BLESSING, GLORY, WISDOM...OUR LORD

YES!!! 

AMEN!!!!

WOE TO THEM, WOE TO US!!

THIS PORTION REGARDS THE BATTLING OF 

THE BRITS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS

AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE LEADERS

AND WARRIORS AND WORKERS.

IS IT THE SAME IN THE WHOLE WORLD? 

WAY BACK THEN AND NOW AND ABOUT?

YES, IN MANY WAYS.

ALL WE CAN DO IS TURN TO THE LORD,

TRUST HIM FOR THE CONSEQUENCES

AND NOT DO WHAT THIS VERSE INDICATES.

AND, IN THAT PORTION OF ISAIAH IT IS

INDICATING HOW THE PASTORAL LEADERS

HAVE TURNED THEIR LIVES AROUND

TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT, WHENEVER THEY WANT IT.

I'M A HEARTFULLY "WOE" PERSON, SIGNIFICANTLY.  

SO LET'S SERVE THE LORD CONSISTENTLY.

 

THIRST FOR HIM!!!

IN MAY, 2005, I WAS TAKING MY  BRITISH/UGANDA FRIEND,

JILL, AROUND AND ABOUT OUR NATION

 FOR A FEW WEEKS. 

 WE HAD MET ABOUT 1-1/2 YRS EARLIER WHEN THE LORD HAD SENT ME BACK TO UGANDA TO GO TO THE SOROTI SERIOUS SITUATION. JILL WAS A TREAT THERE BOTH AT NEW HOPE UGANDA WHERE WE MET AND A WONDERFUL ENCOURAGER AND WORKER WHEN WE WERE 

IN SOROTI TOGETHER.

 

   AND I WENT TO ENGLAND A FEW MONTHS AFTER I HAD RETURNED HOME, BECAUSE SHE WAS UNDER A SERIOUS SITUATION. 

ONE OF OUR NEW HOPE UGANDA GIRLS

HAD DIED OF CANCER AFTER A STRETCH OF TIME AND 

JILL HAD BEEN ONE OF HER MAIN HELPERS. SHE NEEDED AN EMOTIONAL REST TIME, SO HER CHURCH HAD HER COME HOME AND  STRETCH SOME TIME IN HER 

PORTION OF ENGLAND. THE LORD [AND MY HUSBAND] SENT ME THERE. IT WAS A BLESSING TO BE WITH HER AND HER CHURCH FRIENDS DURING THAT THREE WEEKS.

THEN SHE CAME HERE AND I TOOK HER AROUND AND ABOUT THE WESTERN PORTION OF OUR NATION.  I LEFT OMAHA, OF COURSE, WENT TO THE DENVER AND VAIL AREA OF COLORADO, THEN TO THE UTAH PORTION. AND THEN TO CALIFORNIA AND NORTH UP TO THE NORTHWEST PORTION SO SHE WOULD MEET 

MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS -- AND SEE THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS AND BE ON PACIFIC OCEAN.

  IT WAS A TREAT!

 WHEN I HAD TAKEN HER TO ARCHES NP IN UTAH, AND WE SPENT A NIGHT IN THE NORMAL TOWN NEARBY.  THEN, WALKING UP TO THE DELICATE ARCH PORTION, I WALKED OUT ON THE RIDGE AND SAT LOOKING AT THE ARCH.  I WAS TOO SCARED TO WALK DOWN CLOSER AS MANY PEOPLE DO.  SHE TOOK THIS PHOTO; SHE LOVES TAKING PHOTOS NO MATTER WHERE SHE IS.

WHEN THINKING OF THE WORD TODAY, AND WONDERING WHAT I SHOULD USE, THE ONE OF ME SITTING ON THE ROCK OF DELICATE ARCH AREA JUMPED INTO ME.

 IT WAS A BLESSING TO PUT THAT AND 

THE OTHER PIECES TOGETHER.

NOW I'M SMILING AND SHARING AROUND THE WORLD.

BLESS YOU ALL. 

ARISE AND SHINE!!!

A MOMENT, DAY, WEEK, MONTH, YEAR, 

FILLED WITH REJOICING.

TRUSTING HIM FOR THE LIGHT!  

HIS LIGHT!!

SAY AND THINK THE RIGHT WAY!!!

REALITY STRIKES AGAIN...

AND IT WAS FROM JESUS THEN,

SO WE MUST PAY ATTENTION TO 

HOW WE SAY AND THINK

SO WE CAN BE SPIRITUALLY CLEAN!!

MY GOAL FOR THE REST OF MY TIME ON EARTH!!

HIS COMPASSION FOR OUR SINS!

YES, AS I SAID, I'M A GRATEFUL COOKIE.

THE REASON, PARTICULARLY, IS BECAUSE

I WAS A VERY SINFUL COOKIE

FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

HIS FORGIVENESS HAS BEEN AMAZING

AND GREATLY APPRECIATED BY ME.

[AND THOUSANDS AND MILLIONS AND BILLIONS 

AROUND AND ABOUT OUR WORLD AND

THE GENERATIONS AND CENTURIES.]

YEP, HE IS "IT"!!!  

 

JOY OF THE LORD!!

A BLESSING TO BE WITH ELIZABETH.  SHE'S A TREAT!!

AND MET THROUGH BLOGGING THREE YEARS AGO.

HAVE BEEN WITH HER THREE TIMES WHEN I'VE

BEEN OUT IN THE NORTHWEST AREA. AND

HER "GOD-JOB" IS THE PASTORAL STRETCH

WITH HER HUSBAND AND FAMILY AND

MISSIONARY ISSUES IN AFRICA.

ELIZABETH PICKED ME UP AT THE TRAIN IN PORTLAND

WHEN I HAD LEFT TACOMA, WA,

AND, AFTER GOING AROUND ABOUT THE 

COLUMBIA RIVER AREA AND PARKS,

SHE TOOK ME TO KATY'S HOUSE.

KATY AND I HAD NOT OFFICIALLY MET UNTIL THEN.

WE HAD EMAILED AND FB'D, BUT NOT MET.

WE BOTH LOVED BEING 

MISSIONARIES AND GOD-SERVERS,

SO IT WAS A REAL TREAT TO MEET.

IT ALSO WAS A BLESSING

WHEN I SPENT A COUPLE HOURS

WITH KATY INVOLVED WITH A SERIOUS

MINISTRY ISSUE IN PORTLAND FOR ISRAEL.  

SO THIS IS MY PICTURE WITH HER

TAKEN WHEN AT AN OLD-PEOPLE'S 

APARTMENT COMPLEX..

CONSEQUENTLY, THE BIBLE'S WORD IS TRUTHFUL!!

JOYFULNESS IS STRONG!!!  

HAVE HAD IT MANY TIMES, AND HAD IT THEN

BIG TIME!!