Please Come Home

“They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”  Psalm 14:3

Only God knows the way He felt as He looked over His creation, and saw the dreadful state it was in.  I can only imagine in my heart a small part of what He must have felt!

When I watch over my own children and see their trouble I hurt for them.  I have cried for them and wanted to help when I knew I couldn’t.  I have seen their stubbornness and their desire to do things on their own, when I knew there is a better way.  I stand back and watch and this can be a miserable place to be.

Awful feelings and persistent sorrow,

Came to the Father that awful day. 

When He looked out and saw not one,

He knew the price He would have to pay!

All His children have went astray,

None are in the place they ought to be. 

Brokenhearted, His tears were flowing,

Down His face for you and me!

Oh my friend how GOD loves you!

How could this ever come to be?

He sees your pain and feels your suffering.

He wants to take the sin and set you free!

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

“And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”  1 John 4:14

What Does GOD See?

“The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.”  Psalm 14:2

Watching our children can be a wonderful experience but it can also be a most miserable site for us to see!  Sadness comes when we see them making mistakes that will surly hinder their success.  As we watch them we hope and pray they will come to their senses and straighten things out before it’s too late.

GOD is no different in His care for us!  What does He see when He looks down from Heaven at us?  Is He pleased?  Is He sad?  Every day we must ask ourselves how we are making the LORD feel!  How do you feel when you see your children understanding and seeking to do right? If you are like me you find yourself overwhelmed with joy.  That is what GOD wants to feel like!

               

GOD looked down from Glory

To see all the children of men.

Hoping to find even just one,

That hadn’t fallen into sin.

He thought perhaps He would find

One that could possibly understand.

The love He has for all of them

Was free and not a command!

While GOD is out seeking you

Do you go run and hid?

He wants for you to seek for Him

When you meet He will provide!

He’ll provide you with all the peace

And love your heart can take within.

He’ll replace all the worry and hate

And free you from your sin!

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”  2 Corinthians 5:21

That’s a Fool

“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth! good.”  Psalm 14:1

Not much can be said about the fool other than he is so caught up in himself that he can’t see what is around him!  Love waits at the door of the fool!  CHRIST changes a corrupt heart into a righteous one!

I was a fool for the first twenty five years of my life!  I was shown the Light but refuse and decided to keep living in darkness.  GOD sent people alone the way to help me but I shrugged them off as religious nuts.  That’s a fool!  The very ones that tried to help me I mocked and made up untrue stories about them. That’s a fool!  I joked about their GOD to others and made fun of those that trusted Him. That’s a fool!   I traded peace for misery. That’s a fool!  I chose fetters and chains instead of freedom and hope. That’s a fool!  I thought I could wait to make a decision for CHRIST as if He was going to patiently wait for me.  That’s a fool!  I thought I could do good things to make my way to GOD and that also is a fool!

The opposite of being a fool is to have wisdom.  You don’t learn wisdom it is a gift to those that trust GOD!  Man may acquire a limited amount of wisdom over the years but the wise have said in their heart, there is a GOD and trust His SON!

A fool is a wicked one,

That doesn’t have a clue.

He thinks himself as mighty,

But if he only knew!

He is but a weakling,

With no power at all. 

Without the hope of victory,

One day he’ll see his fall!

His wicked heart tells him,

There is not a GOD at all.

But in the end, he will see,

On bended knees, he’ll crawl!

All the works he does,

Are all of which is vain. 

Repulsive acts of corruption,

From which he has no shame!

He lives a lie and in a dream,

That never will come true.

His life is full of counterfeit love,

He still remains, the fool!

“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”  John 3:19-21

Jubilation

“I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.”  Psalm 13:6

The power of GOD’s love is stronger than anything the believer will ever be faced with! 

Hate is crushed by His immense love!  Terror turns to security and fear vanishes as if it never existed.  Sorrow changes to joy and agony becomes contentment. 

GOD’s power of true love is able to make the darkest day become our brightest moment, for eternity! 

 I was sad and brokenhearted,

Tortured by the things I faced. 

Then one day I met JESUS,

And all my sorrows, He erased. 

I was there in utter sorrow,

On the day He did appear.

Oh what joy and Jubilation!   

Set forever without fear!  

All my days of downright failure,

They have now been set aside.

I’ll cling to You, oh my SAVIOR!

Knowing You are, at my side!

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.” John 14:1-4

The First Day

“But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.” Psalm 10:5

There has never been a day that has brought me more joy than the day I put my trust in the SAVIOR!  Only your own experience with CHRIST can explain what I am feeling!  I got what I never deserved!

There is only one day that will ever compete with the day of my salvation and that is the day when I meet JESUS in the clouds!  Even that most excellent day would not have been possible if it hadn’t been for the first day of my eternally life!

How does one express happiness

Which overcomes the soul?

When thinking of the day he lived,

When CHRIST had made him whole! 

I do not know the words to express,

The joy I feel within. 

I understand this one thing.

That day my life did begin!

From that day I have faced trials.

I wished I’d never had.

But knowing Jesus was at side,

For this I’m eternally glad!

I know my future He has given.

No one can take away.

I look for Him in the clouds.

And for that day, I pray!

“Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:” 1 Peter 1:8

Raising the Vessel from the Bottom

“Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.”  Psalm 13:4

It seem as though most of our lives we are surrounded by trouble.  There is a lie that says, once we are saved, troubles will end.  We still have troubles, they don’t leave.  As a matter of fact we will take on some new ones. 

We can as believers rejoice in the fact while troubles don’t disappear, neither does our SAVIOR!  There is no power capable to harm us.  We are kept by the blood of JESUS!  CHRIST is our refuge and strength, we shall not be moved!

I’m deep in the waters, I can’t stay afloat. 

This vessel is sinking as I reach out with hope. 

Please send me a life raft or something to hold. 

This sea is raging; I’m starting to get cold. 

I can’t last much longer, my strength is weak. 

The waters are raging, and now it looks bleak.

Currently I am covered, it’s over my head. 

I know I am dying, soon I’ll be dead.

But I’m not worried as I go through this maze.

Tomorrow is coming, my vessel You’ll raise!

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?  As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  Romans 8:35-39

The Sweetness of Weakness

“Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;” Psalm 13:3

Frailty is the character of my being. 

Without help, this is how I’m seen. 

On my own the battle is never won.

When I fail, I will always run.  

I’m weaker now than ever before.

My eyes are heavy and my heart is sore.

If this tempest gains more power,

I could die before the next hour.

This is why I cry unto Thee!

This is why I make my plea!

By Your power, You can set me free.

And no longer will my frailty be.

Our own weakness is turned to strength when we trust GOD to do the things we are unable to do.  Weakness brings victory; it allows us to see our need for help!

Had I not known weakness I would have never seen my need for Christ!  My life would have been filled with defeat and end in misery.  But because of CHRIST the victory is mine!

When in my battle and in a brawl,

The battle is over when on JESUS I call!

So don’t be a fool and end in defeat!

Call upon Jesus!  Victory is sweet!

“You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.”  Psalm 18:28