6th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament

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God's Angel to Prepare the Way

Exodus 23:20 "See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. 21 Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him. 22 If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. 23 My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out. 24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces. 25 Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
27 "I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run. 28 I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. 29 But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.

God is opening my eyes to things... how He goes before us to prepare things and how He works "little by little" to prepare things and make it just the right time for us to work for His glory....I am just wowed this morning...because looking back I can see His preparing me through the past -both failures & successes-for exactly where I am today.
Lord help me wait on You, all the while knowing You are working and things will be right!

When God seems distant...

" Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel's army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long. " -Exodus 14:19-20

This is written as God has been directing Moses over & over again to go to Pharoah to plead with him to allow them to go & worship God....plague after plague, Pharoah doesn't allow it...but finally after the first born males are killed, he sends Moses & Aaron on their way with their people. Then God, who was guiding them as a cloud by day & fire by night, moves from in front of them--where they can see Him to behind them....where He is really needed since Pharoah's men are approaching them.

As I read this today I realized this is so common....we tend to want everything right in front of us--CLEAR--so it's easy to have faith...but God always is working in our best interest and although we may not see clearly what He is doing, He is there...time after time He is always there, right where we need Him to be.

Lord....please help my unbelief and forgive me for ever doubting You!

Miracles....each moment is one

wow....listening to the news this morning and hearing the stories of the survivors as they truly thought it was the end....one man wrote a note to his mom & sister quickly and stuck it in his pocket so it would be found.....this brings me to tears thinking what if it was my last few minutes....what would i say to my loved ones, to those i know but have never said much to, to my enemies......one man said it best "we were given another chance at life!"How many mornings are we given another chance at life? yet, we in our daily grinds dread the mornings, the day, etc etc. Let's remember today is a day we are given...not owed or due, but given and be thankful.....Lamentations 3:22-24 (New International Version)22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."

Breath of Life

My hope is to read the Bible through this year (as well as continue the various studies) so please pray that I accomplish this. Today I was humbled at the realization that God breathed into man....He breathed His breath into us.....WOW.....Isn't it amazing that He never took that breath back, so to speak but that over thousands of years, His breath is still in us, in me. Lord how I pray and ask for Your help in becoming daily the person You would have me to be! I also pray for you in this new year that God use you & myself in mighty ways that only He could do!

Pleasing Aroma

As I visited a dear friend at the funeral home last night we hugged....nothing odd but what intrigued me was that I could smell her long after our contact. I immediately thought wow....in the Old Testament days the Israelits were required to present sacrifices to God with hopes that they would be pleasing aroma's to Him and then that today we are to be living sacrifices to Him.....so I asked myself what scent am I leaving....first am I a pleasing aroma to God and secondly, what scent am I leaving on others that I come in contact with? Do they see Him in me?
What scent are you leaving on others?
you will offer special gifts as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. These gifts may take the form of a burnt offering, a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, a voluntary offering, or an offering at any of your annual festivals, and they may be taken from your herds of cattle or your flocks of sheep and goats.-Numbers 15:3

digging a grave...

As I was digging a grave for Jack--our beloved chocolate lab whom we have had for years, I was brought to tears (yes I was emotional already)! But as I breathed in the smell of fresh dirt and felt the cold air flow throughout my lungs, I was brought back to God creating man from the earth.....

then His Son, Jesus...being born to take on human form...and then dying such a death as crucifiction...all for someone like me...me?!?!?! As I placed Jack in the ground...his body bruised and lifeless I was overcome with emotion and saw the facts of Jesus death play out in my mind....and to think....His death pleased God so that I may know Him..may I never forget this!!!

Then as I covered Jack with dirt....I thought...one day back to earth we will all go (unless JC comes first) as if we were never even here at all.....unless we have invested in people and them knowing the mighty Jesus Christ--why I call myself a Bridge Builder....I hope I lead people to Jesus --no matter the cost!

Where are you leading people? See Isaiah 53 for further reading...