Isaiah 55:12-13

Okay...I know I have posted already today but this is great! It jumped right off the page because this is so real to me right now!!

I was reading in Isaiah and this is what I found...

Isaiah 55:12-13

¹² You will live in joy and peace.
    The mountains and hills will burst into song,
    and the trees of the field will clap their hands!
¹³ Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow.
    Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up.
These events will bring great honor to the Lord’s name;
    they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.”

My study bible says this...

vs 12 ~ Joy is found in being redeemed from bondage.

vs 13 ~ Redemption is like the transformation from desert to forest.

I can hardly wait to tell you why this is so real to me right now...but I can't.

It has to wait until I talk to Marge. I will say though that He is filling me up with a joy that I didn't know existed!

And I'm thinking it will only get better from here!

God is Awesome!!

Last week was a crazy week. Revival services for four days and then a doc appointment on Friday. Most of you who read this blog know about the appointment and have been praying. So I guess it's time to tell you what I found out. God didn't heal me of the problem with my heart but He did let me see a doctor that knows there is a problem and is working with me to find out what will fix it. The problem is one of two types of tachycardia. The fix for one of them is medicine and he has already had me start on some...this one is my choice of the two! LOL The fix for the other one is a little more complicated and actually has a couple of options. We didn't go into any of that yet. I am wearing a "king of hearts" monitor for two weeks first and taking a stress test. Then after the results come in from those we will talk. I'm sure that God knows what the problem is and the solution too. So I'll just go with it and see what happens. God is awesome!! Thank you all for praying!

I wanted to say too that the services last week were great! The Lord did some really great things in peoples lives. He touched me in a way that I was really having a hard time understanding...until this morning. Then when I was in my favorite place for Him to talk to me...the shower!...He did. I will be sharing that story with you sometime this week after I share it in person with someone! So for now...I have to leave you hanging for a bit. 

I was reading in Isiah this morning and This is what I found...

Isaiah 55:8-9

⁸ “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
    “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
⁹ For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so my ways are higher than your ways
    and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

I don't understand why He does things the way He does in my life when they happen. However...if I keep seeking for an answer He sometimes gives me a verse that kind of says it all! 

Still learning...still believing

I Am Free Today Because Of Jesus

Today has been a good day. I love this verse...

Psalm 118:24

²⁴ This is the day the Lord has made.
    We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Today has been a special day for me because it is my "ReBirthday". I actually stole that word from Marge. Never would I have thought of it on my own!

It's my ReBirthday because 5 years ago...August 10, 2007...I asked Jesus into my life...my heart. It was the best thing that I ever did! My life has actually become a life! Before I met the Lord it was mostly a series of failures, downward spirals and bad events. Jesus has changed all of that for me. He has freed me from so many things...He broke the chains and set this captive free!! I don't drink anymore and I have no desire to. In the past there were many times when I contemplated killing myself. From the time I was a teenager, and until I became a Christian 5 years ago, these thoughts were with me...I did crazy things just to see if I would live through them. I'm not proud of that nor am I bragging but, I'm putting it out here so everybody will know what an awesome...awesome...Savior we have!! I used to hate the light...I always wanted to have the rooms dark...without any lights on. That's really funny in a way because I was afraid of what "lived" in the dark! I was afraid of what was coming up the stairs behind me...day or night! I was afraid to be alone! I was afraid of just about everything. And now...I can go to sleep without fear of what will come out of the dark and get me...because...Where the spirit of the Lord is...there is no reason for fear!

2 Corinthians 3:17

¹⁷ For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

For me that means freedom from fear...addictions...suicide...darkness. Don't get me wrong...I'm not perfect and neither is my life but...I am free to live a life devoted to the Lord. 

It also means freedom to be the person that He wants me to be. The person that He made me to be.

I praise Him and thank Him today for all that He has done for me.