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Falling In Bed - Time to Get Well

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How do moms make it unless they first go to the source to be filled? Mary indulged and sat at the feet of Jesus, but did she really indulge? No, Jesus said, " but  only  one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her" (Luke 10:42). And how often do we function choosing what we think is the extra or the best, but not the necessary?  During the Summer when I have a little more time, I indulge in extra “necessary” times with God. I sneak away early in the morning and have prayer time before all the day starts because there is no real starting time to the day and I feast on basking in His presence like I really have nothing else to do.  But then the schedules start, the meetings come and assignments build up. I find myself eating on the run and praying throughout the day but miss out on those long steady times of laying before God like I have nothing else in the world to do. Can you relate at all? God

Who is in Control? Promoters Bring Girls Into NYC Nightlife

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I have been alive half a century, decades of living, making choices day by day. I understand certainly that we all individually determine how we will live. I have made my choice. My children, friends, and relatives are making theirs. But I am always learning something new and sometimes it is not a topic I want to know about. Like everyone else, I am being exposed to culture, or lack thereof. So, until this past Sunday, I had never heard of a person being able to work for a promoter to hang out in NYC VIP clubs in so that men will pay $350 simply to enter these clubs. They do this because they hope to get a chance to “hook-up” with “beautiful” women. The females who work for promoters get money, free drinks, free food and to enjoy the night. The promoters get paid per female they bring into the club. It breaks my heart that a young lady would willingly work in this NYC nightlife. So often we hear of people forcefully pimping other people into services like sex slaves, prostitu

I Am Against You - Words I Do Not Want to Hear - The Book of Nahum

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I love to hear from God, but "Behold, I am against thee," said the Lord of Hosts" (Nahum 2:13 and Nahum 3:5) is one thing I do not want to ever hear God say to me. BECAUSE that means you are in trouble! Photo Credit: Destroy by Unessential DeviantART I have written another post about the Old Testament Book of Nahum and the news was not good for Nineveh. God opened "the gates of the rivers" (Nahum 2:6) to tear down the fortified 100 foot tall wide wall of this city and make it vulnerable to be destroyed by its enemy. The moral to this story is no matter what man makes to protect his Nation, city or property when God is against them, they will fall. People don't like to hear this. They like to think God does not punish people or a nation in this way but the Bible teaches differently, "the Lord has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of hid feet. He rebukes the sea and makes it dry and dries up all the rivers...

How Can It Be? That Josh Duggar Could Be Forgiven

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Is anyone listening? I have some good news. Even people who sin by sexually molesting another person can be forgiven. Photo Credit: phototubby at DeviantART HOW CAN IT BE? Because this is the very reason Jesus left his home in heaven, was born, and came to earth as a man. He lived a sinless life, died for ALL sins, took the punishment/penalty of ALL sins, was forsaken by God, descended into hell and with the power of the Holy Spirit he rose. He broke the chains and power of sins, death and hell. He not only took on our sin, but he bore our shame. He rose to live and defeated the grave. This is so hard for the world to believe. People living in the world, who do not know who Jesus really is, have never known a love like this. But this love is real. Jesus is real. His love for us is real, and available for anyone who accepts Jesus' sacrifice for his own sin. So what does this have to do with the life story of Josh Duggar, his family and Christians? Everything!

A Mother's Prayer for Her Unbelieving Child - Psalm 91

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Psalm 91 is an amazing chapter in the Bible. Photo Credit: VandelRus DeviantART This psalm can be used for so many circumstances in life as a prayer to God for help. I am going to convert the words of this psalm into a prayer for a unbelieving child. In my mother's heart, I am praying this for my son. It is painful to witness a child who choses the wide, sinful road when he has been brought up in Biblical training to know and love God. But the Bible teaches that the good news of Jesus does not alway fall on the soil of a soul that is willing to let it take root and grow. As a mother I hold dear to many promises, that God's Word does not go void. I am praying this Psalm for my son. If you need to pray for your child, join me in agreement in prayer for our wayward children. Father God, You say that he that dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I pray for my son that he may learn to see you as his place of safet

Are You a Human Punching Bag or Do you Throw the Punches?

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Let me begin by saying you should never allow yourself to be a human punching bag, either physically, emotionally, or verbally. We should treat ourselves with dignity and expect others to treat us kindly also.  Emotional abuse is probably the most hidden of all abuses because many times the abused cannot identify it.  Photo Credit: Punched by Dreaminit DeviantArt I have three different blogs. Sometimes I have a hard time figuring out which one I should post an article on. Although most of the time I do not since each serves a unique purpose. This is my life blog. It is general and is about what I experience or learn as I walk through what I long ago called "womanhood".  In another one of my blogs, I only write articles/posts about PTSD/Abuse/Trauma and healing from severe child abuse that I lived through for 18 years and many years after. And a final one is the one I like to call raw; it is a rambling of thoughts or inner feelings that are not well filtered; it is

Daily Prayer - Reading and Writing with the Bible

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For me, daily prayer takes a lot of energy to be still and know that He is God. I do not think I am alone, but that does not make it better. I am easily distracted like a butterfly I flitter from on thought to the next. I see something dazzle or that looks interesting and I am drawn. Photo Credit: Glimmer by Goldomega on DeviantArt Since I love to read and write, I find focusing on Scripture so much easier when I have a pen and journal or my laptop open to write down what I am thinking and learning. I could read like this for hours and get totally lost in the experience. Yet, it is not the same think as experiencing a relationship with God. That hard, bold fact pierces my heart and makes me want to cry, but for who? Myself or God? I am cheating myself out of the pleasure of being still and knowing Him. Am I a fraud? I wonder, since I would claim to have a relationship with Jesus, even if it meant I would be put to death. Then I am reminded of grace, GRACE that covers my

Lindylou - Walking Through Womanhood: Who is Going to Help the Next "Freddie Gray"? The LIE that Destroys the Soul

Lindylou - Walking Through Womanhood: Who is Going to Help the Next "Freddie Gray"? The LIE that Destroys the Soul

Who is Going to Help the Next "Freddie Gray"? The LIE that Destroys the Soul

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"Freddie Grays" grow up knowing a life of crime. We have all seen his long rap sheet of mostly narcotic selling busts, but he was also doing burglary and other crimes. This is the life of many young people into their adulthood; it is the life they know. These are serious issues that need real honest answers. Freddie Gray is one individual and his life tragically ended; his death is being mourned by those who knew him and loved him. But can we as a society learn from the life and death of Freddie Gray? Can we make it have meaning and value for us to make changes? Photo Credit: Desolate by DaKrunt DeviantArt Some background I don't know everything, but I do know that I have watched the life of my cousin who recently got out of 25 years of prison for selling LSD and other drugs, but mostly LSD in the 1980s. When he got caught he faked his own death to escape going to prison. I realize faking your own death is a really DUMB thing to do but a 19 year old who think