God makes it easy!

 

  I am so excited.  My whole family will be here this weekend!!!!!!

  Our neighborhood hosts a picnic in the park every Summer and my daughter and her family are coming for it!!  It's a 6 hour drive, when I make it, and I don't have little people who have to stop to use the bathroom every hour or so.  I covet your prayers for their trip to be pleasant and, somehow, a joy!  They're coming to Grandpa and Grandma's house after all.  :)

  Please also keep our community in your prayers as we gather for some good family fun.  The enemy has tried many times to destroy our little community and is trying to harm relationships every day.  This event has been a way of getting people to talk to each other face to face which often destroys the lies that are told about each other.  

  I asked the Lord to give us a beautiful day weather wise and I sure hope He will!  We ladies have done our parts.  We met at the park this morning for park cleanup.  

  My annual job, which I volunteer for, is to clean the porty potty so that's done now.  I have always enjoyed cleaning toilets for some odd reason.  I guess it's something else nobody wants to do but, when it's done, I know that it's a bathroom that my family and guests can feel good about using.

  I digress.  God established the family unit at creation.  The devil has done everything he could to destroy it through feminism and the spirit of Jezebel.  Weak men dooms the family unit and the goal of feminism is to create weak men!  May we live to see it destroyed as more and more women learn the joy of being helpmeet to the man God has picked for them.  

  I was a total feminist when we got married nearly 45 years ago having gone all the way through the education system to earn a 4 year collage degree.  Poor Robert.  I'll always remember the day God killed it in me and it's a wonderful story.

  We were living in an old house which we bought for $250 of back taxes.  It needed lots of work including the roof.  Robert and our friend who was helping us were up on the roof starting in late Fall.  It kept getting colder and colder and my heart went out to them.

 The devil was using his old tricks on me.  "Robert will never love you!"  "If Robert loved you, he would....."  "I wish I could make Robert love me!"

  At that precise moment, I heard God ask me "What's that sound up on the roof?"

  I listened to the hammering of the 2 men.

  Then God asked me to ponder something very serious.  He said "If Robert didn't love you, why on Earth would he be up on the roof hammering down shingles so you and the children can be warm and dry this Winter?"

  That was it!  Feminism died when the truth FINALLY sank in.  You can be assured that there was a special supper waiting for Robert that night!!!!  I never looked back and we have had a FANTASTIC partnership because of that moment.

  Gals, if you have a husband who goes to work to make money for you and the children to have a nice, warm house and food on the table, HE LOVES YOU!!!  Isn't that wonderful news?  

  So lets get to work making the lives of our men happy lives.  Whatever that means to your man, I'm sure you know how to do it.  If you don't, pray for the Holy Spirit to show you what is needed to honor the man God sent you to be your leader and protector.  After all, God brought you 2 together!  He knows how you can best honor the man God blessed you with.

  I sure wasn't planning to go there but that's how I was led by the Holy Spirit.  I'm assuming that it will bless someone, who has their eyes on themselves, with clear direction of how to focus on others--most of all your husband.  I love my husband sooooo much!

  Well, I'd best get to making supper and, oh yes, the bathrooms need cleaning before our guest arrive.  

  Love to all you lovers out there,

  Dawn

Encounter God’s Heart…

Surrendered and Set Free

The power of God’s loyal love completely and irrevocably removes sin’s guilt and grip over us, his yielded children. Jesus echoed this when he said, “If the Son sets you free from sin, then become a true son and be unquestionably free!” (John 8:36). When we surrender to Christ, he liberates us in his strong love. Think about how your surrendered worship of God has moved you into greater freedom. Have you tasted the goodness of knowing how incredibly delighted the Father is over you? Have you experienced the peace of God that transcends understanding and seeps into your very soul? The incredible power of God’s love that sets the captive free and makes the lame dance in unabashed joy before him is yours to experience. May you worship and honor the Lord with the grateful heart of someone caught up in the wonder of his marvelous mercy.   Joyful Jesus, in your love, I come alive. I want to know even greater freedom in your presence and in my lived-out spirituality. Transform my guilt into the testimony of your goodness. I love you.   From Wisdom from Above written by Brian Simmons

Proverbs 16:6 The Passion Translation   You can avoid evil through surrendered worship and the fear of God, for the power of his faithful love removes sin’s guilt and grip over you.