What do you think of when someone says, "Let's get a make over"? To me it means they want to get a new look, a glamorous look and all the hidden beauty will come out, and they will be more radiant to the world. There is only one way to create a new you and a new look. This look comes from within ourselves. God puts joy in our hearts much more effectively than all the mud packs and oils we use.
When we are overcome in our life by sorrows, grief, financial problems, marriage problems, confusion and it seems we will never see joy again God is full of surprises! We can have hope and joy again. God can turn our sadness into joy, He is our Father, He is with us all the way and He will never leave us. Have faith in our Heavenly Father. He will turn your sorrows into joy. Whatever you are going through God is there. He knew all your problems before you did. Remember He is the light at the end of the tunnel and He will guide you through it.
Psalm 30:5 - Joy comes in the morning
Psalm 51:10 - Create in me a new heart
Psalm 51:12 - Restore unto me the joy
Jeremiah 31:13 - Mourning into joy
Psalm 100:1-5 - Make a joyful noise unto the Lord. Serve the Lord with gladness. Know that the Lord is God. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving. For the Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting
We do not understand everything we are going through but God is there to help you get that "make over". You are not alone, talk to Him, He will always listen.
You may weep for a while but JOY will come. Psalm 30:5
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
From Bitter to Better by Debby Thompson
Heartache can make us bitter or better. In the Book of Ruth, we see that Naomi was bitter, but Ruth chose to model a contented and submissive spirit of trust in the Lord and in others. The result--God's blessings and the healing of Naomi's heart.
Luke 10 tells us that as Jesus preached, He came to the village of Lazarus and his sisters. Verses 38 and 39 state that one sister was "named Martha", while the other was "called Mary". The implication is that "Mary" was what the people called her because of her character. "Mary" was derived from the Hebrew word "Miriam" or "Mara", which means "bitter." She must have been very bitter before she met Jesus, but when He spoke to her, Mary sat down at Jesus' feet, drinking in every word. Later on, when Jesus knowingly let Lazarus die without healing him, Mary did not become bitter. She had learned to trust Jesus' love through His words. As He raised Lazarus, He said, "I am the Resurrection and the Life. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live." This Easter we can let Jesus raise us up to a better life--and submissive attitudes--in Him.
Luke 10 tells us that as Jesus preached, He came to the village of Lazarus and his sisters. Verses 38 and 39 state that one sister was "named Martha", while the other was "called Mary". The implication is that "Mary" was what the people called her because of her character. "Mary" was derived from the Hebrew word "Miriam" or "Mara", which means "bitter." She must have been very bitter before she met Jesus, but when He spoke to her, Mary sat down at Jesus' feet, drinking in every word. Later on, when Jesus knowingly let Lazarus die without healing him, Mary did not become bitter. She had learned to trust Jesus' love through His words. As He raised Lazarus, He said, "I am the Resurrection and the Life. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live." This Easter we can let Jesus raise us up to a better life--and submissive attitudes--in Him.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
BUMPS IN THE ROAD By - Jeannie Hunsley
The path we choose for oursleves often does not turn out to be the path that is chosen for us by God. Every woman faces the challenge of finding her way and to remain positive and faithful when life has taken a direction she does not enjoy.
Sometimes we find oursleves totally overwhelmed with our problems (our bumps in the road). Never in a million years would I have thought this is the path I would be going down with all these bumps in the road. But we must remember when we do face the bumps in the road that our God is with us all the way. He knew from the beginning what bumps would be along our road of life. I beleive He puts bumps in our road just to see how faithful we are going to be. Remember, when those bumps come (and they will) just lean on Him; He is always there.
I Peter 1:7 -- "That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ."
Sometimes we find oursleves totally overwhelmed with our problems (our bumps in the road). Never in a million years would I have thought this is the path I would be going down with all these bumps in the road. But we must remember when we do face the bumps in the road that our God is with us all the way. He knew from the beginning what bumps would be along our road of life. I beleive He puts bumps in our road just to see how faithful we are going to be. Remember, when those bumps come (and they will) just lean on Him; He is always there.
I Peter 1:7 -- "That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ."
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