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  • Rock of Escape

    Rock of Escape

    Sometimes it may feel like you are not making any positive progress, don’t give up yet! God will deliver you from every situation you find yourself in. Keep moving forward. God will lead you, guide you, and protect you!

    Just see how God helped David when Saul was trying to kill him:

     1 Samuel 23:14b And Saul sought him (David) every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand. 23:26 Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. 

    23:27 But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.” 

    23:28 So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines; therefore, they called that place the Rock of Escape.

    This is only one example of how God helped David. Don’t worry about what is on the other side of the mountain, we just keep moving forward in the Spirit of the Lord our God and trust His leading.

    Since God is the same yesterday, today and forevermore, He will help you also. We can trust in Him.The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:2 

    Karen

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  • Seeing Light

    Finding The Light

    Genesis 1:3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

    Revelation 21:23 And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

    When the sun is shining and you turn toward it, even with your eyes closed, you know its there. You can see the light through your eyelids, (quite diminished, but there). It penetrates through the darkness like nothing else can. 

    We are called to be the light for the world in such a way as there is no doubt you follow Jesus. Be so bright that the spiritually blind world will know, you have something wonderful, and they will want what you have.

    Sometimes we need darkness to help us appreciate the light. Deep darkness makes us appear even brighter. Our light shining brightly, depends on being filled with the oil of His Holy Spirit.

    1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 

    Ephesians 5:8, 9 for you were formerly darkness, but now you are the Light in the Lord; walk as children of light. (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth)

    Karen

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  • Growing in Christ

    Mushrooms in the desert???           Or…            Cactus in a cave???

    Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it. Because it is. Certain plants live in specific areas for one reason only, so they can grow. Cactus is prickly and mushrooms are squishy. Light and water make the difference here. God creates different environments for each plant and plants automatically know where it’s the place for them to grow.

    God’s light, or enlightenment in our life, makes a difference in us. His Word, the Bible, is our light, and prayer is our watering place.

    God designed us to grow the same way plants grow. We are created in His image, so it makes sense that we should grow to be more like Jesus. This earth is far from perfect. But Jesus Christ lived on earth, and He showed us how to live abundantly. By being obedient to the Father in heaven. 

    Philippians 2:8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

    Ephesians 5:8-10 – For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord.

    Karen

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  • The Time is Now

    Marking the height of a child on the wall is a good way to show growth. A child can’t see themselves grow, neither can we as adults.

    It’s the same with spiritual growth. Setting goals is important and helps us grow. But sometimes we are distracted by focusing on the future too much, (or remembering the past.)

    Being in the “present” is where we meet with our Lord and Savior Jesus.

    If we only look forward to our daily meals that we are going to eat, but never sit down and eat them, we never get filled with the nutrients we need.

    Knowing we need to read our bible and pray daily but never actually doing it, we miss out on the blessing of getting to know Jesus. – Be willing to eat the bread of life.

    Psalm 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.

    John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.

    Karen

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  • Clarity in Crisis

    Stopping to fix a flat tire on the road to a highly anticipated vacation can really squelch the excitement. It can even bring anger and resentment which might be directed toward your loved ones who are feeling the same way.

    Learning to relax in the crisis can help you deal positively with the situation. Maybe after the flat is fixed, before dashing off, back to the highway, take a walk with your family. Explore the surroundings you find yourself in.

    You might find a fresh new view of God in His majesty from a mountaintop that was hidden from the main highway.

    Or you might find a secluded pond filled and surrounded with wildlife. And together experience nature in a peaceful new way.

    Sometimes God uses moments like these to help us focus clearly on what is important to Him.

    Romans 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

    Karen

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  • Finding the Light

    Psalm 85:11 – Truth springs from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

    Ever see the stony ground or pavement with a thin crack in it, and a flower jutting out of that tiny, thin opening?

    That flower was determined to come through somewhere, to find an opening to break through to the sunlight, it knew was up there somewhere. It searched in that dark earth not knowing exactly where it was going, or what was ahead. It just new it had to keep going, searching in the dark.

    Then, in a moment of clarity, it sees the light, through a small crack. Immediately the purpose is clear, the path has been discovered and the way out has arrived. All energy now is focused on that point.

    The thin stem reaches up into the light and begins to grow. Higher and taller as the nourishing sun feeds the hunger it didn’t even know was there. Then the rain falls softly, and the blooming begins. The flower has found its purpose at last.

    Jesus said to him “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” John 14:6.

    We have a Hope, and we are His, let us never forget or lose heart.

    Karen

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  • Trust In God’s Plan

    I woke up at 4:00 AM with this idea and decided to start writing.

    You know how you drive past a future site of a new complex or company being constructed? The first stages are messy, and there is lots of confusion to the onlooker.

    The ground is all moved around. Big trucks hauling things back and forth. Construction equipment in place and strange contraptions set up. Red safety fences are all around to protect wandering pedestrians and to stop anyone who wants to steal equipment or tools.

    Your impression as you drive past is, “What a Mess!” You wonder if the contractor knows what he is doing, because it looks very confusing to you.

    But there is a blueprint or a vision that someone had and laid out ahead of time. Right now, it looks like a mess to you, and you are probably confused by what you see.

    God has a vision, and His plan is completely laid out. No matter what it looks like to us, trust Him. His goal is confusing to us because we can’t see everything like He does.

    If we work as a team, each one doing their job, no matter how small or insignificant. Or how big and moving it is. Eventually God will work it all out. One day it will be completed. The exciting opening day will come.God’s kingdom Come; God’s will be done!

    Karen

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