The day with dianne Louise

For as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so through Christ our comfort also overflows. 2 Corinthians 1:5 HCSB Sorry folks! We do suffer! For the sufferings of Christ overflows to us. Becoming a Christian is not the membership to a club of easy living, it is a life of 'the cross.' However, even though we do suffer we are comforted. He is there for us. No matter what we go through, He is there. If we stop resenting our circumstances but rather let go of our expectations, we find Him there, Lord and master of all. Trust Him! Amen! As I embrace the cross I find life. Let go of demands for freedom from suffering and see what God can do. He is sooo good! Amen!

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 2 Corinthians 1:3‭-‬4 HCSB Many suffer in many different ways: some suffer physically, some mentally, some financially, some relationally. Yet all have One thing in common- a redeemer in Christ, a very present help in times of trouble. As each of us finds Him we find our hope, our deliverer, our saviour. In laying down expectations of how things should be, we find the hope before us that takes us into new pastures. Laying Down self-pity, self-blame and recrimination is a must before we can embrace hope. Self cannot dwell with hope. Hope is pure and undefiled. Amen! Suffering without a hope is hell. We are not in hell, we have a hope in Christ. Paul suffered greatly in preaching Christ but he had hope in Christ. W...

This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers. 1 John 3:16 HCSB What does laying down my life look like? Well.... is my brother in anguish of soul? What can I do that will be more than a quick fix? You mean commitment to friendship, perseverance, endurance? Yes! Something like that! People who have been through or who are going through divorce or separation, losing home and kids, suffer in ways that takes time, sometimes a lot of time, to heal. Grief is not an instant fix! Why can't folks step out in faith and trust God to fix it all? Pain! Lots of pain! Moving on does not fix things, it veneers things. Behind the veneer is a crumbling, rotten wall that needs a major overhaul. If I have a leaking shower and continue to ignore it, eventually the walls and floors rot away and if it is a second storey it can collapse through the roof of the ground floor. Insisting folks veneer their pain is asking for ...

This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has this world’s goods and sees his brother in need but closes his eyes to his need — how can God’s love reside in him? Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action. 1 John 3:16‭-‬18 HCSB How can we walk by our brothers and sisters and not care about their plight? Easy! Be consumed with our own worlds. I am convicted about someone I know who is struggling. Most of this man's struggle is due to him going through divorce. Like me he has lost everyone and everything He previously held dear. I think his struggle is trying to hang on to a part of what was. This is particularly hard when the biggest struggle is relationship with children. This man had told me his lack and I have, to date, done nothing, well not quite true. I have not given him a meal, which I can do. However, I have given him compassion and an ear.T...

Then I heard a loud voice from the throne: Look! God’s dwelling is with humanity, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. Revelation 21:3 HCSB God's heart has always been to be with His people. Now, through Christ, He will have a people washed by the blood of the lamb and He can dwell with them for eternity. In ours hearts, each of has a longing for relationship. The best relationship possible is with our God. For with Him we are complete. No more longing. Always there! Praise Him! My greatest longing is for my family, apart from Him, who is my Father. I can imagine His longing for us. God is all about family: His family. It does not look like what we consider it should look like. We will be surprised. I think He can handle punk rockers as well as gentle elderly and squealing babies. We have a future and a hope. The entrance is through the cross. Today I gave a Muslim woman a copy of The Passion and said:...

Then I heard a loud voice from the throne: Look! God’s dwelling is with humanity, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will no longer exist; grief, crying, and pain will exist no longer, because the previous things have passed away. Revelation 21:3‭-‬4 HCSB It is hard to imagine no more grief, crying and pain, but this is what heaven offers. Along with the presence of God and tremendous security and beauty. God's greatest desire is to be with His people and their greatest longing is to be with Him. We don't always recognise the true state of our need but the depth of our longing is to know Him and be known by Him. The stones in the heavenly construct defies all the weath of our current world. Years ago when I was in England I went to see all the crown jewels. Some of the diamonds were breathtaking. Yet the imagine of the New Heaven is above and beyon...

But you have a few people in Sardis who have not defiled their clothes, and they will walk with Me in white, because they are worthy. In the same way, the victor will be dressed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name before My Father and before His angels. Revelation 3:4‭-‬5 HCSB Today at church some friends and I got to talking about what we will wear in heaven. Having the imagination I jave I said:" just think, as we walk out the door we will probably be able to say; "Pink" or "purple" and out outfits will be instantaneous." I was reminded by a dear soul that we would be dressed in white. I said: " a whiter shade of pale. I am sure there could be tints to the white." Crazy talk, a bit of fun. However, Jesus Himself was giving serious instruction to the church, through John in the above passage. As to whether we all dress in white, really is irrelevant. What is more importa...