Ramblings (not neccesarily by Classic)

[SippinTea]

I've seen this one before, but I still really like it:

"A four-year-old child had an elderly next-door neighbor who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry.'"

Tonight I'm thinking of several very special people who have, on occasion, helped me cry. And I'm thanking God for them.

I'm also thinking of just how much that meant to me, and wondering if I've got it in me to help someone else cry. Sometimes words just don't mean much. But I want to be someone who can help a friend cry.

[Classicrambler]

Have I made you cry recently?  :grin:

[MelodyB]

[SippinTea]

Today my mind is meandering in various directions, but all the directions seem to keep coming back to the topic of HOPE.

Hope because He came...


Hope because He died...


Hope because my sins are washed away...


Hope because He cares about every hurt I carry...


Hope because I have have His instant attention every time I call His name...


Hope because He hears my heart, even when I can't say the words...


Hope because when I fix my gaze on His eyes, my perspective gets clearer...
 

Hope because of the comfort I find in His word...


Hope because of the promise of heaven...


Hope because He sends friends to remind me I don't have to face the battle alone...


Hope because I'm held in the arms of the One who cannot be unfaithful...


Hope because I know life won't always be the way it is right in this moment...


Hope because He takes things that appear dead, and brings forth new life...


And all I can say is...Thank you, Jesus! More than I can say...

[MelodyB]

[newkris]

that is so beautiful.  so very, very timely.

yep, life won't always be like it is today.  i'll hold on to that.

thanks, friend, for sharing.

[SippinTea]

Psalm 31:24--Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that HOPE in the LORD

Psalm 33:18--Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that HOPE in his mercy

Psalm 39:7--And now, Lord, what wait I for? my HOPE is in thee.

Psalm 38:15--For in thee, O LORD, do I HOPE: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

Psalm 43:5--Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? HOPE in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Romans 15:13--Now the God of HOPE fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in HOPE, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

[MelodyB]

So what your saying is we need FAITH right?

[Classicrambler]

 

that is so beautiful. 

Y'know, I have to agree with you on that one. 

[SippinTea]

You're in the wrong thread, CR.    Go hang out in Girls & Guitars....*grin*

[Classicrambler]

 

[RainbowJingles]

Yikes!  Careful there, CR!  you're gonna break the tea cup!

[SippinTea]

Yeah, because everyone knows that teacups are terribly fragile. 

[MelodyB]

[SippinTea]

Hey! Who're YOU laughing at?

[MelodyB]

You.

[RainbowJingles]

Yeah.  You, the terribly fragile teacup.

[SippinTea]

You, the terribly fragile teacup.

*sniff* Thank you, RJ. I knew you'd understand.

[RainbowJingles]

That's me.  Fully of understanding.

Like water, it simply overflows...

[Classicrambler]

Weaker vessel and all...or would that be vassals?

[newkris]

allright, who put caffien in CR's coffee?  somebody cut 'em off!!  no more real stuff for that guy.  he's had enough.  LAST CALL !! 

CR, when you drink, you need to be more responsible about over doing it, okay, buddy?  loose lips sink ships.  obviously, you are under the influence for your words and actions are a little loose.

vassals?  hmph.  really . . . . brave, foolish boy . . . talking to women like that . .  .

[SippinTea]

Thank you Jesus, for all the reminders you sent this week. The reminder of how Your love is extravagant, the reminder of just how much good it does me to laugh until I cry, the reminder that you haven't forgotten the promise you gave me years ago, the reminder that some people really do care when things go wrong, the reminder that You are truly my Everything, the reminder that You have people all around this world that love you with all their heart, and that I'm not alone. The things I've longed to see and hear might not have come when I wanted them, but you're always on time with when you send them. Thank you with all my heart!

[titushome]

What she said. 

[MelodyB]

Exactly!

[SippinTea]

I'm still mulling over something that happened last weekend during morning worship...

Ever have one of those moments when a certain sentence or two the preacher says so precisely targets something in your life, you _know_ it was meant for you? Yeah. Had one of those. There was absolutely no way the guest speaker could have known about a certain question I've been tumbling around in my head the last number of months, but he even used the exact wording I've used in praying about it, and looked straight at me when he said it. And not one of those glancing around the audience things either...it was one of those looks where you wonder if someone is reading your mind.

And once again I'm completely in awe at how God works. This issue/question has been really bugging me for months; it's always in the back of my mind. But since Sunday I've been so....peaceful about the whole thing. If God cared enough to send me my own little message to reassure me, through someone who doesn't even know me, then I guess He's got the rest of it in control, too. *smile*