oh, that we could even more realize this great Mystery, God's plan in giving us His Son! ~ ~ ~ how do we grasp the ways of God? How do we cherish deeply such unfathomable ~ So great is God's Love for humanity, LORD help us even more, to revere and bow in awe over this immeasurable Gift of Love~ . . Holy Spirit, stir our hearts with expressive exaltation and worship unto our Lord for all He is, and for His incomprehensible Will to save us. At a cost incomprehensible, oh God, thank You for Your Son! ~ ~ , Father, may we often remember how, within Christ's agony, He cried out from the Cross: "It is finished", .. ~ ~ . . . turning evil's horrid sin back on the head of darkness, our God of Light both reveals Justice and Mercy 'at once' . . Father God help us to understand God's great depth re: such Pure Sacrifice ~ ~ having given us Your Lamb, The Son, yea, the Pure Messiah absorbing our sins, and saving us, so that we are not destroyed but loved Mightily by our Adored and Powerful God, forever ~ ~ Well said Sis, the hope of glory! TR More each day, we do realize Heaven is our real Home, up close in adoration of our Creator God ~~ we love You, JESUS !~~~ eternal Life? . .do we really go on? forever? . .. . . we are meant to inquire of it, .. and so . . ~ ~ our Awesome, Majestic God has shown us a 'glimmer' by His Word written ~ ~ ~ from our Father's perspective, His Spirit reveals to us the depths of Christ's great Redeeming Love so Heavenly Glorious . . ~~ what great joy . . ~ ~ There are divine appointments and little miracles everyday. I know that the tendancy is to look for big flashy miracles and signs, and I am guilty of that. However there is that still small voice and the knowledge that God is orchestrating everything for our good, arranging things behind the scenes. Today, I went to a certain Dollar Tree (a local dollar store) to look for Bibles. Dollar tree usually has Bibles for a dollar sso you can buy them in bulk. I am often with a group that helps feed the homeless and we hand out tracts and free Bibles as well as pray with people and encourage them. Anyway, when I came to this particular Dollar Tree that I had never been to before, through the Holy Spirit's urging, I met an old woman in a wheelchair named Kelly. She looked to me as if she was aboriginal and I later found out she was from Whitehorse. (A city in Northern Canada.) She was obviously in a lot of pain but she had the most gentle and sweetest disposition and Wow! did she love Jesus! She shared the gospel with me and couldn't stop talking about how wonderful God is. For over a half an hour and I literally could have talked to her all day. When I gave her a couple of Bibles she was so excited and said these were the best presents you could ever give anyone. She appreciated the money I gave her, too, but she just loves the Word of God and said the Bibles were priceless treasures. Anyway, I was so blessed and encouraged in meeting Kelly. She could be bitter or grumpy because she is in a lot of pain and is homeless but you would never know it by her love and care for others. She actually prayed for me! In all honesty, I very well could have net an angel. Whatever the case, when we get to heaven, you are going to absolutely love meeting Kelly, our sweet sister in the Lord. :heart: Yes, Arthur, how wonderful your day with Kelly . . you and she both moving in the sweetness of the Holy Spirit so richly shared . . . . . . I agree, she may have been an angel . what a beautiful conversation and meeting ~ . . I picture this precious 'angel' will be sitting close to Jesus at the Throne of God, in the brightness of her sweet countenance, her spirit in love with Jesus ~ ~ . . :rose: Yes, thank you for sharing your divine appointment with Kelly. This was uplifting for me to read. It is so rare to meet other believers on this side of heaven but when you do … wow … it does brighten up your day. To think very soon … if we are raptured out this spring … we will all forever be in the midst of believers 24/7 … it will never be rare encounters ever again. No more loneliness ever again … always in fellowship. The tide will change forever. :whistle: Those were the exact words Kelly said to me. "Meeting people like you is rare." I was touched by that. Yes, in the sweet bye and bye, we will be surrounded by believers. What a change that will be! Touching story, thanks for sharing! Hope she is mightily blessed by God! Soon and hopefully very soon! TR thank y'all for leading to me to praise our Lord in my heart while reading these and to be encouraged to remember the hope we have in Christ!!! can't wait to praise Him "in person" with all of y'all too
Sacrifice to save us~!, ~
