Lead Me on Level Ground

Tomorrow will have been 3 months to the day since my last post! It's all my fault that I failed to read and react to warning emails I had been receiving for quite awhile warning me I would need to reset my blogger id. Then, once I finally did get "locked out" I was too impatient and full of anxiety to figure out what I needed to do. 

Then I received some sad news about a family member. That became my new focus and received all of my thoughts and energy.  I came to believe - and now do so more than ever - that God wanted me to "take a break" and get reacquainted with Him and how He was working in my life - even though it was uncomfortable and, sometimes, just too painful to rest in Him.

So . . . .   what great words of wisdom have I been just dying to share?  Only these:  The mind of God is unknowable, but His heart - ah, His heart!  That I know!

His heart if full of love and mercy, peace and strength, wisdom and comfort. I know this as fact because of how He has loved me and comforted me, upheld and uplifted, forgiven and strengthened me more than I could possibly deserve - not only recently, but throughout my life.

I find it fascinating that this forum has been restored in the midst of election season. In my younger, less seasoned days, I would seize upon the opportunity to share my political beliefs - being just as absolutely certain that my views are the correct ones and the "other side" is fundamentally wrong.  Nope. Not even going to go there.

Not that I don't believe the results of this election, perhaps more so than any other in my lifetime thus far, or to come in the future are crucial and potentially life-changing. I do! But I choose to pray -- ardently, passionately and continually that the same God who has consoled and embraced me over a lifetime is the God who loves all of us so much that regardless of the outcome, He will be there.

I've been journaling off line - you know . . . in a journal with a pen! I have missed that mode of journaling. It's so personal and as a writer, I now realize it is essential - it is how God speaks to me and the mode of communication that grants me so many insights and revelations.  I'll continue posting, but not sure the direction I'll be going yet.  I know I'll maintain my focus on prayer. Beyond that, we'll just have to see.

In case you have a hard time believing God speaks to us and acts intimately and deliberately in our lives, this was the "verse of the day" posted at biblegateway.com, the site I use to search scripture!

“Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground" (Psalm 143:10 NIV)

Blessings on your journey,

Mary

MOTHER'S DAY GIVE-AWAY!

Need a wonderful Mother's Day Gift to give your
wonderful Mom?

You won't want to miss my Mother's Day Giveaway
that begins Saturday, April 25 and runs through
Friday, May 1.

Winners will be announced at noon on
Saturday, May 2!

Here are the prizes:

1 signed copy of my book, Woman At The Well. ($11.99 value)

1 copy of my Inspiration, Imagination and Faith

blank Journal. ($9.00 value)

1 framed (8x10 or 5x7) poem,

The ABC's of a Life Well Lived. ($15.00 value)

How to win?

*Leave a comment on this post.

*Leave a comment on either (or both) of my other blogs,

Crayon Chronicles or Godly Graffiti.

*Add a link to my blog at your blog and let me know you've added it.

You are welcome to comment on all three blogs AND add a link to my blog -

each comment and link will equal one chance to win:-)

So, if you leave a comment here, at Crayon Chronicles,

Godly Graffiti and add my link to your blog,

you get four chances to win.

I Guess An "Old Dog" Can Learn Some New Tricks!

I know that some of you who know me well will be in utter shock when I tell you this: I actually used html and other computer "stuff" to create a blank journal for sale on the website lulu.com!

For those who don't know me well, the humorous part of this announcement is that I can't even handle using the remote control for the television except for the "on/off" function! We have so many options with cable t.v., etc., that I inevitably hit the wrong button, much to the exasperation of my family!

What is so amazing to me is not only that I was able to produce a product that looks exactly as I envisioned it, create a "storefront"/"website" where people can go to buy it on line and then add links back to the storefront from my website and my blog all by myself, but I did it on a day I was not originally scheduled off. I received a bonus day off and so I used it to accomplish this goal.

Perhaps you don't see God in all of this, but I know He has been at work arranging and rearranging circumstances for me in response to my ardent prayer that He take over all the how's and the when's of everything I believe He wants me to do to spread the Good News. A week ago, I couldn't imagine how I would possibly have time to sleep because it seemed my days would be so full and busy! Finally, on Sunday, I asked God to give me some kind of sign, that I could not mistake or doubt, about whether or not I was on the right track in the goals I have set.

This is part of an email message I received from a friend on Monday morning:

GOD WANTED ME TO TELL YOU, It shall be well with you this coming year. No matter how much your enemies try this year, they will not succeed. You have been destined to make it and you shall surely achieve all your goals this year. For the remainder of 2008 and all of 2009, all your agonies will be diverted and victory and prosperity will be incoming in abundance.
Today God has confirmed the end of your sufferings, sorrows and pain because HE that sits on the throne has remembered you. He has taken away the hardships and given you JOY. He will never let you down. I knocked at heaven's door this morning, God asked me. My child! What can I do for you? And I said, "Father, please protect and bless the person reading this message".

Apparently this prayer began with Mother Theresa and has been circulating for several decades. Needless to say, I have been praying that all it promises is so. I have no doubt that it will be through the power of Christ and the prayers I lift as well as the prayers of my friends and family.

I want you to know that I pray this for each of you every day as well. I wish you JOY in your journey.