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Grounded Through God

Posted on February 12, 2020 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 119:105: “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

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Life’s trials spinning around us

Challenging our unsteady beliefs

Grounded through God, we must trust

Bringing His Grace, granting us relief

Spiritually grounded, seeking refuge

Walking along God’s chosen path

Life chooses from God’s menu

Always correct, computes God’s math

Prayer time, our Father’s time

Encouraging one another

God delivers a new paradigm

His plan replaces all others

Sincerely humbling our hearts

Hearing God’s truthful Word

Our Lord proclaims a new start

Actions can no longer be deferred

Grounded through God

Anchoring to His cornerstone

He banishes the Enemy’s fraud

With our Lord, never alone

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From Ecclesiates 4:12: “And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.”

Saint Augustine Quote

Posted on February 12, 2020 by bigskybuckeye

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Go to the Jordan and you find the Trinity. There at the baptism of Jesus, the three persons in the Godhead are simultaneously in evidence.

From Matthew 3:16-17: “And when Jesus had been baptized, just as He came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to Him and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on Him. And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is My Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.'”

M. Scott Peck Quote

Posted on February 11, 2020 by bigskybuckeye

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The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning.

From 1 Peter 2:4-5: “Come to Him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

Monday Memories: Falling . . .

Posted on February 10, 2020 by bigskybuckeye

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Falling . . .

Yet Again!

Hiding from a hail of enemy fire on a blood-filled ridge

Losing a fallen comrade during a Korean winter long ago

Falling . . .

Yet Again!

Abandoning a radiant, young bride on a stormy night

Realizing now this decision was such a selfish error

Falling . . .

Yet Again!

Failing to slow down at a dangerous, sharp highway curve

Seeing a limp, lifeless body slumped in the passenger seat

Falling . . .

Yet Again!

Watching as unforgiving cancer strikes down a loved one

Wishing to stand in her corner and take away all of the pain

Falling . . .

Yet Again!

Hitting the streets looking for a chance to work again

Struggling to comprehend life without a worthy job

Falling . . .

Yet Again!

Drinking another “Jack Daniels” very late at night

Feeling despondent week after week with no life

Waking up . . .

Dropping to my knees!

Thumbing through a Bible

Finding Psalm 18

I love you, O Lord, my strength

The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer,

my God, my rock in whom I take refuge,

my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

No longer falling!

The Scripture in bold type comes from Psalm 18.

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Pure in Heart

Posted on February 9, 2020 by bigskybuckeye

From Lamentations 3:25-26: “The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul that seeks Him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the Salvation of the Lord.”

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We are an impatient lot

We know what we want

We want it right now

God’s Word brings us wisdom

Try following a different path

Remain patient at all times

Allow God to be in charge

His faithful plans will unfold

Offer our prayers to God

Give thanks for our blessings

Remain ever hopeful each day

Wait faithfully with quiet reverence

For the Lord delivers Salvation

God allows us free will

How will we use it?

From Philippians 4:8: “Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”

Infuse quality into our lives

In our attitudes and thoughts

Guard our actions and words

Influence our daily course

Adjust our tone of thoughts

Jesus taught us to believe

“Blessed are the pure in heart

For they will see God”

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From the words of evangelical pastor Henry Blackaby: “God is concerned about your life in Eternity. Allow Him to take all the time He needs to shape you for His purposes.”

Frank Tyger Quote

Posted on February 9, 2020 by bigskybuckeye

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Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.

From James 1:19-20: “You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.”

Charles Swindoll Quote

Posted on February 8, 2020 by bigskybuckeye

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God waits for you to seek His counsel. If you act without discerning His timing, you may lose the smile of divine favor. He will not bless what He has not ordained.

From 2 Corinthians 5:6-7: “So we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord–for we walk by faith, not by sight.”

Rick Warren Quote

Posted on February 7, 2020 by bigskybuckeye

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What matters is what you’re doing with what you’ve been given.

From Romans 14:12: “So then, each of us will be accountable to God.”

Thomas a Kempis Quote

Posted on February 6, 2020 by bigskybuckeye

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If you desire to profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faithfulness.

From Isaiah 50:4-5: “The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning He wakens–wakens my ear to listen to those who are taught. The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backward.”

Love Fills a Heart

Posted on February 5, 2020 by bigskybuckeye

From 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, 13: “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.”

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Struggling with life, feeling lost

Dark wilderness all around

Thirsting for someone to come

Waiting, hoping to be found

Love arrives from a white knight

Riding through the timberland

Accepting me as I am

Reaching out, touching my hand

Hearing my cries, God provides

This honorable knight stands

Sealing my heart with his love

Hour glass fills with precious sand

Life can feel like a desert

Leaving only loneliness

Faithful light comes to delight

Shining from God’s holiness

Two lives shall become just one

Uniting through a Holy Lord

Happiness now fills a home

Love singing a blissful chord

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