The day with dianne Louise

Exodus 39:43 (MSG) Moses saw that they had done all the work and done it exactly as God had commanded. Moses blessed them. God's plans are exact, His thoughts are right and true. God's way are just, there is no shadow of turning in Him. When God gives a word, a plan, He know what will bring the best result. One could say God is fussy, particular even. I am glad He was particular when He created me. I am glad He was not distracted. Near enough is not good enough for God. Our job is to search out His mind, His purpose, to find his will and His way and do it. His word, and only His word sets us free. Sometimes it means diligently seeking to find the word that addresses a need. Sometimes the Lord uses a need to cause us to really press in and find a treasure, the answer is not given easily because it is so precious and only to be found by the ardent, zealous seeker. Ah! my God loves to be found! Amen!

Matthew 25:35-36 (AMP) For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you brought Me together with yourselves and welcomed and entertained and lodged Me, I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me with help and ministering care, I was in prison and you came to see Me. Last night I went fishing to the biggest pond in town, Paddy's pub, and caught a fish. I had met this woman when she worked on the same floor as me but suddenly she had gone to a new job. I had had a discussion with this lady about DivorceCare (the bait) before and she had shown interest. Last night I listened to her story, what she had been doing since we last met. I discovered she loved to ride and we are now going to ride our bikes together, she loves Trivia nights and there is one coming up at a church function next month. I was harassed by a drunk but kept my eyes open for more fish. I have spotted a few potentials. I will go back ...

Exodus 33:17 (AMP) And the Lord said to Moses, I will do this thing also that you have asked, for you have found favor, loving-kindness, and mercy in My sight and I know you personally and by name. Moses has matured from a reluctant deliverer to a man who the Lord loved and wanted to spend time with. If we had met Moses when he was dragging his feet and complaining about going back to Egypt to confront the Pharaoh what would we have said? Would it have gone something like? 'God pick another guy this guy is useless, look he even failed to circumcise his children.' Patience sees differently. Although Moses did annoy God with his whining God persevered. Patience is a Godly attribute, it knows that in the hand of God a man or woman can be changed. As God continued to keep His word and used Moses to show his power to the Pharaoh Moses started to understand God's ways. As God stuck by him and continued to use him Moses saw God's faithfulness. Underneath Moses had a h...

Matthew 23:2-3 (AMP) The scribes and Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat [of authority]. So observe and practice all they tell you; but do not do what they do, for they preach, but do not practice. Isn't this amazing! Do what they tell you but not what they do! All of us, as we mature, become quickly disillusioned with those in authority who say one thing and do another. In fact we become disinclined to listen to them at all, even openly rebellious. Yet Jesus was admonishing His disciples to respect the authority and He even went as far as to say, 'do what they say'. Disappointment soon turns to disrespect as a child moves into the teenage years. How can we help? By respecting the office and trusting the Lord! Amen!

Matthew 23:9 (MSG) Don't set people up as experts over your life, letting them tell you what to do. Save that authority for God; let him tell you what to do. No one else should carry the title of 'Father'; you have only one Father, and he's in heaven. Laziness, fear, insecurity, immaturity are all things that will cause us to lay down our responsibility and allow others to rule us. God wanted to be His people's ruler but they wanted a king. They did not want to go to him for the answers, He either scared them or was way too holy for them. Today when I sense someone wants me to make a decision for them, I refuse. I don't need the responsibility or the glory (false though it is). When we are fearful because something has happened to cause us to doubt ourselves or the path we are on we have to remember to stay fast to the path, if indeed it is one which has been thoroughly thought and prayed through. I remember a saying I have heard in the past 'when in d...

Matthew 22:8(MSG) Then he told his servants, 'We have a wedding banquet all prepared but no guests. The ones I invited weren't up to it. I can really relate to this. I see so many turn aside from the stream of life. I know how the truth has set me free but few are those who press in to find the life in the words. So few will do homework, study, seek, search. The answers are there for those who seek. My grief is that so many miss out. How to entice the many? How soon should I move onto the next? Form the ensuing scripture the Lord moved on quickly, He even levelled a city because of hardness of heart, yet He cares more than me. How does that work? Am I wasting my time hanging in there? Is someone else missing out because of my reticence to move on? I have never moved quickly, perhaps it wouldn't hurt to try and trust the Lord to bring back those who He is calling. Amen!

Matthew 21:44 (MSG) Whoever stumbles on this Stone gets shattered; whoever the Stone falls on gets smashed." Ah! the purity of the word of God! as I come to the Lord I am aware that my heart is unclean with fleshly ways but the word cleanses me. I am so grateful that there is a place that is pure that I can rely on and come to. Just the same as I am grateful that my shower works and it's fountain is pure and cleanses my body so I am grateful that the word never fails me. There are times when there is a hard rock of flesh in my heart and I want it gone. Many times it is just wrong thinking, carnal decisions, wanting to promote me. Matthew tells me that as I stumble on the truth in the word I get shattered. What gets shattered is the lump of self. It meets a sonic boom and explodes. I would rather come willingly and be made clean than to have the rock fall on me and be smashed. Pride comes before a fall and that fall can be very expensive. Lord show me Your ways! Amen!