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A Loving Pursuit: Part 14b (Loving Plans)

June 16, 2019 at 9:01 am (A Loving Pursuit, abiding, Assurance, Devoted To My Daughter, Devotional Series I Have Written, Devotional Thoughts., Discernment, Faith, Family, Grace, Guidance, Home Education, Homeschooling, Hope, Joy, Knowledge, Life, Lighter Burdens., Love, Love, Marriage, Our Unchanging God, Patience, Peace, Praise, Prayer, Provision, Relaxed Homeschooling, Serving, Sovereignty of God, treasures, Trusting, Truth, value, Veteran Homeschoolers, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter, When You Feel Like Crying., Wisdom, worth)

Scripture reference;

“¹⁷How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

¹⁸If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.” Psalm139:17-18 KJV

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O Lord, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.
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You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do];
You understand my thought from afar.
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You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And You are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
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Even before there is a word on my tongue [still unspoken],
Behold, O Lord, You know it all.
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You have enclosed me behind and before,
And [You have] placed Your hand upon me.
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Such [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high [above me], I cannot reach it.

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Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
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If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there.
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If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
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Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will take hold of me.
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If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me,
And the night will be the only light around me,”
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Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You,
But the night shines as bright as the day;
Darkness and light are alike to You.

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For You formed my innermost parts;
You knit me [together] in my mother’s womb.
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I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
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My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was being formed in secret,
And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.
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Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were appointed for me,
When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape].

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How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
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If I could count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.” Psalm 139:1-18 AMP

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¹²And he said, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham. ¹³Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. ¹⁴Let the young woman to whom I shall say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who shall say, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels’—let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac.By this^[b] I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.”

¹⁵Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder. ¹⁶The young woman was very attractive in appearance, a maiden^[c] whom no man had known. She went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up. ¹⁷Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water to drink from your jar.” ¹⁸She said, “Drink, my lord.” And she quickly let down her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink. ¹⁹When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” ²⁰So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water, and she drew for all his camels. ²¹The man gazed at her in silence to learn whether the Lord had prospered his journey or not.

²²When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel,^[d] and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels, ²³and said, “Please tell me whose daughter you are. Is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?” ²⁴She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.” ²⁵She added, “We have plenty of both straw and fodder, and room to spend the night.” ²⁶The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord ²⁷and said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the house of my master’s kinsmen.” ²⁸Then the young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things. Genesis: 24:1-28 ESV

When I wrote the post in this series that precedes this one the focus was on the servant.

Now…..years later, I am finally getting around to continuing in this series from the book of Genesis.

I am re-posting the posts I had written so far, and intend to take up where I left off and write part 32. However, as I have been re-posting I have noticed some characters that I originally skipped. I have decided to share glimpses I hope to capture of God’s “loving pursuit” of them, too. That is why you will see letters such as “b” and “c” added to the titles of these recent posts.

Today I want to look at Rebekah.

A maiden of both outward and inward beauty, made her way to the well that evening. She wasn’t alone. A number of other women were on the same errand. How many young and attractive ladies were there among them? I would imagine quite a few.

However, the servant’s prayer reveals that there was criteria of greater value that would be required in his selection of his master’s daughter-in-law. He didn’t have to look far. The answer to his petition was already being delivered to him before he even began to pray and had arrived before that prayer was concluded!

Who was this maiden? The above passage of scripture tells us a little. But who was she? What were her habits? Her quirks? Her personality and temperament? Her hopes and dreams?

The upcoming chapters of the book of Genesis will provide some clues for us, but much will still remain a mystery….a mystery to us but not to the Lord. He allowed Rebekah to choose whether she would become Isaac’s wife. Yet He also knew beforehand what her decision would be, and in His unsurpassed loving and gracious manner mapped out her life accordingly.

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Re-blogged: A Loving Pursuit: Part 14 (Loving Guidance)

April 14, 2019 at 2:17 pm (A Loving Pursuit, abiding, advocating, Assurance, Blessings, Contentment, Devotional Series I Have Written, Devotional Thoughts., Discernment, Empathy, Evangelism, Faith, Family, Grace, Guidance, Holy Spirit, Home Education, Homeschooling, Hope, Joy, kindness, Knowledge, Life, Lighter Burdens., Love, Love, Marriage, Obedience, Our Unchanging God, Parenting, Patience, Peace, Praise, Prayer, Provision, refuge, Rejoicing, Relaxed Homeschooling, Resting, Restoration, Righteousness, Serving, Sharing, shelter, Sovereignty of God, strengthening, Thanksgiving, The Greatest Commandment, Trusting, Truth, value, Veteran Homeschoolers, Vigilance, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter, When You Feel Like Crying., Wisdom, Witnessing, worth)

Scripture references;

” ⁸Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

⁹The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

¹⁰All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.” Psalm 25:8-10 KJV

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” 1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.²And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had,“Put your hand under my thigh, ³that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell, ⁴but will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.” ⁵The servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?” ⁶Abraham said to him, “See to it that you do not take my son back there. ⁷The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘To your offspring I will give this land,’ he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. ⁸But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine; only you must not take my son back there.” ⁹So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.

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Today I want to look at Abraham’s servant. He just touches my heart! Did you notice the love? I’m sure he must have had his own moments when he sinned, because the scripture tells us that all people (even people of faith) sin:

^“12Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men^[e] because all sinned— ¹³for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. ¹⁴Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.” Romans 5:12-14 ESV

However, He knew Abraham, his master, well, and he loved him. It says he was the oldest of his household. That would be pretty old. Just think of all he had witnessed…all of the happy times, all of the sad times..all of his master’s habits, and weaknesses……..and all of his master’s endearing qualities, and his great faith. He also knew his master’s Lord and had faith in Him and Love for Him. Can’t you tell? How else could he speak like that?

Just think about that man.

Wouldn’t you like to spend a day on the job with him, and then sit around the fire with him later on towards bedtime, and listen to the stories he could tell? Just think how privileged you would be if you allowed him to share the wisdom he had gleaned! He is one of my favorite characters in the Bible.

The Lord cared for him, too, and was his guide. He cares for all that he has created, and leads all who trust in Him and in turn, call on Him. He gives them so much cause for rejoicing.

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Don’t Discount Your Potential

August 15, 2018 at 7:52 pm (Assurance, Contentment, Devotional Thoughts., Discernment, Faith, Gifts, Glory, Grace, Guidance, Holy Spirit, Hope, Lighter Burdens., Love, Love, Our Unchanging God, Parenting, Patience, Peace, Praise, self-esteem, Serving, Sovereignty of God, strengthening, Transformation., treasures, Trusting, Truth, value, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter)

Another Fearless Year

They were a motley collection of misfits. A tiny purple alyssum and a scraggly white alyssum. Two mini daisies. A wee snapdragon with a single bloom. Each had volunteered in various annual pots left on our deck over the winter. As spring sprung, so did these tenacious sprouts.

We wanted to plant new, healthy flowers in the old pots. But I couldn’t bear to toss my little band of misfits. Somehow I knew they held such promise. They were of hearty stock, small though they were. So I replanted them all in what I dubbed my planter of misfits.

Kind of pitiful, isn’t it? Still, this silly planter grew dear to my heart.

Jesus’s Band of Misfits

The disciples that Jesus called to follow him were a lot like the sprouts in this planter. They were a motley collection of misfits. A few fishermen. A tax collector. A zealot and…

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A Loving Pursuit: Part 25 (But The Lord Was With Him)

November 12, 2015 at 11:20 pm (A Loving Pursuit, abiding, Assurance, Devotional Series I Have Written, Devotional Thoughts., Faith, Family, Grace, Guidance, Healing, Holy Spirit, Home Education, Homeschooling, Hope, Life, Lighter Burdens., Our Unchanging God, Parenting, Patience, Peace, Provision, refuge, Relaxed Homeschooling, Serving, shelter, Sovereignty of God, strengthening, Suffering, Transformation., Trusting, Truth, value, Veteran Homeschoolers, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter, When You Feel Like Crying., Wisdom, worth)

Scripture reference;

” ¹Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

²By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

³And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

⁴And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

⁵And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

⁶For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.” Romans 5:1-6

I found this on youtube, and thought is was neat:

“³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

³⁶As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

³⁷Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

³⁸For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

³⁹Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:35-39 KJV

” ¹And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

²And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

³And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

⁴And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

⁵And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

⁶And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.

⁷And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

⁸But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

⁹There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

¹⁰And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

¹¹And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

¹²And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

¹³And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

¹⁴That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

¹⁵And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.

¹⁶And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

¹⁷And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

¹⁸And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

¹⁹And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

²⁰And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

²¹But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. ” Genesis 39:1-21 KJV

Have you read the thirty-seventh chapter of Genesis? This poor young man had already been through so much. His older brothers had thrown him in a pit, and sold him into slavery. He was far from home, and his father and his younger brother. The only hope that he had that he might be united with them some day was the dream the Lord had given to him before all of that took place. In spite of everything, he worked hard in this new place.

He was eventually promoted and was successful at his job. How was he able to accomplish that? He couldn’t have accomplished much had he been merely halfheartedly going through the motions. The reason Joseph succeeded was that the Lord was with Him. Where the Lord is present there is both strength of resolve and strength to perform. There are a couple of verses in the New Testament that explain this:

“¹²Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹³For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” Philippians 2:12-13 KJV

You can ask anyone, both Christians and non-Christians alike and there is one thing on which they will all agree. It is that at times life can be full of hardship and sorrow. We can go through it with the Lord or without Him, but it is so much better to go through it with Him. Won’t you call on Jesus today? He has promised to save all who call on Him. Below is a link to a page where you can learn more about that.

Do you know Jesus as your personal Savior and Lord? Please click here:https://pronetoponder.wordpress.com/category/about-salvation-very-important-words/ and make sure.

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Transitions Part 24: Glad Tidings

July 23, 2015 at 6:17 pm (Devoted To My Daughter, Devotional Thoughts., Grace, Joy, Life, Love, Love, Parenting, Peace, Provision, refuge, Restoration, self-esteem, Serving, shelter, Sovereignty of God, strengthening, Transformation., Transitions ( Where I am, where I have been...the happenings of my life), Trusting, value, Veteran Homeschoolers, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter, When You Feel Like Crying., worth)

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Scripture reference;

“¹It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High:

²To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

³Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

⁴For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

⁵O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.” Psalm 92:1-5 KJV

Hello! I just wanted to quickly update you on my situation. I got a job! I was in training all last week, and went to work for the first time last Saturday morning. I am working one on one with three different ladies who are so endearing. Please pray for me that I will learn quickly and be fully equipped in order to become a valuable addition to this supportive living setting where I have been placed.

I have fallen behind in both my blog posting and reading. I hope to catch up as soon as I am more settled into this new chapter of my life.

I am very excited, and a part of me has been revived. In that spirit I am going to share a poem I wrote back in April, and a link to the post where it is found. 🙂

Love,

Theresa

rose growing in my back yard

“Rose” by Theresa Anne Moore

R eaching forth to greet the spring

O pens her heart as the cardinal sings

S howing colors that draw us near

E mbracing our souls with all that is dear

Here is the link to the post I wrote in April:

https://serenadedinseconds.wordpress.com/2015/04/21/r-is-for-rose/

Do you know Jesus as your personal Savior and Lord? Please click here:
https://pronetoponder.wordpress.com/category/about-salvation-very-important-words/ and make sure.

Do you have a Bible? If you don’t have one, you need not worry. Just click here: www.biblegateway.com They have many versions and translations of the Bible that you can read. Some of the best things in life are free!

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Tablets: A Few Thoughts Regarding “The Greatest Commandment”

November 25, 2014 at 12:21 pm (abiding, About Sin, Armor, Assurance, Battling, Devotional Thoughts., Discernment, Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, Grace, Guidance, Home Education, Homeschooling, Hope, Judging, Lighter Burdens., Mercy, Obedience, Our Unchanging God, Parenting, Patience, Peace, Relaxed Homeschooling, Repentance, Restoration, Serving, Sins, Sovereignty of God, strengthening, Transformation., Trusting, Truth, Veteran Homeschoolers, Vigilance, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter, When You Feel Like Crying., Wisdom)

originally posted on May 7, 2010 at 12:57 pm

Scripture References;

You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 2 Corinthians 3:3 NIV

Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. ³⁹And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.⁴⁰On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matthew 22:36-38 KJV

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13 KJV

¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10

²³Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:²⁴And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24 KJV

¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: ¹⁵And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 1 John 5:14-15 KJV

The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. Psalm 145:18 KJV

What if we got a small tablet and pencil and kept it with us each day? Then, what if we earnestly prayed first thing each morning that the Lord would have his way in our hearts, minds, and our lives?

Then, what if each time we noticed that we were about to dwell on something that we shouldn’t have been dwelling on, we confessed it to the Lord and thanked Him for showing it to us? Then, if the thought was about a person; pray that the Lord would have his way in their heart, mind, and life?

Then what if we wrote down briefly what we prayed about, and at the end of the day we read all that had been written, but instead of feeling ashamed about the number of times that we “started” to think something bad, we felt thankful and glad that the Lord made us able to turn those moments of thought into moments of prayer, and realized that this new pattern of behavior was the result of the Lord answering the first prayer we prayed that day?

Then finally, what if we thought about how wonderful it is that the Holy Spirit is really active in the hearts of those who have put their trust in Jesus, and be glad?

Why don’t you give it a try? It matters not who you are, where you have been, or what you’ve been up to, whether you are a church goer or not; the Lord is very near to all who call on Him. The message is so simple (John 3:16). If you have never prayed before just believe the message, and call on Him in prayer (receive Him). Go ahead…

“Taste and see that the Lord is good.”

Do you know Jesus as your personal Savior and Lord? Please click here:https://pronetoponder.wordpress.com/category/about-salvation-very-important-words/ and make sure.

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A Loving Pursuit: Part 14 (Loving Guidance)

June 28, 2014 at 7:21 am (A Loving Pursuit, abiding, Assurance, Contentment, Devotional Series I Have Written, Devotional Thoughts., Discernment, Faith, Fear, Grace, Guidance, Holy Spirit, Hope, Joy, Life, Lighter Burdens., Love, Mercy, Obedience, Our Unchanging God, Patience, Peace, Praise, Prayer, Provision, Resting, Righteousness, Serving, Sovereignty of God, Thanksgiving, Trusting, Truth, value, Vigilance, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter, When You Feel Like Crying., Wisdom, Witnessing, worth)

Scripture references;

” ⁸Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

⁹The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

¹⁰All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.” Psalm 25:8-10 KJV

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¹⁰Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia^[a] to the city of Nahor. ¹¹And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when women go out to draw water. ¹²And he said, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham. ¹³Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. ¹⁴Let the young woman to whom I shall say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who shall say, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels’—let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac.By this^[b] I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.”

¹⁵Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder. ¹⁶The young womanwas very attractive in appearance, a maiden^[c] whom no man had known. She went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up. ¹⁷Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water to drink from your jar.” ¹⁸She said, “Drink, my lord.” And she quickly let down her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink. ¹⁹When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” ²⁰So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water, and she drew for all his camels. ²¹The man gazed at her in silence to learn whether the Lord had prospered his journey or not.

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Just think about that man. Wouldn’t you like to spend a day on the job with him, and then sit around the fire with him later on towards bedtime, and listen to the stories he could tell? Just think how privileged you would be if you allowed him to share the wisdom he had gleaned! He is one of my favorite characters in the Bible.

The Lord cared for him, too, and was his guide. He cares for all that he has created, and leads all who trust in Him and in turn, call on Him. He gives them so much cause for rejoicing.

Do you know Jesus as your personal Savior and Lord? Please click here:
https://pronetoponder.wordpress.com/category/about-salvation-very-important-words/ and make sure.

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A Loving Pursuit: Part 8 ( A God Who Sees)

April 8, 2014 at 6:14 am (A Loving Pursuit, abiding, About Sin, Assurance, Bible study, chastisement, Contentment, correction, Devotional Series I Have Written, Devotional Thoughts., Discernment, Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, Glory, Grace, Guidance, Home Education, Homeschooling, Hope, Judging, Life, Lighter Burdens., Love, Marriage, Mercy, Obedience, Our Unchanging God, Parenting, Patience, Peace, Provision, refuge, Relaxed Homeschooling, Resting, Restoration, Righteousness, Serving, shelter, Sins, Sovereignty of God, strengthening, Suffering, Transformation., Trusting, Truth, value, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter, When You Feel Like Crying., Wisdom, worth)

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^“29Are not two ^[j]little sparrows sold for a penny? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s leave (consent) and notice.

³⁰But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

³¹Fear not, then; you are of more value than many sparrows.” Matthew 10:29-31 AMP

“⁶Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, ⁷casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.’ 1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV

“1Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

²And Sarai said to Abram, See here, the Lord has restrained me from bearing [children]. I am asking you to have intercourse with my maid; it may be that I can obtain children by her. And Abram listened to and heeded what Sarai said.

³So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her Egyptian maid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his [secondary] wife.

⁴And he had intercourse with Hagar, and she became pregnant; and when she saw that she was with child, she looked with contempt upon her mistress and despised her.

⁵Then Sarai said to Abram, May [the responsibility for] my wrong and deprivation of rights be upon you! I gave my maid into your bosom, and when she saw that she was with child, I was contemptible and despised in her eyes. May the Lord be the judge between you and me.

⁶But Abram said to Sarai, See here, your maid is in your hands and power; do as you please with her. And when Sarai dealt severely with her, humbling and afflicting her, she [Hagar] fled from her.

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⁷But ^[a]the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness on the road to Shur.

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⁸And He said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where did you come from, and where are you intending to go? And she said, I am running away from my mistress Sarai.

⁹The Angel of the Lord said to her, Go back to your mistress and [humbly] submit to her control.

¹⁰Also the Angel of the Lord said to her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be numbered for multitude.

¹¹And the Angel of the Lord continued, See now, you are with child and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael [God hears], because the Lord has heard and paid attention to your affliction.

¹²And he [Ishmael] will be as a ^[b]wild ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man’s hand against him, and he will live to the east and on the borders of all his kinsmen.

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¹³So she called the name of the Lord Who spoke to her, You are a God of seeing, for she said, Have I [not] even here [in the wilderness] looked upon Him Who sees me [and lived]?Or have I here also seen [the future purposes or designs of] Him Who sees me?

¹⁴Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi [A well to the Living One Who sees me]; it is^[c]between Kadesh and Bered.

¹⁵And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore^[d]Ishmael.

¹⁶Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael.” Genesis 16:1-16 AMP

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Here we are in Genesis 16 facing an interesting situation. The Lord had spoken to Abram on a number of occasions concerning offspring (note the scripture below), and if you look at Genesis 15:6 you will see that it says that Abram believed the Lord. Abram was a lot like us. He had some information, but not all of the information. I think a lot of people in a situation like theirs would reason and conclude that a surrogate mother was the means the Lord intended them to use. I can sympathize with Abram, Sarah, and Hagar. However the Lord had His own plan. The same God who sees every sparrow that falls looked upon them….all of them. He looks upon us, too, and He cares for us.

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1Now the Lord said^[a] to Abram, “Go from your country^[b] and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. ²And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. ³I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12:1-3 ESV

¹⁴The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are,northward and southward and eastward and westward, ¹⁵for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. ¹⁶I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. ¹⁷Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” Genesis 13:14-17 ESV

God’s Covenant with Abram

15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” ²But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue^[a] childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” ³And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.” ⁴And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; your very own son^[b] shall be your heir.” ⁵And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him,“So shall your offspring be.” ⁶And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

⁷And he said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” ⁸But he said, “O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?” ⁹He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” ¹⁰And he brought him all these, cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But he did not cut the birds in half. ¹¹And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

¹²As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. ¹³Then theLord said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. ¹⁴But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterwardthey shall come out with great possessions. ¹⁵As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. ¹⁶And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

¹⁷When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. ¹⁸On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give^[c] this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, ¹⁹the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, ²⁰the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, ²¹the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.” Genesis 15 ESV

On December 20, 2013 I started a series titled “A Loving Pursuit”. I am resuming my study tonight. Below are the links to the other posts in the series for anyone who would like to start from the beginning and catch up. Although I started in Genesis, and am working my way through the Bible I won’t make a post on every chapter of every book, so if you only wish to read occasionally it really doesn’t matter what order you read the posts or if you only read some of them.

1) A Loving Pursuit: Introduction (One Minute and Twenty-nine Seconds)

2)A Loving Pursuit: (Part 1: In The Beginning)

3) “Driven” (a poem)

4) A Loving Pursuit: Part 2 (Driven by Love)

5) “Reasonable” (a poem)

6) A Loving Pursuit: Part 3 ( Love Stands to Reason)

7) “Valuable” (a poem)

8) A Loving Pursuit: Part 4 (Divine Measures)

9)A Loving Pursuit: Part 5 ( Love Came to Call)

10)A Loving Pursuit: Part 6 ( Declaring God’s Goodness )

11)“Dayspring” (a poem)

12) A Loving Pursuit: Part 7 (Spring Cleaning)

13)A Loving Pursuit: Part 8 ( A God Who Sees)

14) A Loving Pursuit: Part 9 ( A God Who Calls Us By Name)

15) A Loving Pursuit: Part 10 ( Love is Tenderhearted)…a long post

16) A Loving Pursuit: Part 11 ( Love is Patient)

17) A Loving Pursuit: Part 12 (God Never Fails)

18) “Trial of Faith” (A Poem)

19)A Loving Pursuit: Part 13 (Jehovah-Jireh…’The Lord Will Provide’)

20) A Loving Pursuit: Part 14 (Loving Guidance)

21) A Loving Pursuit: Part 15 (Love’s Grand Appearance)

22) A Loving Pursuit: Part 16 ( Loving Observation )

23) A Loving Pursuit: Part 17 (God’s Transforming Touch)

24) A Loving Pursuit: Part 18a (God Remains True)

25) A Loving Pursuit: Part 18b (Encountering God)

26) A Loving Pursuit: Part 18c (A God Who Mends Hearts)

27) “Prayer”

28) A Loving Pursuit: Part 19 (“His Mercy Endureth Forever”)

29) A Loving Pursuit: Part 20 (“In The Day Of Distress”)

30) A Loving Pursuit: Part 21 (“The Author Of Dreams”)

31) A Loving Pursuit: Part 22 (Loving Observation)

32) A Loving Pursuit: Part 23 (Divine Continuance)

33) A Loving Pursuit: Part 24 ( Grace That Is Greater)

34) A Loving Pursuit: Part 25 (But The Lord Was With Him)

35) A Loving Pursuit: Part 26 ( A Type of Mercy )

36) A Loving Pursuit: Part 27 ( Loving Revelation)

37) A Loving Pursuit: Part 28 ( “Manasseh”…A Time To Forget…And To Heal)

38)A Loving Pursuit: Part 29 (“Ephraim”…Fruitful In Affliction)

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Transitions: (Part 11…Quieting Myself)

March 25, 2014 at 8:13 am (abiding, Assurance, Contentment, Devotional Thoughts., Faith, Grace, Guidance, Home Education, Homeschooling, Hope, Life, Lighter Burdens., Love, Marriage, Our Unchanging God, Parenting, Patience, Peace, Provision, refuge, Relaxed Homeschooling, Resting, Serving, Sovereignty of God, Thanksgiving, Transitions ( Where I am, where I have been...the happenings of my life), Trusting, Truth, Veteran Homeschoolers, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter, When You Feel Like Crying., Wisdom)

All of my posts with “Transitions” in the title share a little about me and my family. I thought I would re-blog them, so my readers would have the opportunity to get to know me a little better and follow along on the journey I have been on since February of 2010.

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Psalm 131

¹Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.²Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.³Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. Psalm 131 KJV

Well, if you ever come across a post titled “Transitions” you will be reading about what was happening in my life and the life of my family at the time. If you ever get to the bottom and see that there were comments made you can click on them and find updates on any situations that I spoke about in that particular post.

This post finds me at the end of August settling into an autumn routine with my family. …

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Transitions (Part 8…A Time to Learn Something New)

March 25, 2014 at 1:48 am (abiding, Contentment, Devotional Thoughts., Faith, Grace, Guidance, Healing, Hope, Life, Lighter Burdens., Mercy, Our Unchanging God, Patience, Peace, Praise, Provision, refuge, Resting, Restoration, Serving, Sharing, shelter, Sovereignty of God, strengthening, Thanksgiving, Transitions ( Where I am, where I have been...the happenings of my life), value, When you are afraid, When you feel bitter, When You Feel Like Crying., Wisdom, worth)

Originally posted on April 1, 2010 at 7:30 pm

All of my posts with “Transitions” in the title share a little about me and my family. I thought I would re-blog them, so my readers would have the opportunity to get to know me a little better and follow along on the journey I have been on since February of 2010.

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It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. Lamentations 3:22-26 KJV

I know that all God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of Him. Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. God repeats what has passed. Ecclesiastes 3:14-15 HCSB

Well, I guess it is time for another update. In an earlier entry I told you all about my father-in-law passing away, and how my husband had missed a lot of work since the first of January because of the trips we had to make during that sad time. He sprained his ankle about 2 weeks ago, and has not been able to work due to that, as well. On the bright side, his cousin from Kentucky heard us sing at the funeral and asked us if we would be willing to sing and play at a fish fry. The amount we are being paid for that one night is the same as what my husband would earn for three weeks at his regular job.

The new guard that my daughter got from her TMJ specialist is helping a lot. I am so thankful to see her experiencing relief from that awful pain. She will continue to go for monthly adjustments for awhile, and hopefully will reach a point where she will only have to wear it at night.

I made my first resume, and this week my son revised it for me while he was down here on his spring break. I then went to a “Wage Center” in our town, and took my first set of tests to see how much basic knowledge I had. Although I do have a high school diploma, it has been over 20 years since I graduated. I made the highest possible scores in all the categories! I knew all those years of home schooling the kids would benefit me, and not just the kids. I believe the next step is learning to do WORD and EXCEL. The classes at “The Wage Center” are free, and you go at your own pace. I am hoping to actually become computer literate and learn office skills so I can get a job as a dental assistant or a receptionist. I am hoping that if I work really hard and apply myself I might have a job by June. That is the month when we will experience our first cut in our monthly income.

Well, I guess that is all for now. I am thinking about a hymn that has the most encouraging words. We have a faithful and loving Savior. Here is the hymn below. Some of the words in the third verse are also found in Isaiah 41:10: “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”…Did you catch those two wonderful words?…Whose righteousness? The Lord’s righteousness! Not ours. Be glad!

How Firm a Foundation

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?

In every condition, in sickness, in health;
In poverty’s vale, or abounding in wealth;
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,
As thy days may demand, shall thy strength ever be.

Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.

When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.

Even down to old age all My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.

The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake.

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“1Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

7 But [a]the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness on the road to Shur.

13 So she called the name of the Lord Who spoke to her, You are a God of seeing, for she said, Have I [not] even here [in the wilderness] looked upon Him Who sees me [and lived]?Or have I here also seen [the future purposes or designs of] Him Who sees me?

God’s Covenant with Abram

1) A Loving Pursuit: Introduction (One Minute and Twenty-nine Seconds)

2)A Loving Pursuit: (Part 1: In The Beginning)

3) “Driven” (a poem)

4) A Loving Pursuit: Part 2 (Driven by Love)

5) “Reasonable” (a poem)

6) A Loving Pursuit: Part 3 ( Love Stands to Reason)

7) “Valuable” (a poem)

8) A Loving Pursuit: Part 4 (Divine Measures)

9)A Loving Pursuit: Part 5 ( Love Came to Call)

10)A Loving Pursuit: Part 6 ( Declaring God’s Goodness )

11)“Dayspring” (a poem)

12) A Loving Pursuit: Part 7 (Spring Cleaning)

13)A Loving Pursuit: Part 8 ( A God Who Sees)

14) A Loving Pursuit: Part 9 ( A God Who Calls Us By Name)

15) A Loving Pursuit: Part 10 ( Love is Tenderhearted)…a long post

16) A Loving Pursuit: Part 11 ( Love is Patient)

17) A Loving Pursuit: Part 12 (God Never Fails)

18) “Trial of Faith” (A Poem)

19)A Loving Pursuit: Part 13 (Jehovah-Jireh…’The Lord Will Provide’)

20) A Loving Pursuit: Part 14 (Loving Guidance)

21) A Loving Pursuit: Part 15 (Love’s Grand Appearance)

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⁷But ^[a]the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness on the road to Shur.

¹³So she called the name of the Lord Who spoke to her, You are a God of seeing, for she said, Have I [not] even here [in the wilderness] looked upon Him Who sees me [and lived]?Or have I here also seen [the future purposes or designs of] Him Who sees me?