REJOICING AND LAUGHING IN UTAH AND COLORADO!

     Back in the summer of '98, I had taken our Ugandan son, Sam, out there so he'd see another wonderful portion of our nation.  We were in the Utah and Colorado national parks for a few days.  Then, when heading home, we were visiting a special friend in Colorado and staying with him for a couple days. This whole trip was a blessing, and he sure smiled.  

     

 [OH, and BTW, the Word is correct:  the Lord Jehovah is our everlasting strength.   It IS!!  I count on it

 moment-by-moment, day-by-day.  

And I took the picture of this wonderful

 "baby" squirrel-ish right by us.]

 
Anyhow, just showing the two of us together on that trip to Utah at Bryce Canyon right then.  He sure smiled and loved it!

AND ARCHES NP

ALL GLORY AND PRAISE!!

I COUNT ON THIS!!!  MY HUSBAND HAS REALLY FOCUSED ON THIS CHAPTER AND ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO HE HAD WRITTEN A SONG AND IT WAS LOVED BY MANY OF US.  AND FILLED WITH REJOICING!  VERSE 20 IS WHAT HE USED STRONGLY AND STRAIGHTFORWARDLY.  

 "AND THE GOD OF PEACE WILL SOON CRUSH SATAN UNDERNEATH YOUR FEET."

SO, YES, THIS LAST VERSE THAT ENDED ROMANS, IS ALSO A REAL HEART-GRABBER FOR DAVE AND I! 

[AND THE REASON I USED THE BLUE COLOR FOR HIS VERSE 20 THAT I SHOWED IS B/C IT'S HIS FAVORITE COLOR.  I'M JUST SMILING AND FILLED WITH JOYFULNESS AND COULD BE WINKING AT IT RIGHT NOW.  

HE'S A REAL BLESSING, BTW!!]

 

HEAVENS ARE HIGH!!

THE INFORMATION OF THIS WHICH I SHARED

A RECENTLY LONG TIME AGO

HIT MY HEART AGAIN TODAY

WHEN I HAPPENED TO SEE IT WHEN GLANCING THROUGH PHOTOS I TOOK WHEN I WAS IN COLORADO IN 2003.

SO SHARING IT AND SPREADING IT 

AROUND AND ABOUT AGAIN.

HEAVENS HIGHER!! A BLESSING FOR US!!

THIS IS ON MY HEART VERY HEAVILY TODAY.

FOCUSING ON THE LORD IS ALL WE CAN DO

FOREVER AND EVER.

HE IS THE GLORIOUS MEMBER OF OUR LIFE!

HEAVENS ARE HIGHER...

I TRULY RELY AND REJOICE UPON ALL OF THIS!

AND MOMENT-BY-MOMENT,

DAY-BY-DAY,

I AM FOCUSING ON ETERNITY! 

EVERYTHING LIVES BY HIS POWER...

BACK IN MAY, '92, I HAD DRIVEN A FRIEND FROM OMAHA AROUND AND ABOUT LOCATIONS FOR HER TO SEE.  SHE HAD ALREADY WRITTEN A STORY ABOUT EVENTS IN COLORADO AND UTAH.  SHE HAD NEVER TRULY BEEN IN THOSE AREAS.  WE WERE ON THE ROAD FOR NEARLY A WEEK, SOME OF IT FUN AND SOME OF IT SERIOUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE STORMS WERE HITTING.  BUT, EVEN THOUGH I HAD TAKEN SOME REALLY GREAT PHOTOS BACK THEN, AND HAVE USED THEM, THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.  AND MARY TOOK THIS ONE OF ME.

WHAT A TREAT!

AND THIS PHOTO WAS JUST A SHORT PIECE OF THE WORD IN PHOTOS CONNECTED TO ROMANS 11:36:

EVERYTHING COMES FROM GOD ALONE,

EVERYTHING LIVES BY HIS POWER,

AND EVERYTHING FOR HIS GLORY.

MADE ME GRIN TO SEE THIS PHOTO AGAIN

AND SHARING IT AROUND AND ABOUT AGAIN.

A BLESSING WHILE DRIVING AROUND AND ABOUT!

I can't give the dates and the exact locations and the people.  It would hurt some hearts with world-wide info.  So, I'll only give the story and event bits.  The Lord laid it on me to tell this some time ago, and I'm doing it now.

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In the mid-time of Spring, about 10 years ago, I was asked to drive out to mid-Colorado and help a small family load their basic home items and pour to them protection and encouragement.  I would be with them wherever they were moving which was several hundred miles east of their Colorado town.  I had loved this family, and truly wanted to help.  That was no questionable issue.

I was driving West from Omaha, and  worshiping loudly, as usual.  Suddenly, while about 300 miles from home, something jumped into my head.  I had been singing, thinking, praying, and worshiping and then I suddenly said, "And why am I the one who is going there and doing this?"  And I suddenly heard the Lord speak to me rather loudly.  He said, "Because...I...can...trust...you."

WOW!!  

When I reached the location... about 650 miles from home... I was greatly welcomed by that couple.  Then, met other family members that lived nearby them, and they were NOT happy to see me, because they knew I was helping them move and they didn't want them to leave.  It also became very clearly that other gods were being worshiped by the outside family.  I was shown much, around and about, while taking my friend's small boy with me, mostly going to stores and parks.  THEN, at the end, to a cemetery so he'd see his uncle's burial location and say "goodbye".  And, taking him around, gave his folks a chance to do housework without watching him and keeping track of him. 

I was busy all day.  I have a photo of the two of us that is still on my refrigerator after all these years.  His dad took a picture of us when we were sitting by the porch near where stuff was being loaded into the U-Haul and we were munching ice cream cones.

The next day, fairly early, we hit the road to my house in Omaha. The driving went OK.  I had actually thought I could go ahead of their two cars, get home, and prep before their arrival, and hug and kiss my hubby before they got to the house.  One of my friends, and the Lord, laid it on me to follow, lift them up to the Lord constantly, and keep an eye on whatever was at risk for them and theirs.  So, I pulled in our house right after them instead of ahead of them.

The next day, we hit the road to go further.  Another 500 miles.  Again, I was the follower, because, when on the interstate, I was reminded by my friend, to follow, not to lead.  The Lord laid it on me, too, very heavily.

Miraculously, I truly was in the right place.  Suddenly, a couple hundred miles away from Omaha, the wind suddenly struck the U-Haul, attached to his van, started to turn up and down, side to side, and beginning to crush the whole thing.  To be behind, seeing, praying, hollering to the Lord, to angels, to Godly protection, it suddenly straightened back down.  Shortly after, we stopped to eat lunch at a fast food place, and were so amazed, and praying together, how the Lord took care of this.  Another five hours or so later, they were where they needed to be.  AND, all these years later, they still are at that house, and are special and wonderful Godly-oriented people and mixed with many spiritually strong people in their area.  It's a blessing.

 

 So, the Lord telling me to go, telling me I was His choice, and obeying Him when driving approximately 2400 miles [including my return home the day after they reached their place] was a real heart-treat for me.

 Hope you will rejoice, too, about how the Lord enters lives and saves lives and pours many blessings.

WELLSPRING OF WISDOM

MY FEET UPON A ROCK

 

YES, I'M A "ROCKY" PERSON.

AND TRUSTING THE LORD TO KEEP ME

OUT OF THE PITS AND THE MIRY CLAYS.

AND STEADYING MY STEPS.

ONLY HE CAN DO IT!! 

TO GOD ONLY WISE...

FOREVER, AMEN!!

ISAIAH 55 .. HIGH HEAVENS

THAT'S WHAT I COUNT ON...

NOW AND FOREVER.

PSALM 98:8

LET THE RIVERS CLAP THEIR HANDS;

TOGETHER LET THE HILLS SING FOR JOY

HAVE SO MANY PHOTOS FROM SO MANY PLACES.  RIVERS, MOUNTAINS, STREAMS, HILLS, TREES, FLOWERS, OCEANS, ROCKS, 

AND EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD REVEAL HIS CREATION.

AND IT'S GLORIOUS WHEN THEY EXPRESS APPRECIATION.

ALL OF THEM, ALL OF US.