B l e s s e d

I carry around the assurance that Jesus is mine

[blessedbeyondallmeasure]

Then all at once in between fall and winter everything was complete. One story ends and another begins, or perhaps just a new chapter in the grand story of time. A silent night led to a glorious morning and everything was different. Good different. Never-want-to-go-back different. My love held my love.

Now the leaves are almost gone, and it snows every now and again. And my heart is fuller than it’s ever been. Christmas will be different this year. Fuller, slower, quieter. Better than it’s ever been since the first. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

And I’ll love you forever.

[blessedbeyondallmeasure]

So far fall has been beauty. Everything is coming full term; the flowers, the trees, the excitement. We know what comes next, and we look forward to it with eager eyes. But we remind ourselves to enjoy what we have here and now; a prophecy unfolding in front of us, bringing joy and hope to our hearts. One day here, the next day, really here.

I think another had some of these same thoughts. Maybe the leaves were changing colour, maybe the wind was getting cooler. Everything changing around her, herself about to change, too. What a wonderful change it would be.

Now we wait. We know what is to come, we have prepared, now we remain ready until we know the day.

I’ll love you forever.

[blessedbeyondallmeasure]

This summer was laughter and joy and memories. Halfway to the end, then even closer, but still afar off. Big moves and big emotions and settling down.

Nothing is quite as easy as the spring. Things have changed, but are still so, so sweet.

Blooming, blossoming, beauty. All around I saw these things and held them close to my heart. What a lovely memory this summer will be.

I’ll love you forever.

[woodsandhearth]

[the-soul-doctor]

[the-soul-doctor]

[redeemed-renewed-restored]

[ihopeinjesus]

for it is not mere words

that nourish the soul, but God Himself, and unless and until the hearers find God in personal experience, they are not the better for having heard the truth.

the Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in His presence,

may taste and know the inner

sweetness of the very God Himself in the core and center of their being.

- A. W. Tozer

[redeemed-renewed-restored]

[redeemed-renewed-restored]

[lovechristianity]

[lovechristianity]

We Know Satan will attack weak spots first. Forty days of fasting left Jesus famished, so satan began with the topic of bread. Jesus’s stomach was empty, so to the stomach Satan turned. Where are you empty? Are you hungry for attention, craving success, longing for intimacy ? Be aware of your weaknesses. Bring them to God before Satan brings them to you.

[redeemed-renewed-restored]

[blessedbeyondallmeasure]

This Spring is different. Every spring I’ve ever seen has been about new beginnings and regeneration. The Good Lord’s plan for creation included everything like that. Every spring new life begins, beauty blooms and grows around us and below us where we cannot see, the rain grows the flowers and the sun feels /so/ good. But this year is different.

This year I’m feeling it all so differently. So much more intensely. New life, unseen growth, the beauty and the rain. It feels like this is the first spring of my life.

and I’ll love you forever.

[redeemed-renewed-restored]

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[redeemed-renewed-restored]