Friday, January 21, 2011 (8:49 a.m.)
Buffalo Bill’s Resort and Casino #118A
Primm, NV
Blessed Lord,
Good Morning. Hello. I love You. I’ve had two more nights of fairly vivid dreams concerning my mom and places of my childhood. I truly don’t know if You would have me pay any attention to them or not. I confess to You Lord, I don’t understand dreams and their make-ups.
Turning to the end of 1 Samuel (28:6, 15) I read about Saul’s disobedience and rebellion, which led him even further away from You.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 (10:53 a.m.)
Beloved Lord of All Life ~
Oh how I thank You Lord! How I praise and thank Your most Holy name. YOU, the King of all Kings ~ Lord of all Lords. Most Holy of all. Thank YOU!
I’ve been gone from here but not from You. Never can we be away from You (Psalm 139:7). We can run, but we cannot hide. Thank You Lord.
Thank You for Your ever present benevolent hand on our lives. Lord, although I HAVE been absent from the sitting down and studying Your Word each morning, the joyful praises of my heart have still been present.
The dreams of prominent women in my life have continued. As has my wonder of a possible meaning or message behind them. Ah, but that is not my reason for coming before You this morning. No. Lord. I want to thank You wholeheartedly for Your mercy and grace concerning a horrifying car crash shown on television last night. A long time pursuit of an erratic driver through many Southern California streets ended horribly. Thank You Lord for Your merciful hand in preventing death from occurring.
Having prayed hard for the unsuspecting driver I am still in awe of Your protection of her. I know no further details other than she lived. Lord, thank You! How I ask You to ‘bless her and keep her and make Your face to shine upon her. Be gracious to her; turn Your face toward her and give her peace” (Numbers 6:24-26).
Mm, yes Lord. Even as I pray these words for a person unknown to me, the thoughts and names and faces of others come to mind. Lord, how I ASK You to make me a deeply rooted woman of prayer. Let my greetings and farewells become blessings of You!
Having received the good news of a young woman’s life being spared, the truth of James 5:16b immediately came to mind. “The prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
Lord, I must confess I do not feel, nor do I see myself as being anywhere near ‘righteous’. Desperate? Fearful? Concerned? Yes. Yes. And yes. Righteous? What does righteousness even look like Lord? I confess I don’t think it’s me!
Ah but God. You made it so we can be heard by You. Through the blood and suffering of Your precious Son. HE alone is righteous!
The first part of this verse tells us to confess our sins (admit our faults) to one another and pray for each other that we will be healed. That I can do Lord. Because of YOU ~ Your love, Your life, Your truth, Your sacrifice I get to come right here before You singing out my heart’s content ♫My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness♫ Thank You Lord that YOU are in Whom I ‘live and move and have my being’ (Acts 17:28). Not dreams. Not wonders. Or thoughts. YOU Lord! ♫On Christ the Solid Rock I stand; All other is sinking sand All other ground is sinking sand♫
I love You Lord! Thank You. Amen.
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