YOUR FATHER WANTS TO TALK TO YOU

Good Evening To All!

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, where by we cry, Ab' ba Father. (Romans 8:15)

To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Ab' ba, Father. (Galatians 4:5-6)

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The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Adoption. This means that by the power of the Holy Spirit, we are actually part of God's family. We were once sinners, but God redeemed us, He in His mercy purchased us with the blood of His Son, and calls us His own beloved sons and daughters.

Now just looking at one side of adoption ( the human type), I can understand where the idea of being amazing would come into play. When a child is born into the family, they have no say of what the child will look like, what type of stature he will be. It's all in the genes. When you are adopted, you are literally chosen because of your personality, your looks and abilities.

That being said, on the other hand adoption is amazing for both the child and the parents. The couple who have been unable to bear children do not have to go their whole lives childless. They can purposely chooses a specific child to love and care for. In some instances, this can be even better than being born into a family because when children are born into a family, they are not always wanted. Sometimes their birth results from choices their parents regret or even unforeseen misfortunes, circumstances beyond their control.

When we choose to put our faith in Jesus Christ, the new birth brings us into the family of God. He becomes our Father; we become heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ
(see Romans 8:16-17). A good father is one who is patient with his children. Who will spend time with them instructing them in the ways they should go. Teaching them right from wrong and encouraging them all the while. Not unlike our Heavenly Father. He does the same thing plus more.

We belong to God now. When He adopted us into His family, He made a commitment to us. He will never abandon us nor forsake us because we are His. Psalm 27:10 says; When my mother and father forsake me then the Lord will take me up. A support verse is John 16:32. It says:Behold , the hour cometh yea is now come that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone because the Father is with me.

God thinks you are special. He has chosen you specifically and called you out to be His own child.


Good Night and May God Bless!

A Work in Progress Still Learning the Ropes

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Tomorrow's Bible Verse according to the NIV: Isaiah 1:18

Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson they shall be like wool.

Daily Inspirations from the NIV:

Jesus said, "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him,...I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever."

John 5:44, 47-51

Good Evening to All!

I can see I still have a lot to learn. I worked the good part of the afternoon and evening trying to get my "Matching Mondays" post set up, but as I have said in the past, I am not very up-to-date on computers. I have been trying to link children's pictures and information from the databases to my blog, but to no avail. I tried everything I could think of, but no luck. I will get it set up or at least see if Lynette can show me how to link them up. Unfortunately, I am one of these people who learn better visually and auditorily. My husband gets frustrated with me because you can tell him how to do something one time and he gets it with no problem. Anyway, hopefully I'll get it done by next Monday. I'll be busy all day tomorrow cleaning a house, and besides that, Lynette is out of town until Tuesday.

Another thing I plan on doing is going to our local Animal shelter and taking pictures, then posting them up for adoption. I don't know if it's opened tomorrow, Comanche is a small town to the point that the Driver's License Place is only open 2 days a week, we have a once a week newspaper, and most of the sidewalks roll up at 2 pm as far as restaurants. Therefore, I'm not sure if the Animal shelter will be open. If they are, you'll be seeing some cute little animals on here tomorrow. I'll also check and see if they have a website.

This is Emma from the Seattle Animal Shelter. Her crime was "cattin' around. Will she get time in the brig, or the death penalty? Hopefully, she'll get adopted soon.

This dog is at the Paws "No Kill Shelter". The sad look on his face says he/she doesn't know how lucky he/she is. Hopefully (it) will get adopted quickly.

I hope tomorrow I will have some pictures first-hand of adoptee animals.

Good Night All and May God Bless!

PJ

My Three Favorite Things-The Bible, Kids and Animals

The verse above...2 Corinthians 3:6 Amplified Version
[It is He] Who has qualified us [making us to be fit and worthy and sufficient] as ministers and dispensers of a new covenant [of salvation through Christ', not [ministers] of the letter, (of legally written code) but of the Spirit; for the code [of the Law] kills, but the [Holy] Spirit makes alive. [Jer. 31:31.]

According to my study Bible ( The Inspirational Study Bible by Max Lucado), He explains the verse this way in his "Life Lesson". He is teaching on Verses 1-18, but I think we can get the idea: The situation: False teachers confused the Corinthian church and undermined Paul's ministry.

Observation: As a minister of the New Covenant, Paul defended the sincerity of his ministry. Paul also illustrated that salvation was received by accepting the gospel rather than by trying to keep the Jewish Law.

Now my favorite part is the Inspiration: The outstanding characteristic of a Christian is this unveiled frankness before God so that the life becomes a mirror for other lives...Beware of anything which would sully that mirror in you; it is nearly always a good thing, the good that is not the best. (I don't know how many of you knew this definition, but according to Webster's sully means to soil or tarnish). Now back to the point. The golden rule for your life and mine is this concentrated keeping of the life open towards God... The rush of other things always tends to obscure this concentration on God...Let other things come and go as they may, let other people criticize as they will, but never let anything obscure the life that is hid with Christ in God. (From My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers.)

Application: Our first reactions to people and circumstances tell who we really are. If someone cuts you off on the road, what is your first reaction? If someone corrects you, what is your first reaction? What will be your first reactions to the people and places you encounter today? Which ones need a make-over?

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Daily Inspirations from the NIV

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. Galatians 6:9-10

The one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Galatians 6:8

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Good Evening Everyone!

I went over to the "r House Blog" and saw some of the most adorable children up for adoption. It just makes your heart melt to see these kids and know that they need to be adopted into good homes. I wish we could, but it's not in the cards for us. I am going to try and do my little part to help them by joining in Matching Mondays. At least I hope to, I'm gonna talk some more to Yaya when I get a chance between now and Sunday, I hope. I'm one of those that needs a lot of details in what and how to do stuff. Anyway, that's something new on my "agenda".

I am also taking up the ASPCA torch. I've got this little button on the left sidebar of my blog and if y'all will click on it, your clicks will provide so many bowls of food for the animals in shelters. By clicking, it will take you directly to their website which will explain the how's, why's and wherefore's. Anyway click away. It doesn't cost anything. You might save a puppy or kitten or whatever else the shelters pick up. I would love to see them do away with Euthanasia (except for Rabid dogs, or dangerous dogs that have mauled people). Anyway, that part's just my opinion.

These causes being stated, my main reason for this blog has been and still is as a Christian blog to get His Word out. Thus, the Bible Seeds Devotions, and Scripture. I love learning about the Lord and it helps me to type what I read. It seems to stick better. This way, I learn it and may plant a little seed here and there while doing it. I'm continually trying to find different books to get lessons or devotions out of, and come up with different ideas to keep you interested in not only reading my blog, but also maybe getting more interested in the Word. You know, maybe reading something I have written, then doing a little more research on it and as the Bible says proving ( or testing what I have said, to make sure it lines up with the Word of God, not that it wouldn't because I get it straight from the Bible except for the Book the Bible Seeds, which is just a little devotional book. Although it does list the scriptures. The other is directly from the NIV Devotional Bible. The rest of my Biblical material is straight from the Bible, be it, New King James, King James, NIV, Amplified Bible. or even the Revised Standard Version which I received when I was about 9 years old. Thank goodness His Word never changes! I don't take to change well.(Ha).

Good Night All and May God Bless!

PJ

Allowing God to Mold Us Only Makes Us Better

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Inspirations from the NIV

Oh LORD, you are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.

Isaiah 64:8

We are God's workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus to do good works, which
God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10

May you be blessed by the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalm 115:15
The Lord is our Creator. Shouldn't it be fitting that we allow Him to continue to shape our lives the way He sees fit? He is the Alpha and Omega, Beginning and the End. Therefore, He sees us from before we were in our mothers' wombs until the day we die. He knows what our futures hold, and what is best for us. He knows us better than we know ourselves. I would think that He could do a much better job at making our decisions and running our lives than we can alone. I would like to challenge everyone that reads this post to pray about every decision you make, and give Him a chance to answer and tell you what would be the best approach to whatever your question or decision to be made. If you don't already do this, please try it for maybe just 3 days and see what happens. Then let me know how it made a difference. Not the personal things necessarily, just in general. I know your decisions will be for the better if you let God have the reins.

Good Evening to All!

First thing before I do anything else, I should confess I feel so ashamed. I totally forgot to mention a public thank you to Nessa of Ramblings of a Texas Housewife for the book I won from her Give Away. It's called Extraordinary. I haven't got to start on it yet as I have been trying to read some others which she so kindly allowed me to borrow. I do however look forward to reading it. Just from her review and the jacket, it definitely sounds like one I will enjoy. I have to say, this is great! I wish I'd known about blogging a long time ago. I belong to Crossings Book Club, and the books I usually buy from them range from 16.99 to 34.99. I have drastically cut my housekeeping clients because my hubby wants me "free" to go on trips or grocery shopping (we go to the military bases) without having to rearrange my schedule all the time. Anyway, I've gone from 9 to 3 in the last few months. Needless to say, not only were my clients decreased, so were my wages. I haven't bought a book from Crossings in quite a while as a matter of priority, so these books which I have won in the Give Aways, (I also won Sleigh Bells from Cathy at http://www.latte4me.blogspot.com/. I'm excited about receiving that one as well.

Yaya, I want you to know that I am keeping you in my prayers continually about your adoption chances. Those kids are adorable. Oh, to be 30 years old again. When I tried "way back when", we didn't measure up because "the powers that be" said because we were military we couldn't provide a stable home life for children, and well, I think I told you about the other reason. I don't wish for any couple that want children, and that would love children to be barren. As old as I am now, I still regret not being able to have children or adopt.

I got tickled when I was reading your blog about The Buzz. I remember Brandi saying that she would like to put more of herself in her blog instead of filling it up with Give Aways and so on, yet I, myself would like to be able to add some Book Reviews or Give Aways to mine. I'm always afraid the post is "too wordy" and too much to read. As you can tell, I have a tendency to go on, and on, and on...... maybe some "fillers" will help that. My husband always tells me I talk too much. The problem is, I type like I talk. LOL.

I think I will give y'all a break and close for tonight.

Good Night to All and May God Bless!

PJ