TRUSTING HIM IS WHAT COUNTS!

AM I NAMING THE CITY OR THE STATE OF THIS PHOTO?

NO!

WHY?

BECAUSE THE UNUSUAL "WISDOM" OF THE WORLD

IS DEMONICALLY BROKEN INTO 

A VARIETY OF NATIONS AND CITIES.

ALL WE CAN COUNT ON IS 

OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND LORD 

BREAKING AROUND AND ABOUT

 TO THE TRUTHFULNESS.

WE CAN TRUST HIM.

THAT IS ALL.

I'M HEAVILY HEARTBROKEN BY WHAT IS OCCURRING NOW IN OUR PRESENT DAY WORLD, IN SPITE OF WHAT ST. PAUL WAS SHARING 

THIS INFORMATION WAY BACK THEN.

ALL WE CAN COUNT ON IS BEING IN HEAVEN

AND BURIED IN TRUTHFULNESS. 

 I WAS A SIGNIFICANTLY SINFUL KID FROM ABOUT 5 TO 20.  THEN THE LORD BROKE IN STRONGLY AND I ACCEPTED HIM,

I TRULY KNEW AS I WAS IN SCHOOL OR IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS

OR JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE,  THAT I WAS MUCH MORE

SINFUL THAN THE NORMAL PEOPLE.

  I'M A VERY "GRATEFUL COOKIE".

I'M ALIVE STILL AND SERVING HIM.

I WOULD HAVE DIED FROM MY SINFULNESS

ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO.

HE IS ALL I CAN COUNT ON FOREVER. 

MARY MAGDALENE AND ME...

     Well, when reading of Mary Magdalene when I was simply reading the Bible years and years ago, I thought of what she was doing that was similar to what was going on in my life as a kid.  As I've often said, I was blessed when the Lord broke into my life.  This is filled with seriousness and sinfulness, so if you want to skip it, that would be fine, too.  But this was in the last portion of my Mary Magdalene book.  [OH, and on April 15th, that will be the 49th birthday of me through accepting the Lord.  I'll be sharing pieces then, as I do every year on the writing possibilities.  Makes me rejoice and smile!]
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Just turning 5; Kenton, WA, 1950.

                                          TESTIMONY

     I’ve described myself in testimonies for the last forty-plus years so many times in ways that I’ve described Mary Magdalene.  Especially anger.  Anger buried deeply in my heart.
     I was not an official prostitute – harlot – as Mary is often described in the thoughts of many people throughout the centuries, but I was just like that when heading to my late teens.  As a molested girl, from pre-school age, regularly abused from the age of 5 through high school, both physically and verbally, I left home filled with furiousness.  Yes, I had seed planted in my life by good people in my schools, through  churches, and with friends who accepted me in spite of my outlook on life.
     But, when I left home, after a short time in college, I ended up with a job in Seattle when 18 years old, no help or family or friends anywhere nearby.  I entered heavily into alcohol.  Then, prior-to and after a date-rape, the anger filled me again ... way over the top.  And I entered the “harlot” world and was there for nearly 2 years.
     I’ve often said that if the Lord had not broken into my life, especially as I was heading for 21, I would have died from alcoholism, violence, or suicide.
     But He did break into my life with great kindness, mercy, love, and grace.
     Now, I rarely am angry.  I’m rarely ready to fight, physically.  But often am ready to “fight” when I’m trying to protect other people and plant seed of the Lord into their lives.  And I am not at all headed to suicide.  I want only my life, my time here on earth and for eternity, with my Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus, and my Holy Spirit.
     I’m very thankful that, just the same as the result for Mary Magdalene, God is BIGGER than any people who live in the world and who attempt to draw us to the wrong direction.
     So, that is my forever life here and there ... filled with gratefulness.

One portion of Uganda where Dave and I were serving

the Lord for several years.  I was significantly different

before then and since then.  Now we're home, but both

of us are serving for the Lord and doing whatever He says.

I'm very blessed, filled with rejoicing.

 

HEAVENS ARE HIGHER...

I TRULY RELY AND REJOICE UPON ALL OF THIS!

AND MOMENT-BY-MOMENT,

DAY-BY-DAY,

I AM FOCUSING ON ETERNITY! 

JEHOVAH IS OUR LIGHT!

WHERE MY HEART IS TODAY AND FOREVER!

[PICTURE SHARED RE: PSALM 84:11]

OUR EARTH IS HIS!

YES.  ALL OF IT AND US IS HIS!

THAT'S WHAT COUNTS FROM BEFORE

FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS

OR NOW FOR DOZENS OF YEARS

AND THEN, FOREVER AND EVER, "YEARS" ETERNALLY.

I CAN COUNT ON IT ALL WHEN I SEE

FLOWERS, BIRDS, SQUIRRELS, RABBITS,

GIRAFFES, ELEPHANTS,

AND ALMOST ANYTHING.

HE TRULY IS "IT"... AND I'M A GOD LOVER,

AND A GOD APPRECIATOR.

HIS GLORIES AND GRACE!

I'VE SHARED THIS PHOTO WITH THE WORD BEFORE,

 AND DOING IT AGAIN TODAY,

BECAUSE THE TRUTHFULNESS OF IT

HAS GRABBED MY HEART.

PRAISING HIM THANKFULLY IS

ALL I/WE CAN EVER DO

WHEN HERE IN THE WORLD,

OR WHEN IN HEAVEN.

HE INVITED US!!

HALLELUJAH!!!