When Love is Lost

When love is lost 

All hell is broken lose within our soul.

Total unbelief will hit us, 

 “We have been together since eternity!

Now, you suddenly decided you are better off without me”

You would complain.

With heart breaking and tears falling,

Every day it will be a roller coaster ride of emotions.

You will finally accept the inevitable. 

Love is gone, whether it’s with one leg or two

I really need to move on, you would say.

Why does love get lost? Have you ever wondered?

What does the bible say about love?

1 Corinthians 13: 4- 8 CJB

Love is patient and kind, not jealous, not boastful, 

5 not proud, rude or selfish, not easily angered, 

And it keeps no record of wrongs.

6 Love does not gloat over other people’s sins

But takes its delight in the truth.

7 Love always bears up, always trusts, 

Always hopes, always endures.

8 Love never ends;

Remember through the tears and through the years.

Be patient. Learn to hold on.

Don't give up on the other person.

Love never ends.

Somewhere down the line 

You will get your breakthrough

Till then, keep praying.

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Just a little bit

Danielle looked around at her family

All who were gathered around her sick bed. 

Upon asking her how she felt

This was how she replied.

 

“Just a little bit of your love

And seeing your precious faces, 

Makes me forget all my blues 

And all I want to do is look at each of you.

 

Just a little bit, of each of your care,

And knowing, you will all, will always be there.

Makes my world look so bright 

And something to look forward to.

 

Just a little bit of all your time 

Spending it just for me.

Makes me feel so worthwhile

And I almost feel like a queen.

 

Through the valley of the shadow of death.

For a little while I have to go

I know the good Lord will see me through

Because that what his word says so.

Psalms 23 KJV

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

 

And in just a little while.

I will be back in good health 

To spend happy times with all of you."

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Victory and Glory

It was the classic case of the misfits

The uninformed and the unhealthy.

"What can we do to change our disposition?"

The young men asked the ancient one in the village.

"We seem so backward to the other tribes

They are miles away in every way

And we seem so left behind."

“You need to change your self-image which in turn will change your self-esteem, the ancient one replied.

Instead of feeling sorry for your sad pitiful selves.

Consider yourselves as mighty warriors.

Undefeatable

Romans 8:31 King James Version

31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

All this can happen by the renewing of your minds

Romans 12:2

And be not conformed to this world: but are ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

He fights your battles

9) Deuteronomy 20:4 (NIV)

For the Lord your God is the One who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.

Get knowledge

Hosea 4:7 CJB

My people are destroyed for want of knowledge.
Because you rejected knowledge,
I will also reject you as cohen for me.
Because you forgot the Torah of your God,
I will also forget your children.

Victory and glory is His

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.”

"We need to start encouraging our youngsters to know His word more" ,the young men discussed among themselves.

“True,” the ancient one replied ,“teaching them the fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom. Prov 9:10 KJV

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Singing in the rain

I’m singing in the rain,

Yes I’m singing in the rain.

My stomach feels no pain.

Yes, I know ma

You are watching me with such disdain.

You see, it was never my body which needed healing

It was my brain.

I fussed and fumed for every single thing.

That left everyone around me in such utter despair.

Every part of my body was aching

While every part of my brain was over working

Time is ticking

I’m far from where I need to be, I used to keep thinking.

Anxiety would fill my soul.

And my body would be again subject to new suffering.

Destiny took me to a chance meeting

Upon being prayed for by the man of God.

 I felt my spirit uplifting.

All the aches and pains were gone

Joy filled my soul

Now I don’t care about the plans

I’m simply enjoying the rain…

Psalm 23:6

King James Version

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

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It's Time to Go

“It was time to go”, said the young man

“Time to leave everything I know,

To start again in a faraway land,

To leave both family and friends behind.

 

I will have no one to depend on but myself

It’s my walk and mine alone.

If I fall I have to learn to lift myself up

The choices in life are all up to me.

 

Do I go after with all that glitters?

Or do I gently check the waters

Who do I turn to when I’m confused?

How do I know who should I trust and who I shouldn’t”, he asked of his dad.

 

“Let the pillar of cloud be your guide, the father replied.

Exodus 13:21-22 CJB

²¹ Adonai went ahead of them in a column of cloud during the daytime to lead them on their way, and at night in a column of fire to give them light; thus they could travel both by day and by night. ²² Neither the column of cloud by day nor the column of fire at night went away from in front of the people.

 

God says my word is alight unto your feet 

And a path for your walk

Ps 119:105 CJB

Your word is a lamp for my foot
and light on my path.

Proverbs is the book of wisdom

To let you choose more wisely

Proverbs 1:31 CJB

 But those who pay attention to me will live securely,

Untroubled by fear of misfortune.”

 

The Holy Spirit will whisper in your ears 

Walk this way this is the path to go.

Isaiah 30:21 CJB

With your ears you will hear a word from behind you:
“This is the way; stay on it,
whether you go to the right or the left.”

 

Walk with the Lord that's all if you ask me, father said

To keep you wealthy, happy and wise!

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In His Time

How do you know it’s HIS TIME?

Everything falls into place so well.

You feel you are walking on cloud nine

No obstacles, no barriers, no disappointments, no sadness

No question, no heart aches.

It’s His time...

Help will come pouring in from the most unexpected sources 

The universe and everything conspire to make everything work out for you.

Truly he makes all things beautiful in his time...

 Exodus 13:21, 22 CJB

 ²¹ Adonai went ahead of them in a column of cloud during the daytime to lead them on their way, and at night in a column of fire to give them light; thus they could travel both by day and by night. ²² Neither the column of cloud by day nor the column of fire at night went away from in front of the people.

 Exodus 40:36-37 CJB

³⁶ And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys.

³⁷ But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

Beloved when you are tuned into his will  your steps will be aligned to his timings. 

He makes all things beautiful in HIS time.

 Ecclesiastes 3:11 CJB

11 He has made everything suited to its time; also, he has given human beings an awareness of eternity; but in such a way that they can’t fully comprehend, from beginning to end, the things God does.

 

Look and be saved

People were in pain all over the place.

Dying, breathless and in great despair.

Give me some air, give me a bed, I’m not ready, I can’t die yet!

Families were yelling, hurry! hurry!

Time is running out!

Help please! help! or we are going to lose our beloved one.

The man of God was called and the people pleaded.

"Please pray to Adonai and give us a solution". they begged.

The Holy book was opened to Numbers 21: 6- 9 CJB

And the man of God started reading out aloud

In response, Adonai sent poisonous snakes among the people; they bit the people, and many of Israel’s people died. 7 The people came to Moshe and said; “We sinned by speaking against Adonai and against you. Pray to Adonai that he rid us of these snakes.” Moshe prayed for the people, 8 and Adonai answered Moshe: “Make a poisonous snake and put it on a pole. When anyone who has been bitten sees it, he will live.” 9 Moshe made a bronze snake and put it on the pole; if a snake had bitten someone, then, when he looked toward the bronze snake, he stayed alive.

14 Just as Moshe lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up; 15 so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life. John 3:14-15 CJB

Whoever is afflicted in the great crisis days that we live

Look at the crucified image of the son of man hanging on the cross.

And be saved.

Look to me, and be saved,
all the ends of the earth!
For I am God;
there is no other. Isaiah 45:22 CJB

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But I believe in You

Running with all his might along the enemy territory

Trying to find a safe haven to hide at the back of some cave.

David finally found one and threw himself on the hard ground and there he lay in the pitch darkness panting loudly.

His soul shattered. His life in a mess. 

The enemy were still hounding him like a dog

A whole army after him!

“What did I do wrong O lord," he wept day and night.

“You anointed my head with oil through the hands of a mighty prophet,

You called me out to be the future king of Israel.

You put your spirit in me and let me kill a huge giant.

Tens of thousands have died through my sword,

You gave me access to the palace with my singing.

You gave me the king's daughter to be my bride.

Yet here I am alone, in the caves of an enemy territory, 

Fighting for dear life.

It’s the very people who were close to me and who  used to eat at the same table with me

Who have put their sword on my head.

Its people from my own family who are trying to kill me Lord

What did I do wrong?

What happened to the great promises over my life?

What happened to my kingly destiny, will it still hold?

All my life would I be running and hiding like a fugitive?”

His grief knew no bounds as he lay motionless for days and months on end,

In pitch darkness far from all whom he knew and loved.

And suddenly one day He heard a gentle whisper in his ear.  

“Soul arise, soul arise, focus on the Lord God Almighty”, the voice said

David woke up with a start, “I believe in you Lord,". he proclaimed loudly. "You have saved me in the past many a time from the jaws of death, I know your voice and I know I  am safe in your care .My heart will be steady from now on ", he declared.

Psalm 57: 8-11

(7) My heart is steadfast, God, steadfast.
I will sing and make music.
9 (8) Awake, my glory! Awake, lyre and lute!
I will awaken the dawn.

10 (9) I will thank you, Adonai, among the peoples;
I will make music to you among the nations.
11 (10) for your grace is great, all the way to heaven,
and your truth, all the way to the skies.

He kept his focus on the Lord by praising him day and night.

And God brought great healing to his soul.

He became joyful again.

His family which were searching for him far and wide 

Discovered him in the Philistine territory in a cave.

Men who were broken, misfits in society sought after him 

And soon an army of warriors was born under the mighty leadership of David

And God made the way for David to sit on the throne of Israel till the end of his life.

In one of his psalms he sang 

Ps 139:16 CJB

Your eyes could see me as an embryo,
but in your book all my days were already written;
my days had been shaped
before any of them existed.

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The Great Deliverer

Brought up as a Prince to lead millions

Now he was a shepherd watching sheep graze on a rocky mountain.

Trained for greatness

Now he was stuck with the mundane.

Was the second in command of a great nation.

Now he was just an ordinary member of a community.

"I couldn’t have fallen any lower, “ he often thought to himself.

“I blew my calling; I took matters into my hands.

Now I'm a fugitive in a strange land.”

Pushing back the painful memories of yester years

He would often breakdown in despair while watching his sheep graze on the quite mountain top.

On one such day he saw a bush burning without getting burnt.

He went to find out. It was the God of his fathers Abraham, Jacob and Isaac commissioning him to go back

To save his people.

But Moses gave God so many reasons.

“I am not good enough; I am not what I used to be Lord.

I have lost the ability to speak properly,

I cannot lead your people Lord, chose someone else”.

But God said,

“No excuses, Moses,

It’s you who I created and trained 

For a time like this.

What you consider are your wasteful days

Was actually your training ground for what I wanted you to learn, understand and write about.

And prepare you for the great task ahead.

Now it is time to deliver our people.

Go and tell Pharaoh to let my people go!”

Moses went. The rest is history.

Exodus CJB - Chapter 3 & 4 

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Heaven and earth will pass away but my words will never pass away

 The weak old lady stood staring pensively at the words written on the wall hanging

Mathew 24:35 CJB

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

“What is it grandma what are you staring at? “ Talia asked

“Nothing dear... those words are resonating with my restless spirit." grandma replied.

"I don’t think I will be able to leave this earth in peace till I take action on this matter which has been eating me up for decades.

 I have never had the courage to fight for what belongs to me

And grandpa and later your father never ever let me to take on the men who have taken the property my father left me

They are the giant in the land we should not mess with them they used to say."

"Obviously grandma! aren’t they the war lords of this place. That’s what I heard from mother." Talia exclaimed.

"Yes dear, their power and influence is so much even the courts of the land are on their side. Grandma replied.

“But before I pass away i want to do this for you and the thousands of villagers who will be saved from starvation from the vegetation which can be harvested from 100 acres of barren land.”

“What's the plan grandma?”

“We will ask the villagers to start working on the land immediately and water to be sourced from the nearby wells and streams.

What about the giants... grandma?

"Let God deal with them .We will work on the land."

His word says

In Zechariah 8:11- 13 CJB

11 but from now on, I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did before,’ says Adonai-Tzva’ot. 12 ‘Now they will sow in peace, the vine will give its fruit, the ground will produce its yield, the sky will give its dew, and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. 13 House of Y’hudah and house of Isra’el, just as you were formerly a curse among the nations, so now I will save you; and you will be a blessing. Don’t be afraid, but take courage!’

When are you going to start?

 “Tomorrow at dawn”. Grandma replied beaming away in excitement.

Yay! It’s do before i die. attitude ..I love that spirit grandma...c’mon let’s do it. Talia said equally excited.

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