Great Peace.

 

 

Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. Psalm 119:165

 

Psalm 119 is full of convicting scripture in my opinion.

 

Whoever wrote this chapter was in deed in love with God. They wanted to make Him happy.

 

Life can be hard. Life can be confusing. Life can be frustrating and downright unfair.

 

I have heard it said before, "How can there be a God with all the bad things that happen?"

 

The way I see it is this, hell was made for the devil and his angels.

 

He rebelled against God and therefore evil took place.

 

When God made human, he gave us a free will.

 

If you don't want to make dinner tonight and would rather eat out, that's your choice. You have the free will to do so. If you want to stay single your whole life, that's your choice as well.

 

It's the same with serving God. It amazes me how people choose to not serve Him when He made them. He made you.

 

 

But, for some reason that isn't a good enough reason for many. They want more. They for sure don't want to surrender their life to God. I will tell you, personally, it was the best choice I ever made using my free will. You can read my personal testimony on my blog under "March 15th, 2006."

 

So, there is evil because people choose those actions and thoughts.

 

God is not evil.

God is holy.

God is mighty.

He is not at all mean or evil.

 

I read the verse Psalm 119:165 early this morning while I was searching for peace in a certain situation in my life. I asked God to please give me peace about it and I almost immediately came to this verse.

 

 

Great peace.

 

Not just peace.

 

GREAT. PEACE.

 

I don't know about you, but that is something I want.

 

But, go on and read the rest.

 

...have they which love they law: and nothing shall offend them.

 

 

First off, most people and even so called Christians don't even obey God's laws/commandments and for sure don't love them.

 

And people get offended awful easily.

 

There has been a couple times where I have had my feelings hurt. Mainly for the way the person approached me. I felt attacked more than loved. It's not that I was offended that the person was stating their opinion, but it was how they made me feel. I have taken those times in my life and applied them so in the future when I needed to approach someone on an issue, I went in pure love, not being condoning.

 

Just like the preacher says, "You have to catch the fish before you try to clean them up."

 

I agree with that, but I believe even more that when a person gets saved, they will want to clean up and the Lord will show them how in many ways. He did that for me.

 

People are out searching high and low for peace of mind. This verse explains how to have it.

 

Love His word. Get in it. Talk to God and read His Word... more than you check Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. I think it's healthy to take a break from those social media apps every once in a while. I only have Instagram, and I take breaks from looking at it periodically. I am fixing to do it again soon. It just makes a person realize they can live without a phone and the internet just fine.

 

I know this post was a little different from others I have written, but I felt strongly I needed to share my heart.

 

If you want great peace, if I want great peace, we simply need to meditate in God's Word.

And apply it.

 

Perhaps you are reading this and most of this is foreign to you.

 

That's okay. It was to me also about 8 years ago. I'm not perfect today either, but I strive daily to be like Christ and ask Him to help me be better in areas that I know need help.

 

When I die, I want people to say, "she was a woman of God. She didn't care what others thought. She just wanted to please Him."

 

That is all I want at the end of my life. I don't care about having a fancy home. New car. Name brand clothes. Being in the spotlight throughout life. Thousands to know my name.

 

I just want God to know I loved Him. And I want people to know I loved them and wanted to see everyone come to know Christ.

 

You can say a simple prayer today and you can write down that on Friday, May 9th, 2014, you accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior.

 

Pray this prayer and mean it.

 

 

God. I am a sinner. I am sorry for my sins.

I have failed others but mainly I have failed You.

I am sorry for that.

I ask You that You would come into my heart and become the Lord of my life.

I need you, Lord.

I can't make it in life without You.

I believe you died on the Cross for my sins.

I believe you rose three days later and that You're soon to return.

Please give me strength to be the Christian you want me to be.

Show me how to be like You.

Thank you, Jesus for saving my soul.

In Jesus Name.

Amen.

 

 

I come to the garden alone

 

 

I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses.

He speaks, and the sound of His voice,
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing.

I'd stay in the garden with Him
Though the night around me be falling,
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling.
 

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.

 

 

 

 

 

I prayed and asked God what to write. And this song came to me.

 

As a little girl, my mom would take me and my siblings to visit a very special woman who went to our church.

 

Her a name was Betty Isaacs.

 

This was her favorite song.

 

I don't believe I would have ever learned this song, especially so young, if I hadn't known her.

 

 

 

 

When is the last time you went to the garden?

 

When I read these lyrics, and hum the tune in my head, I imagine going to a place, not physically, but spiritually in prayer.

 

I love praying with others. My husband, my friends, my family, my church, my daughter.

 

But, I really love just praying alone. Just me and God.

 

That's what I imagine when this song says, "I come to the garden alone."

When it talks about the dew still being on the roses, I am taking that as though it is very early in the morning.

This person came not only alone, but very early in the morning, when most people are still sleeping.

We live in a society where we either stay up super late and therefore we have to sleep in late, or we go to bed early because we are getting up early to go somewhere, likely work.

When's the last time you purposely planned out a time to pray. I'm not saying you have to, but I personally was a little convicted when I read these lyrics. I really read them.


The last verse says this person would stay with Him in the garden.

We usually pray for 2, 5, 20 minutes and call it good. Yet, we will sit and watch a movie for two hours. We will talk on the phone for an hour. We will get up early to go to work or to a sale at the mall when we won't even get up at some point during the day or night to pray.

I firmly believe if we set time aside to spend with God, He will hear us. He will listen. He will answer.

He showed me yet again this week how big he really is. He showed me also that I need to put more faith in Him, than in others. He showed me that I need to go to the garden alone more often.

So, I'm not writing this little entry to try to make you feel bad for not praying or for praying for a small amount of time only at your convenience.

I plan on going to garden alone more often, and staying there longer.

I want to hear Him speak to me. I want to walk with Him more.

He is sitting there, waiting in your garden for you.

Won't you come visit Him?