Jesus said, "The thief comes to steal, to kill and
to destroy." I have a friend who's been robbed. The thief came and destroyed her marriage...to
kill her family......and to destroy her very soul. I've known her for decades and sometimes I think she opened the
door and invited the thief to come in, sit around, drink some coffee and have a smoke with her. She always flirted with
the Thief... always was sorta fascinated with his side of the world.
But oh... how I loved her. OH.. you can never know how dear a friend she was to me. She was a friend
to me. She was a better friend to me than I was to her.
You can never know how much she gave to others.. how soft her heart was..how she prayed and cried out to the Lord
for help. She had so many things she had to overcome in life - things that were not her fault...hard things....
heartbreaking things. And she kept trying.. and wave after wave after wave after wave of life kept hitting her and knocking
her down.
Sometimes you just get too tired
to keep trying to keep from drowning. I read about a person once who was stranded at sea.. and eventually... he got
so tired of doggy-paddling that he just stopped. Even though he knew that he would die if he stopped trying.. Sometimes
you can be so tired of trying to keep yourself from drowning that you just stop trying.
She stopped trying and she sank down to the depths. She stopped trying
to follow Jesus, stopped trying to obey Him, stopped trying to honor Him with her life. It's disappointing when
it seems like you're doing everything Jesus asks you to do and STILL your life falls apart at your feet.
Jesus continued and said, "BUT... I have come that you might
have life and might have it more abundantly". You don't know her but I do. You don't love
her but I do. You didn't die for her, I didn't die for her, but Jesus did.
Will you please... please.. please.. please.. pray for my friend?
PLEASE? Pray that where ever she is today and what ever she is doing.. that the Holy Spirit that was once SO ALIVE in
her will be stirred back to life? Will you ask Jesus to do whatever it takes to get her attention and turn
her back to Him? Will you pray that she remembers the sweet love and holy presence of the Lord? Please.
Will you put "Marie's Friend" on your prayer list? I believe that Jesus is going to get her attention.
I'll let you know how it goes. Keep praying. Thank you.
The good news is that I've been swamped with new writing assignments.
The bad news is that means that my blogs won't be as lengthy. The good news - for you- is that my blogs won't
be as lengthy. OK.. so last night.. the grandkids were on the deck singing songs to those of us gathered there. I've
heard lots of singers singing lots of songs. This town is filled with them. Tonight, the Dove Awards are happening here.
No music being played there will be etched in my memory as the music I heard last night. I don't think anything
will ever be as precious as watching those 3 beautiful children singing songs on our back deck.. the weather was perfect (
a virtual miracle here in TN) with a light breeze...warm sun... and that's it. I wonder if that's how
God feels to hear his children singing to him?
As I'm typing this.. it's 5 AM and a cow is MOOING outside. Who knew I'd be living in the country?
I grew up in New York. I've got to admit, I love the sound of a cow mooing.......as long as it's OUTSIDE.
