WHAT AM I READING

Do you love to read? Outside of busy & reading for studying I don't have as much time as I'd like for reading & when I do read it usually will wind up somewhere in my teachings at the Ladies meetings, I love the classics as well but those books are few & far between as one title that says it best ,they are becoming Gone With The Wind LOL LOL

I'm just finishing up Season Of Blessing

(from inside flap)concerned over her increasing fatigue,Sylvia's husband, Harry has sent her home from their mission work in Nicaragua to undergo testing,the diagnosis is numbing....cancer....a stark,terrifying word that will uterly reshape the trajectory of Sylvia's life

This week I will begin Secrets of The Secret Place by Bob Sorge

Intro: Everything of God flows out of the secret place,Everything good and lasting, everything that survives the ultimate test is born in the secret place, we can make it, to heaven with empty hands but why do that? why not go instead with crowns to lay at his feet?If we give him crowns it will be because we met Jesus daily in the secret place...Floyd McClung

TEARS IN A BOTTLE

Have you ever seen anything so fragile? so delicate? as I unwrapped this delicate little bottle that had been wrapped ever so gently by my sweet sister-n-law from it's bubble wrap,it appeared to be what is called a tear bottle,being so delicate the gold isn't showing up too good in all the light

Ps.56:8 ...Thou tellest my wanderings,put thou my tears into thy bottle,are they not in thy book?

In (Isa.38:5 )& (2Kings 20:5 )God hears the prayers & sees the tears of Hezekiah & adds 15 years to his life

here is a good search on the meaning History & use of the tear bottle
http://www.tearcatcher.com/tearbothis.html
Tear Bottle History
The tear bottle tradition has endured for more than 3,000 years. Tear bottles, or lachrymatory, were common in ancient middle Eastern societies. Even today they are still produced in that region. Tear bottles were prevalent in ancient Roman times, when mourners filled small glass vials or cups with tears and placed them in burial tombs as symbols of love and respect. Sometimes women were even paid to cry into "cups", as they walked along the mourning procession. Those crying the loudest and producing the most tears received the most compensation, or so the legend goes. The more anguish and tears produced, the more important and valued the deceased person was perceived to be.

In the Old Testament of the Bible, a reference to collecting tears in a bottle appears in Psalm 56:8 when David prays to God, "Thou tellest my wanderings, put thou my tears in Thy bottle; are they not in Thy Book?" David is refering to the belief that God keeps a record of human pain and suffering and always remembers our sorrows.

Tear bottles reappeared during the Victorian period of the 19th century, when those mourning the loss of loved ones would collect their tears in bottles ornately decorated with silver and pewter. Special stoppers allowed the tears to evaporate. When the tears were gone, the mourning period would end.

In some American Civil War stories, women were said to have cried into tear bottles and saved them until their husbands returned. Their collected tears would show the men how much they were loved and missed.

In current music and literature, tear bottles have once again been romanticized. References to the power of the tear bottle tradition occur in contemporary music videos, novels, and poetry. You can learn more about the history of lachrymatory tear bottles at www.lachrymatory.com

Phillips, Craig & Dean - Friend of God

Prov.18:24 : A friend that hath friends must shew himself friendly and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother

are you a friend of God, can he call you friend?

God called Abraham friend

James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God and it was imputed unto him for righteousness and he was called the friend of God

ARE YOU A GOOD FRIEND?

Aren't friends just the greatest blessings, I'm thankful for good friends, & most of all the prayer warriors & those that I know will intercede & touch God for me when I need it

Prov.18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother

my soul mate will tell you if I'm not near the computer ,somethings definitely wrong, friends will say if I'm not talking somebody defiantly needs prayer lol, this past week and a half has been something alright, not really a cold, no sneezing ,no aches just weak & couching to the point of nearly passing out & sleeping the week away but thanks to good friends who care enough to reach out & touch God for me I'm 100 % better,never take advantage of a good friend, never pass up the opportunity to be a good friend but more importantly know that the friend that will stick closer than brother is always with you & if you can only whisper his name you have touched the hem of his garment ,that friend is JESUS & he is there 24/7 & will never leave nor forsake you Romans 8:26-27 Likewise the spirit also helpeth our infirmities for we know not what we should pray for as we ought but the spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered(27) and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the spirit because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God

Casting crowns - At your feet with lyrics

Is this your prayer today? Do you long to just sit at his feet,come today & dwell in his presence, let him cleanse & make you whole, lay all your burdens down at his feet,seek him while he may still be found

HAVE YOU ANY TALENTS

Talent:a mental or physical aptitude,natural or acquired ability, natural ability of a superior quality, a variable unit if weight & money used in ancient Greece,Rome & the Middle East


Throughout the Bible talents are referred to as weights or money but in Matt.25 we see where Jesus is referring the word talent to a talent, the ability to use the gift within you & the importance to use it

Matt.25:15 And unto one he gave five talents to another two and to another one,to every man according to his several ability and straightway took his journey

throughout the chapter we see two took their talents & traded & doubled their talents & one hid his to make sure he had it in case something happened but God so displeased with the one who hid his talent,throughout the chapter the word talent is referring to money & they were to spend & make profits on that which they had to multiply

the same way with our God given talents we are to use them to multiply them for the glory of God, a simple thing as taking care of your household is a talent as we read in Prov.31 The Virtuous woman, whether it's taking a neighbor a meal, singing, teaching, speaking,baking,ministering to the sick,interceding,prayer warrior, witnessing, even decorating is a talent,what ever your talent is know that it is a gift from God & not to be taken lightly nor hid under a bushel