When No One Listens
Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
Then He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them. As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office.
There is a tender place in your heart whereby the enemy lays in wait. He is a master trap setter and he is patient enough to orchestrate all details of the fowler’s snare.
When they found Him, they said to Him, “Everyone is looking for you.”
But He said to them, “Let us go into the next towns that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth.”
Poetry and Ponderings by Shelly
I began my walk with Christ with one mission-to sing for Jesus. I had no idea He had more in mind for me. I’ve had to learn to let Him fill my tool-belt with all the tools He chooses.
Then a voice came from Heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness. And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him. (Mark 1:11-12)
Poetry and Ponderings by Shelly
Then the lookout called, “O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post. (Isaiah 21:8)
…a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.
(Isaiah 42:3)
In all of our best attempts to comfort those in grief, we often make it worse. A grieving person needs a bit more than “They are in a better place.”
In prayer this morning, the Lord showed me a woman walking in a field of lilies. She was touching gently each one with her right hand as she walked along. There was much sunshine and a gentle breeze.