The day with dianne Louise

"In that day", declares the Lord, "I will gather the lame; I will assemble the exiles and those I have brought to grief. I will make the lame a remnant, those driven away a strong nation. The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever. as for you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion, the former dominion will be restored to you; kingship will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem". Micah 4:6-8 I love it when the Lord speaks beyond a present circumstance, especially regarding restoration. If you read further down from verse 8 He speaks about captivity in Babylon but goes beyond that to restoration. All times of wilderness come to an end, when they accomplish what they were there for, usually a sharp change in heart and direction. My wilderness time is coming to an end and I am beginning to see a future and a hope. Today I awoke in Mildura Victoria as I have come here on business and today I travel for 7 hours home. I c...

Yahweh, our God, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth. You have covered the heavens with Your majesty. Because of Your adversaries, You have established a stronghold from the mouths of children and nursing infants to silence the enemy and the avenger. Psalm 8:1,2 Yesterday I looked at this psalm and am again drawn to it, but this time to the simplicity of praise. I have 6 grandchildren and it blesses me to read the above scripture. Little children are so pure in their understanding and appreciation. My youngest grandson Archie is difficult to understand yet in all his babble I know he loves to talk to me and because of that I love to talk to him. My bible commentary says: even the feeblest of humanity, with their sometimes inarticulate speech function as firm testimonies (a stronghold) of God's glory and silence the enemy and the avenger. According to Jesus, children and their simple faith are the best representatives of God's kingdom. (Mt 18:4) Paul also made ...

Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with Your majesty. Because of Your adversaries, You have established a stronghold from the mouths of children and nursing infants to silence the enemy and the avenger. When I observe Your heavens, the works of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You set in place, What is man that You remember Him, the son of man that You look after Him? You made Him little less than God and crowned him with glory and honour. You made him over the works of Your hands, You put everything under his feet; All the sheep and oxen, as well as the animals in the wild, the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea that pass through the currents of the seas. Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth. Psalm 8 How good are You Lord! Thank You for wanting to spend time with us, thank You for Your plans for us. You are so good and I praise You! When we are so low You make...

Lord, how long will You forget me? Forever?  How long will You hide Your face from me?  How long will I store up anxious concerns within me? agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemies dominate me? Consider me and answer me, Lord my God. Restore brightness to my eyes, otherwise, I will sleep in death. My enemies will say, "I have triumphed over him, and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken. But I have trusted in Your faithful love; Your deliverance. I will sing to the Lord because He has treated me generously. David wrote this, long ago. Yet his lament is ours. At times we feel forgotten, neglected, oppressed by our enemies. What I love about David is his 'but' and 'yet'. Although he feels forgotten and rejected he finishes with 'But I have trusted in Your faithful love', and 'I will sing to the Lord'. NO matter what I endure, and it has been long and hard, I have to yield a 'but'. My life is in Him, He is the answer. WHy? Bec...

I love the Lord because He heard my voice, He inclined His ear unto me, I will call unto Him as long as I live. The ropes of death wrapped around me, and the torments of Sheol overcame me; I encountered trouble and sorrow, then I called on the name of Yahweh, "Yahweh, save me!" The Lord is gracious and righteous, our God is compassionate, the Lord guards the inexperienced; I was helpless and He saved me. Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. For You, Lord, rescued me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 116:1-9 I was saved when the churches were singing scripture in song. It was a good day for me as I learned the word in a way precious to me, I love to sing. The psalmist is saying it like it is. No matter what comes against me, He is there, He is my deliverer. He is my restorer, my strength, my song and I will praise Him. Amen!

Return to the stronghold of prosperity and security, you prisoners of hope, even today do I declare that I will restore double your former prosperity to you. Zec 9:12 definition of restore: to bring back into existence or use. All throughout my bible the Lord may take a people into captivity but then he will return them and restore them. I have now come to such a time. The Lord is calling me home to Tamworth. I have been in a wilderness, although I have experienced great churches I have been a foreigner and knew it. The loneliness of being in a land not your own is demoralising, yet to go back to what you established and be restored to the people you love is life giving. As in every deliverance the Lord brought to pass He made a way. I am now looking to Him for His way. I know when it is God He provides and makes a way. When I walk with Him, all things work together for good for those who love Him (Romans 8:28). Amen!

Why am I so depressed? Why this turmoil within me? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him, my saviour and my God. I am deeply depressed; therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls, all Your breakers and Your billows have swept over me. The Lord will send His faithful love by day, His song will be with me in the night- a prayer to the God of my life. Psalm 42:5-8 Do you know this psalm starts with: 'As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for You God. I thirst for God, the living God'. I do not associate this verse with a depressed person as it sounds so clear and full of desire. In depression blackness occludes the light and yet the writer of this psalm expresses his darkness and need but then answers himself with truth. He obviously has a maturity and a knowing of truth that brings him back to clarity. Why do we get depressed? We are overcome by blackne...