What's Else To Do?

Note: Thursday, 28 May 2009

• What's Else To Do?

  I've been praying for people who are in bondage.
  
  The people who can't break the addiction that they are in or get out of situations that they are bonded to. And people who have uncontrollable thoughts. The people who have habits and  hang up that they can't break. How can we help people in these situations? What's there to do?
  
  I thought about the man in the Bible who was cutting himself and was living in caves. The boy who was foaming at the mouth throwing himself in the fire and water. Cases where their love ones could not help them. It seems that there is no good coming from what they tried to do.
  
  How can we minister to others who are in such a rage in their lives? We can see what they are doing and how they are living. The things that they do to themselves. In some cases the more we help, the situation seems to get worst.
  
  I've seen cases where the more that was done the worst off the case got. It's like a drama series. We don't know what going to happen.
  
  It appears to be an impossible situation. But some thing intervene. Things turn into something else. Things calm down than start up again.
  
  Besides praying, what's that else to do? We can step in the matter and try to minister. But what to do when the person can't be help or won't receive the help that they need? What about those who have issues that seem to never end?
  
  Father God,
  I thank You that You are a loving God. I thank You that You care for us. I ask on the behind of the people who are in bondage  for You help. Help those with uncontrollable thoughts and addictions.
  
  Bring people out of the pit of torment that they are in. Grant them Your grace and mercy to stay out what they were once in. Guide them to be Your witness.
  
  Allow them to be brought back to life that You call them to live. Bring minister into their lives. Help them to see the good in their lives and the lives of others in Jesus' name Amen.
  
  On The Journey Of Transformation
  What's Else To Do?
  
  Bring them to Jesus...
  Pray and keep on praying.
  
  Psalm 148:1
  Praise the LORD!
  Praise the LORD from the heavens! Praise him, from the skies!
  
  The Chronicles of Susan

God Sends Friends

Monday, 28 January 2008

• God Sends Friends

  Father, thank You for the special people You have sent into my life. Not a single one has ever disappointed me. ---Debbie Maccomber
  And I thank You Heavenly Father that..
  You heard their cries for help and saved them. They put their trust in you and were never disappointed. NLT Psalm 22:5
  
  When they cried out for help, you saved them, and you did not let them down when they depended on you. CEV Psalm 22:5
  

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  The Last Tuesday of January: The 29th Day of 2008

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  On my journey of transformation

I have been aware through the years, I have come across people who I believe where sent by God for me during the right time and at the right moment in my life. God answers prayers.

I recall not to long after I came to Word of Life Church, I started praying for friends to come into my life. It took me a while to share some things something about myself with others. But through time and with the friendliness of the people who I met, I started to to share a little bit about myself.

As I look back I think: Who is still with me? I still have some friends who have been with me since the early days of at WOLC. I did not get to know them until after we moved on Riverside and Cook Road.

After some years of talking and sharing, I found out that one of my friends came to WOLC during the month and year I did in September of 1993. Also this same friend lived were some of my ancestors lived. Isn't this a small world?

I believe that God sends me friends while my stay here on www.xanga.com . I have come across a friend who lives in the city where some of my ancestors lived. I have a friend who joined Xanga on one of my special days. Isn't that something?

I will say that there are a few friends that I talk to more than others. Weather if it is on or off the internet. I try to find something to say to them on the online throughout the week.

Even if it is"Hope that your was great day!". At times I will receive replies from friends on how their day was. I thank God for faithful friends who share some of their lives with those on their blogsites too.

At times I respond to some friends request for input on things that they are doing. For examples: surveys or some things that they are working on. What are friends for?

From my Book of Thanks and BlessingsFather God, I thank You for being my Friend. I thank You for ALL the appointed people and friends who You send into my life. I thank You for friendship.

I thank You, LORD, that You hear my cry and help me in the time of need. I thank You that You continue to save us day by day. I thank You, that You are always Faithful to me.

I thank You for Your on going PROVISION. I thank You for SIGNS and WONDERS that you allow me to see. I thank You for Your HEALING power that is in me.

I thank You, LORD for SALVATION. I thank You for thinking about me. I thank You for DELIVERANCE of Your people in Jesus' name Amen!

And Father God, I thank You that
The LORD [,Your Son] gives his people strength. The LORD blesses them with peace. NLT Psalm 29:11

Some thing to consider.
Pray the our LORD will make us strong and give us peace. CEV Psalm 29:11
Don't fall into the trap of being a coward-- trust in the LORD, and you will be safe. CEV Proverbs 29:25
In other words....Fearing people is a dangerous trap, but to trust the LORD means safety. NLT Proverbs 29:25

Hiding Behind Other Names?

Notes: Monday, 24 May 2010

• Hiding Behind Other Names?

  This thought came to me on February 24, 2010. I was thinking about people how use their nicknames or other names when they do things. What is that? Hiding behind other names?
  I know who have to protect ourselves. People can use our names for their interest. But what's the deal with it?
  
  I see that blogs sites don't carry someone's name. There are some email addresses don't have people's names on them. I wonder at times who's emailing me?
  
  It would be confusing if we are looking for someone. What name would we come up with? As I've been searching for my ancestors, I have found that some used their middle names. Other's went by their nicknames.
  
  It hard to track down people. It's like hiding behind something. It's like not wanting to be found. Not wanting to be bothered.
  
  I hope that things don't trip people up. Or maybe there are people who don't want to be found. I know that Journaling_Susan is my username
  
  I don't want to change it again. I could have used my real name. But I choose not to. But there are two sites I use my real name. I'm not hiding behind my name.
  
  Staying On The Journey,
  Susan

Gotten Into Trouble or Misjudged

Note; Wednesday, 27 May 2009

• Gotten Into Trouble or Misjudged?

  Yes, from...The Lady Who Thought That I Was Stuck Up.  The Man Who Wanted To Be Greeted. And The Guy Who Was Too Friendly.
  
  These are topics that are related to a question during one of our Esther Bible Study sessions. Have you ever gotten yourself into trouble or misjudged a situation because of your assumption?
  I'll share some things that I saw from the other side of this question...I was greeting at Word of Life Church when these things occurred to me. Here are three of them.
  
  The Lady Who Thought That I Was Stuck Up.
  There was an elderly lady who was watching me from a far. She had a beautiful smile when I saw her. Then one day she came up to me and said. When she first met me she thought I was stuck up.
  
  We, that was a nice introduction. But she said after she began to know me more. She saw that that was not the case. She said that she was wrong.
  
  She told me that she saw a beautiful person in me. She saw my spirit. Just about every time when I saw this lady I would go out of my way to greet her with a hug. She was a nice lady. She went on to be with the LORD.
  
  The Man Who Wanted To Be Greeted.There was an elderly man who would came in the doors in a wheel chair. I would see him coming. He would be by himself coming in his wheel chair.
  
  Then one Sunday morning, he was coming in late. The service had already started. I saw him coming in my direction. There were just a few in the foyer. This man said went a bad attitude, "I am supposed to be greeted." What was I going to say?
  
  I said "Now, Now, Now!" I held my cool the best way that I could. What more was I to do. I guess I didn't please this man.
  
  The next time I saw this gentleman, I greeted him. He had a much better attitude. Each time I saw him I tried to say Hello! Through time this man stop coming. I don't know what happened.
  
  The Guy Who Was Too Friendly.
  There was a man who came on a Friday night. I noticed him as I was in a hurry to meet another friend. This man was in a pew on the way to where I was headed.
  
  I knew that he was new. He introduced himself. He said that he was the new undertaker in town. I didn't know that we has a new undertaker in town. The words that he used and his gestures were not right for me.
  
  This man continued to come to the Friday gatherings. He was there on Sundays too. At this time, I was helping a elderly friend, Nonnie in from her sister, Louise's car. This man would ask if he could help. I said I can do it.
  
  Then the next time, I came across this man, he would say things that I didn't think was appropriate. I was getting hot under the collar. It was getting to me.
  
  I tried to hide from this guy every time he knew that he was coming. I told a friend about this guy. I asked her to help me out. This guy was too friendly to me. Beyond friendly was the word.
  
  I ask my friend to ask a male friend to talk to this guy. This guy was giving me trouble. I thank God that I did not hit the guy. He made me so mad.
  
  This went on for about two week or so. Then I notice some things. That guy stop coming to church. I think that he got ministered to by my friend, John. He ask was that guy troubling me any more.  That guy stop coming to church.
  
  There are many things that we do in life that can bring assumptions. Things that we do that others don't understand. I can imagine some of the things that I do that I don't know about that some people are assuming about me.
  
  I don't know to be guilty about it. I do my best to not to make other feel uncomfort while I am around them. I am at a point where I have back away from people who seem not comfortable around me.
  
  What I mean, if someone doesn't seem wanting to speak me when I come that's could be an indication of some thing. If I keep coming back and getting the same mix reaction, I think that I should just back off from that person.
  
  There are times I feel pushed away while trying to speak with some people. If a person walks off or have little to say, I wonder. I should give others the benefit of the doubt and or back away from them.
  
  On My Journey of TransformationGotten Into Trouble Or Misjudged?
  
  Yes, lots of times...
  But it couldn't be more than what is there or thought  of.
  It's best to find out more  than what's assumed.
  It will help in the long run to give mercy to issues that comes our way.
  
  Doing Life 
  The Chronicles Of Susan
  
  Psalm 147:1
  How good it is to sing praises to our God! How delightful and how right!

Ideas For New Inventions

Monday, 21 May 2012

• Ideas For New Inventions

  I would joke about this idea to a friend. Only if this could be. A device that we can carry to control the weather that we were in and surrounding us.
  
  When it's too cold mainly in the Winter months or too hot in the Summertime. We can have the temperature that we wanted. Oh, how great that would be.
  
  It would be like a little thingy we could carry on us with an on and off switch. It would be an automatic thing. This device would be small enough to carry in your hand.
  
  Or maybe it can be a force field around us as we go about our days. It wouldn't effect what surrounds us. Nor bring harm to the temperature surroundings.
  
  The atmosphere would be the same. But we wold be comfortable as we were out and about.  Oh how this could be with no hassle about the weather. Being too hot or too cold.
  
  This is just a wonder. Only if it can be so. How things can come about as going through life. We wouldn't have to worry about the temperature changes. But the temperature would be what it is.
  
  I had other thought of inventions.
  
  A photo like video that would be flat like a photo. But can be like a motive picture at the touch of the screen.
  
  Transportation: We would be able to speak the location and be there. It wouldn't be as speaking things into being. If this was so there would be a lot of weird things going on.
  
  May we use our imagination for the good of things.
  May we be creative and just imagine.
  May God bless us with creative ideas.
  May we think good thoughts on the things of heaven.
  Amen.
  
  Thanks for reading.
  Hope you do use your gift imagination.
  Peace be with you.

Divine Reversal

Note: Thursday, 14 May 2009

• Divine Reversal

  Can you think of at least one time when  God has been the author of a divine reversal in your life? This was a question during one of our Esther Studies. Here were some example in scripture: Isaiah 61:3, Luke 4:18, Luke 7:22 and Matthew 11:5
  
  In my group I gave a short testimony of my bout with lupus. There are people who don't know that I had lupus. When other find out, they are surprised. They didn't know that I had been sick.
  
  Here is my brief testimony about my bout with lupus.
  I wasn't sick that much as a child. It was in my high school years when my joints started hurting. This went on for years and years. I didn't like to go to the doctors in my early days.
  
  It wasn't until the turn of the century that I started to go to the doctors. When things got worst, it was the smart thing to do. Beside, I had no choice.
  
  Finally, I got the doctors report of what was going on with my body. It was of lupus. The reports came in 2001 and in 2004. I had been in a lot of pain and swelling for years.
  
  By 2000 to 2001 the lupus was in blown. It was very serious. I was in a pain and had a hard time doing things. I could not lay down to sleep at nights. I would get out of breath when I walked.
  
  It took a while for the doctors to figure out what was going on with me. I had to have chemotherapy once a month for 6 months. In 2001 and 2004 after have those treatments I was much better. I had to have two kidney biopsies before the chemotherapy. That's one in '01 and '04.
  
  If I don't hear the word of the Lord to go to the doctor in 2001, I wouldn't know what I would have become of me. Again in 2004 I had symptoms of lupus. I had to get treated for lupus.
  
  It's been five years since my last chemo. I can testify that I am not on any medication for lupus. I have no pain or swelling. I feel good.
  
  There are at times I had the thought of lupus returning. I have to keep believing that I am healed. I can't let thoughts rule my life. God is with me in whatever happens to me.
  
  I believe that God healed me. I am a witness of what God is doing in His kingdom. I thank God for a divine reversal in my life.
  
  May we keep believing God as we go through life's challenges. May the grace and mercy of God come to us in our darkest hour. May the glory of God shine  in divine reversal.
  
  On My Journey Of Transformation.Divine Reversal
  
  I thank God that He cares for me.
  I am thankful I can live a life Jesus called me to live.
  
  Doing Life In The Kingdom Of God
  Journaling_Susan
  
  Psalm 134:2
  Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, And bless the LORD.

God Is With You

Note: Wednesday, 09 May 2012

• God Is With You

  We need that reminder from time to time. God is with us wherever we go. At times we might not feel God with us. How up setting this can be.
  
  We can be so involved in what we are going through. And forget that God is there in the midst of what we are in. We might have our focus on the wrong things.
  
  Once we have a right mind set, then what we think may not be as bad as we were thinking. We have to have a positive attitude when things go array. Thank God for His intervention.
  
  We have that inter witness to keep us in tune with God. We can get side track. We do so much and forget. God is with us.
  
  If you are going through a tough time, remember God is with you. He's there. Just acknowledge Him. God is bigger than our troubles.
  
  God is a good God. He is our Provider. He cares about every little aspect of our lives. Even the littlest thing we could imagine.
  
  So when troubles come into your thinking, Remember God Is With You. Whatever your facing or going through. He's facing it with you.
  
  |May we lean on God in our troubled times.
  May we be reminded that God goes through what we go through.
  May we call upon Jesus in the storms of life.
  Amen!
  
  Thanks for reading.
  Don't Give Up!
  God Is With You!
  
  Stay On The Journey,
  Susan
  
  Scripture:
  The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. ~ Zephaniah 3:17 NIV