Sunday Night
Blessings and Greetings:
We hope that you all have had a wonderful family day on this Father’s Day. It has been a very hot day today down here, but cool inside in the AC looking out the window into the haze.
It seems like Marty has been feeling a little better today. Praise the Lord! There have been a few more smiles, at times a little more energy, and though no real reason to point to improve-ment, it seems like there was a slight general improvement. Praise the Lord! There was not a lot of movement with her numbers, but some did go up a little and some went down a little. At this point, we don’t ask why, we just give God thanks and praise for the improvement, a little better day by day.
The white blood count was 0.3 today. It should be to down to “0” in the next couple of days. When it does hit “0” Marty will be very vulnerable to pick up anything. So, she continues to try to keep strong and healthy, so that she will not pick anything up and be able to fly through the rest of the treatment time. At least that is our plan and we will see what God’s plan is.
Paul says in II Corth. 3:17 “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” Praise the Lord! Isn’t that awesome? We try so hard to find freedom from so many things in our lives and society and when we don’t find it, we get anxious and angry and maybe even some other things. And here Paul tells us a very simple way to take care of it all: get with the Spirit of the Lord. And that is not that hard to do, because God wants to be with us, and Jesus told us that He would send the Spirit to be with us. So, it is just a matter of us seeking and accepting the Spirit of the Lord.
What are some of the things that keep us from the Spirit of the Lord, and freedom:
1.) Our desire to be in control and to control all that goes on in our lives.
2.) Our feeling that an issue is to small to bother God with, so we keep it to ourselves.
3.) Our need to take some things back from God after we have given them to Him.
4.) Our lack of patience to be on God’s time and not our own time.
5.) Our thinking that we know it all and can handle it all.
6.) Our sinful nature and need to get over it in some areas of our lives, so that other areas can be cleaned up as well.
Now it seems to me that the six items listed above are rather common to all of us and are really easier to deal with than we think. It is just a matter that we just have to want to accept the Spirit of the Lord and turn these things over to God. But, when we do, there is indeed “freedom” and it is a wonderful feeling. But, what is even greater is the fact that this is all in our control. Praise the Lord!
I think it is fair and honest to say that we all have issues in our lives that we need to turn over to God so that we can have freedom.. I know that I have some problems with # 3 because I have taken back some concerns I had turned over to God but could not leave with Him. So, as of right now, I am going to give them back to God, find the Spirit of the Lord and get the freedom that I need from those issues, and continue to hold on to it. I encourage you to join me with the issues you have in your life that you need freedom from. It is there for the taking! Praise and thanks be to God.
Have a positive day and God bless.
Marty and Jack
John 3: 16
Blessings and Greetings:
We hope that you all have had a wonderful family day on this Father’s Day. It has been a very hot day today down here, but cool inside in the AC looking out the window into the haze.
It seems like Marty has been feeling a little better today. Praise the Lord! There have been a few more smiles, at times a little more energy, and though no real reason to point to improve-ment, it seems like there was a slight general improvement. Praise the Lord! There was not a lot of movement with her numbers, but some did go up a little and some went down a little. At this point, we don’t ask why, we just give God thanks and praise for the improvement, a little better day by day.
The white blood count was 0.3 today. It should be to down to “0” in the next couple of days. When it does hit “0” Marty will be very vulnerable to pick up anything. So, she continues to try to keep strong and healthy, so that she will not pick anything up and be able to fly through the rest of the treatment time. At least that is our plan and we will see what God’s plan is.
Paul says in II Corth. 3:17 “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” Praise the Lord! Isn’t that awesome? We try so hard to find freedom from so many things in our lives and society and when we don’t find it, we get anxious and angry and maybe even some other things. And here Paul tells us a very simple way to take care of it all: get with the Spirit of the Lord. And that is not that hard to do, because God wants to be with us, and Jesus told us that He would send the Spirit to be with us. So, it is just a matter of us seeking and accepting the Spirit of the Lord.
What are some of the things that keep us from the Spirit of the Lord, and freedom:
1.) Our desire to be in control and to control all that goes on in our lives.
2.) Our feeling that an issue is to small to bother God with, so we keep it to ourselves.
3.) Our need to take some things back from God after we have given them to Him.
4.) Our lack of patience to be on God’s time and not our own time.
5.) Our thinking that we know it all and can handle it all.
6.) Our sinful nature and need to get over it in some areas of our lives, so that other areas can be cleaned up as well.
Now it seems to me that the six items listed above are rather common to all of us and are really easier to deal with than we think. It is just a matter that we just have to want to accept the Spirit of the Lord and turn these things over to God. But, when we do, there is indeed “freedom” and it is a wonderful feeling. But, what is even greater is the fact that this is all in our control. Praise the Lord!
I think it is fair and honest to say that we all have issues in our lives that we need to turn over to God so that we can have freedom.. I know that I have some problems with # 3 because I have taken back some concerns I had turned over to God but could not leave with Him. So, as of right now, I am going to give them back to God, find the Spirit of the Lord and get the freedom that I need from those issues, and continue to hold on to it. I encourage you to join me with the issues you have in your life that you need freedom from. It is there for the taking! Praise and thanks be to God.
Have a positive day and God bless.
Marty and Jack
John 3: 16
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