Elah”), is a uni-plural noun formed from “El” = strength, or the strong one, and “Alah,” meaning to swear, to bind oneself by an oath, so implying faithfulness (Dr. C.I. Scofield). Hence the first way that He revealed Himself to us indicates that He is the strong, faithful One. He is able to keep His promises to us because He is all-powerful and strong. He will keep His promises to us because He is faithful.
All throughout scripture He is faithful to His people. When we come to the end of His revelation to us in the book of Revelation, the last book of the Bible, He is called “Faithful and True.”
From first to last He is a faithful, trustworthy God. All of our hope in this often difficult life rests upon this revelation of Himself to us. All of our certainty of living forever in His presence rests in these facts: that He is who He says He is and that He will do for us what He has promised to do.
Virginia
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 3/30/2007 1:02:19 AM
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Amy, that picture is so awesome.......I love it.......thank you to both you and Virginia for your prayers and encouragement. Virginia, I love your latest writing (all your writings) and I needed to hear those inspiring words about the faithfulness of our Lord.
When I went back to work on Monday, they called me aside, placed me on probation, reduced my hours to part time (after working 23 years full time), and took away all my benefits. They said one more violation and I will be terminated. I had another attack of gastritis shortly after that. I contacted my doctor and he doubled my stomach medication and told me to stay off work the rest of the week. I have now gone without a paycheck for a month, since they refuse to pay me sick leave. My husband and I are talking about the possibility of having to sell the house before it goes to foreclosure, because we won't make it without my income. I have been too sick to look for other work. But, I have to remember the Lord is faithful......and I need to be thankful in all things and trust always in Him. Thank you for your prayers......
With Love in Christ, Susan
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 3/30/2007 7:18:36 PM
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Dearest Susan,
My heart is so sad for all you are going through! It is sooo hard when we go through so much at once, especially when we don't feel well.
I wish there is more that I can do aside from prayer. Please, please keep us informed how you are doing when you feel up to it.
Gentle hugs and love to you dear
(((Susan)))
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/5/2007 2:09:05 AM
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Susan,
Hugs, prayers and sympathy to you dear sister,
Can you look to unemployment or disability? Do you have a Church family? Can your church help you?
P.S. Did you show your boss a doctors note? If you did they are totally in the wrong. Isn't there some organization you can report this to?
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/5/2007 10:46:53 AM
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P.S. Did you show your boss a doctors note? If you did they are totally in the wrong. Isn't there some organization you can report this to?
That is what I have wondered. Something does not seem right here
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/8/2007 2:28:26 AM
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Thank you so much Amy and Virginia........I really appreciate your prayers and encouragement. My own doctor has advised me to go to the Labor Board on Monday. Yes, I have given them my doctor's excuses for the entire time I've been off. Would you please pray that the Lord will go before me and that His will be done? I wish we could get some help from our church, but I think our house payment is too much to ask for. I posted a thread in Finances called the 3 Step Plan, asking if anyone knew about it, and gave a brief history of my situation. Most people responded to the difficulties I'm having with work and receiving sick leave. So, my latest posts on that thread tells a little more about the various violations of my employer......I am feeling a little stronger, my stomach is doing a little better, and I'm praying for the Lord to give me strength to present my case to the Labor Board.
Anyway, I thank you for your prayers and love.......God bless you both on this Easter day......I'm so grateful to my Lord and Savior for His love and sacrifice for me......and the promise we have for eternal life with Him one day...........Thank you both for your beautiful writings about our Lord......they really bless my heart and spirit.
God bless you, with love in Christ......
hope in God / Susan
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/9/2007 5:17:41 PM
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But He Would Not Leave
~When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken~
Eternal love bound Jesus to His astonished disciple. From eternity, Peter was carried on the great heart of Jesus. From eternity he was imbedded into the nail print of God’s hands which stretched out upon the cross, embracing all who come.
It was the beginning of a love affair between an impetuous Peter and the “Most High God”. God revealed Himself to His beloved disciple by reaching out to where Peter was at the time, in a fishing boat.
Peter, upon seeing the miracle of fishes, recognized the Divinity of Jesus. “Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” But Jesus would not leave Peter.
For three and one half years, Jesus patiently led and taught His disciple. Many times God’s kindness was revealed to sinful Peter. Peter saw the face of God, in the person of Jesus, ever clearer as this glorious Being unveiled Himself through the mistakes and pride of Peter. How many times Peter was humbled as the Son of God, Son of Man taught him the way of love. How many times would Peter bring grief to Jesus, in the end, forsaking Him. But Jesus would not leave.
Finally, as Jesus was nailed to the cruel cross, Peter must have thought that the end had come, and his beloved Master finally left him through death. Peter’s whole life was shattered; the end had come as the body of Jesus was placed in the tomb.
“Go tell my disciples and Peter that I am risen and I go before him unto Galilee.” What is this? Peter being especially sought after from God who died and rose again? Peter, the one who had sinned so against Jesus finally denying he knew Him?
But He will not leave. He cannot leave. He is bound by His faithfulness to stay by sinful disciples. It is against the very Love of God displayed on that cross for you and for me.
~I will never leave or forsake you~
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
The King of love my Shepherd is,
Whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am His
And He is mine for ever.
Where streams of living water flow
My ransom’d soul He leadeth,
And, where the verdant pastures grow
With food celestial feedeth.
Perverse and foolish oft I stray’d,
But yet in love He sought me,
And on His shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me.
In death’s dark vale I fear no ill
With Thee, dear Lord, beside me;
Thy rod and staff my comfort still,
Thy Cross before to guide me.
Thou spreads a table in my sight;
Thy unction grace bestoweth;
And oh, what transport of delight
From Thy pure chalice floweth!
And so through all the length of days
Thy goodness faileth never:
Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise
Within Thy house for ever.
Devotional: Virginia, 2006
Poem: Henry Baker, 1868
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/9/2007 5:30:29 PM
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Thank you, Susan, for the update. My prayers are with you. I am so grateful you are feeling a little better. How did the time at the labor board go?
Love, Virginia
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/10/2007 2:48:18 AM
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Susan,
May Jesus Himself strengthen you and fill you with His faith. I look forward to the good report concerning how our Lord made a way for you.
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/14/2007 12:12:02 PM
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Beholding God
~That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life~
The great apostle, John begins both this Epistle and the Gospel of John speaking of God. It is as if his heart is full and overflowing with thoughts of the One that he was so close to. He tries his best to communicate to us of Jesus who he dearly loved. He had touched the face of God and he wants to share with us the reality of Immanuel, or God with us.
He first reminds us that Jesus is from eternity past. He is the great “I am” of the prophets of old. He is the self-existent One and there has never been a time that He did not exist. At the perfect, set time the Heavenly Father sent Him to us. During the thirty-three years that He lived upon this earth, Jesus was God veiled in human flesh.
John heard Him speak the words of eternal life. If we need to know what God the Father is like, we need only study the life of Christ to hear the words of God. He speaks in many ways but, in the gospels, the kind, gentle heart of God is opened up to us through the words of Jesus.
John then tells us that he gazed upon the Face of God with his own eyes. Such a Face had been veiled for centuries from mankind but John saw His lovely Face. Such tenderness, compassion and loving-kindness radiated from those Divine Eyes. Such peace and tranquility was etched in that Face. John could not get close enough to God so he laid his head on the breast of God gazing into the Face of his Beloved.
And then, as if it was not enough to say that he saw the Face of God, he said that he looked upon the Word of life, Jesus. When he said that he looked upon Jesus, it means that he observed closely or perceived. John studied his beloved Jesus; he could not help but study this loving Being.
Finally, at the close of this beautiful verse, John said that he handled God. He touched the heart of God with his love and his hands handled the being of God. It was if he wanted to be sure that this was truly God in the flesh. So enraptured with love for his Jesus, he must touch Him to fully believe that this very One was real. The word “handled” means to “verify by contact”.
In the end, John must share with us the reality of God manifest in the flesh. He was actually there with Jesus for three blissful years but he never forgot Who he saw, Who he gazed upon and Who he handled. He so adored the Son of God that he must share with us the One who was so real to him so that we might look, gaze upon Him with a heart full of faith.
Virginia, 2005
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/14/2007 12:49:45 PM
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Virginia,
Oh what an indescribable blessing........that our Lord will never leave us or forsake us! Thank you Virginia for your inspirational writing and insight.
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Susan,
May Jesus Himself strengthen you and fill you with His faith. I look forward to the good report concerning how our Lord made a way for you.
Virginia and Amy,
I have an awesome praise report!!!
God bless you and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers and encouragement. Amy, I love your comment above about "looking forward to the good report concerning how our Lord made a way for me". Indeed, the Lord opened the Red Sea for me and led me out of Egypt!!!
I'll try to summarize this and not be too lengthy.......My doctor's excuse ran out the end of last week. He felt I was ready to return to work again on Monday, April 9th. My employer sent me a certified letter on Friday saying they hadn't received all the dr's excuses my husband had been dropping off and that I had three days to get them in, or be terminated. So, I had to replace them all again. My husband and daughter said don't go back, just let them fire you and get out of that place. They couldn't stand the way I was being treated and didn't want me to get sick again to my stomach (I've had acute gastritis, made worse by the abusive atmosphere at work). My husband said "I don't care if we end up losing the house, I can't stand to have you treated this way, I don't want you to go back". I prayed about it and felt like the Lord was telling me to go back anyway on Monday and that I had to be "blameless" before the Labor Board and I would have a better chance of getting unemployment. I was going to go to the Labor Board on Monday, April 9th when I got off at 2:00 (since they had cut me to part time, I got off at 2:00).
Well, the Lord had other plans. I work in one department of a hospital lab as a medical secretary (for a private contractor to the hospital). Around 10:30 that morning, an employee from another dept of the lab took me aside and told me of a job opening at a surgical center. She had heard about my situation from another friend of mine who is a Christian who works nights at the lab. This lady had just turned the job down on Friday, b/c she gets off at 1:00 and didn't want to change to 5:00. I said I was definitely interested. She called over to the guy I needed to interview with and told him she had a candidate for the job with 23 years experience in the medical field and that I got off at 2:00. He said send her right over at 2:00.
So, I went to my other boss (another doctor who is very ethical and kind to me, but has no power over the main doctor, he knew how they were treating me). I told him I had a job interview at 2:00, he was happy for me, and he sat down immediately and wrote me an outstanding reference letter. I didn't have a resume, b/c I've been at the same job for 23 years. I went to the interview with only the recommendation letter to give them, a second man came in to the interview (he's the head of the entire surgical center). He said "I know this lady!" I worked with him years ago through the operating room at the hospital. He asked me why I would consider leaving my job after 23 years. So, I told them what had happened to me with my current employer. He looked at the other guy and they both read the recommendation letter. He said "Susan, you don't need to sell yourself, I know you and your work ethics and knowledge." Within 10 minutes, he offered me the job, (he matched my current wage and also said they have insurance and retirement - which my boss had taken away years ago). He said welcome aboard, and they took me around, introduced me to people (several I already knew that used to work at the hospital that came up and hugged me and told them I would be a great person to hire), and oriented me for the next 2 hours. They gave me one day to give my resignation (under the circumstances of how I had been treated by my employer) and on Wednesday, I started my brand new job!!! Everyone is so friendly and kind to me there (there are several strong Christians who work there), and they are pulling for me instead of trying to drown me to get me to quit (like my last employer). The Lord alone has given me the strength to be able to not only work full time again, but learning quite a different and very complicated new job.
So, how is that for the Lord's timing......the girl who was going to take the job turned it down on Friday, April 6th, my dr's excuses ran out April 6th - he said I was medically able to return to work (despite my despicable work circumstances), 2 weeks ago - I was still too weak and sick to be able to even go interview and still not released for work from my dr, despite my family's wishes - I felt the Lord was telling me to return to that job anyway (I thought it was b/c I would stand a better chance of unemployment when they finally did fire me), if I hadn't gone back on that very day, I wouldn't have been told about the new job, my other boss/doctor "just happened" to be there to write me a recommendation letter (he had been gone out of town until Monday), I got off at 2:00 to attend the job interview (b/c they had cut me to part time), the guy I was going to interview with didn't know me (but since the head operating manager "just happened" to be there at that time (he was gone the next day on Tuesday) - he came in and sat in on my interview, he knew me from previous years from the operating room at the hospital, I had my dr's excuse to give them to prove that I had been released to return to work, one of the main ladies who is training me I worked with for years at the hospital, the other lady who is training me is a very strong Christian and said she would be praying for me to be able to learn this very difficult job (she is a certified nurse aide, I am only a medical secretary with many years of medical experience)
What an incredible lesson of waiting on the Lord and His timing......as I prayed, He told me that He was going to be bringing me out of Egypt very soon and to continue to wait on Him. I also had been too weak and sick to look for any other job. I prayed, Lord, please just bring me the job you have planned for me, according to Your will and Your timing.......and in my heart I really believed this was what He was going to do. How He was going to manage to do this, I didn't have a clue. I still had to finish getting stronger and put a resume together (after 23 years) before I could even start looking for work.
Sorry so long, but I wanted to share with you the awesome miracle that the Lord has done and that it was according to His timing, His will, and His plan........
PRAISE AND THANKS BE TO OUR LORD!!!!
I want to share with you a scripture that has sustained me and ministered to my heart so strongly recently.......
"For who is God, except the Lord" And who is a rock, except our God? It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect. He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places" Psalm 18:25
I just can't express enough to you both my thanks for your prayers and encouragement......I love your writings, they inspire my spirit!
PRAISE AND THANKS BE TO THE LORD AND HIS INCREDIBLE LOVE FOR HIS CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY THE GIFT OF HIS SON AND OUR PROMISED ETERNAL LIFE WITH HIM IN HEAVEN!
Hope in God / Susan
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/14/2007 4:30:32 PM
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Dearest Susan,
I just finished praying for you and came to the computer and found this wonderful, wonderful story from you! I am sooo happy for you! I think you should someday submit that story to a Christian magazine or something. (I'll even edit for you  )
This is the best news I have heard in a long time! What a God we have! What a God is ours! I bet your hubby is just blown away. and retirement and insurance also. When it is God working He certainly does not skimp with His gifts!
I have been concerned for you as we had not heard from you in awhile. I think I will share this story with Ezra. He will be sooo blessed and happy for you. I "see" him sometimes in chat.
Medical profession, huh? I should have known. I quit nursing 10 years ago due to a bad back. I know how mean and heartless they can be sometimes. But I know there are decent jobs out there and our God has given you one!
I love that verse you shared. And thank you, as always for your such kind remarks about my writings. I have not been writing much lately but want to get back into it and I asked the Lord to put the desire back in my heart.
Well, I will let you go now. I hope we can continue to see each other on the boards!
I love you, Susan in Christ's love and I am sooo grateful that I could be of use to help you out of your dark circumstances. There is no greater joy than that.
Virginia
Hi Virginia,
I don't know how I missed your writing "Beholding God" just before I posted......maybe I was just so excited to share my praise report. I told my husband I had to share this incredible story with the wonderful Christians on this forum who have been praying for my situation. "Beholding God"........What a beautiful writing.......I can't quite explain it, but I "felt" closer to beholding the Lord myself as I read this beautiful, inspiring writing.
Just a note since you were in nursing......in my new job, they didn't hire me to do a CNA's job without me having the qualifications. My actual job title is Pain Management Coordinator. I schedule all the pain injections for the anesthesiologists, coordinate with their offices and the OR staffing, advise patients, and follow up with the patients etc. This is quite a new job since this surgery center just merged with the anesthesiologists office. Tthe girl I'm learning from has only done it 6 months. but has been a CNA for quite a few years. She said its the hardest job she has ever had to do in her life. They don't even have a procedure manual yet (only 4 pages in it so far). I took about 20 pages of notes, took home a binder, and a list of medications, clinical information, etc to start studying this weekend. This is why it would be very helpful to have at least a CNA background. I just prayed, "Well, Lord, You have very clearly opened the doors and brought me to this job.......I'm going to have faith that You will equip me to be able to learn this very challenging job. When I think that just 2 weeks ago, I was so weak, I could hardly take a bath and get dressed......and this week the Lord has enabled me to have the strength to work full time trying to learn a new job......I know that even though I feel somewhat unqualified for this position (due to no nursing background at all), "with God all things are possible" and "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"
It brought tears to my eyes to read that you had just been praying for me. What an incredible blessing to hear this......I would love for you to share the story with Ezra (I love his postings and his Godly wisdom and insight too)......in fact you are welcome to share with anyone on or off the forums. I'm going to post a much shorter version praise report also for all the people who prayed for me on the prayer and praise threads. I just love blessing others with stories of how the Lord works in our lives. I would love to have the story submitted to a Christian magazine to bless others. In fact, you are welcome to write and edit it, publish it, and just say it was told to you by Susan, a friend in the Lord. If you decide to, just let me know which magazine and when it is published and I'll get a copy of it somehow. I really only want to encourage others in the Lord and to glorify Him. Since you are a writer and I have experienced His deliverance in such an incredible way.......let's just glorify Him together.
I love you Virginia and Amy in Christ's Love and you have both blessed me with your writings and your prayers during a very dark time in my life. I would still greatly appreciate your prayers for His strength and that He will enable me to learn quickly, according to His will and power. We still have to somehow come up with two house payments, due to me being denied sick leave and not receiving a paycheck since February. I will try to get to the labor board when I get a chance for that. Please also still pray for my son......he is rarely home, still having problems with drugs and alcohol, he will be sentenced on May 29th. The prosecutor is pushing for sentencing to a drug and alcohol inpatient program.
Please let me know how I can pray for you also.........
With love in Christ, Susan
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/14/2007 5:08:58 PM
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CherishedbyGod
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Thank you, dear Susan...
Yes, Beholding God is one of my favorites. I am always so grateful when my writings bring anyone closer to the Lord. It is such a privledge to share about Him.
I know only too well about pain management clinics and epidural injections. I have had numerous injections and they help me so much. By God's mercy, I have not needed one in a few years.
I will PM you when I get a chance with a prayer request. Thank you for the offer. I will defintely pray for your son (I have in the past but forgot recently). And I will pray that the Lord provide for your provision needs.
Speaking off, I best go pay those bills, now
In our adored Jesus,
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/18/2007 7:02:31 PM
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CherishedbyGod
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Fire!
~Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell~
Each year from the first of summer through the beginning of fall parts of California become like a timber box. If the northwest winds blow, fire races through dry grass and trees.
Such happened ten years ago in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. A man mistakenly burned a small fire of trash. Almost instantly the fire exploded though the grass and trees. Coming out of the grocery store, I saw smoke rising in the distance. The beginning of one of the most destructive fires in California began. Up and down canyons through the mountains it raced destroying everything in its path. It quickly traveled from mountain peaks approaching homes. Friends of mine tore home, grabbing what little they could.
Before it was over it destroyed over three hundred homes and blackened 35,000 acres of this beautiful countryside. The destruction was devastating, lives were shattered, as all people had worked for was destroyed.
Such can be the same result that people bring on others with an uncontrolled tongue. Starting out with one critical remark or one piece of gossip the horrible effects begin racing through a community as the poison spreads, contaminating others and destroying the reputation of an innocent victim.
Verbal abuse can devastate a victim for years and the person may go to their grave in anguish of soul, belittled and shamed while emotional pain ruins…another precious human soul.
Perhaps, there is someone reading these words that have suffered the heartbreak of being destroyed by another’s tongue. Is that you, my dear reader? Verbal abuse is rampant and is, for the most part, unrecognized for the destruction it causes. And one of the horrible results is that people often think that God is harsh, demanding and critical; the image of a kind, loving, and encouraging Heavenly Father can be buried in the crevices of a broken heart of the victim.
But is God really like that? Is He unkind, callous and critical of us? Let us listen to the words of Jesus Christ as He began His public ministry ~ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised~
The gracious, kind, tender heart of God for those destroyed by vicious tongues was revealed thru Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Out from His lips sweet, healing words to shattered hearts came as gentle balm to anguished souls.
Precious reader, God can heal your wounded heart with His sweet presence as He gently whispers words of tender-mercy to you. ~Never a man spoke like this~ they said of Jesus as His ministry drew to a close. And yet, He still speaks like this to those who know Him. Would you like to meet the One Who spoke the most gracious, kind words ever recorded?
~Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls~
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/19/2007 1:28:38 AM
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YEOW SUSAN!
That is the coolest testimony of God's faithfulness. I love it! WOW!!! He did indeed get you through and to the other side. You're movin' on up woman! Sounds like a great new job with some really swell Christian friends to boot. Like, you are getting your cake and eatting it to!
I have a testimony also. Long and short of the story, I live in a flood zone. A big noreaster came last Sunday, heavy rains lasted until Tuesday. The flood waters came over the banks, flooded my area but my apartment wasn't touched and my neighbors were spared as well.
So Susan, we both have reasons to rejoice!!! Yaaaaaay Jesus!!!
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This is my Beloved. This is my friend. (Song of Solomon)
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 4/23/2007 12:15:19 PM
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CherishedbyGod
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Oh, Priceless Treasures!
How beautiful it is when our dear God gives us special manifestations of His love. It seems as if it is when we least deserve it. Oh, the matchless grace and love of God! To be bathed in them is the very atmosphere of Heaven. Such was the week of the death and resurrection of Jesus to some beloved of His children.
We were first taken to the seven last sayings that came from Jesus while on the cross. How can one describe the love that flowed from Him while under the utmost agony of body, soul and spirit? The sweetness of the tender Holy Spirit filled the sanctuary as tears flowed from some eyes and hearts were bent under such grace and mercy.
Three days later the celebration of the resurrection began with the triumphal procession! With orchestra and heavenly voices proclaiming our King’s complete victory over death, what rejoicing there was. Banners of triumph were carried towards the front of the church but the most beautiful one came in last. What a glorious banner, it was placed in front for all to gaze upon. JESUS it proclaimed in the center; Son of Man, Son of God flanked either side of that precious Name. Easter Lilies reflected the trumpet of God as their pure white flowers glanced Heavenward.
The pastor then unveiled Heavenly truths such as I have not heard. When JESUS cried from the cross “It is finished” we were told that all of our sins were forgiven, past, present and future. When He died for us none of this current generation was alive so all of our sins were in the future. Oh, He died for all of my sins, future included! Blessed Lamb of God, our JESUS!
The body of JESUS had to be put in the tomb quickly as the Sabbath was approaching. Hence the anointing spices had yet to be applied. Oh, Love of our Heavenly Father! He allowed that purposely so that the women would go to the tomb on the first day of the week. Instead of having the privilege of anointing the body of JESUS they had the greater privilege of being the first to see He is risen!
The first person to see JESUS alive was Mary Magdalene from whom seven demons had been cast out. Imagine the torment she had been under before she encountered our LORD! The one who was the neediest saw JESUS first.
Are you desperate and needy, treasured reader?
So many beautiful truths were presented. But I close with two final thoughts. The skeptics claimed that the disciples stole the body of JESUS. But the grave clothes were rolled up and the face cloth was folded separately. If they really stole the body of Him does one really think they would have taken the time to take off and roll up the grave clothes? Would they have taken the time to take the face cloth off and folded it separately?
Finally, JESUS did not need the stone rolled away. At this point He was able to pass through walls in His resurrected body. The stone was not rolled away so that He could come forth. The stone was rolled away so that we can look in and see that He is not there in that tomb! HE IS RISEN!
© Virginia, 2006
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