"1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of
angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am
nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship
that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love
is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not
dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no
record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices
with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always
perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But
where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will
be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part
and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part
disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like
a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of
childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we
shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I
am fully known.
13 And now these
three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1
Corinthians 13 v 1-13
This week concludes "Foundation of Faith." Next week, there will not be a Fortress of Faith study as I will be spending the next two weeks praying and learning where how to proceed. Thank you so much for joining us as we learn about His Love for us, and as we learn from 1 Corinthians 13 how we share His love with others.
1 Corinthians 13 verse 13 is arguably one of the most popular verses about love in the Bible. Prayers, sermons, songs, and other Bible studies have been wrapped around the simple yet powerful verse.
"And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love."
Think about this: As Christian women, we have Faith. Faith in a God we know in our hearts but cannot introduce with a handshake to our friends and family. Faith in a Holy Spirit that we cannot begin to explain to ourselves, let alone non-Christians, yet we have no doubt of its existence and its influence in our lives. Faith in a Shepherd, as the Son of God, as our Savior, as the One who conquered sin and death. As Christian women, we have been given a beautiful, wondrous gift of Faith. And we are better women for it!
Also, as Christian women, we have Hope! We have hope that our Faith will carry us through those times when we feel like He is silent. We have hope that those we love with all our hearts will also come to know our God, our Holy Spirit, our Savior. We have hope that no matter how good or bad this life is there is an eternal life so much richer and full than this life. We have hope, and so no fear of death.
But look at the end of the verse. We know we have His Love! We know we share His Love. We know that love is just one of many gifts He has given to us, but this verse, as does the entire chapter, and really, the entire Holy Bible, tells us that of ALL the blessings and gifts He has given to us, the greatest of these gifts is the gift of Love.
We know this to be true. In our human relationships, we know this to be true. Anyone can get married, but if love is not the basis of that marriage, the marriage quickly turns into mere shades of what it might be. In our relationships with our children, we know that if we discipline without love we do more damage than good. In our relationships with our friends, if we fellowship without love, the friendships become hollow and dry. However, so long as love drives our relationships, we find them to be deep, meaningful, and beneficial to everyone!
The same is true with the Love He has given to us. His Love to us is seen in the culmination of gifts given to us when Christ sacrificed Himself for our sins. We have Faith. We have Hope. We have Love. Again, Faith without Love strives and becomes weak and easily swayed, easily deceived. Hope without Loves is easily forgotten, buried in the recesses of our hearts while we try to slog on through the trials and tribulations.
Let us not forget His Love as the foundation of our Faith so we can build on that foundation becoming closer to Him and sharing His love with others!
Thank you for being apart of this study. I hope this study has encouraged you of His love for you, and motivated you to live a more loving life reflective of His gifts to you. If you have enjoyed this Study, I hope you will join us in two weeks for the part of Fortress of Faith!
Copyright © 2012 C.H.Borden
30 January 2013
28 January 2013
Musical Mondays
Do you remember "Touched By An Angel" that used to appear on CBS? One episode featured Wynonna Judd in the role of a mother watching as her son was dying; she was losing faith and hope. Her son didn't want to leave her alone. As the angels show up in their lives to help them both let go, her son made a list of things he wanted to complete before he died. One of those things on his list was to have his mother start writing music again. The following song is what she sang at the end of the episode. (The clip is from that particular episode.) I have included the lyrics beneath the song.
All the colors of the rainbow
All the voices of the wind
Every dream that reaches out
That reaches out to find where love begins
Every word of every story
Every star in every sky
Every corner of creation
Lives to testify
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences
When words are not enough
With every breath I take
I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
From the mountains to the valleys
From the rivers to the sea
Every hand that reaches out
Every hand that reaches out to offer peace
Every simple act of mercy
Every step to kingdom come
All the hope in every heart will
Speak what love has done
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences
When words are not enough
With every breath I take
I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
This song moves me very deeply. Of course, it is hard not to get emotional watching this clip. But take the clip away and just sing along--- there is power in this song. A true worship song giving Him all the glory! No matter what! You can also find a version of this song by Avalon. I have worn down two CD's listening to this song over and over and over again!
God bless you!!!
God bless you!!!
27 January 2013
Sacred Sunday
Dear readers,
I wanted to share something with you today. This week, I got an email from a reader asking me what my "credentials" were in leading a Bible Study and in writing this blog. Basically, I think she wanted to know what right I have to lead a study of His Word.
To be honest, I was angry at first. Now, her email in itself, its wording, its content, was sweet, unassuming. I really get the impression that she was sincerely curious. However, her questions fed right into my own doubts about my worthiness to take on this study.
So, I submitted my concern to my Facebook friends. Many of them are incredible Christians, and some of those are incredible Christian men and women either in the Ministry themselves or are serving in our Armed Forces. I was not seeking proof of my "credibility." I was seeking advice if any of them had faces similiar questions.
Their overwhelming response and encouragement has thrown me into His Word. To all those men and women, I am so completely blessed, honored, and humbled. I am really a horrible friend-type person, yet I have such incredible encouragers in my life! He has been so good to me!
Because of the struggles I faced this week, I wanted to share the encouragement I found from Him!
Right out of His Word. A message to Christians in the very early Church. Encouragement to those He has called- no matter where He has called you from, or where He is calling you to go. I believe that the email I received this week, that caused me to struggle and to doubt, was a call for me to seach His Word. This encouragement is not just for me. This encouragement is for you!
God bless you as you move in His will!
26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”
~1 Corinthians 1 v 26-31
23 January 2013
Fortress of Faith: Study Seven- Foundation of Love
"1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13 v 1-13
Thank you for joining us today! I am so happy that you have come to visit! I hope that today's study speaks to your heart. I hope you see His hand and feel His love deeply, not just today, but every day!
This week, we will discuss verses 11 and 12:
11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
As adults, no matter what age we are, we can all look back to our childhood and notice the huge difference between our actions as a child and our actions as an adult. For that matter, because we are all associated with the military in one way or another, we can notice the difference in who we were before the military and who we are now as we are in the military, supporting the military, or living after the military.
We are all aware of how perspective influences our choices. Before we joined the military, what was our perspective of military life, of being a military wife, of being a veteran? Now that we are in those roles, how have our perspectives changed?
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13 v 1-13
Thank you for joining us today! I am so happy that you have come to visit! I hope that today's study speaks to your heart. I hope you see His hand and feel His love deeply, not just today, but every day!
This week, we will discuss verses 11 and 12:
11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
As adults, no matter what age we are, we can all look back to our childhood and notice the huge difference between our actions as a child and our actions as an adult. For that matter, because we are all associated with the military in one way or another, we can notice the difference in who we were before the military and who we are now as we are in the military, supporting the military, or living after the military.
We are all aware of how perspective influences our choices. Before we joined the military, what was our perspective of military life, of being a military wife, of being a veteran? Now that we are in those roles, how have our perspectives changed?
The same thing is being said here of what our life was like before know God's love. How did we see Him before knowing Him? How did we perceive Christianity before becoming part of His people? How did we view our own lives? Then look at where we are now? How much has changed in our perspective as we feel His love? How much of what we thought we knew has been proven true or false about His will for us?
Then as we continue to verse twelve, we see that even as we are growing in His love, even as we are seeing our lives change, even as we see our perspectives and ideas change to see His love and truth, we see this is merely the tip of the iceberg. The love we feel from Him now is growing. The love we feel now is just a piece. As we grow in our Faith, as we share His love, we will feel His love grow in us and through us, so that when we see Him face to face, we will know Him as fully as He knows us!
Pretty cool!
Even in our relationships where we think we know someone inside and out, we are never very sure. We are certainly not sure of whether the person we think we know so well, truly knows who we are! I know we can all relate. There is the best friend: you know her so well, like a sister, but then she says or does something that throws you for a loop making you wonder if you ever really knew her at all. There is your spouse. You have been married for years and years. You have grown and changed, together and apart and together again. You have developed a relationship so strong, and yet there are times when he says something or expects something of you that is not you, and you think that he should surely know that by now!
We change. God does not. We cannot fathom how His love can be unchanging and eternal, because even in our most secure human relationships, there is still the element of the unknown. Not with our God. The relationship we share with Him is eternal. HIS side of the relationship is unwavering, despite our faithfulness or lack of faithfulness. As we spend time with Him, we will see more and more the Truth of His dedication to us. His promise to us is that in the end, we will know Him and His love just as deeply as He knows us.
I hope you all have a beautiful day!
God bless!
Copyright © 2012 C.H.Borden
Then as we continue to verse twelve, we see that even as we are growing in His love, even as we are seeing our lives change, even as we see our perspectives and ideas change to see His love and truth, we see this is merely the tip of the iceberg. The love we feel from Him now is growing. The love we feel now is just a piece. As we grow in our Faith, as we share His love, we will feel His love grow in us and through us, so that when we see Him face to face, we will know Him as fully as He knows us!
Pretty cool!
Even in our relationships where we think we know someone inside and out, we are never very sure. We are certainly not sure of whether the person we think we know so well, truly knows who we are! I know we can all relate. There is the best friend: you know her so well, like a sister, but then she says or does something that throws you for a loop making you wonder if you ever really knew her at all. There is your spouse. You have been married for years and years. You have grown and changed, together and apart and together again. You have developed a relationship so strong, and yet there are times when he says something or expects something of you that is not you, and you think that he should surely know that by now!
We change. God does not. We cannot fathom how His love can be unchanging and eternal, because even in our most secure human relationships, there is still the element of the unknown. Not with our God. The relationship we share with Him is eternal. HIS side of the relationship is unwavering, despite our faithfulness or lack of faithfulness. As we spend time with Him, we will see more and more the Truth of His dedication to us. His promise to us is that in the end, we will know Him and His love just as deeply as He knows us.
I hope you all have a beautiful day!
God bless!
Copyright © 2012 C.H.Borden
20 January 2013
Sacred Sunday
Psalm 14
14 Bilious and bloated, they gas,
“God is gone.”
Their words are poison gas,
fouling the air; they poison
Rivers and skies;
thistles are their cash crop.
“God is gone.”
Their words are poison gas,
fouling the air; they poison
Rivers and skies;
thistles are their cash crop.
2 God sticks his head out of heaven.
He looks around.
He’s looking for someone not stupid—
one man, even, God-expectant,
just one God-ready woman.
He looks around.
He’s looking for someone not stupid—
one man, even, God-expectant,
just one God-ready woman.
3 He comes up empty. A string
of zeros. Useless, unshepherded
Sheep, taking turns pretending
to be Shepherd.
The ninety and nine
follow their fellow.
of zeros. Useless, unshepherded
Sheep, taking turns pretending
to be Shepherd.
The ninety and nine
follow their fellow.
4 Don’t they know anything,
all these impostors?
Don’t they know
they can’t get away with this—
Treating people like a fast-food meal
over which they’re too busy to pray?
all these impostors?
Don’t they know
they can’t get away with this—
Treating people like a fast-food meal
over which they’re too busy to pray?
5-6 Night is coming for them, and nightmares,
for God takes the side of victims.
Do you think you can mess
with the dreams of the poor?
You can’t, for God
makes their dreams come true.
for God takes the side of victims.
Do you think you can mess
with the dreams of the poor?
You can’t, for God
makes their dreams come true.
7 Is there anyone around to save Israel?
Yes. God is around; God turns life around.
Turned-around Jacob skips rope,
turned-around Israel sings laughter.
Yes. God is around; God turns life around.
Turned-around Jacob skips rope,
turned-around Israel sings laughter.
As Christians, we know that we are not sheep without a shepherd. We are led by the Good Shepherd. Still, we see the world in turmoil as we see the leaders promising "freedom" taking away more and more while the people around seem deaf to the lies, even as they are shouting praise of the ones lying to them!
We see this passage in action around us everyday. What we need to focus on is verse 7: "God is around!" He is still with us. He still cares. He still holds us! The challenges we face in the society we live in is remembering to pray for the sheep without a shepherd, and to live in such a way as to draw them to our Shepherd.
God bless you this week!!!
16 January 2013
Fortress of Faith: Study Six- Foundation of Love
"1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of
angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am
nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship
that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13 v 1-13
Thank you for continuing this study with us! We are slowly working our way through the "Love Chapter" as some have some to call 1 Corinthians 13.
This week, we are going to look at verses 8 through 10 which say:
"8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears."
Let's start with the first part of verse 8. Traditionally, that first part of verse 8 gets tied in with verses 4 through 7. Which makes sense in so many ways. However, when we read the way that it is written- the verse in its entirety, we see that it is part of the next group of verses in order to tie them in with a particular concept.
"Love never fails..." Love, as in the love we receive from Christ- from our God, never fails. It never ceases. It never stops. It never goes away. The love we are shown from our God is lasting, eternal, unchanging.... Do we truly understand what this means?
The rest of verse 8, in addition to verses 9 and 10, explain this love. This eternal love changes everything we thought we knew. Those prophecies, in our case, those foretellings and forecasts into the climate of our world and our lives matter little in the face of God's love for us. The barriers caused by cultural differences, represented in "where there are tongues," will be torn down, so that the chaos of trying to understand each other will be stilled. All the things we supposedly know, "where there is knowledge," change when His love is present.
Then verse 9 continues: "For what we know in part and what we prophecy in part,"
Don't we struggle with not knowing? In our jobs, our training never ends. Even when we feel like we can honestly say we are an expert in something, we find that we have just tapped the tip of the iceberg. In our relationships, we only really know bits and pieces of each other, and the not knowing the "whole story" ends up causing rifts and can sometimes tear us apart. Even when we are in periods where we are teaching and leading (which I would equate with prophecy, because not many of us have the gift of prophecy these days), we find that we are easily set back on our heals when someone raises a question or a different perspective that proves to us that for all we know, we have only seen a tiny part of the picture.
But then verse 10 says: "but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears."
In other words, when we receive His love, and when we SHARE His love, as everything we knew suddenly turns upside down, we will be completed; all those holes in our beliefs, in our learning, and in our relationships will be filled! When we feel His love, there is no halfway. He loves us completely! When we share His love, we bridge the gap that our old beliefs, our old knowledge, and our past failings could not span! We become whole!
God's love for us, shown through His son, Jesus Christ, never fails! God's unending love for us will turn our lives upside down as we suddenly see how imperfect our own concept of love is, and how broken our beliefs and knowledge is, and how that has affected our lives, our relationships, our homes, our families, and our friendships! His perfect love for us turns everything upside down and then right side up filling in the gaps that we didn't even realize were missing.
What a huge comfort this is as we move through training for our Military career, as we prepare for the next promotion, or as we lead our troops in training and mentorship. What a huge comfort as we prepare to deploy, leaving everything we know and love behind, while facing a period of expected danger and unknown challenges. What a huge comfort to us Veteran women who deal with the aftermath of military life, as we work to reintegrate ourselves into "regular" life, where the challenges are completely different. What a huge comfort to we Military Wives as we face our hubbies deploying, or a PCS that uproots us from our current relationships forcing us to start over yet again with a completely new set of challenges!
Through all these challenges in Military life, His love for us never leaves us. He never takes it back. He never withholds it from us. He never gives us just a piece of His love. No, He gives us His love, every day completely! We are never too far, never too bad, never too doubtful, never too frustrated for Him to cover us in His love.
God bless you, dear friends!
Copyright © 2012 C.H.Borden
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13 v 1-13
Thank you for continuing this study with us! We are slowly working our way through the "Love Chapter" as some have some to call 1 Corinthians 13.
This week, we are going to look at verses 8 through 10 which say:
"8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears."
Let's start with the first part of verse 8. Traditionally, that first part of verse 8 gets tied in with verses 4 through 7. Which makes sense in so many ways. However, when we read the way that it is written- the verse in its entirety, we see that it is part of the next group of verses in order to tie them in with a particular concept.
"Love never fails..." Love, as in the love we receive from Christ- from our God, never fails. It never ceases. It never stops. It never goes away. The love we are shown from our God is lasting, eternal, unchanging.... Do we truly understand what this means?
The rest of verse 8, in addition to verses 9 and 10, explain this love. This eternal love changes everything we thought we knew. Those prophecies, in our case, those foretellings and forecasts into the climate of our world and our lives matter little in the face of God's love for us. The barriers caused by cultural differences, represented in "where there are tongues," will be torn down, so that the chaos of trying to understand each other will be stilled. All the things we supposedly know, "where there is knowledge," change when His love is present.
Then verse 9 continues: "For what we know in part and what we prophecy in part,"
Don't we struggle with not knowing? In our jobs, our training never ends. Even when we feel like we can honestly say we are an expert in something, we find that we have just tapped the tip of the iceberg. In our relationships, we only really know bits and pieces of each other, and the not knowing the "whole story" ends up causing rifts and can sometimes tear us apart. Even when we are in periods where we are teaching and leading (which I would equate with prophecy, because not many of us have the gift of prophecy these days), we find that we are easily set back on our heals when someone raises a question or a different perspective that proves to us that for all we know, we have only seen a tiny part of the picture.
But then verse 10 says: "but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears."
In other words, when we receive His love, and when we SHARE His love, as everything we knew suddenly turns upside down, we will be completed; all those holes in our beliefs, in our learning, and in our relationships will be filled! When we feel His love, there is no halfway. He loves us completely! When we share His love, we bridge the gap that our old beliefs, our old knowledge, and our past failings could not span! We become whole!
God's love for us, shown through His son, Jesus Christ, never fails! God's unending love for us will turn our lives upside down as we suddenly see how imperfect our own concept of love is, and how broken our beliefs and knowledge is, and how that has affected our lives, our relationships, our homes, our families, and our friendships! His perfect love for us turns everything upside down and then right side up filling in the gaps that we didn't even realize were missing.
What a huge comfort this is as we move through training for our Military career, as we prepare for the next promotion, or as we lead our troops in training and mentorship. What a huge comfort as we prepare to deploy, leaving everything we know and love behind, while facing a period of expected danger and unknown challenges. What a huge comfort to us Veteran women who deal with the aftermath of military life, as we work to reintegrate ourselves into "regular" life, where the challenges are completely different. What a huge comfort to we Military Wives as we face our hubbies deploying, or a PCS that uproots us from our current relationships forcing us to start over yet again with a completely new set of challenges!
Through all these challenges in Military life, His love for us never leaves us. He never takes it back. He never withholds it from us. He never gives us just a piece of His love. No, He gives us His love, every day completely! We are never too far, never too bad, never too doubtful, never too frustrated for Him to cover us in His love.
God bless you, dear friends!
Copyright © 2012 C.H.Borden
14 January 2013
Musical Monday
Music has always had an impact on our lives. It enhances our moods. It sometimes shapes our moods. It causes us to pour out our thoughts and feelings in singing along with a song that means something to us. Sometimes it causes our feet to move, our hands to clap, our bodies to sway in time with the rhythm that really does cut through our walls and touches our emotions.
Psalm 28:6-8
New International Version (NIV)
6 Praise be to the Lord,
for he has heard my cry for mercy.
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,
and with my song I praise him.
for he has heard my cry for mercy.
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,
and with my song I praise him.
8 The Lord is the strength of his people,
a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
Last week, I was able to catch up with an old friend who served in the Air Force with me. She and I were as close as sisters, and despite a divergence in paths, we have come back together. She is facing struggles that she never dreamed she would have to. I ask that you lift her and her family up to Him this week. There are MANY men, women, and children in the Military who are going through similiar situations. Men, women, and children who rest in His hands of grace, mercy, and love- and yet, I know they wonder where His Will can be in these situations.
To my friend- You are not alone. You are being prayed for, you are being thought of, and you are being lifted up in His hands! My prayer for you is that you feel His continued presence in your Heart as you walk through this valley! For as strong as you were, as strong as you have become, your walk with Him through this will only make you stronger when you reach the other side!
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