One of the main things that I have been pondering today as I read John 14:15-20 (The Message), is that the Lord truly wants us to know Him, not just about Him, to known Him now, in this present world.

That we can walk in that which He has accomplished upon the cross. He is not afar, He is here now, ever present to listen as we come before Him.

He bids us to come, to break the bread of life with Him, to let it become part of us, let Him write His word on your heart, on your mind, on your spirit, that He brings us into fellowship with the Father.

As we dwell in the word, as we ponder and meditate on that which He shows us, that we let it become part of our walk here and now and allow the Lord to teach us to have a child like faith that simply believe that which He has spoken.

He bids us to come into His presence and as we draw close to Him, He will us!

Draw close to the Lord and He will draw close to you!

Later,

Paul
aka The Mayor

Yet it is through those tears, through that pain that healing is brought forth and yes grown men do cry! There is nothing wrong in letting go of all that is lock within. To release all that is within and cry out to God, ” I am at the end, I have no other hope but you Lord!”

Through the tears, though blurry for awhile, we begin to see clearly and a fresh and to see with hope, that God is still there, still with us to carry us through and bring us into a place of rest and trust!

So cry out, let go and allow the Lord to release you from the hurts, the wounds, the pains. Allow the tears of the heart to be release this day!

Real men do cry!

Till later,

Paul

For several days, something that the Lord spoke to my heart, has kept going through my mind and my spirit.What I heard was“You are the ink in my pen and I use your life to reflect who I am!”

“I take all that you have gone through to bring hope to others. What I have written in you, I am expressing to others, to show that I am your source of strength, of hope!”

Indeed, we are learning by the things that we have gone through. That we might be a reflection of the inner working that the Lord is doing within us, in our lives.

That He has taken us, as I have shared before,from the realm of theory, to the realm of reality. That we are building on a sure foundation that will stand the storms of life.

That the word that is being written within will give hope to others as they see the Christ within manifested in what we write and what others see.

That the fragrance that comes forth, through the times of brokenness, will draw others to want to know what gives us that assurance within.

The ink that the Father uses is our lives!

Are you allowing the Lord to take what you have, to write, to express Himself, so that others might see in you, the work of His hands and sense His presence in your life, as you put your trust in Him?

Your are the inkwell that He dips His pen in, to express Himself, through you!

Till later,

Paul

   ”For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; the Lord my God illumines my darkness.”

What an awesome verse!

When I read this verse today, there was such a presence of the Lord. That He is making me to finally realize that He is the light of my life. It is He that leads us through the valleys. That He is the light, the one that prepares the pathway before us so that we can see that He is our sole source. That He will finish that which He has begun in us.

What hope there is in this simple verse. It should make us rejoice, to leap with joy. For He will, not maybe, light the lamp, He will keep the flame burning.

Oh, the wick will need trimmed at times and the oil replenished but that is where our part comes in as we stay focused on Him.

To allow Him to replenish us each day with fresh oil, fresh manna, that yesterday is gone and tomorrow is yet to arrive.

That each day as we come before our Father we draw strength from Him. We are refilled, replenished. Given what is needed for the day to enable us to walk that path that is set before us.

He will illuminate us. Allow us to see what is needed. What we need to do. To be changed by His word, by His spirit. That He will enlighten our darkness so that we do not have to stumble but rather, He lights the path before us, as we are focused on Him. He exposes the cracks, the rocks, the things that are in our path as we walk with Him.

He so wants us to realize the reality of who He is. That He is Lord. That He takes delight in us when we come into His presence. He truly delights in us when we spend time with Him.

Is that not awesome! That the creator of Heaven takes pleasure in spending time with you and I. That we each are unique, created by Him for a time such as this and it is only as we begin to realize this, that we begin to understand, that as we go through the valleys of life, as well as the mountain tops, we are brought into His purpose, as we take the focus from us to Him. Only then will we begin to see.

There is nothing that we have gone through that can’t be used to bring glory to the Lord and we can be used as that lamp that shines brightly in the midst of the darkness and allows the Christ within to shine forth and bring hope to others.

When that light shines forth, it will draw others to want to know more about our Lord, that they will see it is a reality, not a theory and desire to know the giver of life and light.

Then we indeed will be able to say, “Lord, You light up my life, you give me hope and you make my path clear in the midst of darkness.”

Till later,

Paul

“In 2012 let us share the heart of the Father, to share the hope of the new life that we have in Christ!!”

“Don’t ever think that what you write or share is not important, for it is. There have been a number of times as I have visited or blogged by so many other blogs, that a word shared, a thought expressed, was the very word that I needed at that moment, at that time, that made me to realize that I was indeed hearing from my Father, that I was not alone, for others have walked this path also. So thank you my many friends for sharing, for being real, for allowing the Lord to use you to express His heart so many times.”

“You may never know who you have touched, or brought freedom to. That which you shared might be the key that opens the door of their hearts to the Lord, to received from Him, that which He has for them, as it causes them to open up to Him.”

“Don’t be afraid to write, to share, to speak, allow the Lord to use you as a key to open the hearts of others to receive the healing word, the healing power, the healing touch of the life, that breath from God that will breathe life into their hearts, to the spirit and bring restoration to them.”

“Thank you my friends, for being the hand of God extended, for sharing, for giving, even when you didn’t realize that you have given a word, whether written or spoken, that has rekindle the fire, the passion of the Lord within and causing me, as well as others to pursue the Lord with all that is with in.”

Later,

Paul

aka The Mayor