Neon Sign

In last night’s post, I asked the Lord for a sign about whether or not I should go ahead with the surgery that I was so afraid of…and my last sentence professed the desire to be able to reach out and touch Jesus’ robe and be healed. Some modern day Christians don’t think that God still does miraculous healing these days…their thinking is that those Bible-time healings by Jesus and the apostles were limited to the early church in order to “jump start” the faith.  I don’t happen to believe that miraculous healings are all in the past.  I believe … Continue reading Neon Sign

The details

Ezekiel 40-41 Ezekiel is taken up in a vision in these two chapters to Israel.  A man with a measuring cloth is there and shows Ezekiel all the dimensions of this gleaming temple; the outer walls, the gates, the inner rooms, etc.  He’s very detailed in this vision right down to the ornamental carvings of palm trees and cherubim. The Lord cares about every small detail.  I wish I could stuff that in my brain in such a way that I would really trust Him…because I need Him right now.  I need Him to remove the fear from my mind … Continue reading The details

Needing a sign

It’s not a good thing when your highest hopes are that you will suffer a heart attack and die quickly in your sleep. That morbid thought occurred to me tonight when I stupidly looked online for information about a surgery I’m supposed to have soon to find and treat endometriosis. Every fiber of my being is screaming NO!  No, I don’t want to have to do a “bowel cleansing” of any type before the surgery.  No, I don’t want gas blown up in my stomach.  No, I don’t want nausea or vomiting when I come out of anesthesia.  No, I … Continue reading Needing a sign

He has a plan

Ezekiel 38-39 Prophetic words for the distant future are in these chapters of Ezekiel: words about the future coming of Gog from a distant land in the north.  The Bible says this will happen after the Israelites have recovered from a great war (WW II, perhaps?) and have returned to live in their land. Today was a CC day; I’ve been up since dark thirty and am going to have to cut this blog short once again due to fatigue. It is encouraging, though, to know that God HAS a plan.  My husband asked me about what I had planned … Continue reading He has a plan

Heart replacement

Ezekiel 35-37 Confession time: I’ve been a bit weary of Ezekiel these past few days.  It just made me sad to read so much gloom and doom and to see how the nations made the Lord angry by their idolatry.  It made me wish the Israelites had turned from their evil ways and gone back to the Lord so they could have been spared from the Babylonians…but, history is history. Today, though, Ezekiel had these hopeful words to say to God’s people — not because they deserved His mercy, but for the sake of His holy name (do you think … Continue reading Heart replacement