The day with dianne Louise

James 3:17 (MSG)  Real wisdom, God's wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. James 3:13-14 (MSG)  Do you want to be counted wise, to build a reputation for wisdom? Here's what you do: Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It's the way you live, not the way you talk, that counts. Mean-spirited ambition isn't wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn't wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn't wisdom. Real wisdom! It is a consistent life, walking humbly with our God. To keep it we must spend time waiting and not always rushing. Waiting before God is a humbling experience and like having a spiritual shower. waiting says to the Lord, I need You, I am painfully aware of my own sin nature which will rise up if i don't wait for You. Real wisdom is not a feeling, it has nothing to do with ...

Jeremiah 32:18 (MSG)  You're loyal in your steadfast love to thousands upon thousands—but you also make children live with the fallout from their parents' sins. We know that we are not accountable for our parents sins but their sins do affect us children. My dad was an angry man and us kids never knew who we were dealing with, he was worse with alcohol. The fallout for me was a struggle with acceptance and love. I have a young boarder who has come from a family torn apart by anger and divorce. This young woman of 18 has seen her need to be mum to her young brother, her mother works and her father was the man who ran off with another yet his anger constantly invaded her life. This young lady is beginning university studies and is grief-stricken for her young brother and her mother, her mother is full of anger and bitterness, her brother caught up in the mess. What a responsibility to place on the shoulders of a girl since 13 years of age. She has not know peace for so long, ...

James 1:2-4 (MSG) Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. I can hear you say 'Now I know, I have proof that you are crazy.' Being glad when tested, Ha! I don't think, realistically, there are any tests in life that we enjoy. Blood tests scare us, exams scare us, testing the intention of others scare most people out actually doing it. Yesterday I had a discussion with a friend who is interested in a man who has a sordid past. Yes he now loves God and comes to church but to know if he has changed he has to be tested, just as he was before, and still stand unaffected. This may seem harsh to some, not to me, because if we namby pamby around and change the rules to suit our emotions, we choose, ...

Hebrews 13:12-13 (MSG)  It's the same with Jesus. He was crucified outside the city gates—that is where he poured out the sacrificial blood that was brought to God's altar to cleanse his people.  So let's go outside, where Jesus is, where the action is—not trying to be privileged insiders, but taking our share in the abuse of Jesus.   It is funny how we Christians get to thinking I've given my life to Christ now He has to keep bad things away, even if I mess up.   When we walk in our own path, determining our lives by our own set of rules   we reap the harvest of those set of rules. Even if later we get on track that does not mean the field we planted weeds in will not bear it's fruit. This defies everything nature lives by, why are we different ?   There is only One Way and it is His Way totally, all the time. Ah yes there is grace, always grace towards the repentant yet my God cannot change His Word just because I now get the picture.   Sowing an...

Hebrews 12:11 (MSG) At the time, discipline isn't much fun. It always feels like it's going against the grain. Later, of course, it pays off handsomely, for it's the well-trained who find themselves mature in their relationship with God. I can agree with this. I disciplined my children and now I assist with the disciplining of my grandchildren. I do it because I love. I see beneath the selfish, pouting lip greatness and know it will only be revealed by my decision to stand firm. My God can see way beyond what I can see, in me. He has lovingly fenced me in (a huge yard now). At first I was on a tight leash, then a longer rope, then untethered in a small paddock and now a larger one. What has changed? I've learned to discipline myself, my mind especially, my emotions that feed on my mind and my actions that result. I cannot allow my emotions to escape like a fist full of hot air balloons. They will all fly everywhere, cause chaos and burst. My Mind must submit to Chr...

Hebrews 12:2-3 (MSG)  Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls! Enough said! How can I better the scripture? Offense, disappointment, success, all put people out of the race. When we start to believe it is about us then our enemy has us. We need to see how Jesus relied on the Father, watch how He walked the walk. Who was He here for? Nothing could hold Him down, why? because He was focused. Amen!

Hebrews 11:1 (MSG) The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It's our handle on what we can't see. Last night we began a new DivorceCare. It was looking slim pickings before we began but as I waited on the door two new participants arrived. Every single time there is one that the Lord is wooing back to Himself or a new woo, if you know what I mean. This, more than anything else stirs my heart. I feel His heart as He pursues them, loves them, reaches out to them. I love to watch my God in action, He is the best. what a lover! Oh how glorious oh how wonderful is my saviour's love for me.   It reaches beyond the highest heavens, more gloriouse than the best sunsets, richer than gold, more precious than diamonds. Full of freedom, release, healing His love sets me in a broad place, He spreads a table before me, He brings me precious gifts. What a valentine! As I come ...