I Be Sick Today

Dear God,

I was really sick today. I am better now. Thank you for HEALTH!! I have not the energy to write at this time, but tomorrow, I will.

Love,
Me:)

{Daily Scripture Reading: Exodus 23:25
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Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will
be on your food and water. I will take away
sickness from among you.
Exodus 23:25

Some Folks are Meaner Than the Devil

Dear God,

Yesterday, my four year old nephew was telling me how much he couldn't stand his four year old female cousin. He said that she would not share and she has the "devil" in her that makes her MEAN!! I told him that he needed to be nice to her because that is what Jesus would want him to do. He did not like that at all. He folded his arms, rolled his eyes, stuck out his pouty lips and totally tuned me out in about a half of a second.

OH MY WORD! Do "I" do that to You Lord? I know that I do and I am so sorry when I do it. It sure looks pretty silly and immature. Lord, help me to not cross my arms, roll my eyes, stick out my pouty lips and tune You out when you tell me what is best for me and what I need to do about the "meaner than the devil" kind of people around me.

Love,
Me:)

{Daily Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:43-48}
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But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you,  that you may be children of your Father in heaven.
Matthew 5:44-45

Grasshoppers......UGH!

Dear God,

Why are grasshoppers on this earth? Grasshoppers are so destructive. There are jillions of them around and they are creepy looking. Yesterday, in my backyard, there were grasshoppers all over the chair that I wanted to sit in. I shooed'em all away, but on the arm of the chair, there was a grasshopper's head laying there and its spinal chord (or whatever they have) was still attached. The body was missing....GROSS!! How did that happen? Did another grasshopper do that? EWWW....nature is so brutal!

This is quite frightful to me that there could be some psycho grasshopper jumping around killing other grasshoppers.

You know what? There are people like that too. I don't like it! Not one bit! There are mean, horrible people in this world. Someday, the hammer is gonna come down, and true justice will be served. Until that day God, please watch over us "sheep" people and keep us from the grasshopper wolves here. At least there is always HOPE for anyone on this earth to have Your saving grace as long as they are still drawing breath.

Love,
Me:)

{Daily Scripture Reading: Psalms 105:34-35}
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He spoke, and the locusts came,
    grasshoppers without number;
they ate up every green thing in their land,
    ate up the produce of their soil.
Psalms 105:34-35

The Holy Spirit is WONDERFUL!

Dear God,

Thank you for the Holy Spirit in my life. Some people may call the Holy Spirit that dwells in us our "conscience". Having a conscience is good and all, but there is something more powerful, more DEVINE, about Your Spirit.

The Holy Spirit inside of me gets so excited whenever it hears about You and Your words. It gets excited when it is around people that believe in You. It is like the Holy Spirit is at a family reunion and gets to hug all of it's cousins or something. I can meet a person that is a complete stranger, but if Your Spirit is in them, we can stop right there and pray together to You and be very connected.

How strange and utterly WONDERFUL this connection is to me.

Thank you for the Holy Spirit in my life and heart.

Love,
Me:)

{Daily Scripture Reading: I Corinthians 6:19-20}
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Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit,
who is in you, whom you have received from God?
I Corinthians 6:19

I Don't Have to Speak Ya, I Do Want to Pray for Ya

Dear God,
I need to know how to keep someone a friend without speaking to them. How is it possible to have a person in my heart, think the absolute world of them, but NOT have any communication with them? Can you help me understand this? I want to understand. I need to know what this means so that I can continue on with life in a healthy manner.

Dealing with the unknown and unseen things of this world is NOT easy. There really are hidden forces all around us. The forces that deal with our minds are unbelievably almost overpowering at times. Without you Lord, I can't imagine how a battle with the unseen world would turn out. You keep me stable and help my understanding with Your words.

Sometimes, I read things in your word that I don't like......but, truth is truth. If I choose to flow with it and not "agin" it, my ride sure seems to be a lot smoother.

Anyway, please help me to understand this kind of stuff.

Thank you.

Love,
Me:)

{Daily Scripture Reading: Colossians 1:9-14, Ecclesiastes 3:6-7}
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http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ecclesiastes+3%3A6-7&version=NIV

For this reason, since the day we heard
about you, we have not stopped
praying for you.
Colossians 1:9