To my Wife on her Birthday!

HAPPY B DAY SWEETIE! I've waited all year to tell you that and the time has come today to celebrate your Love, Life, Devotion, and Beauty both inside and out. 
Age together has brought our relationship to levels that I wouldn't know without you. I do not exaggerate when I say your the best, it's just true.
I would again like you to know that:
Your smile inspires me,
Your eyes own me,
Your face has a brilliance that rivals the sun,
Your kiss assures me,
Your touch melts me,
Your voice sooth's me,
Our offspring blesses us and others,
Your kindness and compassion humbles me,
Your forgiving me gives hope,
Your encouragement challenges me,
And your Unconditional Love motivates me,
Your presence in my life has honored me.
Your waking with me starts my day out with joy,
Your working with me has increased my accomplishments,
Sharing a meal together brightens my day,
Sharing a conversation with you settles my soul.
Your beautiful, smart, fun, you complete me.
Your faith is an encouragement to me, as is your application of being a Biblical wife.
It's easy to follow the command to "Love thy Wife" with you, and it's easy to "give thanks in everything" because of you.
There are no words to describe all the passion that you have lifted me to, in everything that has to do with this life we share.
You have made this "life" a heaven on earth for me here, with Love, Joy, and Peace in the Holy Spirit.
There is no gift (aside from Christ) that has been given to me greater than your Love, and never will be.
When we first met I didn't think that I could ever Love you more, but now the error of my understanding has been erased and Love is ever growing, every increasing.
As the song says "I love you more today than yesterday, but not as much as tomorrow" is true and this course will continue throughout the rest of our lives.
I basque in your love, I grow in the glow of your countenance, I sigh at the sound of your voice, and I rest in your embrace.
You are too modest to confirm any of this, which is why your heart is so pure.
God bless and keep.
I Love you Elise
always and all ways,
forever and forever,
Moi
"Ps I love you......you......you.........you!"
The Beatles

A thought for the day!

Remember this!

You only "get up" once in the morning each day. Make sure that the "side of the bed" you get out on is your best. Scripture says that "Joy comes in the morning", don't waste that possibility with discontentment or complaint. Your "attitude" when you "rise" will "set" your "thought, words and deeds," for the day. The way you "rise" will either inspire others or discourage them, especially if there is a wife lying next to you, or children in the home.

Make waking up a fun time for all.

So as the children's praise song goes:

"Rise and shine and give God the glory-glory, Rise and shine and give God the glory-glory!"

What? It didn't happen that way this morning? Well "Lord willing", you will be given tomorrow to change all that, and the rest of the day to think about it today.

Love and Joy are both decisions and experiences that are made in the heart and carried out by expression to others.

Love God,

Love your wife/husband/family,

Love others as yourself, thus satisfying all the commands of God.

Love

J&E in Tn

His will be done..........in life and death.

One of the joys that we experience through Jesus Christ and an intimate relationship with Him!
Since the time I was Redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb His Word became not only "Revelational but also Experiential". A factor not always functional in the personal relationships of most believers now a day.
This event was added to my "Book of Divine Interventions" last night, and it came by God's Word being hidden in my heart not just over the years but "refreshed" by my "eating the Bread of Life" during our daily chores that day.
Romans 10:17
Now faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God."
Faith is the "Cornerstone" to any relationship with God, as the Scriptures say: "anything outside of faith is sin."
So "we" must believe all that the Bible offers us in order to "walk by faith." That is the goal of every Christian claiming the Name of Jesus, to walk as He did and to let the Holy Spirit "reproduce" through us "those works" that He (Jesus) did, and greater things.
I believe that this fact is the command of God to us who believe only on the fact that the Word says it and by faith we believe and claim it. Now it doesn't matter what YOU think on the matter, it only MATTERS what God says on the subject. Your experiences (or lack thereof) doesn't "write" the Word of God, but God's Word "writes" our experiences. This has nothing to do with "seeking a sign." It has all to do with "living by faith the promises of Scripture."

So where am I going with this???????

I believe that for every "situation" that we experience here on earth there is the appropriate Scripture, and there by Prayer, to be applied for us to "Honor God's Word" and "Claim a Victory" according with God's will for us, that day by faith. At the very least "to seek and find out what His will is."

After an intense day of working outside in the sun, going inside and trying to re-hydrate, I was slammed with a very strong malady. Aching stiff joints, a hot flush, and general sapping fatigue. As I prepared to go to bed early this scripture came to mind:
1 Corinthians 6:19
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
I immediately realized that I am just "sharing" God's temple with Him. A great joy came over me "receiving" this promise because " whether we live or we die, we are the Lords."
That Scripture just freed my spirit to rejoice in the promises of Christ that I am His and this body is only a temporary vessel.
Being healed is a great intervention by God in the flesh but the hard part is accepting that "not being healed: is to be home (our real home) with Him.
Whether or not we live or die we are the Lords.
My heart turned to praising God with great anticipation to see what "His Will is." Of course it was to stay so I could write this as here I am doing so.

The point?????

As Christians we have been promised "all the victories" that were sealed for us by the "Blood of Christ" and the "promises of God."
That's a surety!
The big problem comes by your answer to the question: What do you desire most?
This mortal life?
Eternal life come to pass?
Or actually praying by faith to "know His will" either way and rejoicing in it?
"Your body is the temple of God", you only "reside" here for a while. You are sojourning in a land not yours and we are supposed to be "seeking" the one whose builder and maker is God.
God not only wanted us to surrender our sin's and sinful lives, but also our hearts and wills to serve Him in all matters, including life and death.
Real freedom comes from knowing that Our Father in Heaven has our best in His heart always and all ways, whether life or death.
Brothers and Sisters in Christ we can't loose.
Lets live everyday like we have the victory.........over all life both temporal and eternal.
Now that gives real joy!
Love
J&E in Tn