Dear Doves,

I have experienced both abandonment and separation anxiety throughout my life.  From "friends" who have decided they "have enough friends" to family members who have stolen my inheritance and told me that my parents never loved me.  I still pray for both groups as I am called to do....But it has changed my life and saddened me.  Daily do I forgive those who have injured me because I KNOW that I have injured others and want Father to forgive me.

Headlines in the news horrify me with the direction our nation is taking and I pray that we turn from our wicked ways, humble ourselves before God, repent of our sins and honor Our Father in all of our thoughts, words and deeds.  Each new obscenity committed by our country is like a lash to my back and a nail through my hands, as I am reflecting God's pain through the Holy Spirit that indwells me.  Surely HE feels these pains and felt these pains as HE hung on the cross saving me from my own sins.  I could never redeem myself and am SO VERY GRATEFUL that HE redeemed me even though I did not, do not deserve it.  I rely upon His Mercy and Grace every moment of my life.

As I said in my previous posting, I know that my Father in Heaven, is refining me to reflect Him more purely.  I thank Him for that, although the journey continues to be a solitary and difficult one.  There are joys along the way.  He loves me so much that He has chosen me and is changing my heart to conform more closely to His.  I am VERY grateful for that.  (laughing) But as Tevya says in "Fiddler on the Roof", sometimes I wish He would "choose" someone else.  (smile and SMH)  I love Him so much and know that all things work to good for those who LOVE HIM and I most assuredly DO!

I know I am not alone in feeling those moments or times of separation and have learned that although chocolate helps many things, God's Love CURES it.  It is in that spirit that I offer His words to me on the subject.  When I feel down and my prayers turn to selfish desires of release, I am reminded to pray His Psalms.  Today, was such a day and I began reading Psalms after prayer.  Then I felt the need to stop my Bible study and send this to all of you.  

For your help and needs, I publish for you, Psalm 1.  They are all wonderful instruction and strengths to help you through rough times.  But for today, I felt the burden to submit to you, this one.  May it bring you joy and release from today's separations and sorrows.  I pray that it will bring you comfort and overwhelming peace that passes all understanding.

Psalm 1

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,

Nor stands in the path of sinners,

Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

But his delight is in the law of the Lord,

And in His law he meditates day and night.

He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,

That brings forth its fruit in its season,

Whose leaf also shall not wither;

And whatever he does shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so,

But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in judgment,

Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,

But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Pray His Psalm aloud and cry out to Him!  He hears you and He will comfort you.  Release any and all pain to Him and allow/invite Him into your heart today.  Cry upon his shoulder and let His Holy Spirit wrap around you like a blanket of His Love for you.  He called the Holy Spirit "The Comforter" for a reason.   Rejoice!  For our redemption draws nigh.  HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS!  Look up and celebrate His Soon Arrival.  Maranatha!  He loves you so very much.  Take a moment to remember that and to send Him thanks.  ((((Hugs)))) 

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. – Luke 21:36