The day with dianne Louise

“Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭22‬:‭37‬ ‭NIV‬‬ I have been focussing on Psalms and 1Peter of late. Psalms constantly exhorts us to praise the Lord and give thanks offerings to Him. 1 Peter reminds me of the sacrifice Jesus made for me. I am currently learning to finger pick on my ukulele. As I sat playing near an opening window yesterday, I heard a bird singing. It would listen to my tune and then sign its own. I was honoured! Next a small green and yellow bird arrived. I sang to it and then another arrived, I sang again and another arrived. They were all baby birds. I had seen their parents only a few weeks ago. I was so blessed to have my visitors. I have mainly black crows and pigeons around my area. The colourful birds reminds me of home. It reminded me of how the Lord loves to hear our songs of praise, worship and thanksgiving. I have been learning Yeshua my beloved. I often hear it in the n...

  “Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name.” ‭‭ For the  Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation.” Psalms‬ ‭100‬:‭4,5‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Psalm 100 is a short psalm of thanksgiving. The first theee verses are below: “Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy. Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.”‭‭ Yesterday I spent time seeking the Lord in psalms for how to deal with a particular problem. As I read the word thanksgiving kept cropping up. So I kept worshipping and praising and singing songs of thanksgiving. I asked a friend to pray for me and she did. She said as she prayed she heard the Lord say He would be with me. Today this psalm is telling me the same, and so I will give thanks and praise my God. In one’s psalm it talked of...

“For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.” ‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭14‬-‭15‬ ‭NLT‬‬ In the book of Galatians Paul is addressing religiosity. The Galatians are being deceived into following a doctrine that tells them they must be circumcised as well as receiving Christ.  It is interesting that when people become convinced to be religious they then start destroying one another. Self-righteousness has that effect. We start to believe ‘I am so good, you are less than me because you do not do what I do!’ Paul’s whole message is Christ is enough! In Him is all the freedom we need. There is nothing more I can do to be a Christian. I must follow Him! Amen! Christ is enough for me!

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” Deuteronomy‬ ‭6‬:‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ This is a constant challenger as fear causes us to adopt distractions. Lately, I have experienced bowel problems and had resorted to laxatives and anti-dairrhear tablets. However, I gradually, came to know that my meddling was exacerbating the problem and turned to the Lord in faith. The result was much better. My medical training had caused me to run to the pharmacy as my first port of call in all medical issues. When I diagnosed the why I discovered fear. I had to control! Now, I have a God who created me. He designed my inward parts and knows how best to fix me. I am learning to love Him enough to ask Him first. I can yield to Him and love Him and trust Him with my body. Amen! https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=CLJr1PU_UGk&si=nssIeEgaCFq80cE1

“So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.”  John‬ ‭1‬:‭14‬ ‭NLT‬‬ John the apostle wrote this. He loved Jesus and Jesus loved him. It was the closest example of what us loving Jesus would be like. Because of his love and recognition of Jesus being the Son of God John understood Jesus with a depth that others did not reach. There have been many others who have loved like this. Jesus told us that if we abide in Him He would abide in us and make His home in us. This is close and personal. We must overcome all the noise and accusations of our enemy and choose to worship Jesus as He is, irregardless of feelings or circumstances. Today is a good time to start. I choose to worship, I choose to praise! https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=lCurAnLiwiY&si=_52PJUdql_D5fPSb

““Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.” Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭19‬ ‭NLT‬‬ When we set up the flat in Jalkeni for use when we are here to do school presentations about trafficking I asked a local carpenter to make us some furniture, thus it was all new. When we arrived back in Jalkeni after an absenteeism of, for me, some months i saw deterioration.  The furniture was marked and affected by water damage. The carpet we put down had rust and water stains from roof leakage and from a drunk vomiting all over the entrance carpet. I was not happy. However, after being here a few days and mingling with the people who live in huts with dirt floor it mattered little. The people are why I come, they are lovely. I went on a bus trip with one of the relatives of my colleague yesterday. The amount of buses we took was not funny. It was hot and humid, the buses noisy with music and loud horns, there was various items blo...