The day with dianne Louise

This is what the Lord says: Preserve justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon and My righteousness will be revealed. Isaiah 56:1 There is always a temptation to short- cut, under pay, under perform, give less, hold back. When I am giving a gift I say to myself, "What would a rich person do?" I want to be seen as generous. I want generosity to be such a part of me that generosity flows through my world. Today I was talking to a man who works to help stricken farmers and I offered my services free of charge. I love the farmers and want to help them in their plight. I would do more but know that  God gives me all He wants me to disperse. I can trust Him with the flow of resources. On Friday night I am having a work Christmas party and have invited people who may be interested in buying a painting. They are all up for sale. What I make goes to the farmers. We need to cultivate generosity, it is a source of blessing to others. It blesses the giver! Be generous...

You will indeed go out with joy and be peacefully guided; the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Instead of thorn bush, a cypress will come up, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will come up; it will make a name for Yahweh as an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed. Isaiah 55:12,13 Now, who wants to go out to work today with joy? I do! I remember the first time I experienced such joy, the night I opened my heart to Jesus. The next morning, without much sleep, I went to work dancing on air. I had found the lover of my soul, we were now friends. After searching for Him for 19 years I found Him and would never let Him go. Joy and peace, the type God gives, far outweighs the false peace we might experience from a day off, a holiday, a sweet movie or book. When the peace is tested, God's peace stands, all else fails. Jesus told the crowds that their Heavenly Father gives them good gifts. If we ask for...

"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways." This is the Lord's declaration. For as the heaven is higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways, and My thoughts that your thoughts. For just as the rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return there without saturating the earth and making it germinate and sprout, and provide seed to sow and food to eat, so My word comes from My mouth and will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please and will prosepper in what I send it to do." Isaiah 55:8-11 The longer I live, the better I know this to be true. My thoughts are full of agitating worries and self-depreciation or self-aggrandisement at times. Although I know that the best place for my thoughts is God, I have to make them go there, however, they automatically think about how things affect me. My thoughts need constant training and shepherding, they are wayward when left to themselves. Our flesh is sinful and ...

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call to Him while He is near. Let the wicked one abandon his way and the sinful one his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, so He may have compassion on him, And to our God for He will freely forgive. Isaiah 55:6,7 Another Scripture in Song comes to mind. Oh I am showing my age, but it came out of a time of revival and therefore it is cherished. This was the era I was saved into and my pastor was Bill Beard. He was a man of the spirit. We had tent crusades for our holidays. The last one I went to I was heavily pregnant and everyone fell down, except myself and a few very old people. I had laughter. Wow what a time. It is time to seek the Lord again for His kingdom to come on the earth. I want the reality of Him, not just the status quo. Exciting services and awesome music pale in His presence, He is the best. I want a manifestation of God on the earth, in my city. He rebukes gentler and more surer than any other, He encourages and picks up better ...

"Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why do you spend your money on what is not food, and your wage on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and you will enjoy the choicest of foods. Pay attention and come to Me, listen, so that you will live. Isaiah 55:1-3 As I read Isaiah I hear so many songs that have been written over the years, some scripture in song, others using words from the scripture. This is so refreshing! Jesus Himself said: " whoever believes in Me, as scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from them." John 7:38. In John 4 Jesus is in Samaria and speaking to a woman who comes to the well to draw water. He began talking to her about living water. The living water flows out of the well of salvation. As we choose to believe in Him a well of life is established in our hearts and here the Holy Spirit reside...

"Do not b afraid, for you will not be put to shame; don't be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced. For you will forget the shame of your youth, and you will no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood (divorced status). Indeed your husband is your Maker- His name is Yahweh of Hosts- and the holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. Isaiah 54:4,5 Humiliation and shame are two companions, or should I say, petty freeloaders, to a divorcee. This scripture tells me the shame is over and as I place my faith and trust in the Lord, He establishes me. Amen! Praise God, I can trust Him. His word is true, truer than my feelings and the voices in my head. As I settle in Him I will see the new come to pass.

Poor Jerusalem, storm tossed, and not comforted, I will set your stones in black mortar, and lay your foundations in sapphires. I will make your fortifications out of rubies, your gates out of sparkling stones, and all your walls out of precious stones. Then all your children will be taught by the Lord, their prosperity will be great, and you will be established on a foundation of righteousness. You will be far from oppression, you certainly will not be afraid; you will be far from terror, it will certainly not come near you. If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever attacks you will fall before you. Look, I have created the craftsman who blows on the charcoal fire and produces a weapon suitable for its task; and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc. No weapon formed against you will succeed, and you will refute any accusation raised against you in court. This is the heritage of the Lord's servants, and their righteousness is from Me. Isaiah 54:11-17 The Lord brought...