Testimony

(I wrote this yesterday- on Sunday. Meant to have it done before going to bed last night. But like many things, I got delayed/distracted.)

My daughter spent the night at my parents house last night. She didn't want to stay for all their church meeting (as we have ours right after their ward finishes) and my parents didn't want to have to drive her to my house before their morning meetings like they did last week. I asked my parents if it was ok with them, to let her still spend the night and I would pick her up during their Sacrament meeting and I would just take my husband to church for Bishopric meeting instead of us taking 2 cars to church. So I got up this morning planning on just taking Cliff and picking up our daughter. Little did I know that I would for sure be up at the podium sharing the following scriptures and my testimony of them.

August Testimony
"I don't know who is more surprised? Some of you seeing me up here or myself? I just thought I was getting my daughter-she spend the night at my parents and I woke up this morning and 2 scriptures I knew I was to share, I just didn't know it was with you (my parents ward) until driving up here. So I apologize and my heart is racing, usually that doesn't happen-that the 2 scriptures is Isaiah. We are told by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ how and the prophets how great are the words of Isaiah.

Isaiah 28:21 For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

and I testify that that is true. That we don't understand everything of God and I think it is so cool that it says his strange work and going down I am to share um what Isaiah shared with the people. Everything kind of repeats itself. God uses patterns and his people kind of do the same thing. That's why it is so important that we read the words of Isaiah and we ask to have the gift of the Spirit, the Holy Ghost or the Holy Spirit to teach us and it says:

vrs 23-29 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

Here's the question- Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? Doth he open and break the clods of ground?  

When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cumin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

         For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him

        

For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cumin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cumin with a rod.

        

 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen

        This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. 

and then I am to share um I love Nephi. I love the Book of Mormon. There is so much that we can learn from it and in 2 Nephi 6 verses 12 through 14 it says:

12 And blessed are the Gentiles, they of whom the prophet has written; for behold, IF it so be that they shall repent and fight not against Zion, and do not unite themselves to that great and abominable church they shall be saved (sorry, I am a kinesthetic learner, so I like to move around when I talk) and do not unite themselves to that great and abominable church, they shall be saved; for the Lord God will fulfil his covenants which he has made unto his children; and for this cause the prophets has written these things.

  13 Wherefore, they that fight against Zion and the covenant people of the Lord shall lick up the dust of their feet; and the people of the Lord shall not be ashamed. For the people of the Lord are they who wait on him; for they still wait for the coming of the Messiah.

14 And behold according to the words of the prophet, the Messiah will set himself again the second time to recover them; wherefore, he will manifest himself unto them in power and great glory, unto the destruction of their enemies, when that day cometh when they shall believe in him; and none will he destroy that believe in him.

and last, Jacob was given the allegory which I'm so grateful he wrote because we don't have the Brass Plates with the records of Zenos and Zenoch but because Jacob obeyed the Lord we have the allegory (Jacob quotes Zenos) and here it says:   

And the day that he shall set his hand again the second time-There's that phrase again to recover his people, is the day , yea, even the last time , that the servants of the Lord shall go forth in his power, to nourish and prune his vineyard; and after that the end soon cometh. Jacob 6:2

 and I testify that those things are true, that the Lord is doing his strange work and his hand is set forth a second time and that there are servants there in the field to bring all the branches back into the trunk of the tree- the family of God. These things I testify as one of his servants in the name of Yeshua Messiah, Ahmen."
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Down below is my draft from about a month ago (beg of July). I didn't get it finished until now.

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Just realized that sharing my testimony for the past 3 consecutive months (in Sacrament mtg) go hand in hand. Or rather it's a continuation of one testimony broken up in 3 parts. How cool is that! We have an awesome God!

Here are the transcripts of them starting with May 2017

May- Believe it or not I can be brief. I just want to stand and testify that I am coming to know My prophet, Priest, and King-Yeshua Messiah! I am his! So interesting as we learn or rather unlearn things .

Briefly I am to share -in the car a few months ago I was with Emma- she was singing her ABC'S and she got down to opqrXtuv, and both times I tried to correct her, I told her it's Ssss like Sally, Snake. "No, mom it's X!" and in that moment the Lord was teaching me something- I do the same things sometimes, a lot of us do. We get things wrong sometimes. We have our traditions, we have ways we learn things and we think that's the way it is. But until we are willing to realize we are wrong it doesn't matter how much you talk to a 5 year old you know about the S and X thing, same thing with us.

I am so grateful for the scriptures. They are a launching pad for our own relationship. You are to have this (I raised both arms straight up and motioned up to heaven and back down to myself-signifying heavenly relationship) and I have that with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ  and I am getting that with our Heavenly Parents as well. When he forgives us, when we come unto him and repent, it's not 1 thing, it's ALL. When we put EVERYTHING on the table then we untie his hands and he is allowed to bless us as much as much as we are willing to be, be-come . If we truly love our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ we obey the commandments.  

(When) we read in the scriptures we can understand what those commandments are. When we get the promptings of the Holy Ghost, we can know what those personal commandments are for us from the Lord. All I know is that is how we get on the path. As we love him we obey him. As we obey him, he shows forth his love and we become like him.

In the name of Jesus Christ-Yeshua Messiah, Ahmen.

June- I think I can be brief again, like I was last week (meant to say last month) I don't know who picked out the music for today but it was timely um as we sang 146 Gently Raise the Sacred Strain, I want to add my testimony to that of William Phelps that that is true. That as we REPENT or Shube in Hebrew and turn our mind and our hearts, and our thoughts  everything we do back to our Lord, back to our Heavenly Parents, that's what repentance is, to gain more light and knowledge, to forsake our sins, to forsake the errors. To cast off those things that are not correct but we think that they are. I testify that we have a God that is no respecter of persons. Yes, we have the Book of Mormon, we have the Bible. Since God has many children, many places, many eras of time, but there are many scriptures we don't have yet they will come, they are coming for those that can discern. How important it is that we know who we are. To ask who we are. That Jesus Christ, Christ means anointed one. That there's titles given. There's names and also labels that we do...
it's important that we don't group-label people. That as we pray to be able to see clearly, to be able to feel that we will be given opportunities to be tested. I was given the opportunity as I visited Mara in the hospital um there was a lady she was in a car accident standing outside the hospital. The Lord spoke to me, "Give her a hug". I am getting a lot better with the hug thing. I don't know if you knew I hated hugs, I didn't like to be touched (growing up). So I gave her a great big hug and I said Jesus loves you SO much. And we were talking a little bit and gave her another hug  and she explained how she was in a car accident and how she was grateful she was able to get out and I said well your grandmas love you. I knew one of them had past away. But I knew that she was near by. We are given opportunities to serve, personal opportunities and it's funny when it's not  convenient. That the angels do stand as sentinels, I do testify of that. That it is here in this life that we are tested. What we are taught in the temple is the path. What we are taught in the endowment, it comes to life. To have a complete baptism, to have your Calling and Election Made Sure, to have the Second Comforter what Marty was talking about, that is the Second Comforter. To have Christ come to you and then he is your teacher. I am learning that for myself. I testify of that, and sense God is NO respecter of persons and if he can do it for someone who has been sassy, and caused contention and provoked. I was not an agent of the Lord for many years and can burn that out of me through the Baptism by Fire and give me a new heart, the heart of Christ. I testify that it can happen to everyone of you. You must be born of God and understand what that means-to become a Saint, to become Elected, to do his will and his pleasure.
 I testify too that hard times are coming. That as you have  that personal relationship and have the Holy Ghost you will wakeup. War is coming. But you need not be afraid. In the name of Yeshua Messiah, Ahmen

July- It's good to be back, I was gone visiting family. I am coming to understand what Nephi talked about in the close of his book, when he talks about how at night his -he wept the pillow with his tears. The Lord's given me the opportunity to see what's going to happen, I'm not going to share that with you. But I will share this. That we are to do this (I had my both arms up high and outstretched) like I don't know if you have little kids but do they over go like this (put my hands up again) want you to hold them? We are to completely surrender. That's part of that broken heart and contrite spirit.
If we want ALL of Jesus then we have to give him ALL of us.

Are we willing to give up our traditions?

To give up our pride, to give up those things?

Wouldn't it be amazing if we all are childlike like King Lamoni, and willing to give up all?

He (Christ) is real, I know he is real. I have conversations with him. I don't say this to boost but rather to let you know that if it can happen to me, it can happen to you. It goes back to this (my hands outstretched signifying COMPLETE SURRENDER to him)
The peace that you seek is through him, and by him. In the name of Yeshua Messiah, the lover of my soul, Jesus Christ, Amen.

Embraced by the Savior (Yeshua Messiah)

Here's a journal excerpt from almost 2 years ago
Sunday June 14th, 2015

HC=High Councilor
EX Sec.=Executive Secretary
D&C= Doctrine and Covenants

It is Sabbath night and wanted to record before going to bed. What a beautiful morning! After church Cathy commented on me, I said yeah-Carol did my hair. She said,

"No, your face, it's like you are glowing!"

I smiled and said, 

 "Yes, that would be because I had a great morning! Paused then said, I have Christs' countenance."

(the 2 dreams I had early Sunday morning)

Dream-nursing a little girl. She just drank a bottle. I knew I needed to let her nurse or I would lose producing milk. First put her on right side and remember the left side needed to be done. Upon waking- nursing being connected with the Queens be their nursing mothers. (This is the 3rd dream that I am nursing a baby/child and not necessarily my own).

Dream- My dad was on the stand during a Sacrament mtg. He needed to leave to get to work on time. He was running down the stairs and accidently bumped into another man (either the HC or the EX Sec.) The man got hurt and the other man took him out of the chapel to care for him. My dad was already gone. 2 speakers had spoken and the EX Sec was to speak but he left. During the long pause, there was like a small testimony meeting. I was outside the chapel on the left side in a glass hallway that led directly outside. The Lord opened up a vision to me. He was speaking to me AUDIO. He let me know I would be the 3rd speaker and told me what to teach/proclaim. It was the 6th Lecture from the Lectures on Faith. I popped my head into the chapel, Marty Hughes who was conducting whispered in my left ear asking if I remembered who the new Ex Sec. was-they had forgotten, I didn't answer but told him I was to speak and he could verify with the Lord.
 
I went up to the stand and explained how when we hear the Lord speaking to us directly, we need to do EXACTLY as he says. I raised both hands in the air and spoke quoting parts of the 6th lecture of faith while having a vision. Saw only a few people in the chapel then it went back to regular. Then I used a word that wasn't given to me. I used my own word. As soon as I did that my heavenly vision closed and the power and authority was gone and I was left to myself, like having the microphone turned off. I explained what just happened about how we are to be EXACT when the Lord gives specific instructions. (no freelancing)To learn from me and do/be better.

 Dream shifted-now I was on a side pew in the back of the chapel and the Ex. Sec was speaking. He was reading an account of the Savior from D&C. I was seeing it play out before my eyes (vision) about the Savior and how they saw him as the Redeemer from Roman control. They tried placing garments on him connected with titles- trump him up. He would not be apart of it and walked pass them. He walked down the pews and came to me-We embraced and I didn't let go. It felt so good being in his arms-He sat down on the pew and I was on his lap. (I realize now I did not see his marks) I was too focused on his face and being embraced by him. I remember thinking I wanted to be twirled but couldn't because of the pew in our way. I told him how I truly trusted him now and thanked him for taking the incident from earlier and making good out of it. He knows what he is doing. I asked him if he would come back again soon and visit me again. I didn't want him to go.
I woke up (from 1st layer) but I was still asleep. Told mom about my dream.... she didn't understand why she wasn't having these manifestations like me. In that moment the Lord opened my eyes to understand. I then said to her-what is different about what you do and I don't do or rather something you take into your body and I don't. She wasn't getting it. I said-medications, you need to let the Savior heal you. You don't need those medications-they get in the way of being in-tuned- she didn't believe that. I told her, there are cures, but depending on medicine through (arms of flesh) was not the way. Later I woke up. Thanking Father and the Lord for that dream and embracing the Savior....END of Journal Entry

Although this happened almost 2 years ago. Being with Yeshua (Jesus) even if it was only a dream has become apart of me. I still remember his eyes, his hair, his smile. Snuggling up to him like a young daughter does with her Daddy. The immense love -radiating from him, even after "I messed things up". He came to me and just held me and loved me and let me just sit on his lap and be his little girl! I was home!!!

I am his! Through the baptism of fire (spirit) I was spiritually begotten of him. He is my Father/my Daddy! I hear his voice (in my head) before this experience/dream and since then.

*Remember the attributes of God. He is no respecter of persons. I am no more special then you or anyone else.  Many times what hold us back is ourselves!  Doubt, unbelief, traditions, pride (speaking for myself), lack of faith. If you truly want to understand Faith may I suggest you read, ingest, digest- The Lectures on Faith.


 

Taking the Lord's Name in Vain

What is vanity?
Is saying, "O my G_D!" taking the Lord's name in vain?
Is that what it's talking about in the scriptures or is it something more?


Over the past few years the Lord has been teaching me about this.
I was really shocked to find out from the Lord that I have been taking the Lord's name in vain.
I told him, "what...what?, But I haven't ever said, O my G_D? and I have been very careful with how I say the name."




So one Family home Evening I gave a lesson about this and what the Lord had been teaching me. I closed my lesson with just a simple Amen.


How do most people close their talks, lessons, primary talks, testimonies, ect? We usually close by saying- "In the NAME of Jesus Christ, Amen."


But are the words and messages we give actually from HIM? Or do we just close that way because we were taught to do that and that's just what we do? This was HOW I was taking the Lord's name in vain.


I understand more clearly now about the parable of the wheat and the tare. One has fruit and the other is hollow (empty) inside.


We are told in the scriptures, "By their fruits ye shall know them."

Murmuring- Another Way at Looking at It

I had to chuckle a little tonight as I was on the phone with a dear friend of mine as she said right before hanging up the phone to NOT forgot to do it. (I quickly thought to myself- do what again?) Then it came to me- O yeah the blog post I just told her I was to do, then realized I had already put it out of my mind trying to procrastinate this blog post.

Basically I was murmuring about doing THIS murmuring post. In my minds eye I could see the Lord chuckle at me too.

Now I am NOT applying that murmuring is a joke or to be laughed at.
Rather it can be serious as it leads one on a descending path of disobedience.

Years ago I read a General Conference talk on murmuring and it stuck with me. I wrote down part of it and made bookmarks out of it. I realize that over the years I have done ALOT more murmuring then I ever realized, when I use the following to describe murmuring. It can be so much more than the regular "whining and complaining".

                          
First-I begin to question- (dispute/doubt/debate) the instructions that I have been given from the Lord.
   feel to exercise my own judgment upon the instruction given by the Lord
      
      Second- rationalize, justify, and excuse myself from doing what I had been
                      instructed to do.
             Making an excuse for disobedience ( I have been really good at this one)
                
                Third- slothful in following the commandment(s) of the Lord.
                           I have been SLOW in following. Yet other words can describe this.

According to the 1828 Webster's dictionary Slothful=inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle
Inactive= not active, not diligent
Sluggish= slow
Lazy= disinclined to action or exertion, slow
Indolent=indulging in ease. Indisposed to labor
Idle=useless, vain

*The promptings I get from the Holy Ghost and/or from hearing the voice of the Lord are my personal commandments from him. *

Just last week I realized that I had slipped into this and needed to STOP and repent (turn back to the Lord) and rededicate myself with Full Purpose of Heart yet once again.

The more we have faith in Him the more we will trust him. Until we trust him COMPLETELY.

Mosiah 7:33 But if ye will turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart, and put your trust in him, and serve him with all diligence of mind, if ye do this, he will, according to his own will and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage.

2 Nephi 2:22  Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation.

Proverbs 3:5 ¶Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

May you be wiser then I have been in following the commandments of the Lord.
Let us all be quick to observe and obey. Harken unto the Lord.
I just looked up the definition of harken in the 1828 Webster dictionary.

HE'ARKEN, verb intransitive h'arken.
1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered, with eagerness or curiosity.
The furies hearken and their snakes uncurl.
2. To attend; to regard; to give heed to what is uttered; to observe or obey.
Hearken, O Israel, to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you. Deuteronomy 4:1.
3. To listen; ; to attend; to grant or comply with.
Hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant. I Kings 8:30.

That's all I need to share for now. So until next time.......

 

Beware of Satan's 1/2 Truths!

It has been a long time since I have posted here. A lot of change as well, including a newborn in our house. He truly is our miracle baby. There will be an upcoming post that will include the whole journey of this past pregnancy and labor and delivery. It's all about hearing the voice of the Lord and obeying. He truly does provide a way for you to do the things he commands you to do. I am learning to trust him COMPLETELY!

So for today's post I am to share the following dream that I found in one of my notebooks.

                                          Excerpt from Journal-Fall 2010

I was stuck in a shopping mall. There seemed to be no way out. One of the shops was a movie theater. They had advertised the following: We guarantee you can escape this place after staying for the whole movie. It was a Mario's Bros film.

I told the young women who was the manager behind the concessions counter I wanted out of this mall. She assured me that I could do that if I went to the show, then I could get out. I knew they had exits to the outside world through their movie theater. It was then that I asked very specific questions/ statements like:
"I want to leave this building (the mall) intact-physically leave by walking out through the "Tangible Exit Doors" with my whole soul. With my mind, body, and spirit intact. I wanted to see their policy."

She pointed to a poster way above her head. It was tiny fine print. I asked her for a copy of it, normal print. On the back of the counter she had a huge stack of the papers/policy. I had read the form. I was the first one EVER to ask for one. I knew that by going to watch the whole movie was a bigger trap. It was very clear to me. I refused to go into the theater itself, knowing that at the very end of the 3D movie, ALL the viewers get swallowed up into the movie like Tron. There had to be another way. I was trying hard to return to my 3 boys.

End of that dream
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We are major cheese eaters in our home. We love our cheese.
This goes along with the following dream I also had on the same night as the dream up above.

"A lady was going to share her homemade cheese. Takes 4 years to sit and age before it's ready to eat. Well by the time it came our way it changed into a sweet potato pie. It was very good but it was NOT her cheese."

Peacebreaker, Peacekeeper, or a Peacemaker? Part 1

About a month ago the Primary lesson was on being a Peacemaker

The Lord taught me things that I didn't know about being a Peacemaker or rather my understanding and  definition of what a "peacemaker" was or should be was not necessarily the same as how he saw it.

I bet we have all heard the statement "Peace at any Price!" but is that really peace?

On that Sunday morning I was told by the Lord to go look it (peacemaker) up on the internet. So I typed it up and was immediately drawn to a specific post that was on a Baptist Minister's page. ( I have since tried to relook it up so that I can give the source- as much of what I will be sharing comes straight from what he shared.) But atlas, I have tried and cannot find it.

So I will put all his words or when I am directly quoting him in (italics) and keep my insights, comments in regular print.

The Baptist minister gave 6 Principles of a Peacemaker and the 2 that struck me the most or rather it just clicked into my heart and brain was the following:

Principle #3- A Peacemaker is a meddler
Principle #6 -A Peacemaker does not seek 'peace at any price'

I guess I am a peacemaker after all!

But I might be getting ahead of myself.
It's always good to define things and make sure everyone is on the same page so backing up a little bit.

First off- What is Peace?

Peace is more than the absence of stress, worry, anxiety

Peace is a combo of trust, assurance, well-being, calmness and joy, EVEN in the face of evil circumstances and evil people.

What about being a Peacemaker?

"In the wild west, a peacemaker was a colt 45 revolver.

Blessed was the man who had the quick draw.

200 years later, the US has a nuclear missile called the Peacemaker.

BUT peace in the heart comes from the presence of Jesus in the heart and the Holy Spirit filling the life" -

He gives the following principles of being a peacemaker.


Principle #1-You can't be a peacemaker if you don't have peace.
You can't give away something that you don't have. Ding ding ding.

Peace is a Gift of God. There is NO peace until you have peace with God.

Bottom Line- because I am a bottom line person-

Peace is the byproduct of a right relationship with the Lord.

Fruit of the spirit is peace.

**If you want peace you must have your Baptism of Fire/Be born again, you must come to the cross and be washed in the blood of the Lamb, you must believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.**

Principle #2: A Peacemaker leads others to make peace with GOD

If it is only in Jesus Christ that we find true peace- then the gospel of Jesus Christ must be given out/shared with others.

Principle #3- A Peacemaker is a Meddler-Let me explain

You can't be a peacemaker and mind your own business- you can't stay out of it- you must get involved.
Don't forget to plan your meddling.

**The key is to be a Holy Meddler** A peacemaker needs to be not only holy, but HUMBLE, WISE as a serpent and filled with the Spirit , a man or women of mighty prayer. Boldness helps too! Because a peacemaker must be willing to confront

^This is something I never understood before^

I always thought if you were a peacemaker then you just had to yield to others and keep your mouth shut. NOT SOMETHING I DO. If I see something that needs addressing, I open my mouth and speak up. Sometimes my own love ones might see that as me stirring things up.

Being passive aggressive does NOT = being peaceful.

A peacemaker is one whose spirit has been broken by the Holy Spirit (broken heart).
He/She has grieved over his/her own sins.
He/she has taken on the meekness and the mercy of Jesus/Yeshua.
He/she has hungered and thirsted after righteousness.
He/she has allowed the Lord to purify his/her heart.

Now this individual is ready to be a peacemaker.

Principle #4 Don't Gossip

There is nothing like a gossip and tale bearing to fan the fires of strife and tension.

Proverbs 26:20 "Without the wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.

Principle #5 Don't be quarrelsome

Something I keep reminding myself-

To be quick to listen and slow to speak.

A favorite quote of mind comes to mind-"Don't sweat the petty stuff and never pet the sweaty stuff!"

Don't argue about picky things or create controversy over things that don't really matter. (Keep an Eternal perspective)

Like the fighting couple over the ironing board. She used the pointed, narrow end to iron her clothes. He used the wider, straight end. She continuously criticized him for not ironing right.
What's the difference?

Principle #6- A Peacemaker does NOT
seek 'peace at any price'

Biblical truth and Scriptural convictions CANNOT be Compromised-

not for the sake of 'getting along'

not for the sake of getting together

not for the sake of ecumenicism (I had to look up that word no clue what that meant)-

not for the sake of anything

Martin Luther's testimony at the Diet of Worms settled this once and for all.

A peacemaker- any true Christian is never a compromiser. One preacher said, "Peace that is won by compromising godly principles is NOT peace at all. it's cowardice. It's treason to the conscience. It's anarchy toward the courts of heaven. If we've won peace through compromising the standards of righteousness, we don't really have peace at all. We have apostasy"

And it's apostasy-peace that forms the basis of the coming of the new world order and the one-world government.

Jesus was called the Prince of Peace but let us know what He thought of compromise when He went into the temple with a whip in His hand & flames in His eyes, overturning the tables of the money changers, sending goats, cows and people running for the gates.

Growing up I was a peacebreaker. I love causing contention, pushing peoples buttons- especially my brothers. I loved to quarrel-
to be RIGHT!

Bottom line, I didn't have peace.

This happened as I had a personal relationship with Father and his son Jesus Christ.

When I was Baptized by Fire and the dross was burned out and Charity was filled inside me,

I was given that inner peace that comes from the Prince of Peace himself.

God's peace passes all understanding. I might not understand this terrible situation I'm in. I may not understand why that person is making life miserable for me all the time; But God's peace passes all understanding. When I have Jesus, I have his peace. If Christ is in your life, His peace is in your life.

John 14:27

27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

In part 2 I will finish with what the Baptist ministered shared on his one post along with insights that I have learned from the Lord.

This is already long enough so I will end for now. Until then...your Sister in Christ-Sally

My Ongoing Love Affair

Yep, it's with my Lord and Savior-Yeshua

May he be the Lover of your soul as well, if he isn't already!


This hymn about sums it up for me- ALL 5 verses
(in the LDS hymn book we only have 2 vrs)

Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high.
Hide me, O my Savior, hide, till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide; O receive my soul at last.

Other refuge have I none, hangs my helpless soul on Thee;
Leave, ah! leave me not alone, still support and comfort me.
All my trust on Thee is stayed, all my help from Thee I bring;
Cover my defenseless head with the shadow of Thy wing.

Wilt Thou not regard my call? Wilt Thou not accept my prayer?
Lo! I sink, I faint, I fall—Lo! on Thee I cast my care;
Reach me out Thy gracious hand! While I of Thy strength receive,
Hoping against hope I stand, dying, and behold, I live.

Thou, O Christ, art all I want, more than all in Thee I find;
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, heal the sick, and lead the blind.
Just and holy is Thy Name, I am all unrighteousness;
False and full of sin I am; Thou art full of truth and grace.

Plenteous grace with Thee is found, grace to cover all my sin;
Let the healing streams abound; make and keep me pure within.
Thou of life the fountain art, freely let me take of Thee;
Spring Thou up within my heart; rise to all eternity.
                            ^^Charles Wesley^^