SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND BY MARSHA BURNS:
This is not only a time to be thankful, but also a time to forgive those who have used, abused or offended you in any way. Cleanse your heart of the darkness that comes with malice, and set your heart on allowing My light to shine through you, says the Lord.
Ephesians 4:31-32 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
November 24, 2023. I am deepening your integrity and wisdom. You have heard the phrase “Bad things happen to good people”. This is true – no one is immune to the effects of living in this natural world. It is what you do with these bad things that matters. Wisdom and integrity come when you “steel” through the storm because there’s always daybreak on the other side. You are growing and maturing and I see it and I am proud of you My child!
James 1:2-5 “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your belief produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, Who gives to all generously and without reproach and it will be given to him.” Robin Robinson Bohlin
November 24, 2023. When my kids were little, we would sing a song about “Be careful little eyes what you see, Be careful little ears what you hear, Be careful little mouth what you say, because the Father up above is looking down in love.” Our Father is looking down in Love at us, His children! We are to guard what we see, hear and what we say. Say what is pleasing to the Father, let your words, thoughts and actions line up with what He says.
Proverbs 21:23 “Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.”
Philippians 4:8 “Finally, believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of respect, whatever is right and confirmed by God’s Word, whatever is pure and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace, whatever is admirable and of good repute; if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think continually on these things [center your mind on them and implant them in your heart].” Pam Jackson
