Have you called on the 9-1-1?

So there has been a time in your life that you have people around you are ready with their tongues sharpened and hurting you with the words coming out of their mouth. The one person you thought you could trust with your every thought, word, and life, steps on your like a bug, treats you with the worse kind of ugliness you have ever known. There is a pit in the middle of your stomach that is tight and you just want to regurgitate. You are so very hurt and angry that  you just know that the end of the world is coming like that of a wild fire in the forest. These people around you are going to devour your life or you hurt so much that you want to take your own life.  What good is that going to do you?

Do you know about the birds in the forest? When there is a forest fire and a mother bird has her babies with her, she scoops them under her wings to protect them from harm. After the fire spreads through and the forestry rangers are walking the grounds to survey the land they do not just walk past a bird in belief it is dead. No,  they will flip the bird over and find her babies are all safe and ready for feeding time. Your secret place of the Most High God is just this way. He wants to scoop you up and protect you; cover you with His royal robe. In order for the babies to be scooped up by the mother bird, they must be close enough for her to reach them. Your presence with the Lord is the same way. You see, even if you are not walking close to the Lord, but close enough for Him to scoop you up, you can rest in His safety.  God is not this huge monster looking creature from the blue lagoon. No He is gentle, loving, and kind. He wants to just love you. He wants you to know him in return. He has no intentions of hurting you, but to be true to you. 

The next time you are hurting and it appears that there is no where to go. Call one of His names, God Almighty, Father God, Papa, Mi Dios....any name you know.  He will come to your rescue and scoop you up in his arms for safe keeping. Yes, there is a safe place you can run to and be loved like no other.

 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
         Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
         My God, in Him I will trust.”
    Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
         And from the perilous pestilence.
  He shall cover you with His feathers,
         And under His wings you shall take refuge;
         His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
  You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
         Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
  Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
         Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
         Psalm 91:1-6

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Look at the birds closely and see yourself being protected and loved like these youngsters.

A Real, Personal, and Practical Relationship

When you hear the word "love," what do you associate it with? A person, a place, or a thing?
Most of us do. I've recently looked at "love" in a whole new light; God's light.
You hear it said, "Jesus loves you," "God is love," or "no matter what you've done, Jesus loves you." But my question to you now is, do you love Him? Do you know Him?
I am involved in my church wide "Experiencing God" series until November. Recently, I had the opportunity to examine my own real, personal, and practical relationship with the Creator of Heaven and Earth. I had an "ah-ha" moment when I read: "Love must be real and personal.  A person cannot love without someone to love. A love relationship with God takes place between two persons."You may think that this is elementary 101 in relationships. Well, for me I didn't look at my love for God or His love for me as a "love-relationship."
You read questionnaires that ask "Are you in a relationship?" What is the first thing that comes to your mind? A boy or a girl physically on earth, right?  What if you are not in a "physical" relationship, but a Spiritual one? Does that count? To me it does.
At the moment I read that statement, I felt a since of peace. I felt good in my own skin. You see, I always thought that I had to have a man in my life. I thought I was defined by a relationship with another human being. Those three sentences spoke volumes to me. I do not have to have a physical relationship, I am in a Spiritual relationship and I love it.
I surrendered that day to the Lord completely. I didn't and I don't want to hold anything back from my real, personal, practical, and now progressive relationship with God Almighty. I began to experience life in a whole new way. God has begun to restore to me what the locusts have eaten.
I know that a relationship with God Almighty is more important than a relationship with a man on earth. My focus changed from searching for a "man" in my life to "God is love" in my life.  What I have learned the most is that God is an EXTREMELY realistic and absolutely loving, forgiving, and personal God.
I am so in love with Him that I am floating on clouds. I can feel His arms wrapped around me, I can feel Him kiss me on the cheek, and I KNOW that He walks next to me. We laugh, talk, eat a meal together, and He showers me with His love through other people. I have experienced Him saying "I see you and I have heard you." " I know the depths of your heart's desire and I want to give you MY Best."
The best way I know how to describe God's best is that you and I think that Wonderland at Disney is God's Best when His Best is the whole Disney World.  The funny thing is that HE CAN if He wants to give us Disney World.
If you have children, grandchildren, or nieces,/nephews don't you want to give them your best?  Are you going to give them a stone when they ask for bread? Are you going to give them a snake when they ask for fish? No you will want to give them the best bread and the best fish.

God gave you His Best already, His only Son Jesus. Jesus was born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pilate the Governor, was crucified, dead and buried. On the third day, He rose from the grave, ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
He was bruised and beaten beyond recognition because of  your sins. Man, God loves you with a love that is indescribable. He loves ME with a love that is unimaginable and He loves US AS WE ARE.

I encourage you today, choose a life of LOVE with a God that LOVES YOU So very much.
~Marjorie

I am so in love that my heart melts like chocolate under a light flame. Hmmmm. I hope you choose to experience this kind of love too.